SIRIS-Lab/unlabelled-sti-corpus huggingface dataset:
Optimal post-warranty maintenance policy with repair time threshold for minimal repair

Abstract In this paper, we consider a renewable minimal repair–replacement warranty policy and propose an optimal maintenance model after the warranty is expired. Such model adopts the repair time threshold during the warranty period and follows with a certain type of system maintenance policy during the post-warranty period. As for the criteria for optimality, we utilize the expected cost rate per unit time during the life cycle of the system, which has been frequently used in many existing maintenance models. Based on the cost structure defined for each failure of the system, we formulate the expected cost rate during the life cycle of the system, assuming that a renewable minimal repair–replacement warranty policy with the repair time threshold is provided to the user during the warranty period. Once the warranty is expired, the maintenance of the system is the user's sole responsibility. The life cycle of the system is defined on the perspective of the user and the expected cost rate per unit time is derived in this context. We obtain the optimal maintenance policy during the maintenance period following the expiration of the warranty period by minimizing such a cost rate. Numerical examples using actual failure data are presented to exemplify the applicability of the methodologies proposed in this paper.
Intelligent control of energy storage for smart buildings and grids

The ICE project will demonstrate that energy regulation services can be provided to the smart grid in a technically reliable and financially lucrative fashion by utilizing a combination of smart commercial buildings and commercial batteries. The key to out-competing traditional solutions with such a service is the provision of energy storage at low capital and operational costs, which the ICE solution does via a novel hybrid storage concept that mixes the inexpensive virtual storage capacity, but slow response, of smart commercial buildings, with fast, but expensive, electrical battery systems. The ERC project BuildNet has developed advanced algorithms to manage such a hybrid system that drastically reduces the required capex-intensive battery system compared to alternative solutions. ICE will take the first step towards commercialization of this concept via a production-ready demonstration of all components of the solution, and a detailed analysis of the resulting deployment and operational costs.
Development of new types of multifunctional pans for gastronomic operations

The project includes research and development in the field of multifunction devices for the HORECA segment. The aim of the project is to develop 8 prototypes of so-called multifunctional gas and electric tanks for use in professional gastronomic operations.
Landscape of epigenetic control in early and late germ line development

Germ cells have unique role in development. They are the only cells required for the transmission of genetic material from generation to generation in sexually reproducing organisms. This makes them pivotal for the survival of species and ultimately for the propagation of life. Although germ cells undergo extensive cellular differentiation during gametogenesis, they are protected from somatic reprogramming. This requires precise control of transcriptional programs, misregulation of which leads to infertility and developmental defects. Moreover, germ cell-like properties acquired ectopically promote tumor formation. My aim is to understand how germ cell identity is controlled in vertebrates, using zebrafish as a genetic model. My hypothesis is that epigenetic control of gene expression is regulated in both the nucleus and cytoplasm of germ cells. In the nucleus, Polycomb Group (PcG) proteins regulate transcription by establishing repressive chromatin modifications. In the germ cytoplasm, translational regulation by Argonaute proteins, involved in RNA silencing pathways, is pivotal for maintaining germ cell identity. However, the events that facilitate cross-talk between the nucleus and germ cytoplasm are not known. Here, I propose to combine high-end developmental biology techniques with state-of-the art genomic technologies to investigate the cooperation between the PcG complex and Argonaute proteins during germ line development. I believe that the crossing point between my scientific interest (events outside the nucleus) and the expertise of my supervisor (regulation in the nucleus), creates a very solid background for this proposal. It will further develop my interdisciplinary skills and enhance my creative potential by allowing me to look at the regulation of germ cell identity from different angles. I am confident, that this proposal is the perfect stepping stone in becoming an independent scientist and an expert in the field of epigenetic gene regulation.
Remembering the Revolution: memory, history, and nation making from independence to the Civil War

