SIRIS-Lab/unlabelled-sti-corpus huggingface dataset:
Evolutionary design of decision trees for medical application

Decision trees (DT) are a type of data classifiers. A typical classifier works in two phases. In the first, the learning phase, the classifier is built according to a preexisting data (training) set. Because decision trees are being induced from a known training set, and the labels on each example are known the first step can also be referred to as supervised learning. The second step is when the induced classifier is used for classification. Usually, prior to the first step several steps should be performed to improve the accuracy and efficiency of the classification: data cleaning, redundancy elimination, and data normalization. Classifiers are evaluated for accuracy, speed, robustness, scalability, and interpretability. DTs are widely used for exploratory knowledge discovery where comprehensible knowledge representation is preferred. The main attraction of DTs lies in the intuitive representation that is easy to understand and comprehend. Accuracy, however, is dependent on the learning data. One of the methods to improve the induction and other phases in the creation of a classifier is the use of evolutionary algorithms. They are used because the classic deterministic approach is not necessarily optimal with regard to the quality, accuracy, and complexity of the obtained classifier. In addition to the description of different evolutionary DT induction approaches, this paper also presents multiple examples of evolutionary DT applications in the medical domain. © 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. © 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
A data-driven, multivariate approach to human mate preferences.

Human mate preferences can provide important insight into human social and sexual relationships; however, to date research on human mate preferences are typically based on sexual selection models derived from studies of non-human species to identify candidate characteristics that may influence preferences, and then studies only assess one or two of these characteristics at a time. This is problematic as this does not reflect the multivariate nature of human mate choice in reality. To address these limitations, I propose a research project that uses data-driven approaches to identify characteristics important to human mate preferences that entirely avoids the problem of selecting candidate characteristics based on inappropriate theoretical models. I also propose using powerful new computational methods to develop the first multivariate model of human mate preferences. First, I will use state-of-the-art statistical techniques developed in evolutionary biology to identify facial, body, and personality characteristics important for human mate preferences. Once these characteristics have been identified, they will be used as input into a large, iterative, online study using a technique that simulates the effects of Darwinian evolution on preferences. This project directly addresses difficulties in the field and will develop the first multivariate model of human mate preferences that will drive future research in the field.
Predicting of proactive environmental management for unhairing wastewater treatment in Tunisia using neural network learning algorithms

Purpose The purpose of this study is to focus on Tunisian tannery sector that causes a considerable damage to the environment and consequently leads to serious health problems due to the untreated effluents generated from the various leather processing stages. Design/methodology/approach This paper discusses a voluntary initiative taken by the top managers of tannery enterprise to prevent pollution and disseminate the concept of eco-industrial activities between employees and stakeholders. In addition, this research assesses the performance of such treatment that characterizes the chemical parameters of generated pollutants. It also aims at optimizing the industrial process for cleaner production. Coagulation–flocculation process is investigated in this study. Moreover, oxidation phase by ozone is taking into account before and after coagulation–flocculation process to measure the effectiveness of the combined method for reducing the main pollutant concentrations. Findings The unhairing and chrome (Cr) tanning steps are considered the most polluting steps. Therefore, the application of various treatment techniques, including chemical and physicochemical processes, is realized to reduce the toxicity of the effluents. The correlation between experimental and modeling results, using artificial neural network (ANN) method, was investigated in this research. The results of the constructed ANN model are measured by the correlation of experimental and model results during coagulation–flocculation and oxidation stages. The validation of the elaborated model through the error calculation (MSE) and the correlation coefficient ( R ) confirm the reliability of ANN method. Originality/value Eventually, the establishment of ANN model for performance prediction of wastewater parameters is investigated due to different measurements of physical effluent outputs, such as: pH, turbidity, TSS, DS, COD, fat, TSS, S 2- and Cr. This study uses predictive modeling, a machine learning technique to tackle the problem of accurately predicting the behavior of unseen configuration.
Window lock for a sash window assembly

The sash window assembly includes an upper sash window and a lower sash window. Each of these windows are mounted within opposed guide rails on a master frame. At least one of the windows is slidable within the frame relative to the other window. The window latch system includes a locking assembly for mounting on one side of the sash window. The locking assembly is designed to engage a keeper on the adjacent side of the other sash window. The locking assembly includes a housing having an extended hollow central shaft, an actuator arm, and a cam having a latching blade for engaging the keeper. Alignment pins or tabs are located on the bottom of the housing. A single retaining screw extends through the extended hollow central shaft and secures the housing to the window.
PA.42 Are We Meeting the Aims of the West Midlands Neonatal Surgical Project? A review of surgical transfers performed by a regional neonatal transfer service

