SIRIS-Lab/unlabelled-sti-corpus huggingface dataset:
Pioneering sustainable substrate for accelerated quality cultivation

High fertility of land and proper water disposal in the soil are recognised as essential requirements to grow healthy plants. The agro & horticulture markets demand a cultivation base with an optimal air/water balance which can be controlled to ensure a regular growth of the roots across the soil or block. At the moment, there are numerous substrates such as coco coir, peat coir, stone wool and foam, used in the industry, in an effort to cover these needs. However, all these solutions present important issues, as substrates remain completely wet, are not safely recycled/reused and the water and air content is not equally spread into the entire growing medium. In addition, new practices like hydroponics which emerged for the purpose of controlling the water/air uptake by plants, are mostly expensive systems, not suited for all agriculture uses and require installations with high return on investment. HollandPlug International BV, is a SME founded with the sole purpose of developing, exploiting and commercialising HollandPlug. HollandPlug consists of a 100% compostable plug made of a mix of patented pioneering water storage bio-flakes sprayed with a proprietary Super Absorbent Polymer and jute to optimise the moisture/air balance for plants/flowers/seeds to grow inside. With this new substrate the customers can choose the water level of the plug depending on plants’ needs, which results in 15% higher yield production, better nutritional quality and energy reduction. Our technology reduces the fertilizers needed (35%), the water consumption (60%) compared to conventional soil based farming solutions, the dropout rate to 2% and increase life expectancy of the crop by 15%. The successful commercialization of our project will help us reach annual revenues of €34.28 million and profit of €8.57 million in 2025. With a Phase2 investment of €2.87 million, this would imply a ROI of 7.56We will also create a total 43 new job positions after five years of commercialization.
Reduction of sound leakage in handheld devices using open loop control

Recently, handheld devices with sound functionality are popular. A problem encountered by using such devices is sound leakage due to inappropriate volume setting, which should be reduced not to disturb people around the user. In previous study, we presented an active control (ANC) technique to control such sound leakage in handheld devices. The least squares (LS) optimum control under various positions of error sensors was investigated. Based on the results, desirable and feasible microphone-loudspeaker setups were suggested. In this paper, we present a novel open loop leakage reduction scheme, and it is compared with adaptive noise control method. To achieve this, control available frequency bands and spatial ranges are studied. And the influence of leakage reduction performance by the receiver and control speaker's radiation pattern are analyzed. Also the effects of the physical environment including the user's hand for the leakage control performance are studied. Finally, the proposed method is implemented on the mobile phone mock-up, and the performance of actual measured leakage reduction is investigated.
HINGE FOR FURNITURE LEAVES THAT SWING ABOUT AT LEAST ONE HORIZONTAL AXIS

A hinge (1) for furniture leaves that swing about at least one horizontal axis, which comprises a supporting body (2) which is adapted to be applied inside a piece of furniture, at least one oscillating lever (4) adapted to be connected to the supporting body (2) at one end and, at the opposite end, to an anchoring element (5) which is fixed to a leaf (6), the at least one lever (4) being applied so as to oscillate to an intermediate body (7) that is separate from the supporting body (2).
MODULAR DECK LID HINGE WITH COIL SPRINGS

A vehicle body decklid hinge includes at least one hinge set carried by a bracket that retains a pivot pin and a retainer bar in a cantilevered manner. The pivot pin supports a lever, such as a gooseneck strap, that will be coupled to the hood, while the bracket includes a mount that will be carried by peripheral body structure around the decklid opening. The retainer bar carries a helically wound spring that secures one end of the spring for resistence to rotation about the axis of the bar. The other end of the spring engages an adjustor that variably urges the lever to pivot toward the open position. The method and apparatus reduce specificity of components and improve adaptably to various models and styles by reducing adjustments to tension variability in adjusting the biasing force applied to the decklid strap.
Comparative description and taxonomy of new hominin juvenile mandibles from the Pliocene of Woranso-Mille (Central Afar, Ethiopia)

