SIRIS-Lab/unlabelled-sti-corpus huggingface dataset:
Developing energy-efficient building technology solutions — TALOTEK2

The take-up and deployment of new technologies in education, research institutes and enterprises will only be possible with a well-functioning research, knowledge and innovation infrastructure. The objective of the TALOTEK2 project is to develop regional research, knowledge and innovation infrastructure by implementing energy-efficient building technology research and competence environments for the Mikkeli University of Applied Sciences campus together with the companies participating in the project.TALOTEK is a project consisting of the building technology research and competence environment development project TALOTEK1 and the development of energy-efficient building technical solutions project TALOTEK2. The following companies are involved in the TALOKTEK project: Wimacor Oy, Pipe-Modul Oy, Jeven Oy, Geberit Oy, Rakennusliike U. Lipsanen Oy, Schneider Electric Buildings Finland Oy, Suomen Talotekniikka Oy, Fläkt Woods Oy and Morehouse Oy. The projects will be implemented in parallel.The TALOTEK2 project includes the practical design, technical implementation and equipment procurement of the three research and knowledge environments to be realised. The TALOTEK1 project will plan the educational and research content of the research and knowledge environments to be implemented and will carry out procurement tenders with relevant procedures. In addition, the project introduces and integrates learning and research environments into Mamki and Esedu activities. The TALOTEK2 project implements building engineering solutions for energy-efficient housing in order to demonstrate learning and research environments that take into account companies’ product development needs, in which companies and students can explore, test and develop new innovations and technologies that increase resource efficiency. The project consists of three work packages. The work packages are: • Developing the TESTLAB learning and research environment focusing on ventilation testing, research and development, • Developing DEMOLAB learning and research environment that demonstrates the practical use and research of building engineering systems in the building, • the development of a mobile test module MODLAB, which builds a resource-efficient housing learning and research environment in the form of a transferable demonstration and testing environment. The result of the project is to create the research and knowledge environments of energy-efficient building technology for use and exploitation by Mamk, Esedu and companies. The research and knowledge environments have also been integrated into the teaching, research, development and innovation activities of Mamki and Esedu.The methods and environments implemented in the TALOTEK1 and TALOTEK2 projects enable the development and commercial exploitation of new, low-carbon building solutions that support sustainable development. The results of the project promote research and development related to the energy efficiency of buildings, the quality of teaching and cooperation between companies and research and training organisations.
Prevalence and mean intensity of Anisakis simplex (sensu stricto) in European sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax) from Northeast Atlantic Ocean

Viscera and muscle of a total of 40 wild 1-2kg European sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax) from Northeast Atlantic (FAO area 27) were examined for Anisakidae larvae detection by digestion method. Extracted parasites were counted and mean intensity was calculated. Parasites were identified by genetic/molecular markers (allozymes and sequences analysis of the mtDNA cox2 gene) as belonging to the species Anisakis simplex (sensu stricto). In viscera, the main localisations of the larvae were under the gastric serosa, where several parasites alive and dead were found, and intestinal serosa. The visceral prevalence was 0.950 and the mean intensity was 96.39. The main localisation of A. simplex (s.s.) in edible parts was in belly muscles, with a prevalence of 0.425 and a mean intensity of 1.9. This is the first record on the prevalence and mean intensity of A. simplex (s.s.) in European sea bass muscle. This finding has an important consequence on epidemiology of anisakiasis and public health risk assessment.
Vertical gan on silicon: wide band gap power at silicon cost

YESvGaN targets a new low-cost wide band gap (WBG) power transistor technology for enabling high-efficiency power electronic systems in the field of electromobility, industrial drives, renewable energies and data centers. In many applications requiring power transistors with high voltage and current rating (600…1200V, ~100A), silicon IGBT technology is nowadays used due to cost considerations accepting its lower efficiency compared to WBG solutions. The main objective of YESvGaN is to demonstrate innovative vertical gallium nitride (GaN) power transistors fabricated on a low-cost substrate such as silicon. This so-called vertical membrane architecture combines the superior performance of GaN as WBG power transistor material with the advantages of a vertical architecture regarding current and voltage robustness at a price competitive to silicon IGBTs. To this end, the entire value chain from substrate, epitaxy, process technology, interconnection technology to application in relevant power electronic systems is addressed. YESvGaN clusters the relevant competences along the value chain in a consortium of large companies, SMEs and institutes from seven European countries.
Engineering quantum error correction

