SIRIS-Lab/unlabelled-sti-corpus huggingface dataset:
Microfluidic Analysis of Thermotaxis in Escherichia Coli

Maeda et al. (1976) observed that Escherichia coli sense the direction of a temperature gradient, performing thermotaxis (directional motion in a temperature gradient) and aggregating at a preferred temperature. The molecular details of bacterial thermotaxis are still poorly understood. We have developed a microfluidic setup to measure thermotaxis of swimming bacteria in a dilute suspension at high-throughput. Extensive data on thermotactic migration of a given bacterial strain in a stable thermal gradient can be collected in less than 30 minutes. The microfluidic device is made of polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) and has a 16 mm long, 500 μm wide and 40 μm deep test channel across which a linear, programmable temperature gradient is formed. A bacterial suspension is perfused through the channel at a low speed, such that individual cells have sufficient time to explore the gradient before they are imaged near the channel exit. We have developed imaging software to identify healthy swimming cells and determine their trajectories for taxis analysis. The spatial distribution of the bacterial trajectories is used as a measure of their taxis performance, and we show that the taxis performance is correlated with the steepness of the temperature gradient. Inversion of the thermal response can be induced by chemical adaptation to aspartate and serine, but adaptation to aspartate or serine only give a very weak inversion or null response, respectively.Maeda, K., Imae, Y., Shioi, J.I., Oosawa, F. (1976). J. Bacteriol. 127:1039–1046.
AGORA RH - Agora des Ressources Humaines en Euro Méditerranée à l'horizon 2025

The Agora Human Resource Project brings together eleven associations from eight different Mediterranean countries with the aim of analysing Human Resource Management practises in the Euromediterranean area. Euromed Marseille Ecole de Management is the Agora HR project leader. The Agora Human Resources project is subdivided into four areas that correspond to the four main themes of the network: • “Demographic evolution and its effect on Human Resources” • “The evolution of Human Resources in Euromed countries” • “The Social Responsibility of Organisations” • “Benchmarking of the different Human Resource Management associations”. Overall objective / Objectif général The general objective of the project is to create a think-tank of university students and Human Resource professionals in order to exchange opinions regarding Human Resource Management practises in Mediterranean countries. The work groups (organised according to subjects) have obtained results related to the four themes of the network, taking into account the current situation of the partner regions as well as the efforts made in the framework of national policies. The aim of AGORA HR is to bring out both the convergences and the differences in establishing human resource policies in order to produce a dynamic “Euromediterranean” model. Great similarities have been identified in Human Resource Management practises in the different countries, a fact which suggests that it is possible to have a «Euromediterranean Human Resource» model. Expected results / Résultats attendus Great similarities have been identified in Human Resource Management practises in the different countries, a fact which suggests that it is possible to have a «Euromediterranean Human Resource» model. Given that the project partners are Human Resource Management institutions, the purpose of the network is to constitute a permanent and fruitful think-tank and to facilitate the exchange of experience in the eastern basin of the Mediterranean. This will allow professional and academics working in Human Resource Management to have a solid base of reference and research of each country. The partners can use this base to translate the vision of each association with respect to problems to be solved and to influence corresponding policies.
Predictors of Suicide Attempt in Early-Onset, First-Episode Psychoses

To study the prevalence of suicide attempts and factors associated with risk for suicide during the first episode of psychosis, and to identify early predictors of suicide attempts over a 24-month follow-up period in an early-onset, first-episode psychosis cohort.110 subjects in their first episode of psychosis aged between 9 and 17 years were assessed by using the DSM-IV diagnostic interview Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia for School-Age Children-Present and Lifetime Version and a battery of clinical instruments at baseline and at 12 and 24 months. Patients were enrolled in the study from March 2003 through November 2005. Suicide attempts and level of suicidality at each assessment were evaluated by using the Clinical Global Impression for Severity of Suicidality and the Hamilton Depression Rating Scale. Subjects were classified as being at high, low, or no risk of suicide, depending on their scores on certain items of these scales. Clinical associations between the outcome measures high risk for suicide during acute episode and suicide attempts during follow-up were investigated by 2 sets of logistic regression analyses.The 24-month prevalence of suicide attempters was 12.4%. History of suicide attempts prior to psychotic episode (OR = 20.13; 95% CI, 1.83-220.55; P = .01), severe depressive symptoms (OR = 8.78; 95% CI, 1.15-67.11; P = .003), and antidepressant treatment (OR = 15.56; 95% CI, 2.66-90.86; P = .002) were associated with being classified as high suicide risk at baseline. The categorization of high suicide risk at baseline predicted suicide attempts during follow-up (OR = 81.66; 95% CI, 11.61-574.35; P = .000).Suicide is a major concern in early-onset first-episode psychosis. Suicidal behavior and depressive symptoms at psychosis onset are important signs to be aware of to prevent suicide attempts during the early period after first-episode psychosis.
Acetylenic tetrathiafulvalenes and related macrocyclic systems