Mandibular morphology of Australopithecus afarensis is well known based on abundant fossil mandibles of adult individuals from multiple sites in Ethiopia (Hadar, Woranso-Mille, and Middle Awash) and Tanzania (Laetoli). However, there are only a few juvenile mandibles of the species known from these sites. Here, we describe two recently discovered Pliocene hominin juvenile mandibles from Woranso-Mille (KSD-VP-1/29 and MKM-VP-1/626), that have been radioisotopically dated to 3.6 million years ago. We assign these mandibles to Australopithecus afarensis based on their possession of mandibular morphological features considered as distinctive of the species. These specimens not only increase the sample size of juvenile mandibles of A. afarensis from poorly known time period, but also add new information on the degree of variability in juvenile mandibular morphology within the species. Their dentition samples the whole spectrum of size and shape variation in A. afarensis. Our analysis further indicates that symphyseal morphology of the Laetoli mandibles of early A. afarensis falls within the range of variation of mandibles of the species from Hadar, Woranso-Mille, and Middle Awash. Moreover, the fact that the new 3.6 million-year-old juvenile mandibles from Woranso-Mille have a more receeding symphysis than any of the juvenile and most adult mandibles of A. afarensis from the younger Hadar sequence lends support to the observed trend in symphyseal morphological change in the A. anamensis-A. afarensis chronospecies lineage.
Combining ProVerif and Automated Theorem Provers for Security Protocol Verification

Symbolic verification of security protocols typically relies on an attacker model called the Dolev-Yao model, which does not model adequately various algebraic properties of cryptographic operators used in many real-world protocols. In this work we describe an integration of a state-of-the-art protocol verifier ProVerif, with automated first order theorem provers (ATP). The integration allows one to model directly algebraic properties of cryptographic operators as a first-order equational theory and the specified protocol can be exported to a first-order logic specification in the standard TPTP format for ATP. An attack on a protocol corresponds to a refutation using the encoded first order clauses. We implement a tool that analyses this refutation and extracts an attack trace from it, and visualises the deduction steps performed by the attacker. We show that the combination of ProVerif and ATP can find attacks that cannot be found by ProVerif when algebraic properties are taken into account in the protocol verification.
Reorganization of the management system of the economy as a factor of economic growth of the state

At present time the world economy is in a very difficult position - on the one hand, the economic indicators in many leading countries of the world proceed to fall; on the other hand, scientists cannot find an explanation for this and bring the countries out of a prolonged recession. All these cause the search for new mechanisms of economy functioning. And it does not require to invent something new, rather "to take a dive" into the economic history of individual states and to identify mechanisms of their successful development. The presented study is an attempt to analyze the reasons of the growth of the Soviet economy (USSR), throughout its development, in the context of organizational changes in the management system.
Type III longitudinal deficiency of the tibia and outcome of reconstructive surgery in a female patient

Type III longitudinal deficiency of tibia according to Kalamchi and Dawe denotes the presence of distal hypoplasia of the tibia with diastasis. We report a case of type III longitudinal deficiency of the tibia in a female patient who later underwent reconstructive surgery. The first reconstruction of the leg was done when child turned 4 months of age. Surgical procedures included foot reconstruction and ankle stabilization with twice lengthening by the Ilizarov method (14 cm in total). During the follow-up, both the tibia and fibula of the affected leg showed the same lengthening and regression due to preserved distal growth zone cartilage. After surgical correction, the acetabulum was satisfactorily configured with an acetabular angle of 23 degrees. Explanation for surgical success was that osteotomy and distraction were done in the proximal part of the crural region where the growth potential was better. The tibia remained lean and hypoplastic while the fibula was incrassated. The function in the area of the knee joint was preserved, while the distal part of the leg served as good stand on. When the child was 18 years old, on check-up, the acetabular angle was 23 degrees while the Wiberg angle was 24 degrees.
Étude internationale, observationnelle et prospective chez des patients atteints de PR recevant du baricitinib, des tsDMARDs ou bDMARDs : délai avant arrêt du traitement, données d’efficacité, et PRO à 12 mois issus de la cohorte européenne