This proposal will advance the theory of quantum error correction towards its application in real physical devices, in particular superconducting transmon qubit systems. The research will result in proposals for experiments: how to use physical qubits to redundantly represent logical quantum information and how error information can be obtained and classically processed. The research will consider novel ways of using transmon qubits to achieve a universal fault-tolerant surface code architecture. The research will produce a design of a universal fault-tolerant architecture in which qubits are encoded in the electromagnetic field of a (microwave) cavity. Research will also focus on mathematical and numerical studies in quantum error correction which are technology-independent, but shed light on coding overhead, decoding efficiency and logical universality.
Plan de negocios para la creación de una empresa de producción de gelatina de pitahaya y ciruela pasa con la importación de envases desde China para su comercialización en la ciudad de Quito

In Ecuador, the food and beverages industry has a high participation in the market, becoming ever more demanding in price, quality and taste. However, in the industry there are very few brands that are recognized by consumers, therefore, the investment is not very high for the entry of new brands resulting attractive for the present business plan, especially in Quito. It is important to highlight that the market is very open to new healthy products that provides vitamins and fiber that the human body needs especially nowadays due to stress. The present project consists of a business plan for the production and commercialization in Quito of a jelly made of pitahaya and prune, in packages imported from China. The plastic containers will be imported from China, due to the low costs and variety of suppliers that this great country has, without forgetting that it is one of the largest exporters worldwide. Ecuadorian companies will provide the other inputs for the final product. It is important to note that these mixtures of flavors with sweet fruits will provide several vitamins, among them; Vitamin C, B1, B2, B3, potassium, minerals such as calcium, phosphorus, iron and soluble fiber. Fruits with great benefits because it delays cell aging, strengthens the immune system, stimulates the production of blood cells and platelets, regulates intestinal transit, gives the sensation of fullness and reduces high cholesterol levels. With all the qualities mentioned, this product will improve the health and quality of life of the people living in Quito.
Quantum information science and its contributions to mathematics : American Mathematical Society Short Course, January 3-4, 2009, Washington, DC

This volume is based on lectures delivered at the 2009 AMS Short Course on Quantum Computation and Quantum Information, held January 3-4, 2009, in Washington, D.C. Part I of this volume consists of two papers giving introductory surveys of many of the important topics in the newly emerging field of quantum computation and quantum information, i.e., quantum information science (QIS). The first paper discusses many of the fundamental concepts in QIS and ends with the curious and counter-intuitive phenomenon of entanglement concentration. The second gives an introductory survey of quantum error correction and fault tolerance, QIS's first line of defence against quantum decoherence. Part II consists of four papers illustrating how QIS research is currently contributing to the development of new research directions in mathematics. The first paper illustrates how differential geometry can be a fundamental research tool for the development of compilers for quantum computers. The second paper gives a survey of many of the connections between quantum topology and quantum computation. The last two papers give an overview of the new and emerging field of quantum knot theory, an interdisciplinary research field connecting quantum computation and knot theory. These two papers illustrate surprising connections with a number of other fields of mathematics. In the appendix, an introductory survey article is also provided for those readers unfamiliar with quantum mechanics.
Dunnage conversion machine and method with sequential stock roll storage and loading

A support for one or more rolls of sheet stock material includes a sloped support surface for supporting at least one roll, an operating stop toward a lower end of the support surface that defines an operating position at which a stock roll is held for paying out sheet stock material from the roll, and a holding stop. The holding stop extends above the support surface. The holding stop holds one or more rolls at a location spaced from the operating position, and is movable to allow a stock roll to move down the support surface, past the holding stop to the operating position.
Mapeo ecopolítico: una metodología de investigación multiespecie para la comunicación ambiental

El Mapeo Ecopolítico es una metodología experimental que busca mapear encuentros amorosos y desastrosos entre humanos y su entorno más que humano. Esta metodología, primeramente acuñada por un grupo transdisciplinario de artistas e investigadores en el sur de Chile, se desarrolla a través de sesiones de mapeo colectivo utilizando un enfoque ecopolítico con el fin de rastrear las relaciones de poder entre diferentes especies. En este informe de investigación expandimos acerca de nuestras aproximaciones a esta metodología a partir de tres escalas y territorios diferentes: Cuenca del Biobío (Chile), la Ciudad de Berlín (Alemania) y Europa (Continente). Cada caso presentó un fuerte componente de comunicación ambiental, que terminó en la producción de mapas ilustrados. El enfoque metodológico que aquí se propone es a la vez íntimo, político y situado. El mapa se propone no como un supuesto artefacto políticamente neutral, sino como una herramienta para la educación ambiental, la comunicación y el activismo. Ofrecemos el concepto y enfoque, esperando que esta metodología pueda ser practicada y desarrollada por otros humanos, aliados en la producción de parentescos tentaculares.
CLEAR AQUEOUS DETERGENTS AND CLEANING AGENTS

