SIRIS-Lab/unlabelled-sti-corpus huggingface dataset:
Reliability Analysis of Shiplift Gear Based on System-Level Load-Strength Interference Model

A reliability analysis method for the shiplift gear according to the system-level load-strength interference model is presented. The gear is regarded as a series system with dependent failure and multiple failure models. Its reliability is obtained by calculating the probability that the minimum order statistic of the strengths exceeds the maximum order statistic of repeated random loads. The load probability distribution of gear is then obtained using Monte Carlo on the basis of load information. The contact strength and bending strength are calculated. On the basis of system-level load-strength interference analysis, system reliability of a gear is straightforward built up. Finally, system reliability of a gear is worked out, which shows a high reliability.
European knowledge repository for  best agricultural practices

EUREKA has brought together 21 multi-actors (MA) from 16 member states and 48 supporting organizations, to co-create a stronger and reinforced EU wide agricultural knowledge base by developing an open source e-platform, called the FarmBook. This two-sided market platform, like Facebook, will address the needs and improve the connections between two distinct user groups: MA project partners and MA end users (farmers, foresters, advisors, scientists, policy makers,…). To realize this, EUREKA will first analyze the MA project knowledge supply (outputs, activities, dissemination,…) to get a comprehensive data overview and distinguish do’s and don’ts on how to co-create and transfer knowledge in these projects. From this analysis best practices and recommendations will be formulated into a MA bible for the current MA community and for EIP-AGRI (+ SWG SCAR AKIS) to improve the design of future MA projects. Participatory activities with many MA projects during EUREKA will lay the foundation to build a more engaged MA project community. All available resources that can be used to share amongst the community and to shape and promote the EUREKA outputs will also be mapped. Second, EUREKA will analyze the knowledge demand from potential end users by profiling them and determining their needs, barriers and preferences across four macro-regions in Europe and across the different agricultural sectors. Third, EUREKA will integrate the results of the analysis on the knowledge supply & demand by consulting various expert working groups to co-create a ranking of MA projects and to select the most relevant and high impact agricultural MA project knowledge for the rural and scientific community. Fourth, the FarmBook will be built to present this knowledge in an accessible, standards-based, easily searchable and open source way. Fifth, the FarmBook will be optimized in several iterations with end-user feedback and will be promoted to end users and the MA project community across Europe.
Evaluation of Agricultural System Harmony Coefficient on Dingxi Area

On the basis of some relative agricultural appraised index,the agricultural system harmony coefficient was established according to the natural and economic condition of Dingxi area.Harmony coefficient(HC) model was constructed which was consists of efficacy function,harmony coefficient function,the harmony coefficient of Dingxi agricultural system as well as subsystem was calculated to identify the range of harmony coefficient of each system in different years.HC of agricultural system mainly affected by the change of harmony coefficient of population system,economic system,social system and environmental system.HC of internal factors in agricultural system of Dingxi area was low,it was seriously affected the overall harmony of agricultural system.As a result,effective coordination and control should be implemented in the process to achieve healthy and stable development.
COSMETIC OR PERSONAL CARE FORMULATIONS CONTAINING POROUS METAL OXIDE SPHERES

A cosmetic or personal care formulation includes a carrier and porous metal oxide spheres wherein, the porous metal oxide spheres have,.eg., an average diameter of about 0.5 µm to about 100 µm and an average porosity of about 0.10 to about 0.80; the porous metal oxide spheres have one or more population of pores each having an average pore diameter, wherein each population has a different average pore diameter and wherein the average pore diameters are, e.g., from about 50 nm to about 999 nm.
Innovation management support for smes

The general objective of the described actions is to contribute to smart growth in the European Union by increasing the efficiency and effectiveness of investments in research, development and innovation and by contributing to a better and more efficient connection of actors along the innovation chain.
To achieve the above mentioned objectives the proposed grant shall: 
a) Identify bottlenecks to the creation of economic impact in companies benefitting from grants by Horizon2020's SME instrument and address these bottlenecks with the help of capable coaches. This service to beneficiaries of the SME instrument in the context of a giving project is called 'Key account management'. 
b) Increase the efficiency and effectiveness of innovation processes in small and medium sized enterprises with significant innovation activities that could potentially become beneficiaries of European support to research and innovation but would not have effective access to consulting services for innovation management. This service, provided independently from a specific innovation project and focussing on a company's innovation management system, is called 'Enhancing the innovation management capacity of SMEs
Stable isotopes in river waters in the Tajik Pamirs: regional and temporal characteristics