Le baricitinib (BARI), un inhibiteur oral sélectif JAK1/2, est approuvé pour le traitement des adultes atteints de polyarthrite rhumatoïde (PR) modérée à sévère. RA-BE-REAL est une étude internationale prospective d’une durée de 3 ans visant à évaluer le délai avant arrêt du traitement initial quelle qu’en soit la cause (à l’exception d’une réponse clinique soutenue) sur 24 mois (M) chez des patients atteints de PR. Cette analyse rapporte le délai avant arrêt du traitement ainsi que l’efficacité du traitement de la PR à 12 mois dans le sous-groupe européen (Allemagne, Espagne, France, Italie et Royaume-Uni) chez les patients traités par BARI, ou par des traitements de fonds biologiques (bDMARD) ou synthétiques ciblés (tsDMARD). Les patients initiant BARI 2 ou 4 mg étaient inclus dans la cohorte A. Ceux initiant tout autre bDMARD ou tsDMARD (b/tsDMARD) dans la cohorte B. L’instauration et les changements de traitement étaient à la discrétion du patient ou du médecin. Les taux de réponse concernant la rémission et l’activité de la maladie (faible, modérée ou élevée) ont été déterminés avec le score d’activité clinique CDAI à 12 mois. La qualité de vie (EQ-5D-5L), la douleur (échelle visuelle analogique, EVA) et la capacité fonctionnelle (HAQ-DI) ont également été évaluées à 12 mois. Cette analyse intermédiaire pré-spécifiée fait état de données descriptives sur 12 mois. Au total, 1073 patients adultes atteints de PR ont été inclus dans l’étude. Ils avaient un âge moyen de 59,1 ans (écart type de 13,2) (cohorte A) et de 57,0 ans (13,9) (cohorte B) et une durée moyenne d’évolution de la maladie de 10,0 ans (9,1) (cohorte A) et 8,9 ans (9,6) (cohorte B). À l’inclusion, 50,9 % des patients de la cohorte A et 31,2 % des patients de la cohorte B ont initié le traitement en monothérapie. À 12 mois, 26,7 % des patients de la cohorte A et 44,1 % de ceux de la cohorte B avaient interrompu le traitement. Dans les deux cohortes, le principal motif d’arrêt était l’absence de réponse au traitement (échec primaire). À 12 mois, 24,1 % des patients de la cohorte A et 16,6 % des patients de la cohorte B étaient en rémission CDAI avec une réduction moyenne du CDAI de −14,5 et −12,0, respectivement. Par rapport aux valeurs à l’inclusion, les réductions moyennes des évaluations globales médecin (PhGA) et patient (PGA) étaient respectivement de −3,4 et −2,5, dans la cohorte A, et de −3,0 et −2,1 dans la cohorte B. Des améliorations par rapport à l’inclusion des scores EQ-5D-5L, HAQ-DI et de la douleur (EVA) ont été rapportées dans les deux cohortes à 12 mois. La réduction moyenne de la douleur (EVA) par rapport à l’inclusion était de −24,6 et −19,3 dans les cohortes A et B, respectivement. À 12 mois, les patients sous BARI étaient pour la plupart en rémission ou montraient une faible activité de la maladie et poursuivaient le traitement.
News Peoples’ Relations In Eastern Mediterranean