Clear liquid detergents can be produced by adding water-soluble inorganic salts, wherein the agents may comprise non-ionic surfactants, cationic polymers having a charge density of at least 5 meq/g, measured at a pH value of 8, soaps, and anionic surfactants at the same time.
PARIS project: Radiolytic oxidation of molecular iodine in containment during a nuclear reactor severe accident: Part 2. Formation and destruction of iodine oxides compounds under irradiation – Experimental results modelling

Abstract In the case of a severe accident in a nuclear Light Water Reactor (LWR), the high radiation fields reached in the reactor containment building due to the release of fission products from the reactor core would induce air radiolysis. The air radiolysis products (ARP) could, in turn, oxidise gaseous molecular iodine (I2) into aerosol-borne iodine–oxygen–nitrogen compounds, abbreviated as iodine oxides (IOx). These reactions involve the conversion of a gaseous iodine compound resulting in a change of the iodine depletion rate from the containment atmosphere. Kinetic data were produced within the first part of PARIS project on the air radiolysis products formation and destruction. The second part of the PARIS project as presented in this paper deals with the impact of the ARP on the conversion of I2 into IOx. The objective was to provide a database to develop new or to validate existing kinetic models of formation and destruction of iodine oxides. The iodine tests of the PARIS project, performed at very low, realistic iodine concentrations, constitute an important database to further develop or validate empirical and mechanistic models on radiolytic I2 oxidation. In the presence of painted surface areas or silver aerosol surface areas, radiolytic I2 oxidation is negligible compared to I2 adsorption on these surfaces for the conditions examined. However, radiolytic I2 oxidation remains very efficient if surface areas are small or if they are made of the relatively non-reactive stainless steel.
Flexible tube micro plasma (fμtp) for dried blood spot (dbs) analysis

The need and importance of newborn screening (NBS) is a reality in most of the western countries. NBS helps with the detection and prevention of important health issues during neonates first days of life, avoiding growth or mental retardation or even potential deaths. Even when each individual disorder has a low incidence into the population, their cumulative occurrence is relatively high, around 1 in 1,500 to 1 in 5,000. Most of the NBS programs in western countries are well established but there is a constant need for new methodologies that can tackle more efficient, cheaper, faster, and simpler ways to analyze different disorders. SPOTplasma will help to address innovative methodologies for NBS. Firstly, the project will tackle the idea of unaltered NBS sample analysis with no sample or minimal preparation steps considered as a kind of “Holy grail” for precious samples. And secondly, during SPOTplasma a platform based on ion mobility spectrometry (IMS) will be investigated as an alternative for newborn screening in developing countries, barely implemented due to the lack of well-equipped infrastructures in their public system along with the high costs associated with MS instrumentation. In conclusion, SPOTplasma will address dried blood spot (DBS) analysis by developing analytical tools that can speed up the screening process or cheapen the analysis. Novel methodologies based on a flexible Tube Micro Plasma (FμTP) coupled to mass spectrometry (MS) and stand-alone IMS are proposed for DBS analysis not only for NBS but also in the pharmacological industry.
Alteration-weakening leading to localized deformation in a damage aureole adjacent to a dormant shear zone

Deformation adjacent to faults and shear zones is traditionally thought to correlate with slip. Inherited structures may control damage geometry, localizing fluid flow and deformation in a damage aureole around structures, even after displacement has ceased. In this paper we document a post-shearing anastomosing foliation and fracture network that developed to one side of the Mesoarchean Marmion Shear Zone. This fracture network hosts the low-grade, disseminated Hammond Reef gold deposit. The shear zone juxtaposed a greenstone belt against tonalite gneiss and was locked by an intrusion that was emplaced during the final stages of suturing. After cessation of activity, fluids channeled along fault- and intrusion-related fractures led to the pervasive sericitization of feldspars. Foliated zones resulted from flattening in the weaker sericite-rich tonalite during progressive alteration without any change in the regional NW-SE shortening direction. The anastomosing pattern may have been inherited from an earlier ductile fabric, but sericite alteration and flattening fabrics all formed post-shearing. Thus, the apparent foliated fracture network adjacent to the Marmion Shear Zone is a second-order effect of shear-related damage, distinct in time from shear activity, adjacent to an effectively dormant shear zone. This phenomenon has implications for understanding the relative timing of fault zone activity, alteration and (in this case) gold mineralization related to long-term fault zone permeability.
Some Iterative Schemes for Solving Extended General Quasi Variational Inequalities

