SIRIS-Lab/unlabelled-sti-corpus huggingface dataset:
Artificial sweeteners and cancer risk: Results from the NutriNet-Santé population-based cohort study

The food industry uses artificial sweeteners in a wide range of foods and beverages as alternatives to added sugars, for which deleterious effects on several chronic diseases are now well established. The safety of these food additives is debated, with conflicting findings regarding their role in the aetiology of various diseases. In particular, their carcinogenicity has been suggested by several experimental studies, but robust epidemiological evidence is lacking. Thus, our objective was to investigate the associations between artificial sweetener intakes (total from all dietary sources, and most frequently consumed ones: aspartame [E951], acesulfame-K [E950], and sucralose [E955]) and cancer risk (overall and by site).Overall, 102,865 adults from the French population-based cohort NutriNet-Santé (2009-2021) were included (median follow-up time = 7.8 years). Dietary intakes and consumption of sweeteners were obtained by repeated 24-hour dietary records including brand names of industrial products. Associations between sweeteners and cancer incidence were assessed by Cox proportional hazards models, adjusted for age, sex, education, physical activity, smoking, body mass index, height, weight gain during follow-up, diabetes, family history of cancer, number of 24-hour dietary records, and baseline intakes of energy, alcohol, sodium, saturated fatty acids, fibre, sugar, fruit and vegetables, whole-grain foods, and dairy products. Compared to non-consumers, higher consumers of total artificial sweeteners (i.e., above the median exposure in consumers) had higher risk of overall cancer (n = 3,358 cases, hazard ratio [HR] = 1.13 [95% CI 1.03 to 1.25], P-trend = 0.002). In particular, aspartame (HR = 1.15 [95% CI 1.03 to 1.28], P = 0.002) and acesulfame-K (HR = 1.13 [95% CI 1.01 to 1.26], P = 0.007) were associated with increased cancer risk. Higher risks were also observed for breast cancer (n = 979 cases, HR = 1.22 [95% CI 1.01 to 1.48], P = 0.036, for aspartame) and obesity-related cancers (n = 2,023 cases, HR = 1.13 [95% CI 1.00 to 1.28], P = 0.036, for total artificial sweeteners, and HR = 1.15 [95% CI 1.01 to 1.32], P = 0.026, for aspartame). Limitations of this study include potential selection bias, residual confounding, and reverse causality, though sensitivity analyses were performed to address these concerns.In this large cohort study, artificial sweeteners (especially aspartame and acesulfame-K), which are used in many food and beverage brands worldwide, were associated with increased cancer risk. These findings provide important and novel insights for the ongoing re-evaluation of food additive sweeteners by the European Food Safety Authority and other health agencies globally.ClinicalTrials.gov NCT03335644.
Where have all the countries of origin gone? A note on the neglect of firm nationality in family business studies

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to present arguments for the inclusion of greater sampling detail in comparative studies of family business that includes country of origin/ownership. Design/methodology/approach This paper is a commentary piece from a scholar focused on family business studies. Findings This commentary paper challenges several past family business studies and argues that mixing small family firms with foreign-owned family firms (subsidiaries of foreign companies) into one research sample of “family firms” can represent a significant source of bias. The authors assume that this bias is likely to be more pronounced in samples of privately-held family firms. Originality/value While most of the author’sknowledge on family firms is based on analyses of publicly-held firms, current editors of scholarly journals call for more research on privately-held firms since they represent the vast majority of firms worldwide. The development of the knowledge about private family firms crucially depends on the reliability of results. This paper emphasizes the need for research samples of comparable firms and more comments on the sampling process.
APPARATUS FOR FABRICATING PASTED ELECTRODES

A slurry loading apparatus for automatically loading a slurry into a substrate, the substrate having a front surface, a back surface opposite said front surface and an interior with voids between the front and back surfaces, the apparatus comprising means (30) for introducing the slurry onto the front surface and into the voids where excess slurry passes through the substrate and exits the back surface, and means (42) for repeatedly forcing the excess slurry back onto the back surface and into the voids.
Effects of serum and coculture with goat cumulus cells on in vitro development of porcine embryos

