SIRIS-Lab/unlabelled-sti-corpus huggingface dataset:
Hydrogen isotopes in plant-derived organic compounds as new tool to identify changes in the carbon metabolism of plants and ecosystems during the anthropocene

HYDROCARB is motivated by the enormous potential that stable hydrogen isotope ratios (δ2H values) in plant compounds have as hydrological proxy, but in particular as new proxy for the carbon metabolism in plants. Current conceptual models suggest that δ2H values in plant organic compounds are composed of (i) hydrological and (ii) metabolic signals. The hydrological information that is contained in δ2H values of plant material is now well understood and is often applied in (paleo-) hydrological research. In contrast, the metabolic information that is contained in plant δ2H values is mostly unknown. Intriguing recent research suggests, however, that metabolic signals in the δ2H values of plant organic compounds reflect the balance of autotrophic and heterotrophic processes in plants. This suggests that exciting and previously unknown opportunities exist to exploit δ2H values in plant compounds for information on the carbohydrate metabolism of plants, which would be relevant for a broad range of biological and biogeochemical disciplines.
The goal of HYDROCARB is to perform the experimental work that is now needed to identify the key biochemical and physiological processes that determine the metabolic information that is recorded in the δ2H values of plant organic compounds such as leaf wax lipids, lignin and cellulose. With this HYDROCARB will provide the basis for semi-mechanistic models that will allow (i) disentangling hydrological from metabolic signals in plant δ2H values and (ii) identifying the precise physiological processes with respect to a plants carbohydrate metabolism that can be deducted from the δ2H values of different plant compounds. If successful, HYDROCARB will establish with this research δ2H values in plant organic compounds as a powerful new proxy that will allow ground-breaking and innovative research on plant and ecosystem carbon cycling, which has implications for plant biology, biogeochemistry and the earth system sciences.
CONTROLLER FOR USE WITH A REMOTE DOWNHOLE TOOL

A controller for use with a remote downhole tool is provided. The controller comprises a processor and a transmitter for transmission of control signals to the remote downhole tool. The controller is configured for use at surface or uphole of the remote downhole tool to control transmission of data from the remote downhole tool. The controller is configured to transmit a control signal to the remote downhole tool to configure the remote downhole tool for transmission of data from the remote downhole tool according to a schedule or on demand. A communication system for use in a downhole environment is also provided. Methods of managing data transmission of a remote downhole tool are also provided.
PCA Based Palm-Print Recognition System Using DM3730

Palm-print technology is one of the biometric techniques used to identify an individual. Recognition of palm prints is based on the features like palm lines, texture, ridges etc. Several line and texture extraction techniques have already been proposed. This paper presented rapid and effective palm-print recognition based on DM3730 chip which is a Da Vinci™ digital media processor. Paper deployed USB camera as a palm-print images’ acquisition equipment, used the ARM + DSP multi-core DM3730 processor technology as palm-print image recognition processing, and sent the recognition results to the user interface ultimately. Linux Operating System run in the ARM side, DSP/BIOS Operating System service in the DSP side oppositely. This paper’s palm-print recognition algorithm based on wavelet reconstruction and local DCT and 2DPCA. Palmprint recognition by the nearest neighbour classifier at last.
Predictive reliability for high power rf mems

None of us can even imagine spending a day without using a mobile phone or staying far away from a wi-fi area. A deeper insight however reveals that high-power wireless communication systems, such as Radars and Satcoms, have even greater impact on our everyday lives by supporting safe and effective transportation and long-distance communications. This is practically enabled only thanks to electronic components capable to deal with the corresponding signals. Among others, Micro-Electro-Mechanical-Systems for Radio Frequency applications (RF MEMS) are now widely accepted as superior to their counterparts, with their reliability however remaining an open issue and a general concern. This is not only due the demanding scientific nature of the problem but also due to the difficulty to generalize the outcomes of even well-organized studies. Further to these, working in the high-power regime, RF MEMS will have to deal with an additional bunch of issue, presently marginally studied, making failure prediction an even more complicated accomplishment. 
PRIME aspires to address this issue by identifying the proper high-power reliability testing and to combine this with the strength of machine learning techniques towards failure prediction.  This will be achieved through an interdisciplinary approach  relying on placing a fellow with expertise on device reliability physics to a host group working on high power RF electronic devices and systems, supported by two carefully designed secondment, for RF design and for machine learning techniques. Overall, PRIME envisions to equip RF MEMS scientists, engineers and stakeholders with a powerful tool that enables predictive diagnostics paving the way for overcoming the persisting reliability bottleneck, particularly concerning state of art high power applications.
MECHANICAL RETENTION SYSTEM, ASSEMBLY COMPRISING SUCH A SYSTEM AND AN ELECTRONIC BOARD AND METHOD OF ASSEMBLING SUCH A SYSTEM AND SUCH A BOARD ON A SURFACE

