SIRIS-Lab/unlabelled-sti-corpus huggingface dataset:
Exits, Performance, and Late Stage Private Equity: the Case of UK Management Buy-outs

Using a hand-collected dataset of 1,225 buy-outs, we examine post buy-out and post exit long term abnormal operating performance of UK management buy-outs, during the period 1980-2009. Our univariate and panel data analysis of post buy-out performance conclusively show positive changes in output. We also find strong evidence for improvements in employment and output and a lack of significant changes in efficiency and profitability following initial public offerings (IPO) exits. IPOs from the main London Stock Exchange (LSE) market outperform their counterparts from the Alternative Investment Market (AIM) only in terms of changes in output. For secondary management buy outs (SMBOs), performance declines during the first buy-out but in the second buy-out performance stabilises until year three, after which profitability and efficiency fall while employment increases. Although private equity (PE) backed buy-outs do not exhibit either post buy-out or post exit underperformance, they fail to over-perform their non-PE backed counterparts. In the subsample of buy-outs exiting via IPOs on the AIM, PE firms do not outperform non-PE buy-outs. Our findings highlight the importance of tracing the overall performance of buy-outs over a longer period and controlling for sample selection bias related to the provision of PE backing. © 2011 Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
Ultrasound monitoring of the treatment of clinically significant knee osteoarthritis

The study presented an ultrasound (US) monitoring of treatment as a new imaging US method with the results of therapy of clinically significant knee osteoarthritis.X-ray is widely used for knee osteoarthritis classification, which does not involve the evaluation of the soft tissue. High frequency and high resolution US of joints (arthrosonography, echoarthrography) assess not only morphologic but also functional changes in the knee joint.In the prospective study, 110 patients with clinically significant knee osteoarthritis were treated non-operative. US examination and US monitoring of therapy was performed during 24 weeks therapy period. A remission of pathomorphologic (marginal osteofytes) and pathophysiologic (effusion in anterior knee and Baker´s cyst) attributes were evaluated according the US classification.Pathomorphologic attributes changes showed a static state, without remission or progression. Pathophysiologic attributes changes showed a remission during the study period. The highest remission was in the first three weeks, 60 % anterior knee effusion and 62 % Baker´s cyst. At the end of study, no changes from the initial US grade was observed in 16 % of effusion in anterior knee and 22 % of Baker´s cyst. Therapeutic resistant Baker´s cyst was present at the end of study in 36 %.We demonstrated a new method - US monitoring of therapy, which can objectivize the efficiency of treatment of clinically significant knee osteoarthritis. We would recommend US monitoring of therapy for the routine use in orthopedic clinical praxis (Tab. 6, Graph 3, Fig. 3, Ref. 15).
Expressive Range Analysis of a Possible Worlds Driven Emergent Narrative System

Analyzing the potential and affordances of emergent narrative systems is an ongoing challenge, especially in novel or experimental systems. In this poster we explore the use of expressive range analysis (ERA) [1] to analyze an emergent system based upon the possible worlds model of Ryan [2]. We introduce the system and the properties of conflict that can be identified in a given work made in the system. The ERA analysis is performed by treating an emergent system as an exploration of a conflict space through actions. This paper serves as a foundation for deeper exploration of possible worlds narrative systems and quantifiable means for understanding them.
“It’s Somebody Else’s Milk”

Background: Pasteurized donor human milk (DHM), rather than preterm infant formula, is recommended for premature infants when mother’s milk is not available. Objective: This study explored the maternal decision-making process in providing consent for DHM feedings. Methods: In-depth semistructured interviews were conducted with 20 mothers of premature (mean gestational age = 27 weeks, birth weight = 942 grams) infants hospitalized in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) in this qualitative, descriptive study. Conventional content analysis was used to analyze the data. Results: Although only 1 mother had any previous knowledge of DHM, all mothers provided consent for DHM because they “wanted what is best for my baby.” Mothers trusted that DHM was better than formula when their infant’s feeding requirements exceeded their own milk supply. However, most mothers described a tension between wanting their infants to receive only “their” milk and DHM being “somebody else’s milk.” This desire to be the only provider of human milk was more common than concerns about the quality and safety of DHM. The mothers’ tension was mediated by trusting the NICU clinicians’ recommendations, having adequate time to make an informed decision, observing the positive outcomes of DHM, and feeling empowered that they made the best decision for their infant. Conclusion: The experiences of these mothers reflect the importance of approaching mothers for consent only when DHM is needed, respecting mothers’ beliefs and values about DHM, and providing help in mediating any tension with regard to their infants receiving “somebody else’s milk.”
Amplitudes and form factors via integrability

