SIRIS-Lab/unlabelled-sti-corpus huggingface dataset:
Advanced nanophotonic point-of-care analysis device for fast and early diagnosis of cardiovascular diseases

The PHOCNOSIS project aims at the development and the preclinical validation of a nanotechnology-based handheld point-of-care testing (POCT) analysis device for its application in the early diagnosis of cardiovascular diseases (CVD). The diagnosis will be carried out by means of the fast (<10 minutes), ultra-sensitive (<1 ng/L) and label-free detection of multiple cardiac biomarkers, using a small volume of whole blood (<100 μL). This POCT analysis device will significantly help in the implementation of mass screening programs, with the consequent impact on clinical management, reducing also costs of treatments, and increasing survival rates.
The PHOCNOSIS analysis device will be based on two state-of-the-art technological elements in order to obtain a compact and highly sensitive final device. First, an integrated micro-/nanofluidic system will be used for biomarkers separation, purification and concentration, targeting an effective concentration increase by a factor greater than 1000x for the targeted biomarkers. Then, the concentrated biomarkers will be detected using a novel nanophotonic-based sensing technique, envisaging a final combined detection limit below 1 ng/L. This novel sensing technique allows us to obtain systems which are low-cost, compact and with a lower complexity, thus making them suitable for the development of portable devices for POCT. The PHOCNOSIS project will target the deployment of disposable biochips with an envisaged cost below €3 to be used in a handheld analysis device with an envisaged cost below €3000.
Special attention will be paid within the PHOCNOSIS project to explore the potential deployment and commercialisation of the analysis device, by means of the involvement of relevant academic and industrial partners, as well as end users.
Performance Analysis of Microbial Fuel Cells with Different Exoelectrogens at Low Temperature

The aim of the study is to compare different kinds of microbial species for electricity production in the microbial fuel cells (MFCs) at low temperature. Experiments were conducted with single-chambered MFCs and medium anode inoculated with pure culture from activated sludge. Three kinds of exoelectrogens including Klebsiella sp. ALL-1, Shewanella sp. ALL-2 and Enterobacter sp. ALL-3 were used for evaluating their electricity activity. After adding solution into MFCs, the power of density grew from 50 mV to over 530 mV, and finally maintained at about 520+10 mV during the complete cycles. The results showed that MFCs with Enterobacter sp. ALL-3 had higher power and current density, shorter and more stable working circle at same level of voltage producing than other kinds of exoelectrogens. These characteristics made Enterobacter sp. ALL-3 as optimum exoelectrogen for electricity production at low temperature.
Phylogeny of Geophilomorpha (Chilopoda) inferred from new morphological and molecular evidence

To address the phylogenetic relationships of the centipede order Geophilomorpha (more than 1000 species), we have reinterpreted and expanded the knowledge on their morphological disparity, and have doubled the amount of molecular data available. We performed maximum parsimony and maximum likelihood analyses, using 195 phylogenetically informative morphological characters for 80 species, and DNA sequences of 28S, 18S, 16S rRNA and COI for up to 48 species. We found strong support for the monophyly of Geophilomorpha, the basal dichotomy between Adesmata and Placodesmata = Mecistocephalidae, and the basal dichotomy within Adesmata between two clades that are recognized here as superfamilies Himantarioidea and Geophiloidea. With respect to the families currently in use, Himantarioidea comprises three well supported clades corresponding to (i) Oryidae, (ii) Himantariidae, and (iii) Schendylidae s.l. including Ballophilidae; Geophiloidea comprises another three supported clades corresponding to (iv) a new family Zelanophilidae, (v) Gonibregmatidae s.l. including Eriphantidae and Neogeophilidae, and (vi) Geophilidae s.l. including Aphilodontidae, Dignathodontidae, Linotaeniidae, and Macronicophilidae.
Bog Bodies from Scotland: Old Finds, New Records

