SIRIS-Lab/unlabelled-sti-corpus huggingface dataset:
WAKE-UP CIRCUIT FOR AN ELECTRONIC APPARATUS

The invention relates to a wake-up circuit for an electronic apparatus, comprising an input circuit (1) for receiving infrared signals and an amplifier (2) connected to said input circuit (1), the output of which amplifier is connected to a switching stage (6) for switching on the apparatus. To improve the signal/noise ratio the invention provides for the input circuit (1) to comprise a parallel circuit with at least two infrared detectors (2 to 5) connected in series and a parallel oscillatory circuit (11), and for the amplifier to be a band-pass amplifier (2), the output of which is connected to a signal detector to which the switching stage (6) is connected.
Using a Clinical Surveillance System to Detect Drug-Associated Hypoglycemia in Nursing Home Residents

To determine whether a clinical surveillance system could be used to detect drug-associated hypoglycemia events and determine their incidence in nursing home (NH) residents.Retrospective cohort.Four NHs in western Pennsylvania.Any resident of the four NHs who had a computer-generated alert detecting potential drug-associated hypoglycemia over a 6-month period were included.Descriptive statistics were used to summarize all variables, including the frequency and distribution of alert type according to glucose threshold. Analyses were conducted according to numbers of alerts and residents. The medications associated with the drug-associated hypoglycemia alerts were identified, and frequency of their inclusion in alerts was calculated. Additional calculations included time to drug-associated hypoglycemic event alert from date of admission and frequency of events associated with postacute, short-stay (≤35 days) admissions.Seven hundred seventy-two alerts involving 141 residents were detected. Ninety (63.8%) residents had a glucose level of 55 mg/dL or less, and 42 (29.8%) had a glucose level of 40 mg/dL or less. Insulin orders were associated with 762 (98.7%) alerts. Overall incidence of drug-associated hypoglycemia events was 9.5 per 1,000 resident-days.Hypoglycemia can be detected using a clinical surveillance system. This evaluation found a high incidence of drug-associated hypoglycemia in a general NH population. Future studies are needed to determine the potential benefits of use of a surveillance system in real-time detection and management of hypoglycemia in NHs.
ECOSIND - ECOSYSTEME INDUSTRIEL, une stratégie de développement durable des activités industrielles

The ECOSIND project covers transnational cooperation among four Mediterranean regions in the fight against environmental damage caused by increasing industrial activity over the last 30 years. The small and medium-sized enterprises, which account for the majority of industrial activity in the regions participating in the project were unable to introduce Environmental Management Systems, and the application of sustainability criteria in industrial development has been insufficient. Actions by the administration have generally been considered by industry to hold back development and competitiveness. Overall objective / Objectif général The objective of this RFO has been to establish a basis for a new strategy for sustainable industrial development in southern European regions. This strategy for productive symbiosis (industrial ecology) should be able to overcome the economic, social and environmental limits which determine the global impact and evolution of industrial production. In the medium term, ECOSIND hopes to contribute to the gradual implementation of cooperative environmental management in the industrial fabric of the four partner regions. Expected results / Résultats attendus In order to meet these objectives, the operation will include several interregional projects to demonstrate cooperative environmental management and sustainable planning of industrial development. Moreover, the initiative will create an international master’s course to train professionals in the field of industrial ecology and an association to guarantee that the operation continues in the future. Also, a master plan will be drawn up to create environmental awareness of the industrial fabric existing in the four regions as well as a guide to the management of industrial development and a specific regional information system for industrial fabric giving cartographic and numerical data. These results will also be available on the operation’s web site.
Modulating Effects of Spirulina platensis against Tilmicosin-Induced Cardiotoxicity in Mice.