This thesis reports the study of a series of novel acetylenic π-extended tetrathiafulvalene derivatives (exTTFs). The detailed research is divided into two major projects. In the first project, acetylenic anthraquinoid-type exTTFs (referred to as TTFAQs) were synthesized and characterized. The target compounds have rigid macrocyclic enyne conjugated π-frameworks which can be constructed by a one-pot, 4-fold Sonogashira coupling strategy. The molecules show interesting solid-state stacking in single crystals, and rich electronic and redox properties as characterized by UV-vis and fluorescence spectroscopy, cyclic voltammetry, and spectroelectrochemistry. In the second project, a series of acetylenic tetrathiafulvalene vinylogues (TTFVs) and their structural analogues, oligoyne-derived TTFs, were synthesized and studied. Two routes are explored for the selective formation of macrocyclic TTFV and acyclic TTFV oligomers. Electronic and redox properties of these molecules were characterized by various instrumental analyses. Oligoyne-TTFs undergo electropolymerization to form stable TTFV-containing polymer films which show electrochromic behavior. Solid-state reactivity of oligoyne-TTFs were studied by differential scanning calorimetric and thermogravimetric analysis. Finally, in a side project, a series of TTFV-centered tweezer-like molecules and TTFV-crown ether hybrids were designed and synthesized as supramolecular hosts for [60]fullerene and metal cations.
Worldwide cases of water pollution by emerging contaminants: a review

Water contamination by emerging contaminants is increasing in the context of rising urbanization, industrialization, and agriculture production. Emerging contaminants refers to contaminants for which there is currently no regulation requiring monitoring or public reporting of their presence in our water supply or wastewaters. There are many emerging contaminants such as pesticides, pharmaceuticals, drugs, cosmetics, personal care products, surfactants, cleaning products, industrial formulations and chemicals, food additives, food packaging, metalloids, rare earth elements, nanomaterials, microplastics, and pathogens. The main sources of emerging contaminants are domestic discharges, hospital effluents, industrial wastewaters, runoff from agriculture, livestock and aquaculture, and landfill leachates. In particular, effluents from municipal wastewater treatment plants are major contributors to the presence of emerging contaminants in waters. Although many chemicals have been recently regulated as priority hazardous substances, conventional plants for wastewater and drinking water treatment were not designed to remove most emerging contaminants. Here, we review key examples of contamination in China, Portugal, Mexico, Colombia, and Brazil. Examples include persistent organic pollutants such as polychlorinated biphenyls, dibenzofurans, and polybrominated diphenyl ethers, in lake and ocean ecosystems in China; emerging contaminants such as alkylphenols, natural and synthetic estrogens, antibiotics, and antidepressants in Portuguese rivers; and pharmaceuticals, hormones, cosmetics, personal care products, and pesticides in Mexican, Brazilian, and Colombian waters. All continents are affected by these contaminants. Wastewater treatment plants should therefore be upgraded, e.g., by addition of tertiary treatment systems, to limit environmental pollution.
“Intoxicated by turpentine”: an olfactory history of painting (1750-1939)

