SIRIS-Lab/unlabelled-sti-corpus huggingface dataset:
Evaluación de la bondad de ajuste de dos modelos empíricos aplicados a lactaciones de ovejas East Friesian

La producción de leche de oveja es una actividad económica importante en algunos países de Europa y Asia. Sin embargo, en las últimas décadas ha habido un incipiente desarrollo de esta industria en algunos países de Latinoamérica. El objetivo del presente trabajo es evaluar la bondad de ajuste de dos modelos empíricos para describir las curvas de lactancia de las ovejas de East Friesian en una región templada de México. Se analizaron un total de 38 lactancias, las cuales comprenden un total de 254 registros de días de prueba (TDR) de ovejas East Friesian alojadas en una unidad de producción ovina lechera ubicada en Jilotepec, Estado de México, México, para investigar la bondad de ajuste de dos modelos empíricos (el modelo de Wood y el modelo de Wilmink). La bondad de ajuste de los modelos empíricos se evaluó utilizando el cuadrado medio del error de predicción (MSPE), el error de predicción de la raíz cuadrada media (RMSPE), el criterio de información de Akaike (AIC) y el criterio de información Bayesiana (BIC). De acuerdo con los criterios utilizado, el modelo de Wood muestra un mejor ajuste de las curvas de lactancia analizadas, mostrando valores más bajos de MSPE (0.013 vs 0.014), RMSPE (0.101 vs 0.104), AIC (-5.67 vs -5.03) y BIC (-6.11 vs. -4,84) en comparación con el modelo de Wilmink.
Combined SNPs and miRNAs technologies for beef traceability

The independent and highly heterozygous single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) have been shown suitable for meat traceability. The microRNAs (miRNAs) that were differently expressed among regions could be used for meat origin traceability. In the present study, ten SNPs from 148 Chinese beef cattle were screened by HRM. The results showed that these SNPs were all suitable for beef traceability with the probability error rate of .308‰. These cattle could not be clustered into different regions based on the SNP genotyping, which indicated that the SNPs assay was suitable for individual traceability. High throughput sequencing revealed that 16 miRNAs were up-regulated expression and 18 miRNAs were down-regulated expression in JL group (eastern part) compared to XJ group (western part). RT-PCR confirmed that bta-miR-2284ab and bta-miR-486 were differently expressed in Jilin and Xinjiang samples. Thus, the two miRNAs could be used as biomarkers for origin traceability.

Practical applications
To solve meat safety problems, meat traceability is extremely important. SNPs-based technology can trace animal individuals and miRNAs-based technology can do origin traceability. Once suitable primers could be designed for a sufficient number of SNP loci, these primers could be loaded on an array, and then traceability could be realized by HRM. We identified the miRNAs that were differently expressed among regions and beef origin traceability could be realized by analyzing them using RT-PCR. All the detection methods are rapidly and cost-effectively. A combination of SNPs- and miRNAs-based technologies can implement traceability management of beef cattle.
A Network of Local Institutions and Resource Centres for Women: Promoting Women's Participation in the Alpine Space Sustainable Development

The Alpine Space area is characterized by regional economic and spatial disparities.
The basic assumption of this project is that by promoting and supporting women’s active participation in the local economic development processes this will contribute to achieving a more balanced sustainable development of the Alpine Space and to reducing the present disparities in living conditions of the alpine population.
The project intends to support the development of common approaches and quality services in order to promote the skills and potential of women - especially those living in rural peri-alpine and disadvantaged alpine areas - thus promoting their participation in the different economic sectors. It also aims to develop a stable co-operation network among the Resource Centres for Women of the Alpine Space which, on a cross-sector and integrated basis, intend to continue working after the project’s conclusion, at promoting endogenous human and economic resources on a gender based approach.
METHOD FOR PRODUCING A DECORATIVE PRINT, METHOD FOR IMPRINTING A WORKPIECE, AND SYSTEM

