SIRIS-Lab/unlabelled-sti-corpus huggingface dataset:
USE OF MICROPARTICLE ADDITIVES TO SIMULTANEOUSLY ENABLE ARTIFACT-FREE IMAGE REGISTRATION, AUTO-FOCUSING, AND CHROMATIC ABERRATION CORRECTION IN MICROSCOPY

High-contrast, high-density cell-sized microparticles (120) are introduced into a cell (llO)-containing solution prior to the solution being spread onto a planar substrate (100) for imaging. The microparticles facilitate both the process of imager autofocusing and the subsequent registration of multiple images taken of regions of the substrate. The microparticles can further facilitate the correction of chromatic aberration.
Traxen – ultra low power, long life tracking sensor

Our goal is to introduce a novel, miniaturized, decade long life tracking solution for the logistics industry to be able to track each of their pallets, containers, trailers, wagons, boxes which means we open an entirely new, approximately 79 Billion EUR market in the world. 
Our development is also supported by IoT innovation team of T-Systems Hungary Plc. whose goal is to import our product into their B2B sales portfolio.  
With current tracking devices, mass tracking is not possible without high investment cost on devices, constant battery recharging, maintenance, staff is needed to keep the devices alive. These devices operate only for days as GPS and GSM based tracking has high energy need. Adding more battery makes these devices too large, not fitting to many applications (e.g.: pallets, medication boxes).
With our unique, miniaturized tracking devices, based on NBIoT communication technology, we can solve one of the main problem of the logistics industry: track and locate any of their transportation assets real time, constantly even for a decade with very low investment cost and almost 0 maintenance. Based on our product logistics, transportation can be more reliable, initial and constant investment on replacing and managing missing, misplaced pallets, trailers, containers can be tremendously reduced, also insurance cost of missing goods can be reduced and needed resources can be minimized and optimized. 
Regarding this huge market, based on a modest production capacity prediction we can reach at least 22.8 million EUR revenue by 2023, reaching only 0.03% of this market. 
Our company has 7+ years of IoT development history, and we are official NBIoT sensor developer and industrial partner of IT Services Hungary and T-Systems Hungary Plc. with several successful NBIoT development for external large industrial partners (e.g. E.oN). 
Our team is lead by Gabor Illes-Kiss who has a strong experience in international project management, company leadership.
Structural and mechanistic insights into ring e3-mediated ubiquitination

Ubiquitin (Ub) conjugation regulates a myriad of cellular processes in the eukaryotic cell. Ub-ligases (E3) play a pivotal role in deciding the substrate’s fate and function by catalyzing the transfer of Ub from Ub-conjugating enzyme (E2) to a substrate protein lysine sidechain. Successive rounds of E3-catalyzed substrate ubiquitination lead to the formation of poly-Ub chains or multi-monoubiquitination, which direct the substrate to different biological fates such as degradation by the 26S proteasome. RING E3s comprise the largest family of E3s with approximately 600 members in humans. Over the last fifteen years, structural biology and biochemical studies have paved the way for understanding how RING E3s interact with E2s and substrates, and how they are regulated. Recently my group has trapped the crystal structure of a RING E3 bound to an E2 covalently-linked to Ub (E2~Ub), thus providing a molecular snapshot of how RING E3 optimizes E2~Ub for catalysis. Despite these advances, the mechanisms of RING E3-catalyzed ubiquitination are not completely understood. Here, we propose to investigate three key aspects of RING E3 functions. First, we will determine structures of several RING E3s bound to E2~Ub to dissect the molecular basis for RING E3-E2~Ub selectivity. Second, our recent structure of a RING E3, Cbl-b, bound to E2~Ub and a substrate peptide provides a starting point for structural determination of a more challenging RING E3-E2~Ub-intact substrate complex to elucidate the mechanisms of substrate ubiquitination. Third, we have developed an ubiquitinated Cbl-substrate mimetic to study the mechanisms of RING E3-catalyzed poly-ubiquitination using structural and biochemical approaches. Expected results will greatly expand our knowledge of RING E3-mediated ubiquitination and will foster strategies in exploiting E3s for therapeutic development, since deregulation of E3s underlies many diseases including cancers.
CHARACTERISTICS OF AUTHIGENIC MINERALS AND PARAGENETIC SEQUENCE OF DAWSONITE-BEARING SANDSTONES FROM THE MINGYUEFENG FORMATION OF PALEOCENE IN LISHUI SAG , EAST CHINA SEA BASIN