The Gunt River catchment in the Central Pamirs is a representative of the headwater catchments of the Aral Sea Basin. It covers 14,000 km(2), spanning altitudes between 2000 and 6700 m a.s.l. In a monitoring network, water samples were taken at 30 sampling points every month and analysed for the stable water isotopes ((18)O and (2)H). Our first results show δ(2)H values in the range from-131.2 to-94.9 ‰ and δ(18)O values from-18.0 to-14.0 ‰. The stable isotope patterns in the catchment seem to follow a systematic way, dominated by an altitude effect with a mean Δ δ(2)H=-3.6 ‰/100 m. The observed seasonal variations can be explained by geographical aspects such as the influence of different wind systems as well as melting processes.
Kiwi power limited’s revolutionary, low cost, demand response platform (kdrp)

CHALLENGE: Demand response (DR) is central to the successful evolution of a new low carbon electricity system in order to deliver grid flexibility & stability, however it is progressing slowly in the EU due to technological barriers which prevent widespread uptake: high in cost hardware (€4.000 - €6.000); not specifically designed for DR → lack critical functionality (e.g. wireless communication, integration of renewables); & not sufficiently open for wider industry participation.

PROPOSED SOLUTION:  To address the need for innovations that overcome principal barriers to DR, this project seeks to advance KPLs Energy Management Platform, KEMP, from a prototype demonstrated in a relevant environment (TRL6) to complete & qualified commercial prototype (TRL8).  KEMP is a low cost, automated ancillary services platform which consists of: [1] Unique hardware: multi-asset control; first platform to integrate renewable assets; wireless communication between assets → reduced installation cost; & sec. by sec. meter readings – requirement for Frequency Response programmes.  [2] Innovative software: cloud based – for greater scalability; flexibility & remote monitoring,  forecasting model - for integration of renewables; & optimisation engine - to  max. revenues.

END USERS: [1] Initial target = large scale commercial & industrial (C&I) orgs with high MW capacity (>1MW) e.g. financial, telecoms, hospitals, hotels etc. Asset types: DRUPS systems & HVAC. [2] Secondary target = SMEs with low MW capacity (50kW< capacity < 1MW) incl. Water Pump Stations, Small Data Centres, Retail Stores. Asset types: Variable Speed Motors, HVAC, UPS systems etc.

STUDY OBJECTIVES: tech validation, market analysis, economic & business assessment, operational  capacity analysis. Activities will be delivered within a 4 month period, & result in a comprehensive feasibility report detailing the next steps towards development & commercialisation, forming the basis of the SMEI Phase II Business Plan.
Old and new results from multifrequency astrophysics: the importance of small telescopes

In this paper we will briefly discuss several examples of results, from the Big Bang to galactic sources, obtained in different frequency regions by many space– and ground–based experiments. We will remark the fundamental problems born from a comparison of experimental multifrequency results and theories. We will discuss also the importance of having a network of robotic telescopes that can provide long term optical monitoring of different classes of cosmic sources for providing fundamental data for a progress in understanding many problems still open. The results selected are biased by our knowledge and feelings and extend over several decades, starting from the 1970’s, when the space experiments opened practically all the windows for investigating the Universe, up to-date. We discussed about this topic many times (e.g. on the review paper ”The impact of the space experiments on our knowledge of the physics of the Universe” (Giovannelli & Sabau-Graziati, 2004) and subsequent revisions (e.g. Giovannelli & Sabau-Graziati, 2012a).
URBANITAS

Over a two-year period, the URBANITAS network united eight cities from as many different countries – with a substantial proportion coming from new Member States – around the subject of “urban breakdown”. From defining the very concept of “urban breakdown” to recommending possible solutions, the exchanges between the cities highlighted the multi-faceted nature of the notion of “urban breakdown”. In Krakow, for example, the river is responsible for the physical dislocation of the urban area, whilst in Albacete it is the ring road that isolates one part of the city. In Berlin-Mitte, meanwhile, a huge piece of wasteland surrounding a rail line in the heart of the city destroys the urban continuity. In order to achieve the objective of finding a common strategy to address urban breakdown, a series of seminars were organised on the following sub themes:
> Physical dislocations: roads, waterways and rail networks,
mono-functional areas like offices and business parks
> Social dislocations; behavioural, economic, identity-based
dislocations, social exclusion
> Access to housing; housing rights, property speculation,
balancing economic development against access to property
CONTRIBUTIONS POUR LA PRÉSENTATION DE PROJETS D’INTERNATIONALISATION À TRAVERS LA PARTICIPATION À DES SALONS INTERNATIONAUX 2018

CONTRIBUTIONS POUR LA PRÉSENTATION DE PROJETS D’INTERNATIONALISATION À TRAVERS LA PARTICIPATION À DES SALONS INTERNATIONAUX 2018
Drug-protein interactions: binding of serotonin and arachidonyl serotonin to β-lactoglobulin

