SIRIS-Lab/unlabelled-sti-corpus huggingface dataset:
The premium green multi-cloud management and optimization tool

Feasibility study - NUVEA is carried out by the SME New Generation SR, an innovative start-up active in the field of digital technologies and infrastructures. The objective of the overall project is to bring to customers an on-line platform that allows them to take over, manage, benchmark and optimize permanently their distributed IT infrastructure (at the web- and entreprise-grade), independently from the underlying cloud resource provider(s), in a highly flexible and real-time manner.
NUVEA targets cloud computing stakeholders: data center managers, cloud suppliers, big companies with significant in-house IT infrastructures willing to optimize their energy consumption and average server load;  public institutions wanting to have fully sovereign or close-to-territory IT infrastructure; and companies having a part of their core competencies cloud-hosted, or significant IT expenditures.
A first version of the algorithm and interface was developed and successfully tested in a laboratory environment. The present feasibility study aims at assessing technical and economical characterics of NUVEA’s value proposition through alpha tests on early adopters and in depth market study. This work will enable: 
- The release of the first commercial version of NUVEA software (validated on “early adopters”),
- The definition of technical specifications required for the  further development of NUVEA on-line platform (NUVEA platform)  
- The elaboration of a detailed business-plan based on operational experience,
- The identification of the preferred stakeholders for european deployment of the solution,
- An updated project executive summary ready for the search of new equity.

Phase 1 will help to finance scientific support and marketing expert required for the feasibility study Later on, Phase 2 would perfectly allow to finance further development plan (from commercial software to web-based NUVEA platform).
Immune responses of mice against recombinant bovine herpesvirus 5 glycoprotein D

Glycoprotein D (gD) is essential for attachment and penetration of Bovine herpesvirus 5 (BoHV-5) into permissive cells, and is a major target of the host immune system, inducing strong humoral and cellular immune responses. The aim of this study was to evaluate in mice the immunogenicity of recombinant BoHV-5 gD (rgD5) expressed in Pichia pastoris. Vaccines formulated with rgD5 alone or adjuvanted with Montanide 50 ISA V2; Emulsigen or Emulsigen-DDA was administered intramuscularly or subcutaneously. Almost all formulations stimulated a humoral immune response after the first inoculation. The only exception was observed when the rgD5 was administered subcutaneously without adjuvant, in this case, the antibodies were observed after three doses. Higher titers of neutralizing antibodies were obtained with the three oil-based adjuvant formulations when compared to non-adjuvanted vaccine formulations. The rgD5 vaccine stimulated high mRNA expression levels of Th1 (INF-γ) and pro-inflammatory cytokines (IL-17, GM-CSF). The results demonstrated that the recombinant gD from BoHV-5 conserved important epitopes for viral neutralization from native BoHV-5 gD and was able to elicit mixed Th1/Th2 immune response in mice.
DURABLE NON-FLUORINE WATER REPELLENT AGENT AND PROCESS FOR PREPARING SAME

The present invention provides a crosslinkable polysiloxane-containing composition and a process for treating a textile with the composition whereby desirable properties, such as water repel lency and durability, are enhanced.
AutoCAD Electrical 2015 for Electrical Control Designers