<h3>Background</h3> The West Midlands Neonatal Surgical Project (2008) was set up to maximise the number of babies receiving surgical care close to home. Historically, 50 babies/year were transferred by the regional transfer service (West Midlands New born Transfer Service (WMNTS)) to surgical centres out of region. <h3>Aim</h3> To report on the number of surgical transfers performed within and outside of region by a single neonatal transfer team over a 4 year period. <h3>Data collection</h3> Retrospective interrogation of WMNTS Excel© database (2010–2013) by a single investigator. <h3>Results</h3> Neonatal surgical transfers performed by WMNTS declined from 253 (2010), to 248 (2011), and 192 (2012). In 2013 the number of neonates transferred with suspected surgical conditions increased again (209) without any change in surgical referral pathways. Out of region surgical transfers dropped from 10 (2010) to 3 and 4 (2011 and and 2012) but in the last year have risen again to 10. In 2013 all out of region transfers have required intensive care beds. <h3>Limitations</h3> We are aware that the regional paediatric intensive care team has transferred babies out of region for surgical intensive care and these numbers have not been captured. <h3>Conclusion</h3> WMNTS data reveals that surgical babies who do not require intensive care beds are being successfully kept within region. However, we are reporting an increase in the number of babies requiring transfer out of region for intensive surgical care and this number is likely to be under-representative of the overall picture in the region.
The Cognitive Behavior Survey: Testing for Factorial Validity and Time Invariance Across Two Years of Medical School

The Cognitive Behavior Survey (CBS) assesses learner behavior in healthcare-related fields.The study aims were to evaluate the factorial validity of the CBS, which purports to measure three dimensions of learner behavior--conceptualization, reflection, and memorization--and propose and test an alternative model including its time invariance.The CBS was administered to 3 cohorts of medical students upon matriculation and at the end of their 1st and 2nd year.Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) did not support the original CBS model. Exploratory factor analysis (EFA) with an independent sample provided a new model. Retesting the EFA model using CFA with the original sample yielded a model with improved fit and time invariance.This study provides evidence for the original CBS 3-factor structure but requires alternative scoring for a time-invariant model.
ANTIBODY

The present invention relates to a functionally active binding fragment of and an antibody that binds at least two strains of Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus, pharmaceutical compositions comprising fragments or antibodies and methods of their use.
Endoprothetischer Ersatz des radialen Pfeilers nach Trauma

Non-displaced fractures of the radius head are in most cases treated conservatively. Open reduction and anatomical internal fixation of displaced radius head fractures is the method of choice. In comminuted fractures of the radius head (Mason type III and type IV) replacement with a radius head prosthesis achieves joint stability and prevents secondary complications, such as valgus elbow deformity and proximal radial migration. Modern anatomically formed prostheses show promising results in the medium-term view. Typical complications after radius head replacement are limited range of motion in the elbow joint, arthritis of the capitulum and heterotopic ossifications. In cases of capitulum arthritis, capitulum prostheses were developed to resurface the lateral compartment of the elbow joint. Short-term results are encouraging with improvements in pain and range of movement.
Non-stochastic matrix Schrödinger equation for open systems

We propose an extension of the Schrödinger equation for a quantum system interacting with environment. This extension describes dynamics of a collection of auxiliary wavefunctions organized as a matrix m, from which the system density matrix can be reconstructed as ρ̂=mm†. We formulate a compatibility condition, which ensures that the reconstructed density satisfies a given quantum master equation for the system density. The resulting non-stochastic evolution equation preserves positive-definiteness of the system density and is applicable to both Markovian and non-Markovian system-bath treatments. Our formalism also resolves a long-standing problem of energy loss in the time-dependent variational principle applied to mixed states of closed systems.
Representative archaeological finds of pietra ollare from Comacchio (Italy): identifying provenance and high-T mineral breakdown reactions hindering lithotype classification

Three different lithotype groups have been recognized in representative fragments of pietra ollare artefacts found in the mediaeval archaeological excavations of Comacchio (Italy). Petrographic, mineralogical and chemical compositions clearly show that Valchiavenna and Valmalenco, in the Central Alps, represent the provenance areas of two of the pietra ollare groups, i.e. grey carbonate talc schist (also known as soapstone) and green chlorite schist, respectively. The third representative pietra ollare group consists of whitish-yellowish rocks inferred to be Alpine talc schists that have suffered some artificial pyrometamorphic transformation hindering their classification in the framework of pietra ollare lithotype categories and source localities reported in literature. A distinguishing feature of these high temperature-fired (HT-fired) talc schist samples is the occurrence of talc and chlorite dehydroxylation and subsolidus reaction products, mainly protoenstatite/enstatite + forsterite, together with relatively low loss on ignition values. These talc schists might have been exposed to temperatures >900 °C (with the resulting talc dehydroxylation producing a void-rich texture), but never reaching 1200 °C, which is the sintering temperature for soapstones. The whitish-yellowish artefacts were definitely not used as containers for cooking food at temperatures below or around 500–600 °C (as instead shown by the preservation of the original physical features of the grey pietra ollare lithotypes), but in some kind of higher-T pyrotechnological processes.
State fragmentation and sub-state actors in comparative perspective: somalia and afghanistan

