SIRIS-Lab/unlabelled-sti-corpus huggingface dataset:
Damage control in thoracic and lumbar unstable fractures in polytrauma. Systematic review

&lt;p&gt;The objective of this systematic review was to integrate the information from existing studies to determine the level of evidence and grade of recommendation of the implementation of damage control in unstable thoracic and lumbar fractures in polytraumatized patients. Eighteen papers were collected from different databases by keywords and Mesh terms; the level of evidence and grade of recommendation, the characteristics of the participants, the time of fracture fixation, the type of approach and technique used, the length of stay in the intensive care unit, the days of dependence on mechanical ventilator, and the incidence of complications in patients were assessed. The largest proportion of the studies were classified as level 4 evidence and grade C of recommendation which is favorable to the implementation of damage control in unstable thoracic and lumbar fractures in polytraumatized patients as a positive recommendation, although not conclusive. Most papers advocate fracture stabilization within 72 hours of the injury which is associated with a lower incidence of complications, hospital stay, stay in the intensive care unit and lower mortality.&lt;/p&gt;
Bio-based PLA_PHB plasticized blend films: Processing and structural characterization

Bio-based films formed by poly(lactic acid) (PLA) and poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) (PHB) plasticized with an oligomer of the lactic acid (OLA) were used as supporting matrices for an antibacterial agent (carvacrol). This paper reports the main features of the processing and physico-chemical characterization of these innovative biodegradable material based films, which were extruded and further submitted to filmature process. The effect of the addition of carvacrol and OLA on their microstructure, chemical, thermal and mechanical properties was assessed. The presence of these additives did not affect the thermal stability of PLA_PHB films, but resulted in a decrease in their crystallinity and in the elastic modulus for the active formulations. The obtained results showed the effective presence of additives in the PLA or the PLA_PHB matrix after processing at high temperatures, making them able to be used in active and bio-based formulations with antioxidant/antimicrobial performance.
Herbal remedies for eye infections used by the tribals of Nallamala forests, Andhra Pradesh.

The Nallamalais forests form a series of parallel hill ranges oriented North-south towards the eastern portion of the peninsular India in the state of Andhra Pradesh. Nallamalais is situated between 15°30’-16°30’ N latitudes and 78°30’-80°10’ E longitudes. It passes across the Kurnool, Mahaboob Nagar, Prakasam, Guntur and some parts in Kadapa district. Nallamalais have several religious centers, among them Gundlabrahmeswaram plateau is the highest, situated at about 800m descending into the plains of Velgode and Nandyal, and ascending precipitously towards East. The Gundlabrahmeswaram is said to be the nucleus of Nallamalais in Eastern Ghats. Nallamalais are congenial to the tribals, due to enormous floral and faunal wealth, for their survival. However, the predominant tribal community, Chenchus lives in groups called gudems amidst the forests. They are nomads, wandering from one forest to another. The area received good research attention mostly concentrated on skin diseases, women ailments, insect bites and bone factures however; there is no particular data on traditional uses for eye infections 1-6 . Hence, the survey has been carried. Methodology The folklore information on eye infections was recorded from the elders or gudem leaders. Generally, two types of interviews were taken, firstly of individuals and secondly of groups. In case of individuals, persons were randomly interviewed on the way or entering a hut. Information was authenticated by comparing the data from different informants. The information was cross-checked with other communities to confirm the use and application of the drugs. The voucher specimens were collected based on the recorded information and identified with the help of floras and confirmed by comparing with the authenticated specimens housed at Sri Krishnadevaraya University Herbarium (SKU), Anantapur, Madras Herbarium (MH), Coimbatore and Central National Herbarium (CAL), Kolkata 7-9 . The voucher specimens were deposited at Sri Krishnadevaraya University Herbarium, Anantapur.
Operational solutions for the transalpine railway freight traffic for sustainable management of connections of the economic areas within the alpine space

The transalpine traffic accessability is essential for Europe. Catastrophes in the Alp tunnels and traffic contrasts show the European dimension of this problems. The raise of road traffic within the alpine region cause an escalation of CO2 emmissions, noise pollution and use of road infrastructure which is not designed for the actual traffic volume. The "alpine" policy of traffic has abandoned the scope of single nationalities and reached European dimensions. The new focus for the solution is "thinking in network and systems, not in axes”. 
The project will:
- create a sustainable mobility concept and masters the transalpine freight traffic by using existing (railway) infrastructure
- install a prototype of an information and quality assurance system for a better execution of the transalpine freight traffic on rail taking into account the Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) for logistic and transport solution
- create an overall supply for the target group and verify the system in 2 pilot cases
Intra-Tumoral heterogeneity in nras-driven metastatic melanoma