Tilmicosin (TIL) is a long-acting macrolide antibiotic used to treat cattle for pathogens that cause bovine respiratory disease. However, overdoses of this medication have been reported to induce cardiac damage. Our experimental objective was to evaluate the protective effects of Spirulina platensis (SP) administration against TIL-induced cardiotoxicity in mice.Our experimental in vivo animal study used 40 male albino mice that were divided into five groups of eight mice per group. The first group served as a control group and was injected with saline. The second group received SP at dose of 1000 mg/kg body weight for five days. The third group received a single dose of TIL (75 mg/kg, subcutaneously). Groups 4 and 5 were given SP at doses of 500 and 1000 mg/kg body weight for five consecutive days just before administration of TIL at the same dose and regimen used for group 3.TIL treated animals showed a significant increase in serum cardiac injury biomarkers as well as cardiac lipid peroxidation, however they had evidence of an inhibition in antioxidant biomarkers. SP normalized elevated serum levels of lactate dehydrogenase (LDH), creatine kinase (CK), and CK-MB. Furthermore, SP reduced TIL-induced lipid peroxidation and oxidative stress in a dose-dependent manner.Administration of SP minimized the toxic effects of TIL by its free radicalscavenging and potent antioxidant activity.
Cheese production device and method

The method involves cooling an intermediate mass (8) provided in a container (2), which is made of plastic. The mass is cooled in such a manner that contracting and/or stabilizing the shape of the mass, so that the mass lies under displacement of side walls (5) from a container base (4) after cooling, without lateral pressure on the side walls. The container is turned by guiding a conveyor belt around a turning point (11) with horizontally aligned turning point axis (12), so that the mass formed as a cheese block (13) falls based on gravitational force from the container. An independent claim is also included for a partially or fully-automatic cheese production device for producing fresh cheese suitable for roasting and broiling.
GUIDE EXTENSION CATHETER WITH GROOVED PUSH MEMBER SEGMENT

A guide extension catheter (102) includes a push member (108) and a distal shaft (110). The push member includes a segment having a first surface (118) and a second surface (112) opposite the first surface. The segment includes a groove (128) in the first surface. The second surface is substantially flat. The distal shaft is coupled to the push member and includes a passageway (132). The segment of the push member including the groove is adjacent to the distal shaft.
Requalification of Employment And Diversification for Youth in the Mediterranean Fisheries sector

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Fishing economy still plays an important socioeconomic role for the whole Mediterranean region, although the fishery sector is experiencing a period of severe crisis due to the increase in production costs (fuel for instance) and the reduction in fishing stocks. This condition is causing increasing occupational migration with an estimated decrease in the number of fishermen by 4-5% per year. To stop this trend, employment opportunities can no longer be limited to fishery activities in the strict sense of the term, but have to be part of a far-reaching diversification and reconversion system of the fishery sector through starting up multifunctional activities like fishing tourism, ichthyo-tourism, management of environmental services by fishermen and alternative forms of valorisation of the sector also in tourism and socio-educational activities. In this context, R.E.A.D.Y. MED. FISH. project aims at enhancing the professionalization of young fishery operators for boosting private entrepreneurship in the framework of the fishery sector multi-functionality. _x000D_
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To enhance the professionalization of young fishery operators and to train the officers of public administrations and fishery associations in order to boost the private entrepreneurship and the normative improvement in the framework of the fishery sector multi-functionality
Analysis of Heat Dissipation Performance between a Horizontal and Longitudinal Battery Pack Based on Forced Air Cooling

A battery pack is the main energy storage element, and directly affects the performance of an electric vehicle. Battery thermal management system research and its development for a modern electric vehicle is required. This paper selects the forced air cooling of battery pack as the research object, and uses simulation methods to research the heat dissipation performance with different structures of battery packs. The results indicate that according to the four types of transient state conditions, the rising temperature of both battery packs are significantly higher than the temperature difference, the maximum temperature rise and temperature difference of a horizontal battery pack are lower than a longitudinal battery pack. When an electric vehicle begins to decrease speed, the curves of temperature rising and temperature difference increase. This shows the internal heat is continuously rising, so even in a electric vehicle beginning to decrease speed, the fan must work. The reference basis for choosing battery pack type and an analysis of heat flow field characteristics, including fan run-time control, are offered.
Parental Factors That Detract From the Effectiveness of Cognitive-Behavioral Treatment for Childhood Anxiety: Recommendations for Practitioners