Our theoretical description of natural phenomena is mostly limited to the regime where the interaction among fundamental particles is sufficiently weak, making the understanding of strongly-coupled gauge theories one of the main challenges of current research in theoretical physics. This proposal aims to study the structure of form factors -- important off-shell generalizations of scattering amplitudes of great phenomenological relevance -- in the maximally supersymmetric Yang-Mills theory at all values of the coupling. Importantly, the strong- and finite-coupling regimes are made accessible by the AdS/CFT correspondence and its integrable structure, respectively. The methods required to achieve the goals of this proposal will extend in a non-trivial way the recent beautiful results in the related field of scattering amplitudes. In particular we plan to derive a precise correspondence between form factors and Wilson loops, to exploit this picture to investigate the strong-coupling regime, and to extract finite-coupling predictions for form factors in the spirit of the recent, powerful OPE approach to scattering amplitudes. Finally we will also analyze the properties of form factors under collinear factorization. 
This proposal includes a detailed program for the dissemination and communication of its results. The former will mostly be based on seminars and posters at major international conferences, while the latter involves a broad spectrum of outreach activities with diverse audiences ranging from primary school pupils to interested adults. In addition, the proposal includes a detailed training program for the researcher, who will be involved in training courses in scientific management and science communication, and will participate in several scientific workshops and conferences. This wide range of complementary activities is distributed in a balanced way over the duration of the fellowship to maximize the benefit for the researcher.
CASCADE NOZZLE FOR APPLYING A PLURALITY OF LAYERS

The invention relates to a cascade nozzle for applying a plurality of layers of liquid or pasty application medium to a moving paper, board or other fibrous web, having at least three individual applicator nozzles (4, 5, 6) extending across the machine width, arranged one after another, each having an outlet slot (1, 2, 3), to discharge layers of application medium. According to the invention, the applicator nozzles (4, 5, 6) are formed between two nozzle parts (7) in each case and are each connected to a feed line (8) for application medium, the nozzle parts (7) are combined into a structural unit, forming a top face (9) along which the application medium discharged from the application nozzles (4, 5, 6), overlaying itself, slides toward a nozzle lip (10) where it flows off as a multi-layer coating curtain, wherein the outlet width of the respective outlet slot (1, 3) of outer applicator nozzles (4, 6) is adjustable via a mechanical slot adjusting means (12), and the inner applicator nozzles (5) arranged therebetween are each assigned a device (13) to influence the volume flow.
Lean randomization and exception handling

In recent years, randomization of process order as well as randomization of the wafer map in the cassettes delivering the wafers was increasingly used to be able to correlate yield variations with specific segments of the process flow (see [1] and [2]), as well as to reduce yield influences on specific wafer positions such as top and bottom of the wafer cassette. Many randomization efforts relied on wafer sorter based randomization, which costs cycle time and wafer sorter capacity. In this paper, we describe how randomization of both process sequence as well as wafer map changes can be implemented on process equipment as part of normal processing. This kind of randomization does not add cycle time and does not require wafer sorters and will therefore be called lean randomization. We will also describe some of the most important exceptions that can occur when implementing lean randomization and we will discuss how a fab can deal with those exceptions.
DIODE LASER SCALPEL

This invention is a device that simultaneously incises an area, and cauterizes the desired tissue. The device incorporates laser energy (2) by some means into a mechanical scalpel (10) so that the incised area is cauterized as well. For example, a laser source is coupled by some means to an optically transparent blade (20) such as a diamond knife. The diamond knife is appropriately coated so that radiation only exits at desired areas. In another example, optical fibers (7, 27) are embedded into a sharp edge blade scalpel with means to couple to a suitable radiation source.
ELECTRICITY DISTRIBUTION STRUCTURE

The invention relates to an electricity distribution structure including a low voltage transformer (1) and, connected thereto, a feed connection (2) on the high voltage side and a distribution busbar system (3) on the low voltage side. According to the invention, the low voltage transformer (1) is surrounded by a substantially solid metal shield (4) which provides the EMC protection, and the distribution busbar system (3) is supported on the inner surface of the metal shield. Furthermore, supported on the metal shield is a number of switch boxes (5), their switches (6) being coupled to the distribution busbar system, and being open to the transformer and provided on the outside with opening and closing metal hatches (7). In addition, inside the metal shield there is a cooling air circulation (8) for cooling the transformer and the switches.
Support unit for the deep geothermal implementation working group

Following the endorsement of the Deep Geothermal Implementation Plan (DG-IP) by the SET-Plan Steering Group, a Deep Geothermal Implementation Working Group (DG-IWG) is being established to advance the DG-IP, with the aim of reaching collectively the technology targets that will place Europe at the forefront of the next generation of low carbon technologies. 