Note: Chapter 13 is available for free download from our website: cadcim.com The AutoCAD Electrical 2015 for Electrical Control Designers book has been written to assist the engineering students and the practicing designers who are new to AutoCAD Electrical. Using this textbook, the readers can learn the application of basic tools required for creating professional electrical control drawings with the help of AutoCAD Electrical 2015. Keeping in view the varied requirements of the users, this book covers a wide range of tools and features such as schematic drawings, Circuit Builder, panel drawings, parametric and nonparametric PLC modules, stand-alone PLC I/O points, ladder diagrams, point-to-point wiring diagrams, report generation, creation of symbols, and so on. This will help the readers to create electrical drawings easily and effectively. Special emphasis has been laid on the introduction of concepts, which have been explained using text and supported with graphical examples. The examples and tutorials used in this book ensure that the users can relate the information provided in this textbook with the practical industry designs. Salient Features: Consists of 14 chapters that are organized in a pedagogical sequence. Comprehensive coverage of AutoCAD Electrical 2015 concepts and techniques. Tutorial approach to explain the concepts of AutoCAD Electrical 2015. Detailed explanation of all commands and tools. Summarized content on the first page of the topics that are covered in the chapter. Hundreds of illustrations for easy understanding of concepts. Step-by-step instructions to guide the users through the learning process. Emphasis on Why and How with explanation. More than 40 tutorials and projects. Additional information throughout the book in the form of notes and tips. Self-Evaluation Tests and Review Questions at the end of each chapter to help the users assess their knowledge. Technical support by contacting techsupport at cadcim.com. Free Teaching and Learning Resources: CADCIM Technologies provides the following free teaching and learning resources with this textbook: Technical support by contacting techsupport at cadcim.com Part files used in tutorials, exercises*, and illustrations Customizable PowerPoint Presentations of every chapter (For faculty only) Instructor Guide with solution to all review questions and instructions to create the models for exercises (For faculty only)
Does the Cohesion Policy Decrease Economic Inequalities in the European Union?

Abstract This paper examines the impact of the EU Cohesion Policy on the relative development of EU countries as well as on the development of NUTS-2 regions within member states. The main hypothesis is that the Cohesion Fund payments are reducing inequalities between member states, while failing to decrease the regional inequalities within member states in the European Union. The basic conclusion is that Cohesion funds should not be viewed as the only solution for the problem of regional inequalities in the EU, but rather as a complementary policy instrument to national regional policies. However, the problem of creating institutional capacity for the withdrawal of the Cohesion resources remains emphasized, especially in new member states with lower real GDP growth, in order to compete for projects of highest multiplicative effects on the economy.
MULTILAYERED STRUCTURES AND METHODS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME

The invention relates to methods for producing membranes, methods for producing membrane electrode units and membranes produced by these methods. The claimed membranes and membrane electrode units may be used to produce energy electrochemically or photochemically, in particular in membrane fuel cells (H2 or direct methanol fuel cells) at temperatures from 20 to +180 DEG C. In one embodiment, working temperatures of up to 250 DEG C are possible. The claimed membranes and membrane electrode units can be used in membrane methods, in particular in galvanic cells, in secondary batteries, in electrolysis cells, in membrane separation processes such as gas separation, pervaporation, perstraction, reverse osmosis, electrodialysis, diffusion dialysis and for the separation of alkene-alkane mixtures or for the separation of mixtures of which one component forms complexes with silver ions.
PULPING PROCESS

The present invention relates to a process for the removal of lignin from lignocellulose containing material comprising treating the lignocellulose containing material prior to a high-yield pulping process with a delignifying gas comprising gaseous compounds comprising at least one oxygen atom such as chlorine dioxide containing gas.
Global and local health impact assessment of transport: methods for prioritising model development

Transport is a major determinant of population health.  Adverse health impacts are greatest in lower and middle income cities. Research and policy models are being used to predict how changes in travel patterns and related exposures (e.g. physical activity, air pollution, and road traffic danger) might influence health outcomes (e.g. injuries, heart disease, some cancers and diabetes). However, current methods are not able to produce reliable or comparable results for the questions researchers and policy makers are asking. Results are needed for settings with limited data. Methods are needed to integrate with the separate discipline of transport modelling. There is a need to develop the next generation of transport and health impact models and tools that are academically robust and practically useful. 
I will develop the next generation of models through the following objectives: 
1. To develop methods and computer programs that allow researchers to compare health impact models and data. By collating and comparing models across many settings and scenario I will identify the circumstances in which variation in model structure and parameters makes an important difference to model results. This information will be used to create and test models for new settings and problems.
2. To integrate health impact modelling methods with the models used by transport researchers. This will make health impacts visible to transport planners. I will  investigate the added value that land use/transport models can bring to health impact modelling from improved spatial and temporal detail and following households’ residential location over time. 
3. To use the methods from (1) and findings from (1) and (2) to develop a global city-level model and tool that utilises the best data available in any setting to create comparable exposure and disease estimates. This will transform the opportunities for modelling health impacts of transport policies and scenarios across the world.
Comparison of four kinds of syphilis testing methods in blood donations

