SIRIS-Lab/unlabelled-sti-corpus huggingface dataset:
Ayurvedic bioactive compounds stabilized pickering double emulsions- fabrication and in vitro evaluation

Ayurveda is ~5000 years old healing science which was originated from India with the concept of use of natural ingredients for health purposes such as curcumin, quercetin etc. Ayurvedic bioactive compounds (ABC) can potentially be used to control chronic health problems such as obesity by the targeted and controlled release of bioactives. The use of these bioactives in complex food products is limited  as they are sensitive to various factors such as pH, temperature etc. 
Recent advancement in application of nanotechnology to food product development offers an opportunity to allow enriching food products with bioactive molecules isolated from ayurveda or any other medicine system by applying the learnings developed for pharmaceutical nano drug delivery technology, in particular “nanocrystals technology”. The project has two interrelated objectives: (1) fabrication of nanocrystals of ABC to modulate solubility, wettability etc.; (2) use of these nanocrystals as edible Pickering particles to control emulsion functionality (stability, rhelogy, and digestibility). As the particles will be used for stabilization, and also as bioactive (i.e. dual functionality) this system will be unique. The interfacial layer of ABC will allow the control of the emulsion functionality without using high concentration of emulsifiers which are generally used to stabilize emulsions. Fatty acids in emulsion will help improve the bioavailability of ABC. Success in this project will seed and lead the development of innovative formulation strategy for healthy food product development by reducing the use of synthetic emulsifiers (PGPR) thus impacting on consumers and industry.
This will be possible by combining the pharmaceutical drug delivery technology expertise of the experienced researcher with the food delivery expertise and more engineering oriented approach of the supervisor with the intersectoral collaboration between University of Birmingham & Unilever, Netherlands.
Correlated gammas using CGM and MCNPX

Abstract Transport codes like MCNPX (Monte Carlo N-Particle eXtended) which are based primarily on experimentally derived data libraries at energies below approximately 100 MeV are reliable and predictive in transporting and producing neutrons and gammas. However, they are deficient in the microscopic sense because of the inability to produce correlated secondary particles. Neutrons will produce the average number of gammas at each collision regardless of the specific neutron reaction. Consequently, capture gammas may be produced by elastic collisions and inelastic gammas may be produced by capture. To remedy this deficiency the Cascading Gamma-ray and Multiplicity (CGM) V3.4 code has been integrated into MCNPX V2.7.0. The CGM code is based on Hauser–Feshbach and optical models. This paper details an overview of the CGM code integration into MCNPX followed by a test case highlighting the gamma spectrum and multiplicities from the CGM/MCNPX code. The test case provides gamma spectrum and multiplicities for the ( n ,γ) reaction on 56 Fe using thermal neutrons. A second test case highlights gamma correlation for the ( n ,γ) reaction on 56 Fe using thermal neutrons using three coincidence detectors.
Scan to H-BIM. Image Sampling per reality based Data Mapping

acquisizione di molteplici dati integrati (morfologici, materici, colorimetrici).La numerosità ed eterogeneità delle informazioni acquisite rappresenta un enorme vantaggio dal punto di vista conoscitivo ma, al tempo stesso, impone riflessioni per la gestione e restituzione di big data (Clini 2014).In accordo con tali premesse, questo contributo presenta i primi risultati di un'attività di ricerca in progress finalizzata alla definizione e testing di strumenti parametrici (interoperabilità VPL -BIM/H-BIM) per ottenere rappresentazioni tematiche semi-automatizzate e descrittive dello stato di conservazione delle superfici di un bene architettonico, a partire da immagini RGB.Nello specifico, è stata predisposta una definizione algoritmico-generativa per mappare i fenomeni di degrado presenti sulle facciate della Chiesa dell' Arciconfraternita di S.
Sustainable development of sea towns