In today's United States, the legacy of the American Revolution looms large. From presidential speeches to bestselling biographies, from conservative politics to school pageants, everybody knows something about the Revolution. Yet what was a messy, protracted, divisive, and destructive war has calcified into a glorified founding moment of the American nation. Disparate events with equally diverse participants have been reduced to a few key scenes and characters, presided over by well-meaning and wise old men. Recollections of the Revolution did not always take today's form. In this lively collection of essays, historians and literary scholars consider how the first three generations of American citizens interpreted their nation's origins. The volume introduces readers to a host of individuals and groups both well known and obscure, from Molly Pitcher and forgotten father John Dickinson to African American Baptists in Georgia and antebellum pacifists. They show how the memory of the Revolution became politicised early in the nation's history, as different interests sought to harness its meaning for their own ends. No single faction succeeded, and at the outbreak of the Civil War the American people remained divided over how to remember the Revolution.
JOJOBA PRODUCT FOR REDUCING WEIGHT, BLOOD LIPID LEVELS AND FOR THE PREVENTION AND TREATMENT OF CANCER

A method of orally administering jojoba for fat reduction, blood lipid reduction, and cancer prevention and treatment in humans is disclosed. The method incorporates a sufficient quantity of jojoba, defatted jojoba meal, jojoba extract, defatted jojoba meal extract, naturally derived or synthesized simmondsin, or any naturally derived or synthesized simmondsin derivative or analogue, including aglycon, or any mixture thereof into an individual's diet in the form of a food, dietary supplement, or drug to provide simmondsin component in an amount greater than 0.01% of one's total daily diet by weight, or 0.05 gram/day. The dosage amount and duration of the administration can vary to achieve and maintain one's desired body composition and blood lipid levels. The dosage and duration of administration are increased for cancer prevention and treatment.
Blowout Surge due to Interaction between a Solar Filament and Coronal Loops

We present an observation of the interaction between a filament and the outer spine-like loops that produces a blowout surge within one footpoint of large-scale coronal loops on 2015 February 6. Based the observation of the AIA 304 and 94 angstrom, the activated filament is initially embedded below a dome of a fan-spine configuration. Due to the ascending motion, the erupting filament reconnects with the outer spine-like field. We note that the material in the filament blows out along the outer spine-like field to form the surge with a wider spire, and a two-ribbon flare appears at the site of the filament eruption. In this process, small bright blobs appear at the interaction region and stream up along the outer spine-like field and down along the eastern fan-like field. As a result, a leg of the filament becomes radial and the material in it erupts, while another leg forms the new closed loops. Our results confirm that the successive reconnection occurring between the erupting filament and the coronal loops may lead to a strong thermal/magnetic pressure imbalance, resulting in a blowout surge.
Low energy solution for drinking water production by a revival of  electrodialysis systems

The REvivED water project will establish electrodialysis (ED) as the new standard providing a source of safe, affordable, and cost-competitive drinking water, using less than half the energy required by state-of-the-art Reverse Osmosis (RO) plants.
The innovations of the project constitute a technology platform with a very wide field of potential applications. All components and systems have reached at least TRL4 and will be further developed reaching at least TRL7. The main focus of the project will be on the following applications:
1. A simplified ED system that can be used for brackish water desalination (8 pilots in developing countries) or for tap-water softening (2 pilots in Germany and the Netherlands).
2. A multistage ED system for industrial-scale seawater desalination, which will be demonstrated to reach energy consumption as low as 1.5 kWh/m3 (1 pilot in the Netherlands)
3. Combinations of the multistage ED system with the latest salinity gradient power systems (Reverse ElectroDialysis - RED), which can further reduce energy consumption for seawater desalination to the region of 1 kWh/m3 (1 pilot in the Netherlands)
4. The versatile nature of the developed innovations will be demonstrated by testing their combinations with Reverse Osmosis (RO) systems (1 pilot in Spain). This will allow initial market introduction, without the need to replace the extensive RO infrastructure.
The pilot systems in developing countries will be located in critical areas where the project partner PHAESUN has local offices in Africa (Eritrea, Ivory Coast, Somalia, Djibouti and Ethiopia), Asia (Dubai, and India) and Latin America (Panama). 
The consortium brings together leading partners covering the whole value chain and ensuring exploitation of the results. It is clearly industry driven, and it gives European industry the chance to take the lead of the ED revival and face the competition from the US that is also actively pursuing this important growth market.
Vibrator