“Intoxicated by turpentine.” When Marcel Duchamp so described the painters of his time, the avant-garde artist was not only criticizing a traditional way of thinking about the materiality of art, he was also modernizing a commonplace of medical discourse as well as a recurring and significant motif in the French commentary on the arts. Investigating historically the stereotype of “the smell of paint,” this research project seeks to underscore the important role of olfaction in the material history of art and in the historical conceptions of the art of painting in France from the mid-18th century to the first half of 20th. At the crossroads of art history and history of the sciences, this research will describe how medical concerns about the smell of paint significantly influenced the making and the composition of colors as well as the size and organization of the painter’s studio, consequently affecting the social status of the artist and, ultimately, the critical discourse on art, which often used the smell of a painting in metaphors expressing an aesthetical judgment. Thus, from the creation of a painting to its reception, the frequent references to the smell of paint unveil a hidden aspect of the history of art that will be illuminated through this analysis of a variety of historical sources, including, in particular, medical works, technical treatises on painting, industrial archives, art criticism, satirical drawings, etc. Finally, this historical research on the smell of a painting will be applied to the creation of a pedagogical tool aimed at the museum-going public. It will present the historical evolution of the painter’s studio through the smells of the painter’s materials. This sensory experience of the materiality of painting aims to embody art history, providing museum visitors with an alternative to the digital approach to works of art.
Linking Alpine Soil Knowledge for Sustainable Ecosystem Management and Capacity Building

Alpine soils perform key ecosystem services (ESS) that enable human well-being, ecosystem functioning and contribute to the biodiversity. The importance of sustainable Alpine soil management is being recognised yet insufficiently implemented mainly due to its crosscutting function, fragmented governance structures, diverse sectoral needs, lack of targeted soil information and applicable management tools. The project aims to overcome these gaps by linking Alpine soil knowledge, end-users and experts, elaborate sectoral soil information, create best-case practices and promote soil management. By this, it enhances the applicability of the Alpine Convention Soil Conservation Protocol (SCP) and contributes to the protection, conservation and connectivity of Alpine ecosystems. The project innovatively links expertise and governance on various levels and sectors to jointly develop and implement sustainable Alpine land management policies / strategies. _x000D_
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The outputs, built on common interest of public authorities (e.g. soil, environmental protection, planning,) as well as Alpine and EU org. (AC, EUSALP AG 6,EC-JRC), are integrated to ESDAC, linked to international organisations or NGOs for durability after the project. Alpine soil protection is pushed by bottom-up policy and actions that will be transferred to (trans)-national levels, as required by AC SCP and EUSALP.
The 15 January 2022 Hunga Tonga Eruption History as Inferred From Ionospheric Observations

Abstract On 15 January 2022, the Hunga Tonga‐Hunga Ha’apai submarine volcano erupted violently and triggered a giant atmospheric shock wave and tsunami. The exact mechanism of this extraordinary eruptive event, its size and magnitude are not well understood yet. In this work, we analyze data from the nearest ground‐based receivers of Global Navigation Satellite System to explore the ionospheric total electron content (TEC) response to this event. We show that the ionospheric response consists of a giant TEC increase followed by a strong long‐lasting depletion. We observe that the explosive event of 15 January 2022 began at 04:05:54UT and consisted of at least five explosions. Based on the ionospheric TEC data, we estimate the energy released during the main major explosion to be between 9 and 37 Megatons in trinitrotoluene equivalent. This is the first detailed analysis of the eruption sequence scenario and the timeline from ionospheric TEC observations.
Gregory nazianzen's methodeology of the theological arguing

The objectives of the research project are to show how a strong focus on an early Christian author’s use of classical rhetoric and philosophy (fx. Plato and Aristotle) can deepen our understanding of style and content of ancient Christian texts. This will be exemplified by detailed rhetorical and philological analyses of Gregory Naziansen’s five theological orations. Modern literary theories of reception will be employed to illuminate how Gregory used classical rhetoric and philosophy. The research project will thus revitalize traditional methods of classical philology and combine them with modern literary theories. Further I will study the composition of the cycle of the five theological orations arguing that they are written as a coherent whole. Each oration will also be studied separately clarifying which rhetorical and philosophical methods and techniques the author has used, which connections with classical pagan and early Christian (Alexandrian school) traditions they show, and which kind of theological arguing (positive and negative theology) they are characterized by. The proposed research will at the same time serve as a model for how philological and rhetorical analyses and theories of reception can be used as a tool for analyzing other ancient Christian texts.
The aim of the action is further to train the researcher’s skills in using theories and methods necessary for carrying out the research project. In addition to the training in skills directly connected to the research project the researcher will also be trained in general and transferrable skills such as research administration, academic writing, writing of research applications, use of electronic resources in humanistic research, methods to disseminate research results (academic publishing, use of electronic media, teaching etc.).
MODULAR THERMAL INSULATION STRUCTURE