Dawsonite-bearing sandstones occurred in the Mingyuefeng Formation of Paleogene period have been found in the Lishui sag,Donghai basin.Multiple approaches such as polarizing microscope,scanning electron microscope,cathodoluminescence,alizarine red S and potassium ferricyanide composite stain as well as X-ray diffraction have been used to investigate the characteristics of clastic components,authigenic minerals and paragenetic sequence.It reveals that the dawsonite-bearing sandstones are fine to medium grained,poorly to moderately sorted feldspathic litharenite and litharenite,basically litharenite.Authigenic minerals are predominantly quartz,siderite,pyrite,dawsonite,ankerite,calcite and clay minerals,in which dawsonite occurs either as radiated clusters and bundles consisting of very fine dawsonite blades,or as lath-shaped grains replacing clastics in varying degrees.Paragenetic sequence of dawsonite-bearing sandstones is outlined as follows:authigenic clay coating siderite-pyrite-kaolinite-quartz-ankerite-dawsonite-clacite.Among them,dawsonite and calcite are considered as resulting from carbonates precipitation after CO2injection.The formation of calcite can be attributed to combined effects of the dissolution of anorthite and rock fragments together with the decrease of CO2partial pressure in alkaline fluid.
The 50 Greatest Players in Boston Red Sox History

The Boston Red Sox are one of the most iconic baseball teams, representing not just a city or a state, but an entire region-it's the only professional baseball team in New England. Baseball greats such as Cy Young and Babe Ruth wore the uniform early in their careers and many other players, including Ted Williams, Wade Boggs, Carl Yastrzemski, Pedro Martinez, and Johnny Damon have played with New England's beloved ball club. Sports historian Robert W. Cohen has chosen the 50 best ever to play for the Sox and profiles their exploits. Chances are you'll find your favorite player here.
Visible light-activated photoinitiators for applications in domestic coatings

The use of light to trigger and control radical polymerisation is a powerful strategy for rational polymer synthesis and advanced materials. Photoinitiated polymerisation is today widely used in industry for several applications. Essential for the continued progress of the field is the discoveries of novel photoinitiators endowed with tailored properties, such as high activity at ambient temperature and the possibility to use visible light instead of UV irradiation to produce radicals in high quantum yields. Using visible light is essential for domestic applications, as there would be no hazards related to exposure to UV light.
Light-COAT aims at preparing new visible-light-activated photoinitiators and evaluate their potential for the formulation of domestic coating compositions. As part of the ERC-2015-CoG project CATA-LUX (681840), focused on developing photochemical synthetic methodologies, we recently identified a family of visible-light-absorbing organic compounds with high potential to act as photoinitiators for polymer applications. These photoinitiators can be easily synthesised, are activated by weak light, including solar light or simple light-emitting-diodes, provide access to colourless polymeric materials, and have shown potential for applications in domestic indoor/outdoor coatings. These unique features make this novel family of photoinitiators suitable to enhance convenience in use (reduced drying time and improved weatherproof feature), offering a strong opportunity to improve domestic coating formulations.
Governance of Maritime Transport Services in the Mediterranean