856,238. Earth-excavating equipment; boring earth. INDUSTRIKOMPANIET A.B. June 29, 1959 [July 1, 1958], No. 22195/59. Classes 68(1) and 85. [Also in Group XXIX] A liquid-pressure engine for excavating, drilling rock &c., comprises a piston 42 reciprocatable in a cylinder 31 and connected by an element 37 and a spring system 44, 44a to a valve 36, 38, which is moved in accordance with the movements of the piston to connect the cylinder to a source of liquid 60 or to an outlet 63, the spring system being in a chamber 43b connected by at least one passage 55 to an outlet 64 for discharging liquid from the chamber to prevent pressure therein affecting operation of the engine. The lower surface of the piston is permanently connected to the source 60, and the upper surface alternately connected to the source and the outlet 63 by the valve which is connected to the piston by the element 37 in the form of a spindle and the springs 44, 44a engaging an abutment 43.in the chamber 43b formed in the piston rod, piston, valve chamber or valve casing, the valve thus being moved with a time-lag in accordance with the movements of the piston which are of high frequency, e.g. 6000 strokes/min. The valve chamber 43b is connected to the outlet by passages 55 in an extension of the piston or by a passage in the spindle 37. A single spring may be used. The frequency and amplitude of the movement of the piston may be varied by modifying the dimensions of the springs or by controlling the pressure of the supply of liquid. Specifications 814,240, 856,239 and 856,240 are referred to.
Monitoring Network in the Alpine Region for Persistent and Other Organic Pollutants

The natural heritage, particular forests as prevailing alpine ecosystem type, play a crucial role for a sustainable development in the Alps. Important functions are the protection from avalanches and mudflows, the economic dimension of forestry, the drinking water supply, the re-creative features for tourism and the biodiversity aspects. Pollutant input endanger this natural heritage and its functions. Particularly the impact of highly toxic and accumulating organic pollutants (POPs) has been long time underestimated. The Alps seem to be a major sink for such by wind long-range transported and globally distributed POPs. As pilot project, MONARPOP will assess for the first time the load of the Alps with POPs (phase 1) and establish - on basis of the results - conclusions (e.g. a common declaration) and implementation steps to reduce this load (phase 2). Target groups for the dissemination of conclusions, for awareness raising and for implementation steps will be local to national authorities, environmental, industrial and agricultural NGOs and international fora under the UN (UNEP-Convention and UN-ECE Protocol on POPs) and the EU.
Towards Low Carbon City Planning in a Medium Sized Low Density City

Abstract Adelaide is a medium sized low density city located in south eastern Australia. Typical of highly urbanized Australia, where abundant land and low cost private transport contribute to urban sprawl in all major cities, Adelaide is poorly placed to move to a low carbon future, despite access to abundant renewable resources and a favourable policy environment. Australians have some of the highest emissions per capita in the world. This study examines the spatially explicit nature of CO 2 emissions across the metropolitan area and explores the relationships between emissions and a range of socio-economic variables. Contrary to findings from other westernized cities, incomes, rents and housing prices are not well correlated with distance from the city centre or train stations. Household emissions are strongly correlated with household size, rooms per household and number of motor vehicles per household. Household emissions are therefore highly associated with private car use and daily commuting distances. Public transport is poorly utilized and many urban residential areas surrounding the most heavily used public transport routes also have very high household emissions. Attitudinal change to car and public transport use is therefore essential if Australian cities such as Adelaide are to move towards a low carbon future, and governments must design and implement policies which can achieve such change.
THREE AXIS MAGNETIC BEARING HAVING PERMANENT MAGNETS