The invention relates to a system for mechanically retaining an electronic board (4) against a surface (2) of a support (20), characterized in that it comprises a main body (19) intended to come to face the electronic board (4) and having at least one protrusion (11) which extends in a direction such as to hold said electronic board (4) against said surface (2), said body (1) further comprising a member (25) for preassembly with the electronic board (4). The invention also relates to an assembly (35) of such a mechanical retention system (1) and of an electronic board (4). The invention also relates to a method for the assembling on a surface (2) of a support (20), of an electronic board (4), and of a mechanical retention system (1) according to the invention.
Abstract 16412: Altered Nitroso/Redox Balance in Dystrophic Cardiomyopathy is Associated With NOS1 Uncoupling

Introduction: Dystrophic cardiomyopathy is the cardiac manifestation of Duchenne muscular dystrophy. Hearts from the mdx mouse, the mouse model of this disease, exhibit increased oxidative stress due to the up-regulation of NADPH oxidase.

Hypothesis: We tested the hypothesis that this oxidative stress disrupts the bioavailability of tetrahydrobiopterin (H4B) leading to defective nitric oxide (NO) production associated with NOS1 uncoupling.

Methods: We used mdx mice with established cardiomyopathy. Real-time PCR was used to evaluate NADPH oxidase -NOX2- and western blots were performed to assess protein expression or phospholamban (PLB) phosphorylation. NO production was assessed by either nitrate + nitrite measurement in heart homogenate or DAF-2 epifluorescence in myocytes. The degree of S-nitrosylation in myocytes was measured using immunofluorescence.

Results: We found a five-fold increased expression of NOX2 as well as increased superoxide production compared to wild type (WT; p<0.05 vs. WT) in mdx hearts. PLB phospho-Serine 16 was decreased (p<0.05 vs. WT) and PLB phospho-Threonine 17 was augmented (p<0.01 vs. WT) in mdx hearts and these changes were restored to normal by specifically inhibiting NOX2 with 20 microM VAS2870. In addition, NOS1 expression was increased eight-fold in mdx hearts compared to WT (p<0.05 vs. WT). Furthermore, cardiac NO production was reduced in mdx (p<0.05 vs. WT) and also was restored by VAS2870 in cardiomyocytes. There was less S-nitrosylation in mdx myocytes, which consistently showed decreased levels of S-nitroscysteines compared to WT. This paradoxical effect could be due to NOS1 uncoupling. To test this possibility, we treated isolated cardiomyocytes with 300 microM H4B and observed that NO production in mdx recovered to WT levels and S-nitrosylation levels were restored toward normal. H4B treatment also increased PLB phospho-Serine 16 but did not affect PLB phospho-Threonine 17.

Conclusions: These results suggest that NOX2-derived oxidative stress results in H4B oxidation, causing NOS1 uncoupling. Diminished NOS1 activity has functional implications for mdx cardiomyocyte performance.
Launch: sustainable energy assets as tradable securities

The LAUNCH project will look to overcome barriers to aggregation and market scaling, accelerating the development of the SEA as tradable securities. Today the SEA market is splintered over many project and contract types, small portfolios and many methods for assessing project risk. This smothers market growth today and will continue to do so in the future. Contracts and risk assessment protocols must become standardised, in order to encourage market growth in a manner which will lay the groundwork for and accelerate the scaling of project finance in the future. Indeed, in order for the sustainable energy market to reach its full potential, we must lay the groundwork required to accelerate the development of Sustainable Energy Assets (SEA) as tradable securities. This is the aim of the LAUNCH project. This will be done through, setting up systems to prepare SEA developers for equity investment, standardising developer-end client contracts, and creating a commonly agreed set of risk assessment protocols. The consortium has wide market reach and access to best in class materials. LAUNCH will develop these deliverables further in direct cooperation with a representative group of the European Finance Industry and a substantial pool for SEA developers and pilot them in real market conditions in cooperation with SEA developers and funds. The combination of development with key players and immediate real-life uptake, will ensure the project results are market ready and fully exploitable. The project will provide a basis for accelerated and sustainable SEA market growth and aims to create a European standard for the SEA market going forward. The main resulting benefits will be accelerated growth of the SEA industry, including substantial job growth, energy and CO2 savings and further standardisation of SEA, laying the groundwork for their acceptance as tradable securities.
Dynamic energy system services to achieve renewable targets