This project offers to study processes of state formation and state fragmentation by conducting extensive fieldwork and an in-depth analysis of sub-state actors in Somalia and Afghanistan. While conventional views assume that most international actors prefer building bureaucratic states, this work aims to investigate the post 9/11 shift in international engagement that consists in identifying sub-state actors with the ability to control populations. This policy-relevant agenda is in line with the need for a better understanding of state failure that was identified in the 2004 Barcelona report. The EU requires a sound strategic thinking on state-building to counter-balance the American model that has shown its limits in Iraq and Afghanistan. This project aims to explain why states remain fragmented and will identify the conditions under which sub-state actors integrate into the state’s institutions. It will develop a theory of sub-state authority that is capable of falsifying two dominant paradigms of state formation: state formation as a struggle against societal forces; and state formation as a bargaining process. It will test hypotheses on the nature of political order at the sub-state level and the role of the international environment in sub-state governance. In addition to generating scientific knowledge on sub-state authorities and producing high quality publications, this work will unfold an elaborate outreach strategy, which could in turn benefit the reconstruction of a viable political order in Afghanistan, Somalia, and elsewhere. The Individual Fellowship would provide the applicant with a unique opportunity to implement this innovative research agenda, improve his methodological and theoretical skills in the process, and advance his long-term career objectives. It would strengthen his integration into the European scientific community while greatly benefiting his host institution in retaining a researcher with high potential for scientific objectives.
Enhancing motion interaction through music performance

The proposed project aims to enhance Human Motion–Computer Interaction by leveraging on a multidisciplinary approach between experimental psychology, music technology and computational modelling. Firstly, the project looks at skilled activities, in particular music performance, in order to understand fundamental cognitive and psychological aspects of control and expression in human motion. The project involves computational models of motor control and expressive variations built from music performance data collected during psychophysical studies. Secondly, the project broaches the implementation of these models in Digital Musical Instruments (DMI), thus creating a new type of digital instrument based on sensorimotor learning mechanisms. The resulting DMI is then assessed through a user study in which elements of exploration and engagement will be tested over several sessions. Therefore, the project contributes to two main uncharted research areas. Firstly it contributes to the fundamental understanding of sensorimotor learning processes by considering complex human motion, specifically motion in music performance. Secondly, it represents an original application of computational modelling by modelling expressive musical gestures and transferring these models to interactive systems.
Popular Mobilization in Syria: Opportunity and Threat, and the Social Networks of the Early Risers

This paper explores the dynamics and underlying conditions of the first few months of the uprising in Syria, from mid-March 2011 until the summer of that year. Together with the contributions from Dalmasso and Kandil, it exploits the opportunity created by the Arab uprisings to shed new light on patterns of social mobilization and collective action that research programmes focusing on authoritarian resilience had tended to overlook. Specifically, it presents an analysis that critically and loosely borrows from, communicates with and hopes to make a modest contribution to social movement theory (SMT). While threat and opportunity are necessary elements for popular mobilization, they are not sufficient. Both ‘threat’ and ‘opportunity’ therefore need to be contextualized within the specific social and political environment, real or perceived, of the ‘early risers’ in Syria, in order to appreciate their local significance. The article further argues that protestors, when under threat and faced with the opport...
PYRIMIDO[4,5-b]INDOLES

The pyrimido[4,5-b]indoles (I) and lactams (XIII) of the invention are useful as pharmaceutical agents for a number of different indications.
Presser device for coffee powder and the like

A presser device for coffee powders and the like to be applied to a coffee grinder with its dispenser (4) provided with a front exit for the coffee powder and also provided with a fork-shaped support for a filter holder (10) with filter cup (14), characterised by comprising: 
- a member (6) for its connection to the coffee grinder, 
- a presser (26) with an upper handgrip (28), with a lower disc portion (30) for pressing and with a vertical shaft (32) for connecting said handgrip (28) to said disc portion (30), 
- a tubular element (24) for slidably supporting said presser along said shaft (32), 
- elastic means associated with said tubular element to maintain said presser in its upper end-of-travel position when external forces are absent, 
- at least one hinged arm (22) for connecting said connection member (6) to said tubular support element (24), said arm guiding the movement of said support between an active position in which the axis of said presser (26) substantially coincides with the axis of said filter cup positioned with the filter holder on said fork-shaped support, and a rest position in which said presser is external to the space overlying said filter cup, and 
- means for halting the angular travel of said arm in said active and rest positions.
MR-PET fusion imaging in evaluating adnexal lesions: a preliminary study