Objective To compare four kinds of syphilis examination methods,RPR,TP-ELISA,TPHA and TPPA and to choose a suitable model for screening syphilis in blood donors.Methods RPR and TP-ELISA were used to screen samples of blood donors for treponema pallidum(TP)infection.TPHA and TPPA as the confirm methods were further tested all samples of blood donors.Results Of 58586 samples of blood donors,RPR and TPHA positive samples were 289 and 331 respectively,and the positive coincidence rate was 81%(267/331).64 samples were undetected and 22 samples were false positive by TP-ELISA.The false-negative rate and false-postive rate of RPR methods were 0.11%,0.024% respectively.Of 18206 samples of blood donors,TP-ELISA and TPHA positive samples were 114 and 111 respectively,and the positive coincidence rate was 98.2%(109/111).2 samples were undetected and 5 samples were false positive by TP-ELISA.The false-negative rate and false-postive rate of TP-ELISA methods were 0.01%,0.027% respectively.TPHA and TPPA had no difference in test results.Conclusion The combination of TP-ELISA with TPHA or TPPA to detect blood donors is an effective model for screening syphilis in blood service center.
Expansão das possibilidades de produção para reforçar a posição do mercado

O objetivo do projeto é a aquisição de 4 novas tecnologias de produção (centro de maquinagem portuário, centro de maquinagem vertical, marcação a laser e equipamento de elevação) para aumentar a eficiência da produção, aumentar a produtividade, a precisão e a expansão das possibilidades de produção e, acima de tudo, aumentar a capacidade de produção.
Preparedness and resilience to address urban vulnerability

The challenge posed by urban vulnerability is immense and is being compounded by rapid unplanned urbanisation, climate change and resource pressures.  While the realisation that there is a fundamental shift in the landscape of crises to cities is no longer contested, aid actors are nonetheless grappling with the complexities of adapting their approaches to the urban context.  The Preparedness and Resilience to address Urban Vulnerability (PRUV) Consortium aims to inform the pressing need to reshape how humanitarian action and development aid is undertaken in urban areas to address the challenge posed by urban vulnerability.  
Assembled within the PRUV Consortium is an exciting mix of actors with considerable experience and expertise in urban contexts that will transcend disciplines and sectors to frame a new resilience and preparedness paradigm to respond to urban challenges.  It seeks to combine existing best practice with innovative thinking and technology to challenge current state of the art thinking in order to arrive at a novel approach with affected urban populations at the centre.
By combining legal, social, cultural, political and public health perspectives in a holistic manner, considerable purchase is added to the research around preparedness and resilience, which, while not new within the aid sector more generally, has not been focussed sufficiently on the urban context to date.  The opportunities to carry out the research in test-bed sites in Africa, Asia and Latin America adds to the potentially broad utility and transferability of the findings globally.
Electron paramagnetic resonance and FT-IR spectroscopic studies of DL-2-aminoadipic acid and ammonium acetate powders

Exposure of powder forms of DL-2-aminoadipic acid and ammonium acetate to gamma radiation results in the formation of free radicals detected by the electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy at room temperature. In these compounds, the observed paramagnetic species were attributed to the HOOCCH2CH2CH2CHCOOH and CH2COONH4 radicals, respectively. The g values and the hyperfine coupling constants of the unpaired electron with the environmental protons were determined for these two radicals. In work, the observed paramagnetic species were found to be stable at room temperature for more than two months. Also, these compounds were characterised by FT-IR and UV–VIS. Their thermal stabilities were determined by TGA and DTA measurements. Thermal analyses were shown to be unstable of the HOOCCH2CH2CH2CH(NH2)COOH and CH3COONH4 against thermo-oxidative decomposition.
METHOD FOR PRODUCING A CORROSION-RESISTANT STEEL SHEET