The invention relates to a method for producing a decorative print, to a method for imprinting an (in particular panel-like) workpiece, and to a machine for imprinting an (in particular panel-like) workpiece. Methods of this type and a system of this type are used in particular in the sphere of the wood-processing industry.
7000 years of vegetation history and land-use changes in the Morvan Mountains (France): A regional synthesis

This paper aims to reconstruct the vegetation history of a middle mountain – the Morvan (Burgundy, France) – since the Neolithic (i.e. 7000 years). The results of palynological and non-pollen palynomorphs (NPPs) analysis performed on 10 peat cores document the main phases of human agro-pastoral practices and natural resources management which drove the formation of the cultural landscape of the Morvan Massif over time. To document the history of human activities at a regional scale, particular attention was given to the determination, the characterization and the graphical depiction of phrases of human impact. Both the quantification of the impact of human pressure and the chronological uncertainty of the different phases identified by pollen and NPP analysis were taken into account. This study reveals a clear human presence during periods that were formerly poorly documented, such as the onset of the Neolithic period, the Bronze Age, the early Iron Age and the early Middle Ages. It also sheds new light over periods for which there is better archaeological and historical knowledge, such as the widespread occupation of the massif in the late Iron Age, the cultivation of chestnut from the 11th to the 16th century and the impact of modern firewood exploitation on the forest.
A Route to Phase Controllable Cu2ZnSn(S1−xSex)4 Nanocrystals with Tunable Energy Bands

Cu2ZnSn(S(1-x)Se(x))4 nanocrystals are an emerging family of functional materials with huge potential of industrial applications, however, it is an extremely challenging task to synthesize Cu2ZnSn(S(1-x)Se(x))4 nanocrystals with both tunable energy band and phase purity. Here we show that a green and economic route could be designed for the synthesis of Cu2ZnSn(S(1-x)Se(x))4 nanocrystals with bandgap tunable in the range of 1.5-1.12 eV. Consequently, conduction band edge shifted from -3.9 eV to -4.61 eV (relative to vacuum energy) is realized. The phase purity of Cu2ZnSn(S(1-x)Se(x))4 nanocrystals is substantiated with in-depth combined optical and structural characterizations. Electrocatalytic and thermoelectric performances of Cu2ZnSn(S(1-x)Se(x))4 nanocrystals verify their superior activity to replace noble metal Pt and materials containing heavy metals. This green and economic route will promote large-scale application of Cu2ZnSn(S(1-x)Se(x))4 nanocrystals as solar cell materials, electrocatalysts, and thermoelectric materials.
Pieceofcake: an ai-driven chatbot to manage complex business data

The complexity of business data (accounting, marketing, etc.) requires technical skills to handle and process it. However, the roles in a company that need this information to operate are usually different from the ones with those technical skills, also known as business analysts. Third-party solutions or in-house IT departments provide dashboards and reports to fill the gap. Nevertheless, this methodology is (1) expensive in terms of IT time devoted to implementation and maintenance, (2) rigid and difficult to adapt to the particular work-flow of each company, (3) slow and tedious to use. These issues can weigh down a company and translate into lost business opportunities.
We propose PieceOfCake, a trained Artificial Intelligence (AI) system that allows the use of Natural Language (NL) to access complex data. Questions like “How many users visited our web during last week for the first time?” will be automatically answered in the form of NL and graphs. Our product will change the way data-driven companies operate. Mid-level managers and interdisciplinary roles (e.g. marketing) are examples of positions that will highly benefit from it. PieceOfCake will outperform traditional dashboards in terms of ease of use, agility, and speed. It will disrupt strategic decision-making and drastically reduce IT costs. It will also allow small enterprises and self-employees to keep pace with the AI wave.
The feasibility study will identify which vertical (marketing, analytics, etc.) offers a higher market opportunity, what monetisation strategies work better (SaaS, white-labeling, tailored customers, etc.), and what market segment better accept our strategy.
Given the expected impact AI will have in global economy, we believe our project is crucial to the competitiveness of Europe against Asia and United States.
Rezension von: Beutter, Herta; Heinz, Hildegard; Panter, Armin (Hrsg.), Der Panoramamaler Louis Braun