This article reviews the recent empirical literature on the various parental factors that detract from the effectiveness of cognitive-behavioral treatment for children with anxiety. Interventions such as treating parental anxiety and increasing parental involvement in the therapeutic process may combat these factors. Newer strategies such as parent-training techniques and family cognitive-behavioral therapy offer some promise, though the combined outcomes of randomized clinical trials are admittedly mixed. In integrating the findings of these studies, the consideration of the child's autonomous development becomes paramount. The article concludes with recommendations for practitioners, offered for children, adolescents, and parents presenting with general anxiety-related issues.
Remote sensing of aerosols over snow using infrared AATSR observations

Abstract. Infrared (IR) retrievals of aerosol optical thickness (AOT) are challenging because of the low reflectance of aerosol layer at longer wavelengths. In this paper we present a closer analysis of this problem, performed with radiative transfer (RT) simulations for coarse and accumulation mode of four main aerosol components. It shows the strong angular dependence of aerosol IR reflectance at low solar elevations resulting from the significant asymmetry of aerosol phase function at these wavelengths. This results in detectable values of aerosol IR reflectance at certain non-nadir observation angles providing the advantage of multiangle remote sensing instruments for a retrieval of AOT at longer wavelengths. Such retrievals can be of importance e.g. in case of a very strong effect of the surface on the top of atmosphere (TOA) reflectance in the visible spectral range. In the current work, a new method to retrieve AOT of the coarse and accumulation mode particles over snow has been developed using the measurements of Advanced Along Track Scanning Radiometer (AATSR) on board the ENVISAT satellite. The algorithm uses AATSR channel at 3.7 μm and utilizes its dual-viewing observation technique, implying the forward view with an observation zenith angle of around 55 degrees and the nadir view. It includes cloud/snow discrimination, extraction of the atmospheric reflectance out of measured brightness temperature (BT) at 3.7 μm, and interpolation of look-up tables (LUTs) for a given aerosol reflectance. The algorithm uses LUTs, separately simulated with RT forward calculations. The resulting AOT at 500 nm is estimated from the value at 3.7 μm using a fixed Angström parameter. The presented method has been validated against ground-based Aerosol Robotic Network (AERONET) data for 4 high Arctic stations and shows good agreement. A case study has been performed at W-Greenland on 5 July 2008. The day before was characterized by a noticeable dust event. The retrieved AOT maps of the region show a clear increase of AOT in the Kangerlussuaq area. The area of increased AOT was detected on 5 July on the ice sheet east of Kangelussuaq, opposite to the observed north easterly wind at ground level. This position can be explained by a small scale atmospheric circulation transporting the mobilized mineral dust upslope, after its intrusion into the upper branch of the circulation. The performed study of atmospheric reflectance at 3.7 μm also shows possibilities for the detection and retrievals of cloud properties over snow surfaces.
Muon campus in us and europe contribution

The Muon Campus at FNAL, USA, will host in the next few years two world class experiments dedicated to the search for signals of new physics. Muon g-2 will determine with unprecedented precision the anomalous magnetic moment of the muon while Mu2e will improve by four orders of magnitude the sensitivity on the search for the as-yet unobserved Charged Lepton Flavour Violating process of a neutrinoless conversion of a muon to an electron. European research institutions have a leading role in both detector development and construction and in the calibration and analysis of the data. The results from the FNAL experiments will complement those from similar CLFV searches being carried out in Europe and will produce very fruitful collaborations in this field. Through an involvement in both the US and the European programmes European institutes will be at the forefront of the search for evidence of new physics in the muon sector.
The goal of this proposal is to establish new collaborations among European groups participating in the Muon Campus activities and to strengthen the already existing partnership with FNAL. State-of-the-art detectors will be designed, built, commissioned. The Mu2e crystal calorimeter will provide unprecedented timing performance for low energy electrons in the presence of a strong magnetic field exploiting solid state photosensors and the Mu2e high-purity germanium detector will record X-rays at rates and in radiation levels surpassing previous experiments. The Muon g-2 straw-tracking system will measure the muon beam profile with an accuracy in the vertical plane of better than 10 mrad and will efficiently identify pileup and lost-muon events. A laser monitor system will be a common effort of the two experiments, with the need for Muon g-2 to reach an accuracy at the sub-per mil level. The existing EU infrastructures for testing radiation hardness and characterizing the detector components will make the European contribution significantly stronger
Optimization of the WAG Injection Process