An improved magnetic bearing that uses permanent magnets (28, 30) to provide the bias flux. The magnetic circuits generating the control flux and bias fluxes are substantially non-coincident but share the same path over some portions that include radial and axial air gaps allowing for a low reluctance and an efficient path for the electromagnetic flux. A single coil (22) and amplifier for the axial force control and two coils (26) with one associated amplifier for each radial axis of control provides simplicity and cost effectiveness. A single thrust disk is provided that is reacted against for both radial and the axial displacement. The permanent magnets (28, 30) used in the present invention are first fabricated and axially magnetized as segments or as continuous rings prior to being mounted on the sides of the rotor pole.
Cross the line, weave a story - The search for oral traditions through tales and meetings at the border

This project aims at providing students with the opportunity to get acquainted with and discover common cultural roots of this cross-border area where different cultures coexist, by contributing in person to the drawing up of a didactic course. The main theme of the project consists in connecting a series of events to social entertainment and the organisation of several leisure opportunities, with particular emphasis on fairy tales, habits and customs that characterise the various phases of a person’s life. In order to better understand these research elements and analyse their peculiarities participants study the written sources on the various subjects. This work is further enriched by a search on-site, starting from the family environment to expand to complex social contexts (children, youth, adults, elderly). The project intends to identify and bring to the fore a connection among the elements detected in the tales and the events that mark the passages in the life of every individual. The attention of the young researchers will focus on the identification of moral teachings and the psychological traits of the characters. Also, they try to pinpoint the tales that offer different ways of representing a certain occurrence, in order to identify elements that are shared by various cultures and different geographical areas. The project also gives the students the opportunity to put in place an articulated research that requires their active participation in the definition of their study areas, the identification of adequate research tools, the drawing up of criteria for the purpose of comparison and the production of a single paper containing a critical evaluation on the work performed.
La educación intercultural bilingüe en Ecuador: Historia, discursos y prácticas cotidianas

En 1988 se institucionalizaba en Ecuador el primer modelo educativo bilingüe en Latinoamérica manejado de manera autónoma por un movimiento social indígena. La voluntad era desafiar a las jerarquías del saber y a una sociedad excluyente. Desde el periodo colonial, se había confinado a la población indígena, sus idiomas, conocimientos y prácticas a una condición subalterna y de invisibilidad. Se lo había hecho mediante discursos y medidas que imaginaron y fabricaron ‘el otro en cuanto otro’, y lo redujeron al espacio del no humano, para legitimar la explotación y la opresión. El movimiento indígena, creador del proyecto, irrumpió en la historia con el levantamiento de 1990, y se presentó como fuerza subversiva cuyo fin era descolonizar el imaginario racista ecuatoriano. Propuso un reto político y epistemológico, para construir lo que el pensamiento crítico latinoamericano ha llamado ‘interculturalidad crítica’. Esta propuesta, diferente al multiculturalismo, se forja en un contradiscurso que se fundamenta en crear un grupo (‘nosotros, los indígenas’) ligado por siglos de discriminación, y una cultura ‘ancestral’ y ‘milenaria’, que se recrea y se reinventa al reivindicar una nueva identidad. En este libro la autora analiza las razones históricas por las cuales emergió el proyecto de Educación Intercultural Bilingüe (EIB) en Ecuador. Además, las tensiones entre este, orientado a descolonizar el saber y a subvertir las jerarquías racializadas, y cómo se aplicó en un Estado que se declara ‘intercultural y plurinacional’. Mediante un análisis históricamente fundado y sólidamente anclado en el trabajo de campo, tratará de responder a las múltiples cuestiones que se plantean en la práctica cotidiana del proyecto.
การประเมินผลโปรแกรมคอมพิวเตอร์ช่วยสอน เรื่อง เภสัชจลนศาสตร์ของยาฟีไนโตอิน Assessment of Computer-Assisted Instruction for Pharmacokinetics of Phenytoin