The invention relates to a method for producing a corrosion-resistant steel sheet made of an unalloyed or low-alloy and cold-rolled steel having a carbon content of less than 0.1, comprising the following steps: applying a metal coating to the steel sheet, annealing the coated steel sheet in a recrystallizing manner by heating the coated steel sheet to temperatures in the recrystallization range by means of electromagnetic induction in an inert-gas atmosphere, wherein the metal coating is fused on during the recrystallization annealing, quenching the coated and annealed steel sheet.
Build up skills to business

This project is directed towards establishing and upgrading large-scale qualification and training schemes in the Netherlands for craftsmen and other on-site workers, in the continuation of the BUILD Up Skills Initiative. The proposed project uses the results of the IEE-projects  and is a necessary step towards closing the gap between existing and needed skills for craftsmen and building workers in the Netherlands in the respect of meeting the 2020 energy objectives.The main objective of the project is to develop and pilot missing training materials on EQF-levels 2 - 4 based on the future-ready qualification schemes developed in BUILD UP Skills Pillar II. Secondary objective is to construct short skill measurement tests which enables the prevention of mistakes made by unconsciously incompetent workers, the detection of skills gaps and supply of industry relevant upskilling advice to craftsmen and building workers.Tertiary objective is to organise regional pilots in which we focus on implementation and evaluation of the developed materials and regional capacity building. We will support regional training partnerships with train-the-trainer sessions, regional labour market intelligence and implementing the developed trainings and assessments in practice in regional building and/or renovation projects. As results of the project the following will be achieved:
• Increase the skills of 3000 craftsmen by the end of year 2018
• Increase in RES-production of 11 GWh/year
• Decrease of energy consumption of 69 GWh/year (EE)
• Increase the employability of the building workforce with 3000 of which at least 5% women
• Increase in investments in innovative sustainable energy technologies with €42.7 million
• Acquired additional funding of €1.000.000,- to sustain the action
Heat Transfer and Thermal Insulation

Publisher Summary The purpose of this chapter is to discuss thermal behavior and thermal management of a pipeline system, which includes, heat transfer fundamentals; overall heat transfer coefficient calculation; steady-state analysis of thermal design; transient heat transfer analyses of thermal design; and insulation or heating management. The thermal performance of subsea production systems is controlled by the hydraulic behavior of the fluid in the pipeline; conversely, it also impacts the hydraulic design indirectly through the influence of temperature on fluid properties such as GOR, density, and viscosity. Thermal design, which predicts the temperature profile along the pipeline, is one of the most important parts of pipeline design, because this information is required for pipeline analyses including expansion analysis, upheaval or lateral buckling, corrosion protection, hydrate prediction, and wax deposition analysis. Thermal design includes both steady-state and transient heat transfer analyses. It is necessary to consider both steady-state and transient analyses in order to ensure that the performance of the insulation coatings will be adequate in all operational scenarios. The thermal management strategy for pipelines can be divided into passive control and active heating. Passive control includes pipelines insulated by external insulation layers, pipe-in-pipe (PIP), bundle and burial; and active heating includes electrical heating and hot fluid heating.
METHOD FOR PREDICTION OF CARDIOVASCULAR COMPLICATIONS IN PATIENTS WITH ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE COMBINED WITH ISCHEMIC MITRAL INSUFFICIENCY

FIELD: medicine.SUBSTANCE: invention refers to medicine, namely to cardiosurgery and cardiology, and can be used for prediction of cardiovascular complications in patients with ischemic heart disease combined with ischemic mitral insufficiency after coronary artery bypass with mitral valve repair. Method for prediction of cardiovascular complications in patients with ischemic heart disease in combination with ischemic mitral insufficiency involves blood serum analysis of concentration of amino-terminal fragment of cerebral natriuretic peptide before coronary artery bypass surgery with mitral valve repair, and the values of the amino-terminal fragment of cerebral natriuretic peptide of more than 985 pg/ml predicting cardiovascular complications in the postoperative period.EFFECT: invention enables prediction of cardiovascular complications in patients with ischemic heart disease combined with ischemic mitral insufficiency.1 cl, 3 ex
Which is the best IVF/ICSI protocol to be used in poor responders receiving growth hormone as an adjuvant treatment? A prospective randomized trial