Availability of hydrocarbon gases at the field makes it attractive for gas-based enhanced oil recovery (EOR) methods such as water alternating gas (WAG) injection. Optimization of EOR methods requires too many simulation runs, which are time consuming and expensive. Therefore, developing a proxy model, which emulates simulator outputs, is considered as an appropriate alternative technique. In this work, effects of composition changes of injection gas, WAG ratio, and slug size on produced oil and water were investigated. In addition, the optimum value of the previous parameters, including some constraints, are presented using response surface methodology. Experimental design is also applied to construct different polynomial regression models as proxy models for a sector of an Iranian oil reservoir under the WAG injection scenario. A new workflow is introduced for optimization of the WAG parameters, for which all effecting parameters are changing simultaneously.
Miniaturised metabolomics platform for microvascular research

Preventing and treating progressive microvascular loss (i.e. rarefaction) is a major challenge in cardiovascular medicine. Microvascular disease is a multifactorial disease with no effective treatment. Long-term exposure to adverse metabolic and haemodynamic conditions such as hypertension, obesity and diabetes can cause microvascular destabilisation, loss of tissue capillaries, and eventual organ failure. Interestingly, not all diabetic patients develop kidney failure. The missing link to developing effective strategies for treating multifactorial diseases, including microvascular disease, is detailed mechanistic insight into the relationship between disease pathogenesis at the organ/cellular level at the systemic/organism level. 
This project, METAFORA, aims to develop novel and analytical technologies to allow a new approach to understand the pathology of microvascular disease. METAFORA will develop a miniaturized metabolomics workflow to study metabolic pathways in an in-vitro microfluidic 3D microvasculature platform with organotypic functionality (the so-called organ-on-a-chip) to create personalised in-vitro models based on patient-derived human cells. This platform will enable the assessment of biochemical disease processes at the cell/organ level in the ‘whole-patient’ context by perfusing the patient’s own blood through the vasculature model.
METAFORA will use and optimize a novel separation and preconcentration method, depletion zone isotachophoresis, for the miniaturised analytical platform, which will be combined with mass spectrometry for metabolite profiling.
Large Deviation Principles for Hypersingular Riesz Gases

We study N-particle systems in $$\mathbb {R}^d$$
 whose interactions are governed by a hypersingular Riesz potential $$|x-y|^{-s}$$
 , $$s>d$$
 , and subject to an external field. We provide both macroscopic results as well as microscopic results in the limit as $$N\rightarrow \infty $$
 for random point configurations with respect to the associated Gibbs measure at scaled inverse temperature $$\beta $$
 . We show that a large deviation principle holds with a rate function of the form ‘
 $$\beta $$
 -Energy + Entropy’, yielding that the microscopic behavior (on the scale $$N^{-1/d}$$
 ) of such N-point systems is asymptotically determined by the minimizers of this rate function. In contrast to the asymptotic behavior in the integrable case $$s<d$$
 , where on the macroscopic scale N-point empirical measures have limiting density independent of $$\beta $$
 , the limiting density for $$s>d$$
 is strongly $$\beta $$
 -dependent.
Multitemporal High-Resolution Satellite Images for the Study and Monitoring of an Ancient Mesopotamian City and its Surrounding Landscape: The Case of Ur