The objective of this project proposal is to create a support unit for the DG-IWG to achieve its goals efficiently and productively.  The support unit will have three main work streams, 1) to provide the DG-IWG with relevant information and data from the various stakeholder groups to support the decisionmaking process and the implementations actions of DG-IWG on required actions; 2) to promote and organise initiatives to mobilize growth of and implementation within  the geothermal community, e.g.: workshops, brokerages, consortium building and exploitation of RD&I results; 3) provide a secretariat for the DG-IWG for assistance on administrative issues and synergies & strategy support. 

The consortium will push forward a broad mobilisation of the Geothermal community to implement the action in the IP. Furthermore the project will focus on the development of synergies and strategies.  New ways will be explored to maximize the impact of knowledge, funding and market growth at european, national and regional scale. This aproach supports to creation of a durable and long-lasting R&I ecosystem in the different Member-Sates and regions. The partners will focus on a multi-actor, multidisciplinary and cross-sectoral approach. As such the project will support the collaboration and networking among representatives of the triple helix (research, industry and government) at the regional and national level and with their counterparts from the Horizon 2020 Associated Countries.
The geometry of higgs bundles

Higgs bundles play a fundamental role in the current panorama of mathematics and theoretical physics through their many connections. Amongst the latter is the link with the geometric Langlands programme, a suitable generalization of the relation between a curve and its Picard variety, which moreover admits a natural quantum field theoretical interpretation. According to this, any G- local system on a curve yields a perverse sheaf on the moduli stack of G*-bundles (where G* is the Langlands dual to G). A simpler (abelianised) version of the geometric Langlands programme has been proven for Higgs bundles by Donagi and Pantev. A programme initiated by these two scientists aims at inducing the full Langlands correspondence from its abelianised version. Building on the work of the researcher and the hosts, we will fill in the gaps of this program and provide alternative tools broadening the current state of the art also beyond this action. In doing so, we will study central elements of the geometry of Higgs bundles from a new perspective. More precisely, we will give a way to understand the Bialynicki-Birula stratification via algebraic techniques, and, related to that, carefully study the irreducible components of the nilpotent cone, applying also the theory of SU(p,q)-Higgs bundles. Finally, we will explore the case of positive characteristic, with the aim to shed light on the Hecke eigenproperty in this setting.
Semi-automatic approach for identifying locations of shallow debris slides/flows based on lidar-derived morphological features

Identification of landslides at the regional scale has always been a challenging problem. Various automatic landslide identification methods, mainly relying on spectral information from aerial photographs or satellite imagery, have been developed. This paper proposes a semi-automatic approach to identify locations of small-sized shallow debris slides and flows using airborne lidar (light detection and ranging) data. Cells related to landslide components were first extracted by using a new method based on local Moran’s I (LMI). Subsequently, cell clusters representing landslide components and other terrain objects were discriminated through geometric and contextual analysis at cluster level. The approach was tested in a study area in Hong Kong and the identification result was verified by a landslide inventory. Locations of 93.5% of recent landslides and 23.8% of old landslides were identified by the proposed approach. The result indicates that the proposed approach is able to identify both recent and old ...
Relations between effective thickness, gas production and porosity in heterogeneous reservoirs: an example from the Molve Field, Croatian Pannonian Basin

ABSTRACT The Molve Field is the most important gas-condensate reservoir in Croatia. This petroleum system is not typical for the Pannonian System, because it comprises several reservoir lithologies, relatively high structural closure and significant tectonic influence on the field9s compartmentalization. Strike-slip extension in the Middle Miocene and younger Late Miocene and Pliocene tectonics formed the present-day tectonic setting. Reservoir stratigraphy includes four lithofacies (from Devonian to Neogene) with a unique gas-water contact. The lithologies encompass cataclased granite, gneiss, schists, quartzites, dolomites, limestones and grainstones. Source rocks were generated in lacustrine organic facies and migration occurred in the Late Miocene to Pliocene. Reservoir gas includes 4.5–15.7% C 2+ , but also non-hydrocarbon components. Analysed porosity data were approximated with a normal-distribution curve in lithofacies I, II and III, making it possible to calculate mean and variance easily by descriptive statistics. Moreover, gas production and effective thicknesses generally can be linked through a linear trend. However, significant deviations in the expected increased production rate with regard to greater reservoir thickness are observed for particular wells. This is a result of locally abrupt changes in effective porosities and permeabilities, and the size of the drainage area along the main fault zones. These faults resulted in significant compartmentalization of the field. Furthermore, owing to significant facies variations, permeability and porosity gradually change, especially in the vertical direction. Significant reserves of condensate (3 × 10 6 m 3 ) and gas (43 500 × 10 6 m 3 ) with a high recovery rate of 71% make this field significant for geological reservoir models. The well-established geological model for this field and its stable high pressure have maintained production rates at a present level of approximately 2900 m 3 gas and 165 m 3 condensate per day, thus providing a valuable example for other large heterogeneous reservoirs in the Pannonian Basin.
The role of cell-to-cell variability in pneumococcal virulence and antibiotic resistance