To further improve the in vitro development systems of porcine embryos,we optimized the types of embryo culture media,the methods of serum treatment during embryo culture,the effects of coculture with cumulus cells on embryos development in vitro,using porcine parthenogenetic embryos as a model.The results demonstrated that porcine zygote medium-3(PZM3)was the suitable medium for in vitro culture of porcine embryos compared with Charles Rosenkrans 1(CR1aa).Cultured in PZM3from Day 0to 4and then added 10%fetal bovine serum from Day 4to 6,porcine embryos showed the higher developmental capacity,with the cleavage rates,blastocyst rates,hatched blastocyst rates and cell number of blastocysts of 95.1%,56.5%,27.3%and 79.3respectively.Based on the above,we cocultured porcine embryos with goat cumulus cells and further improved the hatched blastocyst rates to 36.6%,suggesting an efficient and stable in vitro development systems of porcine embryos was established preliminarily.
(A19_067_2015_0670016_1047) DEVELOPMENT, PROTOTYPING AND DEMONSTRATION OF AN ADVANCED TELE-DIAGNOSTICA SYSTEM FOR GEOTHERMAL PLANTS

THE PROJECT CONCERNS THE DEVELOPMENT AND DEMONSTRATION OF AN ADVANCED DIAGNOSTIC (PROGNOSTIC) SYSTEM OF ALL MAJOR COMPONENTS OF A GEOTHERMAL PLANT THAT IS INTEGRATED AND CONFIGURABLE, AND WHICH MAKES IT POSSIBLE TO: ? EXTEND THE CURRENT LEVEL OF MONITORING TO INCLUDE NEW COMPONENTS AND PROCESSES; ? TO MONITOR THE STATE OF HEALTH/PERFORMANCE OF THE PLANT AND ITS SUBCOMPONENTS, ONLINE; ? RECOGNITION IN ADVANCE OF POSSIBLE FAILURES; ? AGGREGATING DIFFERENT TYPES OF INFORMATION, STRUCTURED (E.G. PROCESS DATA) AND UNSTRUCTURED (SUCH AS MAINTENANCE ORDERS); ? GIVE OPERATORS AND OPERATORS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF SYSTEMS OF ANALYSIS AND SUPPORT FOR DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS FOR THE OPTIMISATION OF THE WHOLE PARK. THE SAR SYSTEM? DEMONSTRATED THROUGH THE IMPLEMENTATION OF A FIRST PILOT ON A GEOTHERMAL POWER PLANT OF THE LAST GENERATION OF 20MWE OF THE LAST GENERATION AND SAR? EXTENDED TO THE FOLLOWING SECTIONS: ? EXTRACTION WELLS AND STEAM TRANSPORTATION NETWORK GEOTER
Continuities and innovation in Luo song style: creating the Benga Beat in Kenya 1960 to 1995

Benga is a genre of guitar-band dance music in Kenya that first emerged within the Luo community during the late 1960s. Throughout its initial development among Luo bands and subsequent adaptation to several ethnic languages, benga provided many Kenyans with a malleable platform for enjoying a novel, emergent style that connected with the poetic and musical sensibilities of ethnic tradition that have been resilient in both rural and urban life. Each variant of benga expresses markers of its ethnic orientation, not only in the obvious sense of its language, but in concepts of rhythmic structure and melodic phrasing, tempo, form, and vocal timbre. They also present distinct developments in compositional identity initiated by various leading musicians. While these distinctions are obvious to benga musicians and fans, in scholarly and journalistic discussions of benga they are seldom discussed in a substantive way, and benga is often generalized as either a reflection of latent ethnic identities that persist in modern music, or a local derivative of Congolese music.
Tatouages de prostituées en Italie (fin du xixe-début du xxe siècle) : lectures d’une écriture subalterne

Dès la seconde moitié du xixe siècle, nombre de médecins et experts en criminologie s’intéressent au tatouage. Ils mobilisent cette forme d’écriture à même la peau comme signe d’identification et souvent comme trace de l’appartenance des individus tatoués à des milieux moralement et socialement suspects. C’est ainsi qu’ils se penchent sur la diffusion de cette pratique parmi les prostituées. Cet article propose deux exercices de lecture des rares et élusives écritures verbo-visuelles qu’ils découvrent sur la peau de ces femmes. La première partie suit de près la lecture que les auteurs italiens liés à l’école lombrosienne d’anthropologie criminelle donnent de ces tatouages, centrée sur les catégories de prostituée et de primitivisme. La seconde partie de l’article vise à lire ces mêmes écritures en dehors des catégories criminalistiques, pour les situer dans le cadre des expériences sociales, mais aussi des imaginaires des femmes qui les portaient et les avaient parfois réalisées.
Understanding the molecular mechanisms controlling the orientation of plant cell divisions