AbstractThis paper draws attention to records of a number of historical discoveries of human remains from Scottish bogs that have been omitted from previous published lists of such finds. They mostly comprise a range of 'paper' bog bodies and, like many lost archaeological finds, they can tantalise as much as inform. However, taken together, the 'new' finds account for an additional 27 sites and at least 35 individuals. This represents a significant increment to the Scottish inventory of bog bodies, augmenting the existing record in some regions but also widening the national distribution. In several cases, references to the presence of clothing clearly suggest that the discoveries add to the prevailing inventory of post-medieval finds from Scotland. However, in some instances, the circumstantial evidence points to at least the possibility of burials of much earlier date – for example, where the body appears to have been unclothed or subject to unusual treatment. Consideration is also given to the impact ...
On the running coupling in the JIMWLK equation

We propose a new method to implement the running coupling constant in the JIMWLK equation, imposing the scale dependence on the correlation function of the random noise in the Langevin formulation. We interpret this scale choice as the transverse momentum of the emitted gluon in one step of the evolution and show that it is related to the "Balitsky" prescription for the BK equation. This slows down the evolution speed of a practical solution of the JIMWLK equation, bringing it closer to the x-dependence inferred from fits to HERA data. We further study our proposal by a numerical comparison of the BK and JIMWLK equations.
Integration of geological investigations with multi-GIS data layers for water resources assessment in arid regions: El Ambagi Basin, Eastern Desert, Egypt

Water resources assessment in arid lands is of a particular interest, not only in scientific terms, but also under the concept of sustainable development. The study area (El Ambagi basin), represents a remote arid area with a scarcity of data. The measured effective porosity and permeability revealed high potentialities of the Nubian sandstone and Oligocene sediments. The hydrogeologic setting indicates favorable conditions for groundwater accumulation where there is an opportunity of recharge, and thus, the sustainability of the groundwater. The research approach is based on geological investigations as well as several data layers in the GIS environment including landforms, lithology, slope, soil, morphometric parameters, structural lineaments, and geophysical data. Several specific sites were suggested as targets for future groundwater explorations. The studied basin contains four sub-basins which have an intensive drainage network. The morphometric parameters revealed that they have potential for surface runoff occurrence and also for groundwater recharge. Two of the investigated sub-basins show high hazard degrees and should be protected to avoid flash floods. The estimated runoff volume from a single rainfall event (27 mm) can reach 3316.42 × 103 m3. Hence, management of rainwater harvesting and protection measures against flash floods are necessary. A future water resources management strategy, based on results of the multidisciplinary study, is proposed.
Innovative profile of 176 companies in the regions of Antioquia, Santander, Risaralda and Quindio Colombia

This paper shows the key factors that influence the development of innovation in Colombian companies of the departments of Antioquia, Quindio, Risaralda and Santander. Taking as input the innovative profile of the methodological tool, developed by the research group in “Policy and Management of Technology” from The Pontificia Bolivariana University: “Technology Management Methodology for Project” (MGT), applied to 176 companies. This approach was conducted through a series of tests of hypotheses focused on measuring variables like, “diffusion of innovation”, “know-how”, “competitive technical intelligence”, “employees with technology training” and “experimental development budget for R & D + I”, among other. According to these approaches, the states of the innovation, key factors to the analyzed firms in each region, were validated. Statistical models, critical z and percentage distribution, were used to validate the hypotheses, by means of which it was possible to identify weak key factors and opportunities in the various departments analyzed.
Hecke Transformations of Conformal Blocks in WZW Theory. I. KZB Equations for Non-Trivial Bundles