Metastasis is largely refractory to therapy and, thereby, responsible for 90% of cancer-related deaths. An incomplete view of the mechanisms that drive metastasis has been a major barrier to rational development of effective therapeutics and prognostic diagnostics for metastatic patients. There is increasing evidence that this multi-step process involves reversible non-genetic reprogramming events allowing cancer cells to acquire diverse phenotypic features needed to migrate, invade, intra/extra-vasate and actively adapt to the varying environment (stress) they encounter. Understanding metastasis therefore requires methodologies that capture the magnitude and dynamics of non-genetic reprogramming in 4D (space and time) at the single-cell resolution. The advent of reliable single-cell multi-Omics analytical tools allows the simultaneous profiling of single cell’s genome, epigenome and transcriptome. Integrating single-cell profiling with lineage tracing provides a robust framework for defining cell fate transitions, intermediate states and trajectory inference. The host lab has recently used such a powerful combination of approaches to study the cellular origin of melanoma, the early molecular events associated with initiation of the disease and to portray cell state dynamics during therapy response. I propose to exploit this know-how to perform a longitudinal and exhaustive analysis of the diversity and trajectories of melanoma cell states during metastatic dissemination using a clinically-relevant mouse model of melanoma, a disease with a very high metastatic propensity. The gene regulatory networks underlying the identified metastatic cell states will be deciphered and the data exploited to develop therapeutic modalities targeting (amenable) drivers of state switching that contribute to early key steps of the metastatic process. The project is expected to lead to new avenues for early detection and interception of metastatic melanoma.
Improper Gaussian signaling for the K-user SISO interference channel

This paper studies the transmit optimization for the K-user Gaussian single-input single-output interference channel (SISO-IC), with the interference treated as Gaussian noise and by applying improper or circularly asymmetric complex Gaussian signaling. The transmit optimization with improper Gaussian signaling involves not only the signal covariance as in the conventional proper or circularly symmetric complex Gaussian signaling, but also the signal pseudo-covariance, which is conventionally set to zero in proper Gaussian signaling. By utilizing the rate-profile method, the achievable rate region of the K-user SISO-IC is characterized by solving a sequence of minimum-weighted-rate maximization (MinWR-Max) problems, which are non-convex and thus difficult to be solved globally optimally. By applying the semidefinite relaxation (SDR) technique, we propose an efficient approximate solution, which jointly optimizes the covariance and pseudo-covariance of the transmitted signals. Simulation results demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed algorithm for the K-user SISO-IC with improper Gaussian signaling.
Μέθοδοι υπολογισμού της αξίας - σε - κίνδυνο μεικτών χαρτοφυλακίων

The definition and implementation of Value at Risk (VAR) is one of the most modern and most popular risk assessment tools in the world of investment universe and risk management. The purpose of this thesis is the study of four alternative techniques of VAR estimation and the development of a simple tool for estimating VAR, in Excel format, which can be used by private investors. The techniques applied in this study are (1) the historical simulation method, (2) Modified VAR, (3) a method based on EWMA model and (4) a method by using Monte Carlo simulation. As part of the analysis, we have examined seven alternative assets for the period 2005-2014.
In the beginning, we describe the concept and application of the VAR measure on the market risk assessment, with extensive analysis of the theoretical basis and literature review on the comparison of alternative techniques.
The empirical study concerns the assessment of alternatives VAR methods and compare the results, through the construction of an integrated tool for the measurement of market risk. Emphasis is given to the reduction brought in the VAR diversification of a portfolio, which we call the benefit of diversification. The findings are summarized in an over-estimation of the VAR using the EWMA method, but the most important is that the historical method appears to offer the most underestimated results. Finally, the analysis of mixed portfolios shown that adding bonds in an equity portfolio, significantly reduces the value at risk.
Defending Islamic education: War on Terror discourse and religious education in twenty-first-century Morocco

How does War on Terror discourse impact religious education curricula in Muslim societies? How do supporters of Islamic education defend the subject in light of intense local and international scrutiny? What do initial reforms to public school curricula suggest about the long-term impact of the War on Terror on the state's role in the transmission of Islamic knowledge? This article examines these questions in the case of Morocco, where in 2003, members of Salafia Jihadia bombed multiple sites in Casablanca. Following the violence, the Moroccan monarchy called for the reform of the religious field, singling out the country's Islamic education curricula as in need of renewal. Several constituencies resisted the call for reform, including Islamic education teachers and associations. Though they showed deference to the monarchy, they also argued that the curriculum did not cause violence, but rather ‘vaccinates’ youth against terrorism. Through interviews and archival research, this article reconstructs the d...
Coast to coast. Section: Tourist/environmental and cultural education and training 

