SIRIS-Lab/unlabelled-sti-corpus huggingface dataset:
Evaluation of β1-integrin expression on chondrogenically differentiating human adipose-derived stem cells using atomic force microscopy

The expression of β1-integrin on human adipose-derived stem cells, differentiating toward a chondrogenic lineage, is hypothesized to decrease when cells are grown under in vivo-like environments due to sufficient extracellular matrix (ECM) buildup in the engineered tissues. The opposite is true when cells are grown in static cultures such as in pellet or micromass. To probe β1-integrin distribution on cellular surfaces, atomic force microscopy cantilevers modified with anti-β1-integrin antibodies were used. Specific antibody-antigen adhesion forces were identified and indicated the locations of β1-integrins on cells. ECM properties were assessed by estimating the Young's modulus of the matrix. Specific single antibody-antigen interactions averaged 78 ± 10 pN with multiple bindings occurring at approximate multiples of 78 pN. The author's results show that upregulated β1-integrin expression coincided with a less robust ECM as assessed by mechanical properties of tissues. In micromass and pellet cultures, transforming growth factor β3(TGF-β3) elicited a decrease in Young's modulus by 3.7- and 4.4-fold while eliciting an increase in β1-integrin count by 1.1- and 1.3-fold, respectively. β1-integrin counts on cells grown in the presence of TGF-β3 with oscillating hydrostatic pressure decreased by a 1.1-fold while the Young's modulus increased by a 1.9-fold. Collectively, our results suggest that cells in insufficiently robust ECM express more integrin perhaps to facilitate cell-ECM adhesion and compensate for a looser less robust ECM.
Industrial employment and income inequality: Evidence from panel data

Abstract Over the last decades, the Western world has seen millions of relatively well-paid manufacturing jobs disappear. Some have shifted to low-income countries, while other have been permanently lost due the introduction of labor-saving technologies. Concurrently, many comparatively low-wage jobs have been created in services, for example in fast food and retailing. This paper uses a dynamic panel of 27 high and middle income countries from 1991 to 2014 to estimate the effects of declining industrial employment shares on income inequality. The analysis shows that industrial employment is significantly negatively associated with income inequality. Additionally, the results suggest that it is the middle-earners that have borne the largest burden in terms of inequality increases.
Employment of College Graduates in the Era of Universalized Higher Education

The employment performance (including salaries, relevant to studies and job satisfaction) of college graduates from different school types and disciplines after the universalization of higher education in Taiwan was examined and a comparative analysis was conducted in this article. The findings were as follows: 1) Medicine and health and industrial arts were the best disciplines in terms of overall employment performance; however, and performed poorly overall in terms of employment. 2) The graduates' employment performance in the school type of public universities was better than others for the most part in Taiwan; however, the graduates of public universities who majored in arts, agriculture, mass media, physical education/other, home economics, and tourism services did not do well in terms of their employment performance. Based on the analysis, from the viewpoint of employment, we suggested that...
More than a Club

More than a Club is a joint project between the Football Association of Ireland and Welsh social enterprise, Vi-Ability. It aims to work with local professional football clubs in Ireland and Wales to help them set up stand-alone social enterprises which will address social needs within disadvantaged communities. The project will empower the clubs to recognise and use the powerful attraction of football and the value of their club brand locally in order to develop partnerships with statutory agencies and community groups to deliver important social programmes.
Dividend behaviour of public listed firm in Malaysia

The Malaysian financial market is governed and regulated by the Bursa Malaysia Berhad, an indicator of Malaysian financial market. Dividend policy in Malaysian companies is often inflexible as most of the firms are unwilling to cut or keep away from omitting dividend even when the company's earnings are falling. This research examined whether there are any correlation between earnings, firm's size and
liquidity against dividend. This research used data from companies from seven different selected sectors covering over period of six years from 2007 to 2012. From the results obtained, this research confirms that profitability, sizes and liquidity are the important determinants of dividend payment in Malaysia and the influence of industry on payout decision. The companies studied appear to be reluctant to omit dividend even when they suffers losse
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISTRIBUTED MULTI-MEDIA PRODUCTION, SHARING AND LOW COST MASS PUBLICATION