This project takes on the shared challenge of sustainable growth through the innovative management of maritime freight transport services to mitigate the isolation of the islands. Go SMarT Med studies a new strategic governance to coordinate the connections between the Core ports (Genoa, Livorno, Cagliari, Palermo) and the Comprehensive ports (Toulon, Bastia) and improve the competitiveness of the islands. The current system for offering maritime freight transport services is uncoordinated and encourages the use of land transport. The general objective of the project is to contribute to developing coordinated maritime freight transport systems to improve the connection of the secondary and tertiary nodes of the cooperation area to the TEN-T networks. Go SMarT Med carries out a feasibility study that checks the degree of efficiency of a new network system optimised for the coordination of existing maritime transport services of goods by Ro-Ro and containers. This system, which is the subject of the governance project, is aimed at integrating tariffs (lower customer costs), schedules (shorter travel time) and frequencies of maritime transport lines operating in the study area.  The new system benefits shipping companies, companies that send/receive goods (service customers), port operators (maritime agencies, freight forwarders, port employment agencies, transporters), representatives of public institutions and policymakers. The feasibility study is a strictly coordinated cross-border effort, carried out with the contribution of partners from all the regions involved in the programme. Go SMarT Med is innovative; its performance evaluations derive from real supply and demand data collected through interviews with the various supply chain actors. It also introduces goods traceability as a parameter to estimate the new network model that evaluates the effects of the coordinated system.
A distributed algorithm for large-scale generalized matching

Generalized matching problems arise in a number of applications, including computational advertising, recommender systems, and trade markets. Consider, for example, the problem of recommending multimedia items (e.g., DVDs) to users such that (1) users are recommended items that they are likely to be interested in, (2) every user gets neither too few nor too many recommendations, and (3) only items available in stock are recommended to users. State-of-the-art matching algorithms fail at coping with large real-world instances, which may involve millions of users and items. We propose the first distributed algorithm for computing near-optimal solutions to large-scale generalized matching problems like the one above. Our algorithm is designed to run on a small cluster of commodity nodes (or in a MapReduce environment), has strong approximation guarantees, and requires only a poly-logarithmic number of passes over the input. In particular, we propose a novel distributed algorithm to approximately solve mixed packing-covering linear programs, which include but are not limited to generalized matching problems. Experiments on real-world and synthetic data suggest that a practical variant of our algorithm scales to very large problem sizes and can be orders of magnitude faster than alternative approaches.
CRT Improves LV Filling Dynamics

Echocardiographic particle imaging velocimetry allows blood flow visualization and characterization of diastolic vortex formation that may play a key role in filling efficiency. We hypothesized that abrupt withdrawal of cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) would alter the timing of left ventricular diastolic vortex formation and modify cardiac time intervals. In patients with heart failure (HF) who had chronically implanted CRT devices, the timing of the onset of the diastolic vortex (TDV) from mitral valve opening, transmitral flow, and cardiac time intervals was measured at baseline and after deactivation and reactivation of CRT. Compared with control patients with cardiovascular risk factors but structurally normal hearts, TDV was significantly delayed in patients with HF. Deactivation of CRT resulted in striking delay in TDV due to disorganized flow and reduced flow acceleration, and reactivation reversed these characteristics instantly. In addition, CRT deactivation also prolonged the isovolumic contraction interval, which closely correlated with the changes in the TDV. These data suggest that CRT plays an important role in optimization of left ventricular diastolic filling.
Podoceridae of tropical Australia (Peracarida: Amphipoda)

Thirteen taxa in the family Podoceridae are reported from tropical Australia, including six new species and four new records. Podocerus hanapepe J. L. Barnard, 1970, P. talegus lawai J. L. Barnard, 1970, P. walkeri Rabindranath, 1972 and P. zeylanicus (Walker, 1904) are reported from Australia for the first time. New distribution records are provided for P. crenulatus Myers, 1985, P. lobatus (Haswell, 1885) and Laetmatophilus dabberi Barnard & Drummond, 1981. The six new species Podocerus clavicarius sp. nov., P. ferreus sp. nov., P. miscix sp. nov., P. orontes sp. nov., P. rockingham sp. nov., and L. triceratops sp. nov. are described. Hughes, L. E. 2013. Podoceridae of tropical Australia (Peracarida: Amphipoda). Records of the Australian Museum
Variability in Costs across Hospital Wards. A Study of Chinese Hospitals