We describe new families of the Knizhnik-Zamolodchikov-Bernard (KZB) equations related to the WZW-theory corresponding to the adjoint $G$-bundles of different topological types over complex curves $\Sigma_{g,n}$ of genus $g$ with $n$ marked points. The bundles are defined by their characteristic classes - elements of $H^2(\Sigma_{g,n},\mathcal{Z}(G))$, where $\mathcal{Z}(G)$ is a center of the simple complex Lie group $G$. The KZB equations are the horizontality condition for the projectively flat connection (the KZB connection) defined on the bundle of conformal blocks over the moduli space of curves. The space of conformal blocks has been known to be decomposed into a few sectors corresponding to the characteristic classes of the underlying bundles. The KZB connection preserves these sectors. In this paper we construct the connection explicitly for elliptic curves with marked points and prove its flatness.
ELECTROSURGICAL DEVICE HAVING A DISTAL APERTURE

A method and apparatus are disclosed for providing forward fluid delivery through an electrosurgical device, while avoiding coring when energy is delivered to the electrosurgical device. The device has a distal face defining an opening, with the distal face including at least one cutting portion and at least one non-cutting portion. An embodiment of the electrosurgical device for puncturing tissue includes an elongate member defining a lumen for receiving a fluid; a distal face defining at least one aperture; and the distal face including at least one cutting portion and at least one non-cutting portion cooperating to produce an elongated cut in a tissue when electrical energy is delivered to the distal face while avoiding coring of the tissue.
K-theoretic Aspects of String Theory Dualities

Title of dissertation: K-THEORETIC ASPECTS OF STRING THEORY DUALITIES Stefan Mendez-Diez, Doctor of Philosophy, 2010 Dissertation directed by: Professor Jonathan Rosenberg Department of Mathematics String theory is a a physical field theory in which point particles are replaced by 1-manifolds propagating in time, called strings. The 2-manifold representing the time evolution of a string is called the string worldsheet. Strings can be either closed (meaning their worldsheets are closed surfaces) or open (meaning their worldsheets have boundary). A D-brane is a submanifold of the spacetime manifold on which string endpoints are constrained to lie. There are five different string theories that have supersymmetry, and they are all related by various dualities. This dissertation will review how D-branes are classified by K-theory. We will then explore the K-theoretic aspects of a hypothesized duality between the type I theory compactified on a 4-torus and the type IIA theory compactified on a K3 surface, by looking at a certain blow down of the singular limit of K3. This dissertation concludes by classifying D-branes on the type II orientifold T/Z2 when the Z2 action is multiplication by −1 and the H-flux is trivial. We find that classifying D-branes on the singular limit of K3, T/Z2 by equivariant K-theory agrees with the classification of D-branes on a smooth K3 surface by
Reprogramming of small rna function in plant-pathogen interactions

RNA silencing relies on small RNAs that act in RNA induced silencing complexes (RISCs). RISCs use base pairing to select mRNAs or invading nucleic acids such as viruses for repression. RNA silencing may facilitate gene expression changes, for example in host-pathogen interactions. Such changes require reprogramming of RISC, since a different set of RNAs must be rapidly repressed upon pathogen perception. RISC reprogramming is non-trivial: new small RNAs must be produced and be rapidly incorporated into RISC, while unwanted repression by pre-existing RISCs must be eliminated. This project focuses on understanding three central aspects of RISC reprogramming in plant-pathogen interactions. First, we will define mechanisms that allow invading RNA, but not self-RNA, to engage in positive feedback loops for small RNA synthesis, and we will investigate the specific importance of these positive feedback loops in antiviral defense. Second, we will explore how rapid proteolysis of the central RISC component ARGONAUTE1 (AGO1) governs rapid incorporation of newly synthesized small RNA. We will also explore the hypothesis that non-RNA bound AGO1 is degraded to minimize vulnerability to pathogens that use small RNAs as virulence factors to repress host immune signaling. The relevance of these mechanisms of AGO1 proteolysis in plant immunity will be investigated. These studies take advantage of our recent discovery of proteins required specifically for turnover of AGO1. Finally, we explore the hypothesis that rapid chemical modification of mRNA by N6-adenosine methylation (m6A) may bring mRNAs with poor small RNA binding sites under RISC repression. This scenario is supported by interactions between m6A reader proteins and AGO1 discovered in current work in the group. This mechanism may enable reprogramming of RISC specificity rather than composition upon pathogen perception. Our project will fill gaps in knowledge on RNA silencing and elucidate their importance in plant immunity.
Polar regions, high seas and the deep sea bed (global commons): international regulations and policies for their management and protection under the concept of the common heritage of mankind