There is a niche opportunity in the electricity market across Europe for the provision of additional system/balancing services, decoupled from electricity generation, resulting from the rise in renewable generation. The innovative and unique approach is the development of hybrid-powered flywheels, synergising two proven technologies, flywheels and batteries and application to the electricity system for the first time, to provide security and stability. Hybrid-powered flywheels are resounding success in Formula1 motor racing for rapid acceleration. Schwungrad Energie plans to exploit the concept to enhance system security and stability. The advanced energy storage technology market is forecast to expand at a Compound Annual Growth Rate of 12.3% to €27 billion between 2012 and 2020.
European countries are aiming to achieve low carbon energy systems by transitioning to renewable sources, to realise their European targets. This requires a higher penetration of intermittent, unpredictable generators (wind/solar). In Ireland, with high winds and relatively weak interconnection, the System Operator has proposed a new payment structure for additional system/balancing services, expanding the market. This makes Ireland an ideal location for the first hybrid-powered flywheel facility before market replication throughout Europe and worldwide as renewable penetration increases in other countries.

Schwungrad Energie, an Irish company, was set up to successfully develop, operate and roll out facilities to provide system/balancing services in the electricity sector. The key personnel have expertise and experience in the technical, commercial, managerial and financial areas needed for project success and commercialisation within EU and beyond. Some have previous involvement with successful FP7 projects such as MACCSol. Discussion with a small number of potential key international equity investors are on-going and considerable positive interest has been expressed to fund the project
European networks, experience and recommendations helping cities and citizens to become Energy Efficient

The European Union calls for action to combat climate change and to limit global warming to no more than 2°C above pre-industrial temperatures. A central role is ascribed to local authorities and their citizens in order to ensure the implementation and execution of European and national policies. EnercitEE seeks to practically implement the goals of the European Commission focusing on the objectives of INTERREG IVC by identifying, analysing and transferring best practices, fostering the exchange of experience in order to help local authorities and their citizens become energy efficient. 

In contrast to its INTERREG IIIC forerunner project enercy’regio, EnercitEE will move on to address a new but underestimated consumer target group: the citizens. Therefore it has a new but underestimated focus than the forerunner project but builds upon enercy’regio’s experiences and existing interregional networks which have been established. All regions stressed a pressing need that more innovative energy efficiency policies and instruments for citizens and the private sector need to be developed.

As a consequence of this, the already existing partner network has been extended in order to cover an even wider range of European regions. EnercitEE will include seven partners from six European regions. The project uses the existing experience and best practices to raise awareness, to build up knowledge and competences, to transfer and adapt already existing solutions and methods for interregional use and develop and improve policies in regional and local legislation. 

A long-lasting effect of the project activities will be ensured by directly involving public policy makers and private consumers in the activities of EnercitEE. Project results and achievements will be exchanged between the participating regions and presented to all interested European stakeholders. Practical guidelines and policy recommendations generated within EnercitEE will provide valuable assistance for
European regions aiming to improve their energy performance and policies. 

EnercitEE will be carried out as a mini-programme. The exchange of experience will be a core element of this mini-programme: the partners themselves compile policy instruments, best practices, case studies and organise training sessions and component seminars. In the sub-project component 4 ‘energy efficient citizens & local authorities’ a maximum of twelve sub-projects will be tendered in two open calls for proposals. It is expected that results of the sub-project component will help to improve local and regional policies and that the entire project will provide assistance in the transfer of knowledge on energy efficiency and sustainable transport in both the public and private sector. In particular, a change in energy patterns in the communities and their citizens is expected.
Prophylaxie préexposition au VIH : efficace et sous-utilisée

[Voir la version anglaise de l’article ici : www.cmaj.ca/lookup/doi/10.1503/cmaj.220645][1] Points clés L’incidence du virus de l’immunodéficience humaine (VIH) est en hausse au Canada. L’Agence de la santé publique du Canada a estimé à 2242 le nombre de nouveaux cas de VIH déclarés
Highly efficient photoemitters for light-emitting diodes based on intramolecular rotation