In this paper, we consider a new class of quasi variational inequalities involving three operators, which is called the extended general quasi variational inequality. It is shown that the extended general quasi variational inequalities are equivalent to the fixed problems. This equivalence is used to suggest and analyze some iterative methods for solving the extended general quasi variational inequalities. Convergence analysis is also considered. We have also shown that the extended general quasi variational inequalities are equivalent to the extended general implicit Wiener-Hopf equations. This alternative formulation is used to suggest and analyze some iterative methods. The convergence analysis of these new methods under some suitable conditions is investigated. Several special cases are discussed. Since the extended general quasi variational inequalities include general variational inequalities, quasi variational inequalities and related optimization problems as special cases, results proved in this paper continue to hold for these problems. Results of this paper may stimulate further research in this fascinating area.
Primary hyperparathyroidism and urolithiasis: about a coralliform lithiasis case

The primary hyperparathyroidism (PHPT) is not uncommon. The lithiasic events are the most common complication of the PHPT. We report the case of a 53-year-old woman, with a heavy urological history with several extracorporeal lithotripsy sessions for a right nephrolithiasis and a semirigid ureteroscopy for a right ureteral lithiasis, as well as a bilateral calcium oxalate coralliform lithiasis with right kidney consequences. This nephrolithiasis was due to a parathyroid macroadenoma. Through this observation, we highlight that the coralliform lithiasis etiology is not always an infectious disease and the PHPT may be responsible of this type of lithiasis as well as the nephrocalcinosis.
Evaluating the solute-solvent interactions of glycine in aqueous solution of choline based ionic liquids through volumetric properties at T = (293.15 to 313.15 K)

Abstract The molecular interactions of amino acids with the different ionic liquids (ILs) are important in order to study the stability and behavior of the amino acids. In this study, we have examined the interactions of glycine in the aqueous solutions with two aprotic ionic liquids based on cholinium cation, namely, cholinium propanoate [Chl][Pro] and cholinium hexanoate [Chl][Hex]. The different interactions were quantified through their partial molar volumes (Vϕ) where it was found that the shorter chained [Chl][Pro] interacts more with the molecules of the glycine, compared to [Chl][Hex]. The derivation of infinite dilution parameter through the application of the Masson equation revealed further insights into the different types of interactions. The calculated limiting partial molar volume of transfer, (ΔVϕ0 values for water to aqueous solutions of ILs indicated that hydrophobic-hydrophobic interactions dominates over other attractive interactions in longer chain [Chl][Hex] than in [Chl][Pro]. The calculation of hydration number (nH) revealed that with increasing IL concentrations, lesser number of water molecules remain attached to the glycine, indicating the structure breaking nature of the ILs, which were further confirmed from the Hepler equation.
N fixing bacteria from extreme environments as a remedy for nitrogen deficiency in saline soils

Plant Growth-Promoting Rhizobacteria (PGPR) provide necessary nutrients to the plants and are promising substitute for the chemical fertilizers to promote plant growth and yield. Among various growth promotion properties of PGPR, the ability to fix N2 is important for plant growth. Several media-based techniques are available to screen the N2 fixing bacteria that are tedious, time-consuming and requires significant amount of resources. Therefore, a rapid, cost-effective membrane-based sensor can be a good alternative of these media-based screening methods. Further, a reservoir of diverse microbial communities is present in a unique extreme environment - saline and alkaline lime in Janikowo, Poland. Isolating PGPR from such extreme environments can be useful for mitigating salinity stress on different crops e.g. wheat (Triticum aestivum), which is one of the most important crops in the world facing significant yield loss in the production due to soil salinity. Also, the study of expression of genes that are differentially expressed in wheat upon interaction with PGPR can result in a better understanding of plant-microbe interaction. Hence, the work is proposed in a sequential manner where the membrane-sensor will be prepared to screen N2 fixing bacteria from the samples collected from extreme environments and allowed to interact with wheat plant under saline condition to check its growth promotion effects. Then the most effective strains/consortia for growth promotion will be selected. Finally, Suppression Subtractive Hybridization (SSH) will be performed to study differentially expressed genes in wheat plants upon interaction with selected strains/consortia. The project is expected to develop innovative membrane-based sensor for the detection of N2 fixing bacteria and isolation of novel and potential halotolerant PGPR from anthropogenic extreme environments. SSH based gene profiling study will also be a new approach to understand plant-PGPR interaction.