This open label randomized study aims to define the best protocol to be used with growth hormone in poor responders, with comparison performed to delineate which protocol offers the best cycle outcomes. Two-hundred eighty-seven poor responders were included. The patients were randomly allocated into four groups receiving growth hormone (GH) as an adjuvant therapy added to either long or short agonist protocol, miniflare or antagonist protocols. The short/GH gave significantly lower mean number of oocytes when compared with the long/GH, antagonist/GH and miniflare/GH (4 ± 1.69 versus 5.06 ± 1.83, 4.95 + / = 1.90 and4.98 ± 2.51, respectively p = 0.005). Considering the number of fertilized oocytes, the long/GH showed significantly higher levels than short/GH and antagonist/GH (3.73 ± 1.47 versus 3.02 ± 1.52 and 2.89 ± 1.14, respectively). The main drawback is that it required significantly higher HMG dose and longer duration of stimulation. The long/GH was superior when compared with the three protocols regarding the number of oocytes retrieved and fertilized. But, when considering the clinical pregnancy rates, there was a difference in favor of the long/GH but not reaching a statistically significant value (ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01897324).
Robot-assisted Radical Prostatectomy with the Novel Hugo Robotic System: Initial Experience and Optimal Surgical Set-up at a Tertiary Referral Robotic Center

We describe the first five robot-assisted radical prostatectomies (RARPs) performed with the new Hugo RAS system (Medtronic, Minneapolis, MN, USA) in Europe. The five patients underwent RARP ± lymph node dissection at OLV Hospital (Aalst, Belgium). All procedures were completed, with no need for conversion or for placement of additional ports. No intraoperative complication or technical failure of the system was recorded. The median operative time was 170 min (interquartile range [IQR]: 140-180) and the median console time was 120 min (IQR: 110-150). Median length of stay was 3 d (IQR: 2-4). System start-up and docking of the robotic arms were straightforward and rapid processes for a properly trained surgical team. Awaiting future investigations in larger series, this study proves the safety and feasibility of RARP with the Hugo RAS system and provides relevant data that may be of help to early adopters of this surgical platform.
OPEN TOURISM – Cross-border cooperation network for an open-to-innovation tourism

To develop innovative strategies and tools able to promote natural and cultural wealth and favour a sustainable tourism is the challenge that OPEN TOURISM partners have to face to fully exploit their potential and become more competitive.
OPEN TOURISM aims in fact to develop and implement a cross-border public-private cooperation strategy to promote and enhance local heritage and favour economic and social development.
An innovative strategy will be implemented, based on a new concept of tourism (focusing on a deeper relation visitor-local community); a cross-border governance and marketing model; and a more structured and modern tourist offer.
In particular, Italian, Albanian and Montenegrin partners will follow a 3-step path: 1) they will develop a shared model to design and manage policies to jointly boost their attractiveness; 2) they will realize a set of new products (a common brand, thematic itineraries, promotional kit, a Platform, an APP); 3) they will create an extended system of tourist information points with local tourist and economic operators.
To meet this ambitious challenge, cross-border cooperation will be fundamental. It will allow to develop a more inclusive and broader network; maximise efforts in finding solutions to common problems; pool resources, expertise and ideas to create synergies and support one each other; develop more comprehensive and effective strategies, products and services; gain from economies of scale.
The project will benefit the partnership, public and private stakeholders involved, local tourist and economic operators, visitors, but also local communities as a whole and all territories that will decide to replicate this experience.
Important changes are expected : the empowerment of public and private actors involved, the spread of a new idea of tourism based on the relation tourist-territory, the delivery of a qualified, differentiated and non-seasonal tourist offer.