The paper concerns the use of multitemporal high-resolution satellite images for the study of the ancient city of Ur, in southern Mesopotamia, inaccessible to scholars from 2003. The acquired dataset is composed by two Gambit KH-7 (1966) and one Corona KH-4B (1968) declassified spy space photos and by few images taken by the recent satellites for civilian use QuickBird-2 (2002, 2004, 2007), Ikonos-2 (2008), and WorldView-1 (2008). The processing of all these images and the integration with ASTER and SRTM DEMs allowed the acquisition of new data about the topographical layout of the city and its monuments and ancient roads; the georeferencing of all archaeological remains and traces visible on the images allowed the upgrade of the archaeological map of Ur. The research also provided important data concerning the reconstruction of the surrounding landscape, where a lot of traces of old channels and riverbeds of the Euphrates were identified in areas much modified and altered during the last decades by urbanization and agricultural works. Moreover, the multitemporal images allowed the monitoring of the conservation of the archaeological area, particularly before and after second Gulf War.
The Order-Number Dependence of Burg Spectrum and Choice of Optimum Regularization Parameter

The power spectrum of the signal polluted with the white noise is analysed by Burg method,and its result is compared with the periodogram method.When the ratio of the order-number is little,Burg spectrum is over-smooth and the signal is covered by the noise;with the increase of the order-number,the resolution increases too. When the order-number further increases,the false peak occurs and gradually increases,so that the signal is submerged by the noise.The results show that there must be an order-number and the best quality in burg spectrum near this order number;meanwhile,it is indicated that this order-number is just the optimum regularization parameter,just to further consider NCP of the residual and K-S limit,the optimum regularization parameter may be detemined.
Multistage Collapse of a Bacterial Ribozyme Observed by Time-Resolved Small-Angle X-ray Scattering

Ribozymes must fold into compact, native structures to function properly in the cell. The first step in forming the RNA tertiary structure is the neutralization of the phosphate charge by cations, followed by collapse of the unfolded molecules into more compact structures. The specificity of the collapse transition determines the structures of the folding intermediates and the folding time to the native state. However, the forces that enable specific collapse in RNA are not understood. Using time-resolved SAXS, we report that upon addition of 5 mM Mg(2+) to the Azoarcus group I ribozyme up to 80% of chains form compact structures in less than 1 ms. In 1 mM Mg(2+), the collapse transition produces extended structures that slowly approach the folded state, while > or = 1.5 mM Mg(2+) leads to an ensemble of random coils that fold with multistage kinetics. Increased flexibility of molecules in the intermediate ensemble correlates with a Mg(2+)-dependent increase in the fast folding population and a previously unobserved crossover in the collapse kinetics. Partial denaturation of the unfolded RNA with urea also increases the fraction of chains following the fast-folding pathway. These results demonstrate that the preferred collapse mechanism depends on the extent of Mg(2+)-dependent charge neutralization and that non-native interactions within the unfolded ensemble contribute to the heterogeneity of the ribozyme folding pathways at the very earliest stages of tertiary structure formation.
Políticas públicas e adaptação às mudanças climáticas: três estudos de casos no semiárido brasileiro

A adaptação às mudanças climáticas, entendida como moderação das sensibilidades e fortalecimento das capacidades adaptativas, modifica as condições e consequentemente os impactos do clima nas populações vulneráveis. Por outro lado, a capacidade adaptativa depende de políticas públicas adequadas à realidade social, econômica e ambiental. Nesse contexto, o presente artigo discute vulnerabilidades específicas, medidas adaptativas e oportunidades identificadas por meio de entrevistas semiestruturadas e oficinas participativas em três grupos de diferentes perfis socioambientais: as comunidades tradicionais de Fundo de Pasto (FP) no norte da Bahia, a comunidade indígena Tuxá em Rodelas/BA e os perímetros irrigados do polo Juazeiro/BA-Petrolina/PE. Os estudos de caso confirmam que a adaptação está fortemente condicionada às características físicas do local em que a população se encontra (como o regime de chuvas e proximidade de corpos hídricos perenes, fatores que condicionam o “risco”); mas que também depende de uma ampla gama de fatores sociais, econômicos, culturais e políticos.