A system for synchronized viewing and editing includes a media viewer/editor (100) for viewing and editing media content (101) connected to a peer-to-peer swarming network, a user interface for said media viewer/ editor, and a communication channel connected to said user interface and to one or more other user interfaces and other media viewer/ editors, wherein said media viewer/editor can transmit media content to the other viewer/ editors via said peer-to-peer swarming network, and wherein said user interface can emit and receive operating information through said communication channel to each of said one or more other user interfaces to coordinate with said other media viewer/ editors.
Learning after learning: Perceptions of engineering alumni on skill development

In recent years, engineering education literature has shown a need for the increased emphasis in preparing students for professional practice. National organizations have demonstrated this need through lists of skills and outcomes required by engineering graduates. Numerous factors have been linked to the development of these outcomes, both inside and outside of the classroom. While these factors have been proven to be effective in developing skills important for the engineering profession during the undergraduate years, current literature demonstrates that engineers are still required to learn a considerable amount on the job in order to be successful. To extend prior research, this study investigates the perceptions of skill level at two points along an engineer's career: during the senior year (as taken retrospectively) and three years after graduation. Data were obtained from alumni though a nationally representative study of engineering programs. Multiple linear regression analyses show how participation in co-curricular undergraduate experiences and early career job functions relate to key technical and professional skills. Findings demonstrate the value of participation in such organizations and the relationship between career decisions and current and future skill development.
Combining probable trajectories

SESAR implementation will result in an environment using extensive and intensive planning to address complexity imbalances and reduce potential conflicts. Accurate planning requires quantifying forecast accuracy at all planning horizons with the main challenge of combining trajectories with different levels of accuracy.A quality indicator giving the forecast accuracy could enhance the situation: It has to combine uncertainties associated to traffic predictions and to trajectory predictions composing traffic.
COPTRA aims to propose, in a TBO, an efficient method to build probabilistic traffic forecasts on the basis of flight trajectory predictions. Its main objective is: Using the improvements brought to Trajectory Prediction by the future TBO environment; bring measurable improvements to Traffic Prediction in ATC Planning, specifically to the prediction of occupancy counts.
COPTRA objective is refined in 3 sub-objectives corresponding to its research work packages:
1. Define the concept of probabilistic trajectory and its prediction (WP2).
2. Using the definition of probabilistic trajectory, define the concept of probabilistic traffic situation and study how probabilistic traffic situations can be built by combining probabilistic trajectories (WP3).
3. Apply probabilistic traffic situations to ATC planning (WP4).
The management work packages encompass project management (WP1), results dissemination (WP5) and project conclusion (WP6).
To achieve its objectives, COPTRA brings together inter-disciplinary competencies where the partners are leading their respective area:
• BR&T-E and ITU are experts in trajectory prediction, including the important aspect of prediction uncertainty,
• UCLouvain ICTEAM has a proven track in using advanced methods and techniques to address optimal control problems on modern dynamical systems.
• In addition to CRIDA’s proven track in managing research projects, CRIDA and EUROCONTROL bring their expertise in ATC
Partnership between medium-sized European towns for new approaches to sustainable commercial development in town centres

Background
The operation “EUtopCOM” is focusing on reviving town-centre commercial activities in cities, whose inner cities are in decline and threatened by large retail spaces close to their municipalities. The operation focuses on addressing this problem through the exchange of experiences and skills between the partners. This will include councillors, public officials and experts. Beyond policy-learning the partnership will develop and test new approaches through pilot measures to be implemented in each of the partnering cities.

Objectives
The operation aims to improve capacities and policies in the partner regions. It will try to find solutions to the following questions: How to design a planning strategy in which commerce can act as driving force for urban renewal? Which new modalities of governance i.e. of joint decision-making between public authorities and socio-economical actors, are to be introduced to ensure effective mobilisation of all local partners around the future of commerce? How to reconcile commercial activities and sustainable development based on Agenda 21? Which strategic positioning is to be chosen to place commerce at the service of urban marketing and to place town profiles at the service of local commerce? How can new communication technologies be placed at the service of local commerce?