This study examines how proprietary rights have evolved and how they nowadays co-exist in the common goods and, following, how they could be better regulated as to serve the Common Heritage of Mankind concept. The most common phenomenon nowadays, as demonstrated by the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), is that of the technologically advanced nations taking over the management and exploitation of the commons, reaping solely unilateral benefits. Conclusively, it is argued that sustainable economic development in the commons can be maintained by the capital exporting nations being tied by an improved regime under the auspices of the International Authorities.
DEVICE FOR CLEANING A COMPONENT, IN PARTICULAR AN EVAPORATOR OF A CONDENSER DEVICE

The device is equipped with a component to be cleaned which is arranged within a process air circuit of a washer dryer or tumble dryer, said component being in particular an evaporator (EV) of a condenser device, and with a condensate water trough (KW) in which condensate water formed in the process air circuit as a result of the drying of wet laundry can be collected, out of which condensate water trough (KW) the condensate water can be conducted to a rinse tank (SB1; SB2) provided above the evaporator (EV), and from said rinse tank (SB1; SB2) the condensate can be dispensed out of an outlet opening (AU) to the component (EV) to be cleaned, wherein the rinse tank (SB1; SB2) has a closure part (VT1) for selectively opening and closing off the outlet opening (AU) and has an actuator (HM) for actuating the closure part (VT1), wherein the closure part (VT1) has a sealing head (DK) for closing off the outlet opening (AU), which sealing head (DK) is connected to a first lever arm (H1) which is rotatably fastened to the rinse tank (SB1; SB2).
Teorija grafova i zadaci s natjecanja

This paper provides a brief overview of the development of graph theory with a focus on the well-known problem of graph theory - Konigsberg bridge problem. Following historical review of development of graph theory and definition of the term graph, this paper is focused on basic concepts related to graphs such as degree of a vertex, connections between vertices in the graph, we prove the handshaking lemma on the operation and there are given and solved problems related to the area of graph theory. The last part is dedicated to the trail in the graph and the existence of Eulerian cycle. Solution to Konigsberg bridge problem is generalized with Euler’s theorem.
Sustainable and cost efficient high performance composite structures demanding temperature and fire resistance

In order to maintain the leadership of the European aeronautics, the SuCoHS project will investigate potential weight and cost savings in expanding the use of composite materials in areas of demanding high thermal conditions (high temperature and fire). 
In particular, this project envisages new structural concepts with novel multi-material composites to provide high resistivity against thermal, mechanical and fire loading. These developments also cater for high production rates, providing a cost competitive manufacturing process at minimum material and energy consumption, while reducing the requirement for visual inspection or rework. New solutions for structural health monitoring are considered within the structures to enable condition-based maintenance taking into account actual loading and structural conditions.
Instead of an isolated investigation of innovative technologies the project will develop an integrated framework for the adaption of these promising technologies to different aeronautic components to increase efficiency during design, manufacturing and operation. 
Three industrial use cases are defined from real industrial design challenges to set requirements, to validate new technologies and to demonstrate technical feasibility near to operation environment: a high temperature resistance nacelle component, a composite aircraft interior shell and a tail cone panel substructure.
The SuCoHS project gathers 14 partners from 7 European countries, amongst which 2 technical universities, 3 research centers, 4 SMEs and 8 large companies. The requested EU funding amounts to 6 638 944 Euros for a 3-year project duration.
Optimisation of an on-board adsorbent/catalyst unit for aviation fuel thermal stability improvement