The initiative entitled “Coast to Coast” promotes the socio-economic development of the area of the Po delta and consists of five direct actions aimed at strengthening cooperation between Italian and Slovenian economic institutions and operators, through the establishment of a tourist, cultural, environmental and training flow between the two sides of the Adriatic. This project phase aims at creating educational/training and information courses for the operators of the area. The actions envisaged aim at developing a training action to ensure an adequate presence of professional figures in territorial promotion. Furthermore they aim at preparing the operators, entrepreneurs and representatives of the relevant Trade Associations to become a reference in the implementation of territorial promotion and marketing actions. Through the training of tourist guides and tourist entertainment staff the aim is to provide tourist services while promoting an environmental education campaign through the dissemination of knowledge of the territory and the lagoon environment. The general objective is therefore the consolidation of the interest of tourists and local residents alike on the natural and cultural heritage represented by the whole area of the Po delta, in order to enhance and increase its potential. This will be possible only by integrating the protected area with the economic fabric present in the host territory, through the creation of specialised professional figures such as tourism-fishing staff and ecological and environmental guides.
Med SE(A)CAP integration through uniform adapted assessment and financing methods, mainly targeting buildings in education and health sectors, for sustainable development goals in a smart society

Territories surrounding the Mediterranean Sea face similar specific issues with the adaptation to mitigation of climate change, specifically regarding energy efficiency and renewable energy measures in public buildings. It is thus proposed that they work together on a strategy to capitalize on reference projects’ results. To do so, SEACAP 4 SDG will consider the Sustainable Energy Access and Climate Action Plans (SE(A)CAP) background, under a common vision, strategy and evaluation tool, to achieve Med SE(A)CAP integration through uniform adapted assessment and financing methods, for sustainable development goals in a smart society. SEACAP 4 SDG capitalizes on the outputs and outcomes of 10 projects, identifying characteristics to be generalized, and by adapting gained knowledge to maximize efficiency and effectiveness of energy refurbishment strategies adapted to local Mediterranean specificities, notably energy poverty. These outputs and outcomes will be implemented in 9 cities around the Mediterranean, selected using an approach developed under of the European City Facility initiative. Considering the Covid-19 pandemic and the global economic downturn, the project will focus primarily on education and health buildings.
Immune protection of microneme 7 (EmMIC7) against<i>Eimeria maxima</i>challenge in chickens

In the present study, the immune protective effects of recombinant microneme protein 7 of Eimeria maxima (rEmMIC7) and a DNA vaccine encoding this antigen (pVAX1-EmMIC7) on experimental challenge were evaluated. Two-week-old chickens were randomly divided into five groups. Experimental groups of chickens were immunized with 100 μg DNA vaccine pVAX1-MIC7 or 200 μg rEmMIC7, while control groups of chickens were injected with pVAX1 plasmid or sterile phosphate buffered saline (PBS). The results showed that the anti-EmMIC7 antibody titres in chickens of both rEmMIC7 and pVAX1-MIC7 groups were significantly higher as compared to PBS and pVAX1 control (P < .05). The splenocytes from both vaccinated groups of chickens displayed significantly greater proliferation response compared with the controls (P < .05). Serum from chickens immunized with pVAX1-MIC7 and rEmMIC7 displayed significantly high levels of interleukin-2, interferon-γ, IL-10, IL-17, tumour growth factor-β and IL-4 (P < .05) compared to those of negative controls. The challenge experiment results showed that both the recombinant antigen and the DNA vaccine could obviously alleviate jejunum lesions, body weight loss and enhance oocyst decrease ratio. The anti-coccidial index (ACI) of the pVAX1-MIC7 group was 167.84, higher than that of the recombinant MIC7 protein group, 167.10. Our data suggested that immunization with EmMIC7 was effective in imparting partial protection against E. maxima challenge in chickens and it could be an effective antigen candidate for the development of new vaccines against E. maxima.
Biochemical link between plant volatile organic compound (voc) emissions and co2 metabolism - from sub-molecular to ecosystem scales

Plant metabolic processes exert a large influence on global climate and air quality through the emission of the greenhouse gas CO2 and volatile organic compounds (VOCs). Despite the enormous importance, processes controlling plant carbon allocation into primary and secondary metabolism, such as respiratory CO2 emission and VOC synthesis, remain unclear.
This project (VOCO2) develops a novel technological and theoretical basis to couple CO2 fluxes with VOC emissions and establish a mechanistic link between primary and secondary carbon metabolism. This radically new approach uses stable isotope fractionation of central metabolites (glucose, pyruvate) to trace carbon partitioning at metabolic branching points. A unique combination of cutting-edge technology (δ13CO2 laser spectroscopy, high sensitivity PTR-TOF-MS and isotope NMR spectroscopy) will allow an unprecedented assessment of carbon partitioning, bridging scales from sub-molecular to whole-plant and ecosystem processes in an interdisciplinary approach. Innovative positional 13C-labelling will break new ground quantifying real-time sub-molecular carbon investment into VOCs and CO2, enabling mechanistic descriptions of the underlying biochemical pathways coupling anabolic and catabolic processes, particularly the long overlooked link between secondary compound synthesis and CO2 emission in the light. This approach will permit the development of a novel mechanistic leaf model and its integration into a state-of-the-art ecosystem flux model.
VOCO2 will set a new dimension with a world-wide first ecosystem positional labelling experiment in the unique Biosphere 2 enclosure (Arizona, US). Jointly with the novel process-based ecosystem model, VOCO2 will open new frontiers for assessing biogenic emissions of greenhouse gases at the ecosystem scale. This will deliver important information for global change related aspects, as these greenhouse gases can impact atmospheric chemistry and enhance global warming.
Mobile robots with novel environmental sensors for inspection of disaster sites with low visibility