The project PEOPLES has the general objective to create a permanent network of Local Observatories on the Migrations’ Governance in Eastern Mediterranean. It will act as a laboratory to elaborate integrated proposals to be implemented in the regional policies focussing on the governance of the migration process. The project envisages networking activities, both cognitive and programmatic, on the following sectors of intervention: 1. Regional strategies for the governance of migration flows in the context of national regulations 2. Integration-support measures and access to the welfare 3. Integration policies for the asylum-seekers In the present situation of a significant economic migration flow, the true challenge for the Eastern Mediterranean area is represented by the capacity to manage the migration processes applying an integrated approach, within the logical framework of regional strategies of development and stabilisation, to implement tools that maximise benefits for all parties involved (destination countries, countries of origin and migrants). The creation of a network of local Observatories on Migrations’ Governance supported by a strong trans-regional partnership can represent an efficient tool to provide the information and planning support for the public governance on immigration issue defined involving the main stakeholders as public administrations, third sector, trade-unions, research centres and migrants’ community. The general objective is the common development of: 1. Integrated approach to the surveys and analyses in a perspective of social dialogue involving the implementation of inclusive decision-making process. 2. New tools at transnational level for: • The public governance of the migration flows • The implementation of local public policies of social and economic integration • The implementation of asylum policies The main activities are: 1. Mapping and monitoring activities to draft Regional info sheets with basic information – in a common/comparable format – on: • Public policies for the migration flows management • Best practices on the integration-support measures and access to the social services • Integration policies for the Asylum-seekers 2. Defining and sharing the impact indicators referred to the migration flows 3. Defining some guidelines for re-adjusting and/or adopting new approaches as to the management of the entry flows and the presence of migrant workers at regional level 4. Drafting regional maps of projects funded at regional and local level on the projects issues (organised by different kind of activities, education, job placement, protection of social and civil rights) 5. Organising regional and transnational workshops and thematic working groups 6. Supporting networks and exchanges of information and good practices as referring to the asylum politics 7. Creating a database and archives online
What Every Clinician Must Know About Whole Tooth Regeneration-A Mini Review

Whole tooth regeneration has been considered up to now to be an entity of futuristic research holding the ultimate promise in dental treatment protocols. However with latest research developments in the field, dentistry is not far from the juncture when such concepts will be everyday procedures moving outfrom the lab to the clinic. However the plethora of literature that has piled up given the rapid advancement in the field leaves the clinician overloaded with information a lot of which would be of greater interest to the pure researcher. This review of the current ideologies attempts to filter out the clinically relevant developments in this exciting field along with their success stories and failures while suggesting newer possibilities that would shape the merger of pure science with clinical protocol as we shall know it in the times to come.
Photo-Organocatalytic co2 valorisation into bioactive added-value molecules

In my research proposal Photo2Bio, I introduce a conceptually new chemical paradigm for the organocatalytic asymmetric CO2 fixation via synergistic catalysis. This strategy demonstrates its straight to the synthesis of amino acids and diverse complex molecular architectures using renewable sources: light and CO2. The key features of this strategy is to develop a dual catalytic system which can simultaneous activate both coupling partner: the organic substrate and CO2, thus combining two powerful fields of molecular activation: visible light photoredoxcatalysis and organocatalysis. After the development of the discovery phase - development of the dual catalytic system and application to the synthesis of biomolecules - a more applicative execution phase will take place, where organocatalytic magnetic nanoparticles (MN) will be implemented and functionalize to overcome the recovery and catalyst loading issues. This will open the way to environmentally benign industrial applications.
The successful development of proposal is ensured by the merging of diverse skills from hosting group at the University of Padova, led by Prof. Marcella Bonchio i) CO2 valorisation, ii) photocatalyst; the ITM-CNR expert in MN Dr. Alberto Figoli: i) magnetic nanoparticle design and assembly and me: i) photoredox catalysis, ii) asymmetric synthesis and reaction development. Funding of the Photo2Bio will generate great benefit not only for academia and industry through the synthesis of chiral biomolecules but also for the society. At short term new sustainable way to bioactive molecules will be accessed; at a long term this will serve to prove the concept that chemistry useful and can solve global warming by the development of sustainable synthetic methods, thus changing the common people perception of chemistry as toxic and/or dangerous. This will be accomplished by a series of large audience initiative and discussions with scientists and common people.
Applications of computing technology-combining tangible skills and theory in CS0

Among the multitude of courses that many college-level Computer Science educators may teach is commonly a computing technology or computing literacy course geared towards non-Computer Science majors. This service course is taken by a student population that is rather diverse in terms of age, prior knowledge about computers, and field of study. It is a challenge to present material in this type of setting that is relevant, interesting, and comprehensible for all students.