The research programme proposed by the University of Sheffield experimentally investigates the application of an optimized on-board adsorbent/catalyst unit to reduce the tendency of jet fuel that contains dissolved oxygen to produce solid carbonaceous deposit in the fuel system and injection system at moderate temperature regimes. Improved fuel thermal oxidative stability offers the fuel to serve as a better heat sink, absorbing more waste heat from VHBR engines and using the heat to benefit in the engine performance cycle. This leads to more efficiency in comparison to adding extra cooling systems employing bleed air that is dumped overboard, and could yield around 2% SFC improvement in association with heat exchanger weight and volume savings. Furthermore, the elimination of overboard bleed is a potential to reduce IR signature. 
To achieve the programme goal, the following project objectives are proposed: 
1) Optimise the size of the adsorbents/catalysts unit in small scale, bespoke experimental device with respect to flow regime and bulk fuel temperature following a Design of Experiments approach
2) Simultaneous thermal oxidative stability assessment of deoxygenated fuel using low medium scale test device namely, “High Reynold Thermal Stability (HiReTS)”
3) Compositional analysis of deoxygenated fuels with particular focus on side reactions 
4) Fuel lubricity assessment 
5) Calculation of adsorbent longevity using available quantum chemistry methods    
6) Calculation of trade-off between thermal stability enhancement and lubricity decrease using available quantum chemistry methods    
7) Project scale up and use of the optimised adsorbent/catalyst unit in a TRL5 scale engine representative jet fuel system simulator, namely the “Aviation Fuel Thermal Stability Test Unit (AFTSTU)”
8) Recommend future development.
The oxygen separation by adsorbent/catalysts shows more advantages in comparison to the other deoxygenation methods being developed for aviation fuel thermal stability enhancement.
Unravelling bivalve shell chemistry: advanced techniques for accurate reconstructions of sub-annual climate

An important part of climate variability takes place at the sub-annual to decadal scale. However, climate reconstructions mostly focus on long-term trends (thousands to millions of years), while data of past, fast and short-term changes is limited. To calibrate climate models and extend our knowledge of the causes and effects of rapid climate change, archives recording higher resolution climate change are needed. Contrary to sedimentary records, bivalve shells record environmental conditions at a resolution of days to months. Conventional climate proxies in bivalve shells (stable isotopes and trace elements) depend on multiple physiological and environmental parameters, complicating the reconstruction of individual climate parameters.  UNBIAS aims to develop new, more accurate tools for absolute reconstructions of climate parameters on a sub-annual scale from bivalve shells. Parameters influencing climate proxies will be disentangled by combining state-of-the-art trace element and microstructure analyses with the new powerful carbonate clumped isotope method, which reconstructs absolute temperature. These techniques are applied directly on cross sections through shells of Arctica islandica, Ostrea edulis and Cerastoderma edule. First, more accurate climate proxies will be developed by applying this interdisciplinary approach on bivalves grown in monitored North Sea environments. After development, these new proxies will first be applied to reconstruct sub-annual climate and environmental change over the past 500 years, recording human impact on North Sea environments. Finally, fossil bivalve shell records from the warm Miocene epoch highlight the effect of global warming on short-term climate variability.  UNBIAS provides me with interdisciplinary skills and expertise from specialized institutes in the Benelux and Germany. It will offer me unique chances to gain experience in teaching, professional network and outreach, thus greatly enhancing my career opportunies.
TERMINAL SERVICES VIEW TOOLBOX

The disclosed architecture includes a view toolbox that offers a dynamic view of remote monitors and which enables the user to move quickly between one area and another across all remote monitors. The view toolbox enables the user to customize the view of the remote monitors ranging from fitting the view (remote desktop) of all remote monitors to the local computer display, showing a remote monitor at actual size on the local computer display, showing a dynamic view of each remote monitor, and/or allowing the user to move around the view area of the remote monitors.