Within clonal bacterial populations not all cells exhibit the same phenotype, even though they grow in the same environment. The molecular sources contributing to phenotypic variation are diverse and can originate from noise in gene expression to heterogeneity in growth rates or cell cycle state. Phenotypic variation helps pathogenic bacteria to elude the host immune response or resist antibiotic pressure. Vice versa, there is cell-to-cell variability in the host’s response towards pathogens that can be exploited by bacteria. How the combined cellular heterogeneity of both host and microbe contribute to infection outcome is poorly understood. The role of phenotypic variation on antibiotic resistance development is also unclear.

Recently, we developed novel single cell imaging systems as well as genetic engineering and screening platforms for application to the important opportunistic human pathogen Streptococcus pneumoniae. In addition, we generated a dual-transcriptomics overview of pneumococcal infection of human lung epithelial cells and setup collaborations to perform several infection models. This now places us in an excellent position to investigate the mechanisms and the importance of single cell behaviour for pneumococcal virulence and antibiotic resistance.

The driving hypothesis of this application is that the combined heterogeneity of host cells and pneumococci influences infection and antibiotic therapy outcome. To test this, we will use innovative approaches for infection biology by combining synthetic biology and quantitative single cell biology including single cell RNA-seq, CRISPRi, engineered bistable switches and microfluidics. We will reveal the molecular mechanisms underlying cell-to-cell variability and its importance in virulence and antibiotic resistance. 

Insights obtained in this project will lead to a better understanding of phenotypic variation and might result in new treatment strategies for pneumococcal infections.
Embedding crop diversity and networking for local high quality food systems

DIVERSIFOOD will evaluate and enrich the diversity of cultivated plants within diverse agroecosystems so as to increase their performance, resilience, quality and use through a multi-actor approach. By integrating existing experienced networks and using specific and relevant cases across Europe the project will strengthen “food culture” to improve economic viability of local chains resulting in a greater diversity of produce with a cultural identity. Thanks to the composition of its consortium, DIVERSIFOOD will cover the whole food chain from genetic resources to marketing, connecting and amplifying local existing actions. It will design specific concepts and methodologies for combining in situ experiments to ensure performance and quality. It will evaluate the genetic resources of a dozen underutilized and forgotten plant species for organic and low-input agriculture or marginal/specific conditions, including the association of various underutilized legumes with several cereals, and create new diversity by innovative breeding methods designed for more intra-crop variation. It will help to facilitate cooperation between participatory research networks and professional breeders as well as policy makers in connecting formal and informal seed systems in Europe in relation to international negotiations on Farmers’ rights with the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture. Key-lessons based on the diverse experiences in the project will be shared to support on-farm seed production networks to guarantee high quality seed. DIVERSIFOOD will demonstrate the socio-economic value of on-farm seed systems, help at local and wider policy levels to increase food and environmental awareness, and improve multi-actor approaches to embed healthy and tasty local products in regional food chains. Demonstration and dissemination will take place at all stages, in collaboration with network organizations for a greater impact.
An Overture to Philosophy of Communication: The Carrier of Meaning

This is the winner of the Everett Lee Hunt Award 2013. It is the winner of the National Communication Association (NCA) Philosophy of Communication Division's award for Best Book. An Overture to Philosophy of Communication: The Carrier of Meaning explores a world beyond information accumulation, stressing meaningful engagement with existence. Meaning is composed between and among persons, ideas, and activities of communicative engagement. Meaning is central to the study and practice of philosophy of communication, providing story-laden guidance. The book examines philosophical differences between Boss and Zorba, following the development of their friendship in Zorba the Greek. Their story helps to exemplify the meaningful coordinates of philosophy of communication established in each chapter. The authors claim meaning as the pivotal conceptual terrain for philosophy of communication. This book offers a rationale for the pragmatic necessity of philosophy of communication in understanding the how and the why of orchestrating meaning from information and discourse throughout our communicative lives.