Analysts estimating the costs or cost-effectiveness of health interventions requiring hospitalization often cut corners because they lack data and the costs of undertaking full step-down costing studies are high. They sometimes use the costs taken from a single hospital, sometimes use simple rules of thumb for allocating total hospital costs between general inpatient care and the outpatient department, and sometimes use the average cost of an inpatient bed-day instead of a ward-specific cost.In this paper we explore for the first time the extent and the causes of variation in ward-specific costs across hospitals, using data from China. We then use the resulting model to show how ward-specific costs for hospitals outside the data set could be estimated using information on the determinants identified in the paper.Ward-specific costs estimated using step-down costing methods from 41 hospitals in 12 provinces of China were used. We used seemingly unrelated regressions to identify the determinants of variability in the ratio of the costs of specific wards to that of the outpatient department, and explain how this can be used to generate ward-specific unit costs.Ward-specific unit costs varied considerably across hospitals, ranging from 1 to 24 times the unit cost in the outpatient department--average unit costs are not a good proxy for costs at specialty wards in general. The most important sources of variability were the number of staff and the level of capacity utilization.More careful hospital costing studies are clearly needed. In the meantime, we have shown that in China it is possible to estimate ward-specific unit costs taking into account key determinants of variability in costs across wards. This might well be a better alternative than using simple rules of thumb or using estimates from a single study.
Análisis de la distribución Kali Linux, su aplicación en la configuración de un sistema detector de intrusiones y la validación del sistema en la red de datos de la sede sur de Quito de la Universidad Politécnica Salesiana

This work highlights the importance of information security in organizations and the actions that have been developed in favor of keeping the information on the characteristics of reliability, integrity and availability, among these actions is creating Response Teams CSIRT Computer Security Incident management oriented Information Security in Organizations, among its services proactive intrusion detection service is. These activities are conducted by supporting applications that contain specialized software tools, one of which is the Kali Linux distribution and analysis tools are the subject of major study, later defined the context and methodology for testing tools in the network, looking for open ports, services and vulnerabilities, as next activity to determine the severity of vulnerabilities found and these data to develop a descriptive table of vulnerabilities, severity and consequences arise. Finally an alternative HIDS (Intrusion Detection System based on Host) is raised by setting the tool in Snort Kali Linux distribution.
Arcos da vida e Quadra 27

O presente artigo busca apresentar análises sobre o espaço cemiterial Cristo Rei, localizado no município de Toledo ao Oeste do Estado do Paraná. Este espaço cemiterial é o mais antigo da cidade. O cemitério passou por algumas reformas desde sua construção no ano de 1950 e com isso foram inseridos monumentos. O objetivo é analisar esses elementos e compreender quais mudanças eles trouxeram para o espaço. Os Arcos da Vida e a Quadra 27 foram evidenciados e são os principais elementos desta análise, pois de alguma forma eles representam memória e lembrança de alguns mortos. Partindo da antropologia, a metodologia se desenvolve com a etnografia e a observação participante direta, essas estruturas foram fotografadas e serão apresentadas e descritas ao longo do texto, para que seja possível compreender qual sua função no espaço cemiterial e o que representam em relação à ideia de pioneirismo. A Quadra 27 e os Arcos da Vida são apresentados de forma separada. Na Quadra 27 estão enterrados os esquecidos que passaram a ser lembrados em meados de 2010 por meio do monumento Arcos da Vida que valoriza seus túmulos, seus nomes e trazem as vidas representadas como esquecidas em seus pilares ao longo do corredor central. Por fim, este estudo analisou os esquecidos que foram lembrados em meados de 2010 pela prefeitura, de uma forma que sua história estivesse ligada ao contexto da cidade.
Solutions for critical raw materials - a european expert network