Herta Beutter, Hildegard Heinz, Armin Panter (Hg.): Der Panoramamaler Louis Braun 1836–1916. Vom Skizzenblatt zum Riesenrundbild. Ausstellungskatalog Hällisch-Fränkisches Museum Schwäbisch Hall. Schwäbisch Hall: Historischer Verein für Württembergisch Franken 2012. 240 S. mit Abb. ISBN 978-3-9812243-3-7. € 25,–
TRANSGENIC PLANTS CONTAINING LIGNINASE AND CELLULASE WHICH DEGRADE LIGNIN AND CELLULOSE TO FERMENTABLE SUGARS

The present invention provides transgenic plants which after harvest degrade the lignin and cellulose therein to fermentable sugars which can further be fermented to ethanol or other products. In particular, the transgenic plants comprise ligninase and cellulase genes from microbes operably linked to a DNA encoding a signal peptide which targets the fusion polypeptide produced therefrom to an organelle of the plant, in particular the chloroplasts. When the transgenic plants are harvested, the plants are ground to release the ligninase and cellulase which then degrade the lignin and cellulose of the transgenic plants to produce the fermentable sugars.
Use of chemometric and quantum-mechanical methods in the analysis of bioactive terpenoids and phenylpropanoids against the Aedes aegypti

Dengue fever is one of the main public health problems in the world. Many mosquitoes have developed resistance to the conventional insecticides used. Thus, the search for vegetable extracts and natural substances as alternative insecticides has increased. In this study, chemometric methods were employed to classify a group of terpenoid and phenylpropanoid compounds with biological activity against the larval of the A. aegypti mosquitoes. The AM1 (Austin Model 1) method was used to calculate a set of molecular descriptors (properties) for the studied compounds. Then, the descriptors were analyzed using the following methods of pattern recognition: Principal Component Analysis (PCA) and Hierarchical Clustering Analysis (HCA). The PCA and HCA methods have shown to be very effective for the classification of the study compounds in two groups (active and inactive). The electronic variables EHOMO-1, EHOMO-2, ELUMO, ELUMO+2, and the structural LogP were used to classify as active and inactive compounds. In most studied compounds, the variables responsible for separating active from inactive compounds were electronic descriptors. Thus, it can be concluded that electronic effects play a fundamental role in the interaction between biological receptor and terpenoid and phenylpropanoid compounds with activity against larval A. aegypti mosquitoes.
The measurement of leukotrienes in urine as diagnostic option in systemic mastocytosis.

Clinical symptoms of patients with mastocytosis may include skin reactions, but also gastrointestinal symptoms with hyperacidity and dysmotility (e.g. ulcer, diarrhea, pain). They are mostly caused by mediators derived from activated mast cells. In order to investigate the impact of leukotrienes on the clinical symptoms excretion of leukotriene B4 (LTB4) and leukotrienes C4-D4-E4 (cysteinyl-leukotrienes) into urine was studied in 9 patients with indolent systemic mastocytosis divided into a group with high and low intensity of symptoms and in 11 healthy volunteers. Leukotriene excretion was determined by ELISA and correlated with methylhistamine excretion. Patients with systemic mastocytosis with high and low intense symptoms showed significantly higher urinary excretion of cysteinyl-leukotrienes than controls. There was a positive correlation of cysteinyl-leukotriene excretion and urinary methylhistamine excretion. LTB4 excretion was also significantly increased in patients with systemic mastocytosis compared to healthy volunteers. No correlation of urinary LTB4 excretion with urinary methylhistamine was observed. The present study demonstrates that urinary excretion of LTB4 and cysteinyl-leukotrienes LTC4-D4-E4 is clearly enhanced in indolent systemic mastocytosis Hence, determination of leukotriene excretion into urine can be used as a tool in the diagnostic and in the therapeutic monitoring of systemic mastocytosis.
Nanotechnology Quantum Detectors for Gravitational Waves: Adelaide to London Correlations Observed