Results
The operation results in strengthening the partner's capacities and professional skills to devise and implement appropriate urban development strategies. Partners attach greater importance to the interests of inner-city commerce in town planning experiment with improving the attractiveness of city-centre commerce through pilot projects.

Activities include thematic workshops and seminars on issues linked to urban revitalization and city-center revival, in particular focusing on commerce and study-trips to facilitate the know-how transfer. Datasheets on good practice found are being drafted and disseminated. Interregional working groups have been formed in all partner cities to plan pilot activities to test new approaches and to re-energise local commerce
A Performance Evaluation Model for Virtual Servers in KVM-Based Virtualized System

According to the statistics, there is low resource utilization and high energy consumption in traditional servers. To reduce the cost, more and more companies begin to build virtual servers. Sever virtualization implements the mapping from virtual resources to physical resources and deal with resource contention among all VMs. Because of complexity of virtualized server systems, it is necessary to evaluate the performance of virtual servers. In this paper, we present the major performance-influencing factors in KVM virtualization. Based on factors, then we propose a performance evaluation model based on queuing networking model. In the end, we give a case study to illustrate the use of performance evaluation model on specific KVM virtualized environment and verify the correctness of the model.
Compounds that selectively bind sodium.

A compound having the property of selectively binding sodium ions in the presence of potassium ions and having the formula: where X is- O - or and where any aromatic ring may be substituted and/or may form part of a fused aromatic ring system.At least one of the aromatic rings may be substituted by a spectroscopic reporter group, a group which permits the compound to enter and remain in a cell and/or an electron donating or withdrawing group.A method of determining cytoplasmic sodium concentration by using this compound as a probe is also described.
Dna trustag - a paradigm shift in authentication technologies

The main goal of this proposal is to study the technical and commercial feasibility of an innovative DNA-based authentication technology (DNA TRUSTAG - https://vimeo.com/156417735) for brand and product protection. The DNA TRUSTAG platform enables cost-effective and scalable production of composite nanoparticles containing unique DNA codes (impossible to forge), which generate reading signals similar to a barcoded label. The composite nanoparticles are used to mark and authenticate raw materials and a range of products directly in the production line.
The introduction of counterfeit goods in distribution chains is reaching epidemic proportions. Counterfeit goods now encompass all industrial sectors, including pharmaceuticals, electronic goods, cosmetics, automotive spare parts, pesticides, food and beverages. Counterfeit products are becoming more refined and there is an increasing number of cases, where not even manufacturers are able to distinguish fake from original.
Traditional, anti-counterfeit technologies based on physical methods, such as holograms, security inks and labels, barcodes and radio-frequency identification are vulnerable, thus being frequently counterfeited. Clearly, there is a market opportunity for new and innovative anti-counterfeit technologies.
We aim to explore and assess the feasibility of our technology under industrial conditions (e.g., during the production of authentication labels and tests) and to study the feasibility of the introduction of DNA TRUSTAG technology (product and services) in the international market. To this end, both the technical and economic viability of the project will be accessed in collaboration with important players in the sector. At the end of the project a feasibility report and a project plan detailing the phase 2 proposal will be delivered.
Non-starter lactic acid bacteria used to improve cheese quality and provide health benefits

Non-starter lactic acid bacteria (NSLAB) dominate cheese microbiota during ripening. They tolerate the hostile environment well and strongly influence the biochemistry of curd maturation, contributing to the development of the final characteristics of cheese. Several NSLAB are selected on the basis of their health benefits (enhancement of intestinal probiosis, production of bioactive peptides, generation of gamma-aminobutyric acid and inactivation of antigenotoxins) and are employed in cheese-making. This review describes the ecology of NSLAB, and focuses on their application as adjunct cultures, in order to drive the ripening process and promote health advantages. The scopes of future directions of research are summarised.
Enhancing innovation management capacity of smes in the netherlands 2015-2016

The overall objectives of the project are to deliver services designed to enhance the innovation management capacity of
SMEs in the Netherlands between 1 january 2015 and 31 December 2016.
These services will comprise both key account management services under the SME Instrument of Horizon 2020 and
services to enhance the innovation management capacities of SMEs.

The sub objectives for the first category  are: to develop regional SME innovation management capacity by carrying out an innovation management gap analysis and developing and implementing a coaching action plan for a specific project under the H2020 SME Instrument.