Since the publication of the first list of Critical Raw Materials (CRM) in 2010 by the Ad-hoc Working Group on CRM, numerous European projects have addressed (part of) the CRMs value and several initiatives have contributed to gather (part of) the related community into clusters and associations. This led to the production of important knowledge, unfortunately disseminated. Numerous databases have also been developed, sometimes as duplicates.
For the first time in the history, SCRREEN aims at gathering European initiatives, associations, clusters, and projects working on CRMs into along lasting Expert Network on Critical Raw Materials, including the stakeholders, public authorities and civil society representatives. 
SCRREEN will contribute to improve the CRM strategy in Europe by (i) mapping primary and secondary resources as well as substitutes of CRMs, (ii) estimating the expected demand of various CRMs in the future and identifying major trends, (iii) providing policy and technology recommendations for actions improving the production and the potential substitution of CRM, (iv) addressing specifically WEEE and other EOL products issues related to their mapping and treatment standardization and (vi) identifying the knowledge gained over the last years and easing the access to these data beyond the project.
The project consortium also acknowledges the challenges posed by the disruptions required to devlop new CRM strategies, which is why stakeholder dialogue is at the core of SCRREEN: policy, society, R&D and industrial decision-makers are involved to facilitate strategic knowledge-based decisions making to be carried out by these groups. A specific attention will also be brought on informing the general public on our strong dependence on imported raw materials, on the need to replace rare materials with substitutes and on the need to set up innovative and clean actions for exploration, extraction, processing and recycling.
Snap-Stabilizing PIF on Arbitrary Connected Networks in Message Passing Model

Starting from any configuration, a snap-stabilizing algorithm guarantees that the system always behaves according to its specification while a self-stabilizing algorithm only guarantees that the system will behave according to its specification in a finite time. So, a snap-stabilizing algorithm is a time optimal self-stabilizing algorithm (because it stabilizes in 0 rounds). That means that even the first attempt of using a snap-stabilizing algorithm by any user (human or algorithm) will produce a correct execution. This is a very desirable property, especially in the case of systems that are prone to transient faults. So the problem of the existence of snap-stabilizing solutions in the message passing model is a very crucial question from a practical point of view.
Comparative analyses of hotel REITs: examining risk‐return and performance characteristics

Purpose – This study aims to compare the risk‐return characteristics and performance of real estate investment trust (REIT) hotel companies (hotel REITs hereafter) with those of C‐corporation hotel companies (hotel C‐corps hereafter).Design/methodology/approach – The risk‐return characteristics and performance of hotel REITs and C‐corps were examined by estimating single‐factor and Fama‐French three‐factor asset pricing models for each portfolio. Differences between the hotel REIT and C‐corp estimations were tested using Wald test statistics.Findings – Little evidence was found that hotel REITs have significantly different risk‐return characteristics and performance than hotel C‐corps, which suggests that hotel REITs and C‐corps are not significantly different in terms of market risk‐return characteristics and performance. The market portfolio had a significantly positive effect on the returns of both hotel REITs and C‐corps. The size and book‐to‐market factors of common stock also had a significant expla...
The neural basis of path integration memory in insects

Many animals make direct trips back to their homes after tortuous foraging trips using a navigational strategy called path integration (PI). During PI, sensory information for direction and distance measurements are used to calculate the straightest path back to home. While PI has been well studied behaviorally, the neural basis of vector memory formation is unknown in any animal. Here, I will combine behavior and physiology to demonstrate PI and the neural basis for vector memory formation in bumblebees. First I will develop real-world behavioral arenas to demonstrate that walking bees use PI. Next, I will use virtual reality to mimic the real-world arenas, demonstrating PI behavior in stationary bees. I will also develop electrophysiological methods to record from neural centers of interest in the brains of restrained bees. Finally I will combine the physiology refined in restrained bees and the PI behaviors in virtual reality to physiologically record from the brains of bees actively performing PI. From these experiments, I will ideally be able to measure the buildup of PI memory and observe how PI memory is used for steering during the homebound part of the foraging trip. From the proposed work, the neural basis of PI will be uncovered for the first time. Navigational feats extending past acquiring and following a home vector may be investigated in the future using the same methods. Results from this work have the potential for gains in applications such as robotics. Finally, during my fellowship, I will gain neuroanatomical and functional tools that will aid in my future research plans to investigate the neural basis of navigation behaviors of mantis shrimp, animals which exhibit similar navigational strategies to those of insects, such as bees, while underwater, with the end goal of uncovering the evolutionary origins of complex, widespread navigational strategies in arthropods and potentially other animals as well.