The working group “SUDEST” stands for the sustainable
development of sea towns and focuses on an integrated
approach to urban development in these areas. The main aim
of the working group is to identify the key economic actions of the port areas (cruising, commercial activities) and to
analyse their impact on the territory in terms of physical,
economic, social, environmental and cultural transformations.
The working group set out to examine how good practices
carried out by private actors (associations, foundations,
cooperatives, enterprises) has led to the insertion of low
qualified people whilst complying with the restrictions
of public politics.
The working group focused on:
>The tools adopted by each town to protect and monitor the
development of these port areas
>The identification of competent actors in managing these
areas
>A selection of projects about the valorisation and
transformation of the harbour and their surrounding areas
and the effect on economic, social and environmental matters
At the first meeting of the working group the following sub
themes were identified:
Theme 1 – Physical Regeneration in Port Areas
>Physical characteristics – common points and differences
>Environmental Impact
>Infrastructure – transport system
>Urban regeneration in port areas – land use, change
of function for buildings
Theme 2 – Economic and Social Dimension
>Economic – port activities, tourism, industry, service
sector
>Social – potential actions, completed actions, weaknesses,
local specificities
>Culture – social integration, infrastructure
Theme 3 – Management Instruments
>Management Tools – legal situation, innovative solutions
>Decisional Structures – Public Private Partnerships
>Programming – implementation methods
The SUDEST final conference was held in June 2007 and
presented the main findings of the working group.
Intrinsic symmetry of Ampère’s circuital law and other educational issues

This paper explores Ampère’s circuital law (ACL) from an educational perspective. The interchangeability of the ampèrian loop with the current loop, an intrinsic symmetry of ACL that is seldom addressed in the literature or textbooks, is illustrated here. It is verified that the symmetry axis of a circular current is an ampèrian loop. The attempt to apply ACL to a finite wire, a common source of student misunderstanding, is used to highlight the limitations of ACL. The generalisation of ACL is illustrated using an instructive example where the displacement current is unconfined and not spatially uniform. This work is primarily intended for teachers and more advanced undergraduate students, who may benefit from the ideas that are presented here.
KnoE: A Web Mining Tool to Validate Previously Discovered Semantic Correspondences

The problem of matching schemas or ontologies consists of providing corresponding entities in two or more knowledge models that belong to a same domain but have been developed separately. Nowadays there are a lot of techniques and tools for addressing this problem, however, the complex nature of the matching problem make existing solutions for real situations not fully satisfactory. The Google Similarity Distance has appeared recently. Its purpose is to mine knowledge from the Web using the Google search engine in order to semantically compare text expressions. Our work consists of developing a software application for validating results discovered by schema and ontology matching tools using the philosophy behind this distance. Moreover, we are interested in using not only Google, but other popular search engines with this similarity distance. The results reveal three main facts. Firstly, some web search engines can help us to validate semantic correspondences satisfactorily. Secondly there are significant differences among the web search engines. And thirdly the best results are obtained when using combinations of the web search engines that we have studied.
Evolution of the beach-dune systems in the Balearic Islands from their geomorphological management (2000-2021)

In order to restore, maintain and protect the beach-dune systems of the Balearic Islands different management techniques have been applied. They have been based on the artificial emulation of natural processes to favour the recovery of the system, on the installation of elements that prevent the frequenting and on trampling of the dune systems. Some techniques are positive while others have aggravated erosive processes due to a lack of geomorphological criteria. This work analyses good and bad practices on beach-dune systems of the Balearic Islands between 2000-2021.
METHOD AND DEVICE FOR SHIFTING THE COMMUTATION TIME OF A SENSORLESS AND BRUSHLESS DIRECT CURRENT MOTOR

The invention relates to a method for shifting the commutation time of a sensorless and brushless direct current motor(1) whose stator windings are supplied by a multiple phase converter circuit. Said converter circuit contains an output stage control element (2), a commutating logic (3), a phase selector (4) and a phase discriminator (5). The current value of the voltage induced in a currentless phase at an input (46) as established by the phase selector and a reference voltage (Uref) at a second input (47) are supplied to a commutation identification element (6) for comparison. Said reference voltage (Uref) can be modified by a commutation shift (7) according to a particular curve (71). An adjustment value (Ust) is supplied for the commutation shift (7) by an adjustment value calculating element (8), in dependence on the desired speed (nsoll) of the motor. The commutation shift takes place advantageously parabolically. The shifting of commutation in dependence on the desired value provides a high torque and keeps the torque ripple small, even at high speeds and with a heavy load.
*individuo* - ARMONIA E BENESSERE