The discovery of the nanotechnology zener diode quantum detector effect for gravitational waves is reported, based upon the quantum to classical transition being induced by dynamical 3-space fluctuations. Gravitational waves were detected by way of waveform correlations between time measurement in two Digital Storage Oscilloscopes, revealing time delays of 13 to 20 seconds over 24 hrs for Adelaide to London travel, varying as the earth rotates. The speed and direction were found, for January 1, 2013, to be 512 km/s, RA = 4.8 hrs, Dec = 83 deg S. This velocity agrees with previous detections using different techniques, such as the NASA spacecraft Earth-flyby Doppler shifts, which found 491 km/s, RA = 5.2 hrs, Dec = 80 deg S, for December 8, 1992. Consequently it was realised that nanotechnology zener diode quantum detectors have been operating, for different reasons, for some 15 years, and are known as RNGs (Random Number Generators) or REGs (Random Event Generators). The discovery herein reveals that they are not random. Correlations between data from a REG in Perth and a REG in London gave the speed and direction, for January 1, 2013, to be 528 km/s, RA = 5.3 hrs, Dec = 81 deg S. We also report highly correlated current fluctuations from collocated zener diode circuits. The GCP REG network constitutes an international gravitational wave detector network, with currently some 60 REGs operating, and with records going back to 1998. These detectors permit the study of dynamical 3-space structure, and also apparent anomalous scattering of the waves when passing deeper into the earth, solar flares, coronal mass ejections, earthquakes, and correlations with fluctuations in various rate processes such as nuclear decays. The quantum to classical transition is shown to be caused by 3-space dynamics, and so challenges the standard interpretation of probabilities in quantum theory.
FLARE SPILL CONTROL SYSTEM

A hydrocarbon management system comprises a flare boom configured to connect to a drilling or production rig. The flare boom is configured to combust at least a portion of hydrocarbon fluids flowed from the rig to the flare boom. A catcher is configured to be spatially positioned relative to the end of the flare boom. The catcher comprises a diverter positioned to divert a flow of uncombusted hydrocarbon liquids from the flare boom, and a container configured to receive the uncombusted hydrocarbon liquids diverted by the diverter.
Readability of Websites Containing Information About Prostate Cancer Treatment Options

Approximately 90 million American adults have literacy skills that test below a high school reading level. Websites written above this level can pose a challenge for those seeking online information about prostate cancer treatment options. In this study we determine the readability of selected websites using a systematic search process and validated readability formulas.We identified the 3 most popular keywords from 513 terms related to prostate cancer treatment options. We then systematically collected 270 websites from the top 3 search engines, and excluded from study those that were nonEnglish, not primarily text, irrelevant and/or duplicated. We used the Flesch-Kincaid grade level and Flesch Reading Ease to determine scores for each site.A total of 62 unique websites were analyzed. Median Flesch-Kincaid grade level was 12.0 (range 8.0 to 12.0) and median Flesch Reading Ease score was 38.1 (range 0.0 to 65.5). Only 3 sites (4.8%) were written below a high school reading level (less than 9.0).Few websites with discussions on prostate cancer treatment options are written below a high school reading level. This is problematic for a third of Americans who seek to further educate themselves using online resources. Clinicians can use this information to guide their patients to appropriate websites.
MINING MACHINE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND MINING MACHINE MANAGEMENT METHOD

A mining machine management system includes: a position information detection unit which is mounted in a mining machine loading a load in a mine and transporting the load and detects position information related to a position of the mining machine; and a region specification unit which corrects a representative position of a discharging station at which the load is removed, based on position information of a position at which the load is removed from the mining machine within a predetermined range centered around the representative position, from among the position information detected by the position information detection unit.
Employment mediation - computer applications in a perspective of dialogue for development 