Due to the presence of a rigid cell wall, plant cells are fixed within their tissue context and cannot move relative to each other during development. Plants thus need to rely on directed cell elongation and cell division to generate a full three-dimensional (3D) structure. Controlling cell division orientations relative to the tissue axis is therefore the fundamental basis for 3D growth. In the root, plant cells are organised in cell files and undergo two main types of cell division to allow directional growth: anticlinal cell divisions (AD, adding cells within a cell file) and periclinal cell divisions (PD, creating new cell files, organs and tissues). Understanding the mechanisms that control cell division orientation is a key question in developmental biology and the main focus of this application.
PDs are challenging to study as they only occur sporadically and typically in the most inner tissues of the root. I recently constructed a powerful system to induce strong, fast and homogenous PDs in any tissue type. I therefore now have the perfect tool at hands to tackle the fundamental question of how plants control the orientation of its cell divisions by:

1. Understanding the cellular events that occur prior to PD using a set of complementary techniques.
2. Identifying novel downstream components that translate the known genetic triggers for PD into changes in cell division orientation by performing an unbiased genetic screen.
3. Determining the developmental specificity and convergence of the known genetic pathways capable of inducing PD through studying their transcriptional targets in an ectopic tissue context. 
4. Establishing a cell-culture based system for genetic and high throughput chemical perturbation studies of cell division orientation.

I thus aim to perform a global and comprehensive study of cell division orientation, a process crucial for 3D growth in general and vascular development in specific.
Radio-frequency-spectroscopy measurement of the LandégJfactor of the5D5/2state of Ba+with a single trapped ion

We report an improved measurement of the Land\'e g factor of the 5D5/2 state of singly ionized barium. Measurements were performed on single Doppler-cooled 138Ba+ ions in linear Paul traps using two similar, independent apparatuses. Transitions between Zeeman sublevels of the 6S1/2 and 5D5/2 states were driven with two independent, stabilized radio-frequency synthesizers using a dedicated electrode within each ion trap chamber. State detection within each Zeeman manifold was achieved with a frequency-stabilized fiber laser operating at 1.76 microns. By calculating the ratio of the two Zeeman splittings, and using the measured Land\'e g factor of the 6S1/2 state, we find a value of 1.200371(4stat)(6sys) for g of 5D5/2.
Rotation of Eofs by the Independent Component Analysis: Towards a Solution of the Mixing Problem in the Decomposition of Geophysical Time Series

The Independent Component Analysis is a recently developed technique for component extraction. This new method requires the statistical independence of the extracted components, a stronger constraint that uses higher-order statistics, instead of the classical decorrelation, a weaker constraint that uses only second-order statistics. This technique has been used recently for the analysis of geophysical time series with the goal of investigating the causes of variability in observed data (i.e. exploratory approach). We demonstrate with a data simulation experiment that, if initialized with a Principal Component Analysis, the Independent Component Analysis performs a rotation of the classical PCA (or EOF) solution. This rotation uses no localization criterion like other Rotation Techniques (RT), only the global generalization of decorrelation by statistical independence is used. This rotation of the PCA solution seems to be able to solve the tendency of PCA to mix several physical phenomena, even when the signal is just their linear sum.
Reinforced light coloured thermoplastic moulding compositions.