Background and Aims: β-Lactoglobulin (β-LG) is the major whey protein of cow’s milk and the milk of other mammals. The biological function of β-LG is not clear, but its potential role in carrying fatty acids and drugs has been suggested. β-LG has been found in complexes with lipids and has a high affinity for a wide variety of compounds. Serotonin (5-hydroxytryptamine, 5-HT), an important drug found in animals and plants, has various functions, including the regulation of mood, appetite, sleep, muscle contraction, and learning. In this study, the interaction of serotonin and arachidonyl serotonin (AA -5HT), with β-LG was investigated using circular dichroism (CD) and fluorescence intensity measurements. Methods: The fluorescence of 5-HT or AA-5HT was measured at 10 or 40 µM in the presence of various concentrations of β-LG. These spectra were recorded from 310 to 450 nm with an excitation wavelength of 300 nm. Far-UV (190–260 nm) and near-UV (250–320 nm) CD spectra were obtained at a constant protein concentration of 10 µM and 20 µM, respectively, titrated with 5 -HT or AA-5HT reaching different concentrations. Results: It has been found in this study that these two drugs interact with β-LG forming equimolar complexes. The binding constant for the serotonin/β-LG interaction is between 105 and 106M-1, whereas for the AA5HT/β-LG complex it is between 104 and 105M-1 as determined by measurements of either protein or drug fluorescence. The observed binding affinities were higher in hydroethanolic media (25%EtOH). According to far- and near-UVCD results, these drugs have no apparent influence on β-LG secondary structure, however they partially destabilize its tertiary structure. Conclusions: The binding of serotonin and its derivative by β-LG may be one of the peripheral mechanisms of the regulation of the content of serotonin and its derivatives in the bowel of milk -fed animals.
MEASURING THE ROTATIONAL PERIODS OF ISOLATED MAGNETIC WHITE DWARFS

We present time-series photometry of 30 isolated magnetic white dwarfs, surveyed with the Jacobus Kapteyn Telescope between 2002 August and 2003 May. We find that 9 were untestable due to varying comparison stars, but of the remaining 21, 5 (24%) are variable with reliably derived periods, while a further 9 (43%) are seen to vary during our study, but we were unable to derive the period. We interpret the variability to be the result of rotation of the objects. We find no correlation between rotation period and mass, temperature, magnetic field, or age. We have found variability in 9 targets with low magnetic field strengths and temperatures low enough for partially convective atmospheres, which we highlight as candidates for polarimetry to search for starspots. Most interestingly, we have found variability in one target, PG1658+441, which has a fully radiative atmosphere in which conventional starspots cannot form, but a magnetic field strength that is too low to cause magnetic dichroism. The source of variability in this target remains a mystery.
Sobre exposiciones de arquitectura y sobre arquitectura de exposiciones: un ejercicio de enfoque

The twentieth century can be regarded as the golden age of architecture exhibitions. The special vicissitudes that have turned these hundred years into one of the most turbulent periods in the history of the discipline provided a fertile ground for the growth, development and success of the exhibitions. To the extent that it is impossible to separate the exhibition phenomenon from the deep process of transformation experienced by the architecture over the last century. And so, regardless to what one would consider, the exhibition appointments were not limited to gather the most relevant events of the period, but were made by themselves as relevant as any of the selected contents to be displayed.
Therefore it is considered that the study of exhibitions, defined as a relevant phenomenon for architecture, may help to understand some of the key elements of the history of the discipline in the previous period. On one hand, the contents accounted milestones or border moments with the capacity to deeply transform the course of architecture, in many cases permanently. On the other hand, large contests involved extraordinary opportunities for direct creative experimentation with the buildings that had to house selected pieces, although the resulting architectures were contaminated by the very specific characteristics of the samples. 
In this context, the article focuses on the revealing and paradoxical relationship between container and content. To that end, given their unavoidable interdependence, a method of study based on an exercise of dual approach is proposed. This approach allows us to study the phenomenon in both ways, exploring each one of the parts without losing sight of the relationship between them. This method has been carried out by the School of Architecture of the University of Navarra for the last two years. Thus, architectural exhibitions and architecture of exhibitions, were analysed by an ambitious initiative consisting of various actions and culminating in the IX International Congress of the History of Spanish Modern Architecture. Some of the results of this ambitious research project are reflected in this article.
Assessment of cellular beams with transverse stiffeners and closely spaced web openings

Abstract A computational parametric finite element analysis was carried out, investigating closely spaced cellular beams with double concentric transverse stiffeners. An unstiffened perforated beam section was initially designed and validated against existing finite element analysis results found in the literature. Then, thirty-one models were studied, while altering the spacing between the web openings, the web thicknesses, and the stiffener thicknesses. The results showed that Vierendeel shearing failure occurred more frequently for very closely spaced sections. However, as the spacing increased, the contribution of the stiffener to strength of the section was decreased, and out-of-plane buckling failure occurred more often. A maximum distance for the spacing between the openings was suggested in order to optimally use the derived fomulae. At last, a design model was proposed, where for very closely spaced openings the compressive stresses were given by the Vierendeel moment capacity, while for the maximum distance of the spacing between the openings studied, the compressive stresses were given by a strut analogy, as found in BS5950-1.
Mapping migration and adaptation in genomes