The invention relates to modular thermal insulation structure forming part of an enclosure accommodating an air conditioning device, comprising a lower wall (4); an upper wall (5) and at least one side wall (6), whereby each of the walls (4, 5, 6) mentioned above are provided with dismountable assembly means (7). The structure is characterized in that the lower wall (4) extends upwards by means of a raised edge (8) in order to form a recovery tub (4) and the upper rim (9) of the raised edge (8) pertaining to said tub is locally comprised of at least one bearing zone for the side panels (6) and the devices (10) that are accommodated by said structure.
Research on regulation performance evaluation of Automatic Generation Control in power plants and its application

Automatic Generation Control (AGC) system is an important component of the power system for frequency control. Regulation performance of the large capacity generating units in the control area is closely associated with the development of AGC system. Therefore, to meet the safety of AGC and the efficiency of the generating units the regulation quality of the generating units which play the roles of peak regulation, frequency modulation in power grid should be regularly tested. According to the analysis of the dynamic process of actual generating power tracking AGC load instructions, a calculation approach of AGC regulation performance indicators based on the operation historical data from the power plants is proposed in this paper. In consideration of the transmission delays of information, the differences of regulation performance indicators calculation between generating units and grid dispatching center are analyzed. On the research of “two rules” implemented widely in China, the transmission delay time of AGC load instructions, the minimum retention time of effective instructions and the unit response moment are defined to calculate the regulation performance indicators more accurately. The proposed algorithm is applied to kinds of generating units in north China grid. The coincidence of the results from the approach and the actual AGC performance indicators verifies the validity of the proposed algorithm. The application of the approach is helpful to improves security and economy of power plants and power grid.
Danube river region resillience exchange network

The DAREnet project is to support flood management practitioners across the EU Danube River region and from different disciplines to deepen and broaden their Research, Development and Innovation related collaboration (=RDI). DAREnet will build a multi-disciplinary community of practitioners, operating in a network of civil protection organisations, and supported by a broad range of stakeholders from policy, industry and research. Together they will build a transnational and interdisciplinary ecosystem to foster synergies, innovation and its uptake.
One of the key-results of DAREnet will be a regularly updated RDI Roadmap highlighting promising innovation opportunities to cope with the main environmental and societal challenges of the region. It will provide concrete perspectives for the further development, industrialisation and uptake of innovations of highest relevance for practitioners. The Roadmap will be the result of a systematic assessment and prioritisation of promising innovations, including standardisation to foster the development of common capabilities. The RDI Roadmap will also lay the basis for concrete innovation initiatives, practitioner-driven and “bottom-up”, building a unique portfolio of joint innovation concepts for the Danube river region.
To reach sustainable impact, DAREnet will draw upon synergies with the modules and facilities of the EUCPM and the regional strategies for flood prevention and risk management of the ICPDR and EUSDR. DAREnet will promote the RDI Roadmap and Portfolio to political key-stakeholders on national, regional and European level, and will also prospect institutional options to ensure the continuity of the DAREnet innovation process after project end.
Retrospective genomic analyses of shortfin mako shark (isurus oxyrinchus) using dna from archived jaws

Understanding species responses to environmental changes is vital for conservation of biodiversity. In this respect, DNA from archived specimens represents an exclusive source of temporal genetic data. Although sharks are keystone apex predators in marine systems, there is a complete absence of temporal genetic studies for any species. DiMaS aims to investigate past and contemporary spatio-temporal patterns of effective population size (Ne), genetic diversity and population connectivity of shortfin mako (Isurus oxyrinchus – SMA), using a comparative approach across the globe. Most shark species have experienced significant population decreases documented throughout their range, with SMA currently listed as Vulnerable by the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. In this project, I will use archived skeletal material (jaws, vertebrae and teeth) and an exome capture method for generating high throughput data. The data will be analysed through and eco-evolutionary framework to understand the effects of past climatic changes and anthropogenic pressures on the recent micro-evolutionary history of the species, and to predict the most likely responses to future climatic changes. In this context, DiMaS has the potential to become a seminal work in marine population genomics, as it will help describe and understand micro-evolutionary and demographic effects in marine apex species, shaped by natural and anthropogenic-induced environmental processes. In addition, by using a training-through-research approach, DiMaS will greatly contribute to strengthen my theoretical knowledge on evolutionary theory, and acquire new skills in population genomics and bioinformatics analyses. These skills, in combination with training to enhance management and supervisory/teaching competencies, will significantly contribute to my career development.