Thermoplastic moulding compositions containing A) 10-91.9% by weight of a thermoplastic polymer, B) 7-60% by weight of reinforcing filler, C) 0.1-40% by weight of titanium dioxide and D) 1-40% by weight of a rubber.
Networking Alpine Health for Continuity of Care

Demographic change is a global trend which particularly affects the Alps. A rising number of elderly brings to a significant growth of patients with chronic co-morbidities and age-related conditions. Changing society calls for political actions able to answer to new needs coming from an ageing society to ensure its wellbeing. NATHCARE aims to design, consolidate and validate an “healthcare local community” model embracing all the players of the system for securing a sustainable and improved organisational adaptation of healthcare services. The proposed model, capitalising on the ALIAS project, will analyse the process for an hospital-territory integration addressing mainly, but not exclusively, chronic diseases in the perspective of continuity of care as dimension of the demographic change. The NATHCARE model will be offered to the attention of policy makers, as an example on which they can get inspired to adopt orchestrated policy strategies to mitigate demographic change impact on healthcare systems.
Soft-Chemistry Approach To Synthesize Al3+, Ga3+, and Zr4+ Stabilized Ion-Exchangeable Layered Perovskite Oxides

Protonated oxides, H2[Sr2Nb2MO9.5] (M = Al, Ga) and H2[Sr2Nb2ZrO10] related to the Ruddlesden–Popper family of layered perovskite oxides, have been successfully synthesized at room temperature starting from Aurivillius phases Bi2Sr2Nb2MO11.5 (M = Al, Ga) and Bi2Sr2Nb2ZrO12 by the extraction of bismuth oxide sheets using acids. Synthesis of crystalline protonated oxides was also found to be possible under microwave treatment within a short time duration of 5 min. The protonated oxides have been found to undergo facile ion-exchange reactions with an aqueous solution of NaOH or KOH resulting in novel oxides A2Sr2Nb2MO9.5 (A = Na, K; M = Al, Ga) and A2Sr2Nb2ZrO10 (A = Na, K), which could not be synthesized by conventional high temperature solid state synthetic methods. Powder X-ray diffraction patterns confirmed the topochemical nature of the reactions by reflecting changes only in the c-dimensions. Rietveld refinements carried out in the case of K+ ion-exchanged products confirmed their structural similarity...
Combined front diffraction and back blazed gratings to enhance broad band light harvesting in thin film solar cells

Abstract Nanostructures with front dielectric and back metallic gratings in crystalline silicon (c-Si) thin film solar cells (TFSCs) are proposed. Different front and back gratings are designed. The diffraction effect of front dielectric gratings and surface plasmon polaritons (SPPs) enhancement induced by back metal gratings in the long wavelength range promote the total optical absorption. The simulation demonstrates that the dielectric and triangle metallic gratings have good performance. We achieve about 50 percent average optical absorption enhancement compared with the normal flat cells in a broad spectrum range from 300 to 1100 nm and 80 percent increase at the transverse magnetic (TM) polarized irradiation.
Green machine learning for 5g and beyond resource optimisation

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is revolutionising a wide range of industries. Wireless networks with emerging high dimensional challenges are set to benefit from data-driven deep learning optimisation across layers. In particular, we expect that the deep supervised and deep reinforcement learning modules can resolve high-dimensionality inputs, achieve near optimal solutions, and efficiently scale via confederated learning. However, what is not well understood is the energy cost and carbon footprint of AI in future wireless networks. The danger is that intelligent networks are not green networks and that the recent progress made in green communication risk being undermined by the new breed of AI-based wireless communication. Here, in this project, we propose to develop green machine learning algorithms for radio resource management. This will lead to a future of intelligent and sustainable wireless networking.
Process for the preparation of sulfide-free alkali liquor using copperoxide

The invention relates to a process for the preparation of an essentially sulfide-free alkali liquor starting from a pulp mill alkali sulfide source, characterized by reacting in alkaline medium the alkali sulfice source with copper (II) oxide and/or copper (I) oxide, optionally with the addition of water, in a mole ratio oxide to sulfide (calculated as alkali sulfide) (charging) of at least 0.9 and allowing the mixture obtained to react at a temperature of from 30.degree. to 130.degree.0 C. to form hydroxide in an amount equivalent to the amount of sulfide and to precipitate a solid phase consisting essentially of copper (I) sulfide, copper (II) sulfide or a mixture thereof, whereupon the solid phase is separated in a way known per se to obtain an essentially sulfide-free alkali liquor, the reaction time of the precipitation reaction being adjusted with regard to the charging and temperature selected so that the residual concentration of copper ions in the final alkali liquor is below 1 mmole/l.
Capacity increase, productive specialisation and functionalisation of technical textiles, via injection of new assets into sustainable lamination and coating processes.