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Nanoscale deformation of MEMS materials

ABSTRACT Using a novel in-situ TEM triboprobe holder, nanoscale structures formed from polysilicon MEMS materials have been loaded to characterise the failure mechanisms of reduced scale components. Nanobridges with cross-section dimensions much less than 1μm have been deformed using both single, high displacement indentation and low displacement cyclic fatigue. In both deformation modes, significant residual plastic deformation is measured, occurring and accumulating in the polysilicon. This can be seen as a gradual curvature along the entire crossbeam upon unloading. Where the radius of curvature is very high, fracture of the beams at the centre point was generally also seen. When loading at much lower displacement but under fatigue conditions, localised heating around the moving contact point initiates carbon migration, forming a very strong bond. A high tensile force was needed to severe the contact during unload. Such in-situ techniques demonstrate a range of time dependant failure modes which can be overlooked using post-mortem analysis. In particular, the combined effect of localised frictional heating and contamination on the reliability of components that repeatedly comes into contact with one another.
Tourism Competitiveness Assessment: The Current Status of Research in Spain and China

This paper examines the status and progress of academic research in assessing and explaining tourism destination competitiveness in Spain and China. The authors first present a theoretical framework for understanding and determining destination competitiveness. Second, in the context of this framework, they analyse major tourism indicators in China and Spain to assess their respective tourism competitiveness. Third, the authors review research on destination competitiveness in China and Spain over the last decade in order to understand how it has been assessed and explained. In all, 25 articles on tourism destination competitiveness in China and Spain are analysed and compared in terms of the approaches and indicators used. The main results of this study lead to a proposal for a model to measure and explain destination competitiveness.
Interaction of FDI Technology Diffusion,Indigenous Innovation and Environment Regulation—1992-2010 Time Series of Chinese Industry

Based on 1992-2010 time series of Chinese industry,we use VAR model,cointegration,Granger causality test,and impulse response function and variance decomposition to empirically test the interaction of FDI technology diffusion,indigenous innovation and environment regulation. The results show that there is a long- term equilibrium relationship on FDI technology diffusion,indigenous innovation and environment regulation. We also find that environment regulation and FDI technology diffusion is the causality of each other,and FDI technology diffusion has a negative impact on environment regulation,while environment regulation has a positive impact on FDI technology diffusion,so they are adilemmainteraction; environment regulation is the causality of indigenous innovation,and the cumulative impact of environment regulation on indigenous innovation is positive after the first negative.
The Resources of Ambiguity

Richard Dawkins’s The Selfish Gene illustrates the power of ambiguity in scientific discourse. The rhetorical and epistemic resources that ambiguity provide are most apparent at the level of metaphor but are also central to the exigency for Dawkins’s argument and to the narrative form that the argument takes. Using ratios derived from Burke’s dramatistic pentad, I analyze how ambiguous language helped Dawkins to link different theoretical conceptions of the gene and consequently posit connections between genes and organisms that had not yet been empirically established. I thus demonstrate at a conceptual and textual level how ambiguity contributes to the construction of novel scientific arguments. For Dawkins, ambiguity provided a discursive space in which he could speculate on connections and developments for which he did not yet have evidence, data, or terminology. Despite his insistence that his use of figurative motive language was simply a ‘‘convenient shorthand’’ for more technical language, The Selfish Gene demonstrates the powerful epistemological and rhetorical role that ambiguous metaphors play in biological discourse.
Early to middle eocene radiolarian biostratigraphy for the low-latitude South Atlantic Ocean (Brazil Basin, DSDP Leg 39, Site 355)