SmokeBot is driven by the application needs for robots that operate in domains with restricted visibility. The focus is on civil robots supporting fire brigades in search and rescue missions, e.g. in post-disaster management operations in response to tunnel fires. Existing sensor technology and the related cognitive approaches cannot cope with such demanding conditions. SmokeBot addresses this shortcoming and can thus bring about a step change for robotics. It will deliver software and hardware components which facilitate robot systems to perform under harsh conditions of smoke, dust or fog. This will be demonstrated through integration of the project results in an industrial prototype of a Low Visibility Explorer Robot for providing situational awareness based on a commercial platform from partner TAUR. In close collaboration with TAUR (robotics industry) and end users (FDDO, end users in the advisory group), SmokeBot will crucially improve the abilities of the selected platform, thus increasing safety of rescue staff and European citizens as well as improving the product of a European robotics company in an important market. An even wider impact is expected through the development of a novel sensor unit and the corresponding cognitive approaches. In addition to traditional sensors such as LIDAR and cameras, which are affected by smoke or dust, this sensing unit includes also a novel 3D radar camera, a thermal camera, and high-bandwidth gas sensors. Fusion of sensor modalities will allow the inclusion of measurements from LIDAR and camera into the world model when they occasionally penetrate through e.g. smoke. In addition, we will develop the means to integrate prior knowledge in the form of crude human sketch maps to allow for robust mapping and navigation even under low visibility in a harsh environment. Sensor technology from SmokeBot will result in new products to be brought to market after the project. Software developed will be made available as open source.
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ESTABLISHING A COMMUNICATIONS SESSION WITH AN END-USER BASED ON THE STATE OF A NETWORK CONNECTION

A method for establishing a communications session includes receiving a request to initiate a communications session. The request is associated with an end-user and the end-user is associated with at least two identifiers. The method also includes selecting one of the at least two identifiers in response to performance information associated with the selected one of the at least two identifiers. The method also includes establishing a communications session with the end-user in response to selecting the one of the at least two identifiers.
Enhancing the Performance of MEMS Piezoresistive Pressure Sensor Using Germanium Nanowire

Abstract Microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) have gained tremendous interest among researchers because of rapid development and wide variety of applications. The microsensors are the upcoming field that demand high sensitive devices which respond to the environmental changes. The paper describes the fabrication, designing and the performance analysis of a germanium material as a Piezoresistive MEMS pressure sensor. This pressure sensor uses double polysilicon germanium nanowires to increase the sensitivity of the pressure sensor. The pressure sensor uses circular diaphragm which was fabricated using Reactive Ion Etching method. The pressure sensor has a radius of about 500 nm and thickness of about 10 nm.The polysilicon nanowires form a bridge like appearance between the diaphragm and the substrate.Intellisuite software is extensively used to carry out the finite element analysis. Finite element method (FEM) is adopted to optimize the sensor output and to improve the sensitivity of the circular shaped diaphragm polysilicon germanium nano wire is used in place of the conventional piezoresistors. The optimum position is also analyzed to place the nanowire to get maximum output. The proposed double polysilicon germanium nanowire pressure sensor gave a sensitivity of about 9.1  V /VK
Entropy-driven formation of a half-quantum vortex lattice

Half-quantum vortices (HQVs) can exist in a superconductor or superfluid with an exact or approximate U(1) \times U(1) symmetry, for instance in spinor condensates, 3He-A, Sr2RuO4, and possibly cuprate superconductors with stripe order. In this paper, we show that a lattice of HQVs can be stabilized at finite temperature even when it does not have lower energy than the lattice of full vortices at T = 0 since there is a gain in configurational entropy when a full vortex fractionalizes into a pair of HQVs. Specifically, the lattice of HQVs has an optical branch of phonon modes absent in the lattice of full vortices. Moreover, the HQV lattice at T > 0 can have a different structure than the HQV lattice at T = 0.
Assisting device for standing tasks

An assistive device for standing tasks allows for a reduction of effort on the part of a user while engaged in tasks or activities that are stationary or nearly stationary that lessens the strain on the bones, joints, and muscles normally used for standing while ensuring a proper alignment of the pelvis and spine.