Objective: To assess effectiveness of computer-assisted instruction (CAI)program on pharmacokinetics of phenytoin compared with conventionallearning, and to determine satisfaction on the use of the CAI. Methods:The CAI was tested by the 4th year pharmacy students in the 2nd semesterof the academic year of 2013. The students had learned thepharmacokinetics of phenytoin in a class lecture. Students were allocatedto 2 groups by stratified random sampling based on percentile of their GPA.The control group (n = 37) learned through self-study plus exercisescourse-pack while intervention group (n = 37) through the CAI program.The CAI program was divided into 3 parts, a profile of phenytoin, phenytoinpharmacokinetics, and phenytoin level calculation with exercises. Pre-testand post-test scores were compared statistically. Results: In each of thetwo groups, post-test score was statistically significantly higher than pretestscore (P < 0.001 for both groups). However, there was no significantdifference in post-test scores between groups. Among students withmedium to high GPA level, post-test score of intervention group wassignificantly higher than control group (9.38  0.74 and 8.00  1.32 points,respectively, P = 0.028). Satisfaction to the CAI program was in a goodlevel. Conclusion: A CAI program on phenytoin pharmacokineticsimproves the understanding of the learners after the lecture class.Keywords: computer-assisted instruction, CAI, pharmacokinetics, phenytoin
FRAMEWORK-BASED DATA REQUIREMENTS FOR IT TOP MANAGEMENT

There are several challenges on the adoptions of the frameworks (e.g., standards). If the main target is semantic interoperability, then data should be taken into consideration. The main aim of this paper is to identify some mechanisms that take closer to the semantic interoperability. Therefore, the framework-based lessons for top management are based on the asset management standard (ISO 55001:2014 where data are one type of assets) and enterprise architecture metamodel (TOGAF content metamodel). The results establish that none of the asset management requirements for top management mentions data and the attributes of the data entity do not support the semantics interoperability.
Novel patterns for the growing main bronchi in the human fetus: an anatomical, digital and statistical study

Intensive progress in prenatal medicine results in performing airway management in the fetus affected by life-threatening congenital malformations. This study aimed to examine age-specific reference intervals and growth dynamics for length, proximal and distal external transverse diameters, and projection surface areas of the two main bronchi at varying gestational ages, including their relative growth in length and projection surface area.Using anatomical dissection, digital image analysis and statistics, length, proximal and distal external transverse diameters, and projection surface areas of the right and left main bronchi were examined in 73 human fetuses (39 males, 34 females) aged 14-25 weeks, derived from spontaneous abortions and stillbirths.Statistical analysis showed no sex differences. Between the 14 and 25th week of gestation, the lengths of the right and left main bronchi increased from 1.43 ± 0.18 to 3.18 ± 0.39 mm, and from 2.97 ± 0.16 to 7.58 ± 1.95 mm, in accordance with the functions: [Formula: see text], respectively. The proximal external transverse diameters of the right and left main bronchi varied from 2.13 ± 0.41 to 4.24 ± 0.20 mm, and from 1.84 ± 0.06 to 3.67 ± 0.66 mm, following the logarithmic models: [Formula: see text], respectively. The distal external transverse diameter rose from 2.09 ± 0.47 to 4.24 ± 0.20 mm, as [Formula: see text] for the right main bronchus, and from 1.85 ± 0.04 to 3.67 ± 0.66 mm, like [Formula: see text] for the left one. On either side, there were no statistically significant differences between values of the proximal and distal transverse diameters of the main bronchus. The projection surface areas of the right and left main bronchi ranged from 2.95 ± 0.19 to 13.34 ± 2.12 mm(2), and from 5.57 ± 0.21 to 28.52 ± 5.24 mm(2), as [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text]. The two main bronchi revealed a proportionate increase in both length and projection surface area, since the right-to-left bronchial length ratio and the right-to-left bronchial projection surface area ratio were stable, 0.41 ± 0.07 and 0.47 ± 0.08, respectively, throughout the analyzed period.The main bronchi show no sex differences. The right and left main bronchi grow logarithmically in length and external transverse diameter, and linearly in projection surface area. The right and left main bronchi evolve proportionately, with the right-to-left bronchial ratios of 0.41 ± 0.07 for length, and 0.47 ± 0.08 for projection surface area.