The objective of this preliminary study was to examine the effects of combined magnetic resonance/positron emission tomography (MR-PET) evaluation in the morphofunctional characterisation of ovarian lesions.From June 2008 to September 2010, we evaluated 24 patients (mean age 44±10 years; range 24-74) with ovarian lesions incidentally detected on ultrasonography (US) and/or multislice computed tomography (CT). All patients underwent MR imaging of the pelvis and total-body CT-PET. PET and MR images were subsequently fused at postprocessing using specific anatomical criteria. Results were compared with the histological examination.Of the 24 examined lesions, 19 were malignant and five were benign on histological examination. MR, CT-PET and MR-PET sensitivity was 84%, 74% and 94%, respectively and specificity 60%, 80% and 100%, respectively. Positive (PPV) and negative predictive (NPV) values were 93% and 44% for CT-PET, 89% and 50% for MR and 100% and 83% for MR-PET, respectively.Pelvic MR-PET fusion imaging provides advantages in terms of sensitivity and especially specificity compared with MR imaging or CT-PET alone. The added value of this fusion imaging modality lies in combining the benefits of the morphological evaluation provided by MR imaging and the metabolic assessment provided by PET.
Grenoble quantum engineering doctoral programme

Quantum engineering is a novel domain of research, built on fundamental research carried out in the last 20 years all over the world. Quantum technologies offer radically new materials and devices for the next century, in sectors such as security, energy, communications, or healthcare. To transform such disruptive scientific concepts into real life benefits it is crucial to develop research aiming at higher technology readiness levels. To ensure that Europe takes the leadership in this coming quantum revolution, we must train next generation quantum engineers, by offering doctoral training in interconnected domains with the highest scientific standards, while equally providing an opening to the industrial world.
Grenoble is world renowned for its fundamental research institutes in condensed matter physics, nanosciences, computer sciences & mathematics as well as its high-tech innovative companies ranging from local start-ups to multinational groups. Grenoble area hosts 25 000 academic and industrial researchers, and more than 60 000 students. Grenoble’s ecosystem is ranked within the top 5 innovative cities in nanotechnologies worldwide and 1st in Europe.
Grenoble Quantum Engineering (GreQuE) novel Doctoral Programme will grant 25 PhD projects hosted in Grenoble research institutes in which each student will benefit from a 2 to 6 months placement in a European company.
17 SMEs & large groups have in 5 countries committed to offer such placement to our students in accordance with their PhD project.
GreQuE DP is expected to:
1.Attract excellent candidates from worldwide universities,
2. Train top level quantum researchers willing to work at the industrial world to turn quantum technologies in important economic and societal impacts,
3.Improve career opportunities at short and long-term scale by immersing the ESRs in the engineering culture,
4.Disseminate a comprehensive doctoral programme prototype based on private sector collaboration to other fundamental sciences.
Magnetic properties of new compounds RuMn2Sn and RuMn2Si

Abstract New compounds RuMn 2 Z (Z = Si, Sn) have been synthesized. X-ray diffraction measurements have confirmed that RuMn 2 Z (Z = Si, Sn) crystallizes in a Heusler-like cubic structure. The lattice parameters of RuMn 2 Si and RuMn 2 Sn at room temperature are estimated to be 5.8260 A and 6.2195 A, respectively. Magnetization measurements have been carried out in fields up to 50 kOe for RuMn 2 Z (Z = Si, Sn). Furthermore, the temperature dependence of initial permeability of RuMn 2 Sn has been studied. RuMn 2 Sn shows ferrimagnetic behavior. The spontaneous magnetic moment at 5 K and the Curie temperature of RuMn 2 Sn are found to be of 1.68 μ B /f.u. and 272.1 K, respectively. RuMn 2 Si exhibits spin-glass-like behavior with a freezing temperature estimated to be about 50 K.
Entangled photon pair generation in hybrid superconductor–semiconductor quantum dot devices

We investigate the effect of Cooper pair injection in shifting the biexciton energy level of low-symmetry (${C}_{2v}$) quantum dots (QDs) exhibiting nontrivial fine structure splitting. Coupling QDs to the superconducting coherent state forms extra fine structures by intermixing the ground and biexcitonic states where spectroscopic separation of neutral exciton and biexciton can be diminished, yielding a system to be utilized in the time reordering scheme. The separability of exciton and biexciton energy levels is ascribed to the corresponding direct, exchange, and correlation energies calculated here through the configuration interaction method. We demonstrate the possibility of enhancing photon entanglement concurrence via providing an energy coincidence for biexciton-exciton ($XX$ \ensuremath{\rightarrow} $X$) and exciton-ground ($X$ \ensuremath{\rightarrow} 0) emissions within the weak coupling regime.