The analyses of radiolarian assemblages were carried out from low-latitude DSDP Site 355 (Leg 39), drilled in the Brazil Basin, South Atlantic Ocean. A total of 98 early to middle Eocene radiolarian events were identified in this site. The standard low-latitude radiolarian zonation was adopted for the Site 355 cores, and it allowed the identification of seven radiolarian zones: Podocyrtis mitra (RP14), Podocyrtis ampla (RP13), Thyrsocyrtis triacantha (RP12), Dictyoprora mongolfieri (RP11), Theocotyle cryptocephala (RP10), Phormocyrtis striata striata (RP9), and Buryella clinata (RP8). The radiolarian events at Site 355 were compared with previous studies from low and mid-latitudes, showing a good correlation with the low-latitude regions. On the other hand, 11 radiolarian events were clearly diachronous between low and mid-latitudes.
A SENSOR DEVICE FOR DETECTING THE PRESENCE OF AN ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE SUBSTANCE IN A SPACE REGION, AND APPLICATIONS THEREOF

The sensor device (1) for detecting the presence of a body or substance in a spatial region (A) comprises detecting circuit means (2), including at least first and second foils or sheets (A, B) of an electrically conductive material; and control circuit means (MC) coupled with said detecting circuit means (2) and having an output (4) connected with one (B) of said foils (A, B) for applying a first electric radiofrequency signal thereto and an input (6) connected to other one (A) of said foils (A, B) for receiving a second radiofrequency signal induced in said other foil (A); said control circuit means (MC) being arranged to generate an information signal indicative of the strength of said second signal, which varies as a function of the presence of a body or a substance on or at said other foil (A).
IP ADDRESS ASSIGNMENT FOR A UE IN 3GPP

A method performed in a user equipment, UE, (1) and a gateway (2) for data communication in a 3GPP network via an access point name, APN, capable of providing support for packet data network, PDN, connectivity using a first internet protocol version and PDN connectivity using a second internet protocol version. The method comprises the steps of the UE requesting (S1) dual stack PDN connectivity from a gateway (2) and receiving (S2) a single IP address on either the first or the second internet protocol version from the gateway (2) and further receiving (S3) from the gateway (2) a cause code indicating that only the assigned PDN and internet protocol version is allowed.
Radial compressor surge inception investigation

Centrifugal compressor stages using vaneless diffusers are known to have a wide operating range. However, when operated outside of this range, instabilities have been reported to commonly develop in the impeller (rotor) or diffuser or both. The unsteady flow phenomena are believed to start from a localized flow separation (stall) that frequently will orbit within the stage at sub-harmonic rotational speeds (rotating stall). If not damped sufficiently the stall cells will eventually develop into more hazardous self-excited pressure oscillations within the entire compressor stage leading to surge phenomena that can induce high aero-elastic loads on the rotor itself leading to premature aging (fatigue) or ultimate failure of the stage. Predicting of the onset of the instabilities is a prerequisite to maintain compressor operating within safe operating margins. Nonetheless the physical understanding and associated modeling of the stall and surge inception is rather limited and mostly restricted to cause-and-effect investigations. With improved computational models being available nowadays more in-depth investigations of the underlying flow physics have become possible, but relies on high quality experimental data for validation.
Following the statement of work put forth in the call for proposal, the first objective of the proposed project is to determine a surge inception scenario for a given academic as well as industrial reference case of centrifugal compressor using vaneless diffuser. Within the proposed project the off-design behavior of each compressor configuration will be investigated both numerically and experimentally, involving time-resolved Kulite array and PIV measurements. Based on this data and on existing theoretical analysis procedures, the second major effort of the present study is devoted to define low-order methodologies that ideally predict the onset of instabilities.
Synthesis of 5-Heteroaryl- and 5,7-Bis(heteroaryl)azulenes by Electrophilic Substitution of 1,3-Di-tert-Butylazulene with Triflates of N-Containing Heterocycles