The project promotes the integration of advanced processing systems with the creative industries, using a multi-material and multifunctional approach to the development of technical textiles, injected with specific functionalities that combine with the aesthetic value of production.
Global bioimaging project - international imaging infrastructure services for the life science community

The EC H2020 funded ""Global BioImaging Project"" enables Euro-BioImaging, the research infrastructure for access to biological and medical imaging technologies on the ESFRI roadmap, to work together with its international counterparts - the Australian Microscopy and Microanalysis Research Facility (AMMRF), the National Imaging Facility (Australia) and India-BioImaging - on concrete and sustainable services for imaging infrastructure staff and users. The project is based on their signed collaboration agreements regarding the successful operation of imaging infrastructures to support research in the areas of biological and medical sciences. Euro-BioImaging together with the AMMRF, NIF and India-BioImaging will exchange best practice in imaging facility management and operation, quality management, open access policies; develop and support common training activities in infrastructure operation and cutting-edge imaging technologies for facility staff and users; develop a common virtual platform for training material on imaging technologies; develop a common virtual platform for image data analysis software. Both platforms will be openly accessible for the scientific community. 
In addition, Euro-BioImaging plans to reach out for imaging infrastructure counterparts in Argentina, Japan, South Africa, and the USA, to extend this network of national imaging infrastructures around the globe for their close collaboration in the future. In doing so, Global BioImaging Project strengthens the position and visibility of Euro-BioImaging in the global research landscape and establishes the foundation for a long-term alliance which will serve the international community of imaging infrastructure users and operators as well as cutting-edge research based on innovative imaging technologies in the life sciences in general.
REMIDA

Will create two centers of creative reuse of industrial waste and non-branded ReMida  Reggio Emilia: one (model ecological / environmental) in the Province of Varese with the aim  to educate and involve children and disadvantaged adults on development issues  sustainable activities in the territorial and the other (psychiatric social model),  made in Mendrisio (Ticino) serving disadvantaged adults and psychiatric patients  kind. The centers, each coordinated, live of waste materials supplied by the reality  industrial / craft area (plastic, paper, etc..), the reuse of  discarded or abandoned objects and processing of products / services environmentally friendly.  Furthermore, through analysis and research models will be identified for the introduction of  environmental criteria in the management of business / service new and existing.
Development of new natural oil-based coating materials

New products tailored to customer needs will be developed in the project to target new international markets. New products are environmentally friendly and safe. In Europe, building materials are subject to regulatory approval and numerous tests before they enter the market and start selling.  In addition, the aim is to investigate the issues related to the manufacture of coatings and to test the manufacturing process on a pilot scale.
Draiocht- a low-cost minimally invasive platform medical device for the treatment of disorders of the cardiovascular system.

Microwave ablation produces a small and highly controllable heating zone, ideal for the thermal treatment of a range of medical conditions where damage to adjacent structures is a significant risk.
Potential applications range from the treatment of small soft-tissue cancers to the management of various venous disorders. The DRAIOCHT project will involve the design, development and pre-clinical evaluation of a novel microwave ablation device for the treatment of disorders of the venous system. The proposed device will provide a new low cost therapeutic medical device, that places greater value on the protection of crucial functional tissue and nerves compared to current ablation devices on the market. The project is of significant economic and societal benefits due to the high prevalence of venous diseases in Europe.
Energy efficient in-memory machine learning for data intensive image-processing by non-volatile domain-wall memory

Image processing in conventional logic-memory I/O-integrated systems will incur significant communication congestion at memory I/Os for excessive big image data at exa-scale. This paper explores an in-memory machine learning on neural network architecture by utilizing the newly introduced domain-wall nanowire, called DW-NN. We show that all operations involved in machine learning on neural network can be mapped to a logic-in-memory architecture by non-volatile domain-wall nanowire. Domain-wall nanowire based logic is customized for in machine learning within image data storage. As such, both neural network training and processing can be performed locally within the memory. The experimental results show that system throughput in DW-NN is improved by 11.6x and the energy efficiency is improved by 92x when compared to conventional image processing system.