This paper discuses and describes a course built on the idea of a scenario-based approach; introducing skills that all of these students may need once they enter the workforce. The material is presented not just in terms of skills that they may replicate if needed, but also how all students can take the material and expand on it with respect to their individual careers.

The goal of this approach is to tie the different topics traditionally covered in CS0 together in ways that provide the students with tangible results as to how to apply this knowledge immediately for their other courses, as well as to experience how the knowledge will enhance their skills and will help them to advance in their own vocation.
Measuring the extent and implications of corporate political connections in prewar Japan

Abstract This paper explores the extent of political connections of firms, and examines the implications for firm values, using firm-level data from prewar Japan. We collect data from publicly traded companies in Japan in the late 1920s and early 1930s regarding their directors and presence of members of the House of Representatives, stock prices, and financial performance. We find that almost 20% of these publicly traded companies had political connections through politician directors. In particular, firms in regulated industries, including the electrical utility and railroad industries, were more likely to have political connections. Regression analyses reveal that the stock returns of firms with newly- obtained political connections improved from the pre-election to post-election periods. Furthermore, this positive effect accrued to non-regulated industries, while it did not to regulated industries.
ATIVIDADES DE MELHORIA PARA A CONTINUIDADE DA EMPRESA NO CAMPO DA PEQUENA INDÚSTRIA METALMECHANICS

PROPÕE-SE PROSSEGUIR A ATIVIDADE DE INOVAÇÃO TECNOLÓGICA JÁ EM CURSO E CONTINUAR A EXECUTAR AÇÕES DE ATENUAÇÃO DO RISCO DE COVID-19. AS ATIVIDADES DIZEM RESPEITO A TRABALHADORES PARA: EQUIPAMENTO DE PROTEÇÃO INDIVIDUAL; II) TREINAMENTO, FEITO COM O EMPREGADOR, PARA CRIAR UMA VISÃO COMUM, GRAÇAS A CONSELHOS ESPECÍFICOS. OUTRO TEMA DE SEGURANÇA É: SERÁ CRIADO UM SISTEMA DE ACESSO REMOTO SEGURO, ESSENCIAL PARA O TRABALHO INTELIGENTE.
Nanoparticle-Based imaging and therapy of chronic pain in the dorsal root ganglia (drg)

Chronic pain is a debilitating disease, which affects approximately 1.5 billion people worldwide, and of those, approximately
4% suffer from neuropathic pain. Neuropathic pain is often described as a shooting or burning pain that can come and then
disappear but equally it may become chronic, where the pain may become unrelenting and severe. It often is the result of
nerve damage or a malfunctioning nervous system. Additionally there is the impact upon society where the costs related to
disability allowance, treatment, lost wages and productivity impacts the economy. Current treatments for chronic pain are not
fully reliable and there is a severe lack of tools to diagnose or visualise the pain process within the dorsal root ganglia
(DRG). Humans have 62 DRGs which are the first relay stations in the pain pathway. Local targeted treatment at the level of
those DRGs involved in the pain process is the solution to circumvent side effects and optimise treatment. We aim to identify
involved DRGs by visualising cells or molecules in the DRG which are directly or indirectly associated with the generation of
pain. We will use a novel method of nanoparticles targeted towards pain-associated cells or molecules in the DRG. A vast
amount of neuropathic pain studies have shown an eminent infiltration of macrophages into affected DRGs. These
nanoparticles will be specifically designed to target initially the macrophages in the DRG, encapsulating both therapeutic
payloads and imaging contrast reagents to monitor pain-associated activities. The goal of PIANO is therefore to facilitate a
state-of-art approach to visualisation of neuropathic pain / inflammation at DRG sites as well as to simultaneously release
analgesic molecules from the nanoparticles.