The project aims at supporting the integration of the Venetian and Slovenian work systems, favouring mutual knowledge, dialogue and an evaluation of the opportunities offered on both sides. The beneficiary intended to make available to a cross-border network the experience acquired through the e-Labour project, an IT system aimed at favouring a matching of work supply and demand through the telematic network. The market analysis in the cross-border area resulted in an information booklet, the contents of which are closely related to specific issues: the employment system, the territorial structures to enter the work market, the work market of reference, the legislative framework (also in the field of immigration), the contract forms available. All these issues were studied in depth with reference to the employment system of the Venetian area and of the Slovenian area. The peculiarity of the booklet consists in the fact that it was conceived in two mirror-versions to be useful to workers on both sides of the border. In this sense the exchange and dissemination of technical information on the cross-border work market is crucial in the communication and exchange between the two systems, particularly today when land borders between the two areas have disappeared.
POROUS POLYOLEFIN FIBERS

A poiyoiefin fiber that is formed by a thermoplastic composition containing a continuous phase that includes a poiyoiefin matrix polymer and nanoinclusion additive is provided. The nanoinclusion additive is dispersed within the continuous phase as discrete nano-scaie phase domains. When drawn, the nano-scaie phase domains are able to interact with the matrix in a unique manner to create a network of nanopores.
Impact of Enrollment on the Quality of Learning in Primary Schools in Imenti Central District, Kenya.

To promote participation and access to education, the government introduced free primary education. The introduction of FSE has resulted into increased enrolment at all levels which has been blamed for the poor performance of pupils in public primary school of Imenti Central District. The current study sought to determine the impact of enrollment on the quality of learning in primary schools in Imenti Central District. The study employed the descriptive survey research design. Purposive sampling was used to select 2 QASO officers in charge of Imenti Central district; giving a sample size of 382 participants. Questionnaires and interview schedules were used as tools for data collection. Data was analysed using descriptive statistics. The results of data analysis were presented using frequency distribution tables and bar graphs. The study established that high enrolment trends in primary schools led to overworking the staff members, inadequate teaching and learning facilities, poor sanitation facilities and inadequate classroom. The increased enrolment impacted to a great extent on the quality of learning in public primary schools. Based on the findings of the study, it is recommended that the government puts measures in place to avail facilities that match the pupils’ enrolment. Key Words: Enrolment, Quality of Learning
The center for genomics, evolution and medicine

The proposed ERA Chair – the Center for Genomics, Evolution and Medicine (cGEM) aims to apply advancements in genomic medicine in an evolutionarily-aware framework to account for different evolutionary pathways of populations which have led to differences in susceptibility to common diseases. This requires the knowledge about the genetic risk factors for diverse ethnic groups and the tools to highlight the underlying genetic predisposition to diseases in complex human populations. For this reason, we will bring together the scientific expertise in three institutions: the Estonian Biocentre (EBC) and the Estonian Genome Center (EGC) which will be consolidated to form the Institute of Genomics at University of Tartu (IGUT) in January 2018, and the Institute of Clinical Medicine (ICM). The synergy between the three scientific hubs will create the research capacity for tackling the abovementioned aim. This capacity will be built to apply a holistic approach to understand the evolutionary driving forces that have led to common diseases; develop disease risk prediction models applicable in different populations, and explore the means for translating these findings into suitable input for everyday clinical practice.
For these purposes we shall estimate the mutation rate across molecular pathways during the evolution, migration and mixing of the human populations, and study the roles of demographic history and local adaptation in the global patterns of mutation processes in humans exploring regional differences in the accumulation of mutations predisposing individuals to common complex diseases. 

the cGEM will utilize its international collaborations and in-house biobanks to advance the personalized medicine solutions for admixed populations for predicting risk of certain complex diseases, including metabolic and cardiovascular diseases, and cancers.