There is increasing evidence that gene flow between populations adapted to different environments is widespread in nature. Understanding this interplay of adaptation and migration at the genomic level is a fundamental goal of evolutionary biology, with wide applications in situations where these two forces operate, e.g. pesticide resistance or species invasion. Yet, this goal remains largely elusive, mainly because genetic signatures of local adaptation are confounded by other evolutionary processes, such as past demography, the removal of deleterious mutations and recombination. I will address this by integrating new computational methods with new data from experimental evolution and field populations. First, I will develop a method to map gene flow along the genome to find regions under divergent selection, taking the challenging step of modelling recombination and background selection. I will then apply it to characterize the spread of pesticide resistance in field populations of a major crop pest, Tetranychus urticae (spider mite). Due to their small genome (90Mb) and haplodidploidy, we have the unique opportunity to get phased genomes from haploid males. Third, by training-through-research, I will follow mites (and their genomes) evolving under controlled selection regimes in the laboratory (with vs without pesticide), varying migration rates. Combining my background on population genomics with the PI’s knowledge in spider-mite evolutionary ecology and the excellent conditions for experimental evolution at the host institute, we will move the field towards a comprehensive characterization of the genomics of adaptation in face of gene flow. The new method will be of general application to address fundamental questions on speciation and ecology, while providing a transferable framework to tackle societal challenges, from agriculture to human health and global change (e.g. find genes responsible for human disease and crop response to increasing temperatures).
Can DNA-Based Ecosystem Assessments Quantify Species Abundance? Testing Primer Bias and Biomass—Sequence Relationships with an Innovative Metabarcoding Protocol

Metabarcoding is an emerging genetic tool to rapidly assess biodiversity in ecosystems. It involves high-throughput sequencing of a standard gene from an environmental sample and comparison to a reference database. However, no consensus has emerged regarding laboratory pipelines to screen species diversity and infer species abundances from environmental samples. In particular, the effect of primer bias and the detection limit for specimens with a low biomass has not been systematically examined, when processing samples in bulk. We developed and tested a DNA metabarcoding protocol that utilises the standard cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (COI) barcoding fragment to detect freshwater macroinvertebrate taxa. DNA was extracted in bulk, amplified in a single PCR step, and purified, and the libraries were directly sequenced in two independent MiSeq runs (300-bp paired-end reads). Specifically, we assessed the influence of specimen biomass on sequence read abundance by sequencing 31 specimens of a stonefly species with known haplotypes spanning three orders of magnitude in biomass (experiment I). Then, we tested the recovery of 52 different freshwater invertebrate taxa of similar biomass using the same standard barcoding primers (experiment II). Each experiment was replicated ten times to maximise statistical power. The results of both experiments were consistent across replicates. We found a distinct positive correlation between species biomass and resulting numbers of MiSeq reads. Furthermore, we reliably recovered 83% of the 52 taxa used to test primer bias. However, sequence abundance varied by four orders of magnitudes between taxa despite the use of similar amounts of biomass. Our metabarcoding approach yielded reliable results for high-throughput assessments. However, the results indicated that primer efficiency is highly species-specific, which would prevent straightforward assessments of species abundance and biomass in a sample. Thus, PCR-based metabarcoding assessments of biodiversity should rely on presence-absence metrics.
Assessment of disinfection of hospital surfaces using different monitoring methods

OBJECTIVE: to assess the efficiency of cleaning/disinfection of surfaces of an Intensive Care Unit.METHOD: descriptive-exploratory study with quantitative approach conducted over the course of four weeks. Visual inspection, bioluminescence adenosine triphosphate and microbiological indicators were used to indicate cleanliness/disinfection. Five surfaces (bed rails, bedside tables, infusion pumps, nurses' counter, and medical prescription table) were assessed before and after the use of rubbing alcohol at 70% (w/v), totaling 160 samples for each method. Non-parametric tests were used considering statistically significant differences at p&lt;0.05.RESULTS: after the cleaning/disinfection process, 87.5, 79.4 and 87.5% of the surfaces were considered clean using the visual inspection, bioluminescence adenosine triphosphate and microbiological analyses, respectively. A statistically significant decrease was observed in the disapproval rates after the cleaning process considering the three assessment methods; the visual inspection was the least reliable.CONCLUSION: the cleaning/disinfection method was efficient in reducing microbial load and organic matter of surfaces, however, these findings require further study to clarify aspects related to the efficiency of friction, its frequency, and whether or not there is association with other inputs to achieve improved results of the cleaning/disinfection process.