We have discovered a new class of photo- and electroluminescent complexes which are suitable for incorporation into organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs) and which give up to 100% internal quantum yield. The new compounds are particularly suitable for the fabrication of OLEDs via cheap solution-processing techniques and have so far reached 27% external quantum efficiency, a record for any solution-processed device. The new complexes have a linear, rotationally flexible structure, and it is this rotation that allows 100% of the excitation energy to be harvested, by a new emission mechanism (“rotationally accessed spin-state inversion”, RASI). OLEDs are widely used as flat-screen displays (TVs, smartphones), a multi-billion dollar market worldwide. The industry-leading emitters are based on complexes of iridium, one of the rarest elements on earth. Our emitters are compounds of copper, silver and gold, suitable as “slot-in” replacements of iridium. IPR is protected by two UK and one PCT World patent applications. The key discovery is that in certain types of coordination complexes based on carbene ligands the excited singlet state sinks below the excited triplet state during molecular rotation. To our knowledge this is the first realization of ""spin-state inverted"" materials, until now discussed only as a theoretical concept. The result is efficient, very fast light harvesting with highly desirable short (sub-microsecond) excitation lifetimes, leading to high display brightness (in prototypes 20 times brighter than a HD TV screen), with potential lighting applications.
Increasing the competitiveness of city regions through integrated urban-rural development 


About 70 percent of central Europeans live in urban regions. Here, local and regional authorities are increasingly challenged by a steady growth of population and an increasing request for space for both economic activities and housing. Actions are therefore needed against urban sprawl that threatens to lead to a reduction of natural and open areas used for recreational purposes. Furthermore, the request for space by investors has to be answered in a satisfying manner despite a lack of suitable areas in the core city. Innovative approaches and solutions are henceforth needed that would require effective and efficient inter-municipal cooperation.

The project CITY REGIONS targets its activities on the enhancement and durable institutionalisation of functional cooperation between the municipalities of the urban centre and smaller cities and towns located in the hinterland of transnationally connected urban regions. The project links five urban regions from central Europe, each represented by the local public authority of the core city and also by a partner representing the regional level. Further municipalities of smaller hinterland cities and towns will participate in the project´s activities as associated partners.
Vicepresidencia de producción de Ecopetrol S.A. “La Mega de Producción de barriles limpios hacia el 2020"

This study explores the current state of the national oil industry and its influence on the performance of the Vice President of Production of Ecopetrol SA in compliance with the Megas hydrocarbon production by 2020.

 The introduction sets out the rationale leading to this document and the research objectives. Chapters 2 and 3 describe the tools that will be used to develop the study and the study design. Chapter 4 describes the current state of the oil industry in Colombia. Chapter 5 presents all the information on the company, its structure, processes and current status. Chapters 6 and 7 correspond to the case study and teaching guides. Chapter 8 describes the conclusions and recommendations and 9 the literature used to develop the research.
CFD methodology for simulation of LNG spills and rapid phase transition (RPT)

Abstract Hazards related to transportation and storage of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) are widely studied due to an increasing importance of LNG in the overall energy supply. Large scale LNG spills on water are of particular interest as much of LNG transport is conducted by sea. The present work focuses on modelling approaches and their capabilities to predict different phenomena related to LNG spills. It describes in detail a developed CFD based methodology that is able to simulate the behaviour of LNG spills from their initial release, spreading on the water surface, Rapid Phase Transition (RPT) to subsequent dispersion. The methodology is based on a homogeneous multiphase formulation of the liquid layer and therefore suitable for implementation in most of commercial CFD packages. An LNG release from a process train on a FLNG vessel was used to demonstrate capabilities of the developed approach. A CFD simulation was conducted to calculate the volume and distribution of the flammable cloud, and the overpressure generated by an RPT event.
A new brain-dedicated positron emission tomography (pet) system to identify β-amyloid biomarker for the early diagnosis of alzheimer’s disease and other causes of cognitive decline

ONCOVISION is a Spanish SME specialised in design, development, production and commercialisation of organ-dedicated PET systems. Our company submits the present innovation project with the overall objectives of marketing an innovative brain-dedicated PET system to early diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) based on the detection of β-amyloid biomarker in the brain using two 18F-labelled tracers recently approved by FDA and EMEA for their clinical use and a validation of the clinical performance of this new diagnostic device.
This new brain-dedicated PET system, targeted to Mental Disorder Units and Nuclear Medicine Units of hospitals in Europe, USA and Japan; is unique in the market and offers several advantages compared to the whole-body PET systems such as higher resolution, three times higher sensibility, a competitive price (up to three times lower), needs smaller hospital facilities, lower radiotracer dose to the patient that leads to a lesser cost to the healthcare system. Due to this improved characteristics, the new brain-dedicated PET system will help to allow an early detection of Alzheimer’s disease and other causes of cognitive decline and to use this business opportunity to ensure profitability and growth of ONCOVISION. 
During Phase 1, a technical/economic feasibility study is envisaged to verify the viability of the product and its clinical validation. In Phase 2, the validation of clinical performance of the product will be carried out, to enable commercialisation in Phase 3.