An efficient synthesis of 5-heteroaryl- and 5,7-bis(heteroaryl)azulene derivatives was established for first time. The reaction proceeded through electrophilic substitution of 1,3-di-tert-butylazulene (1) with the triflates of N-containing heterocycles, in the presence of excess heterocycles, in good yields. The presumed intermediates, 5-(dihydroheteroaryl)-azulene derivatives were also available by the reaction with several N-containing heterocycles in the presence of Tf 2 O under milder reaction conditions. Treatment of the 5-(dihydroheteroaryl)azulene derivatives with KOH readily gave the desired 5-(heteroaryl)azulene derivatives. Unexpectedly, N-(5-azulenyl)pyridinium triflate 17 was also obtained by the reaction of 1 with (trifluoromethylsulfonyl)pyridinium trifluoromethanesulfonate (TPT). 5-Heteioaryl- and 5,7-bis-(heteroaryl)azulene derivatives exhibited a significant color change in acetic acid compared to those in dichloromethane due to the development of intramolecular charge-transfer (CT) absorption bands. The redox behavior of these new azulene derivatives was examined by cyclic voltammetry (CV) and differential pulse voltammetry (DPV).
FDM simulation of earthquakes off western Kyushu, Japan, using a land–ocean unified 3D structure model

Seismic activity occurred off western Kyushu, Japan, at the northern end of the Okinawa Trough on May 6, 2016 (14:11 JST), 22 days after the onset of the 2016 Kumamoto earthquake sequence. The area is adjacent to the Beppu–Shimabara graben where the 2016 Kumamoto earthquake sequence occurred. In the area off western Kyushu, a M7.1 earthquake also occurred on November 14, 2015 (5:51 JST), and a tsunami with a height of 0.3 m was observed. In order to better understand these seismic activity and tsunamis, it is necessary to study the sources of, and strong motions due to, earthquakes in the area off western Kyushu. For such studies, validation of synthetic waveforms is important because of the presence of the oceanic water layer and thick sediments in the source area. We show the validation results for synthetic waveforms through nonlinear inversion analyses of small earthquakes (~M5). We use a land–ocean unified 3D structure model, 3D HOT finite-difference method (“HOT” stands for Heterogeneity, Ocean layer and Topography) and a multi-graphic processing unit (GPU) acceleration to simulate the wave propagations. We estimate the first-motion augmented moment tensor (FAMT) solution based on both the long-period surface waves and short-period body waves. The FAMT solutions systematically shift landward by about 13 km, on average, from the epicenters determined by the Japan Meteorological Agency. The synthetics provide good reproductions of the observed full waveforms with periods of 10 s or longer. On the other hand, for waveforms with shorter periods (down to 4 s), the later surface waves are not reproduced well, while the first parts of the waveforms (comprising P- and S-waves) are reproduced to some extent. These results indicate that the current 3D structure model around Kyushu is effective for generating full waveforms, including surface waves with periods of about 10 s or longer. Based on these findings, we analyze the 2015 M7.1 event using the cross-correlations between the observed and synthetic waveforms. The result suggests a rupture propagation toward the NNE, with a major radiation about 25 km north of the onset point.
Outage Probability and SER of Cooperative Selection Diversity in Nonregenerative MIMO Relaying

Cooperative diversity is a promising solution in wireless distributed networks where integrating multiple antennas onto small mobile devices is practically impossible due to size and cost constraints. As such, we consider a cooperative diversity network where the source and the destination user-pair are equipped with single antennas while the relay is a wireless access point equipped with N antennas. For such networks, we focus on cooperative selection diversity (CSD) to select a single link with the highest instantaneous received signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) between the direct link and the multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) relay link. We present new closed-form expressions for the exact outage probability and the exact symbol error rate (SER) based on the cumulative distribution function (cdf) of the instantaneous received SNR. Our expressions are valid for arbitrary N antennas and apply to general operating scenarios with distinct average received SNRs in each link. Furthermore, we present a high SNR analysis of the outage probability and SER to explicitly characterize the diversity order and array gain. We show that the diversity order increases with the number of antennas according to N + 1.