The sub objectives for the second category are: to identify promising SMEs capable of growth and successful internationalisation, to carry out a diagnostic audit to identify gaps in the regional SME innovation management capacity and to develop and implement a tailored action plan to make the innovation system in the company more efficient and effective.
Syrian imaginations of europe

Refugees’ attempts to flee to a certain country are usually preceded by imaginations about possible destination countries. These imaginations not only contribute to refugees’ decisions where to seek asylum but also have an effect on how refugees experience realities when they eventually arrive in the destination country. The research project ‘SYRMAGINE – Syrian Imaginations of Europe’ focusses on how Europe is imagined by Syrian refugees settling in Syria’s neighbouring countries and examines how refugees’ imaginations affect their attitudes to seek asylum in European countries. SYRMAGINE understands “geographical imaginations” of Europe as subjective human conceptions of a geographical location and stresses the differences between “imagined regions” and reality. The project adopts an interdisciplinary mixed-method approach combining a large sample of individual surveys, semi-directive interviews and an online ethnography in two recipient and transit countries of Syrian refugees in the Middle East, Lebanon and Turkey. 
SYRMAGINE contributes to the academic literature on the active role of imaginations in refugees’ decision-making. From a policy perspective, it responds to one of the key priorities of the Horizon 2020 work programme 2016-2017, which is to investigate the governance of migration and asylum. The research is highly time relevant due to the surge of Syrian asylum application in Europe in the last years: Between April 2011 and June 2016, more than one million Syrians have applied for asylum in Europe (UNHCR 2016).
The research project has the following three objectives: 1) to investigate the relation between refugees’ imaginations and decision-making and to study how the present country of residence compares to Europe as a destination choice, 2) to examine how refugees inform themselves about social and political realities in European countries and 3) to use these findings to contribute to the development of evidence-based asylum and integration policies.
No compelling cosmological models come out of magnetic universes which are based on nonlinear electrodynamics

Here we investigate the cosmic dynamics of Friedmann-Robertson-Walker universes -- flat spatial sections -- which are driven by nonlinear electrodynamics (NLED) Lagrangians. We pay special attention to the check of the sign of the square sound speed since, whenever the latter quantity is negative, the corresponding cosmological model is classically unstable against small perturbations of the background energy density. Besides, based on causality arguments, one has to require that the mentioned small perturbations of the background should propagate at most at the local speed of light. We also look for the occurrence of curvature singularities. Our results indicate that several cosmological models which are based in known NLED Lagrangians, either are plagued by curvature singularities of the sudden and/or big rip type, or are violently unstable against small perturbations of the cosmological background -- due to negative sign of the square sound speed -- or both. In addition, causality issues associated with superluminal propagation of the background perturbations may also arise.
Size Control and Magnetic Property Trends in Cobalt Ferrite Nanoparticles Synthesized Using an Aqueous Chemical Route

Cobalt ferrite (CoFe2O4) is an engineering material which is used for applications such as magnetic cores, magnetic switches, hyperthermia based tumor treatment, and as contrast agents for magnetic resonance imaging. Utility of ferrites nanoparticles hinges on its size, dispersibility in solutions, and synthetic control over its coercivity. In this work, we establish correlations between room temperature co-precipitation conditions, and these crucial materials parameters. Furthermore, post-synthesis annealing conditions are correlated with morphology, changes in crystal structure and magnetic properties. We disclose the synthesis and process conditions helpful in obtaining easily sinterable CoFe2O4 nanoparticles with coercive magnetic flux density (Hc) in the range 5.5-31.9 kA/m and Ms in the range 47.9-84.9 A·m2Kg-1. At a grain size of ~ 54±2 nm (corresponding to 1073 K sintering temperature), multi-domain behavior sets in, which is indicated by a decrease in Hc. In addition, we observe an increase in lattice constant with respect to grain size, which is the inverse of what is expected of in ferrites. Our results suggest that oxygen deficiency plays a crucial role in explaining this inverse trend. We expect the method disclosed here to be a viable and scalable alternative to thermal decomposition based CoFe2O4 synthesis. The magnetic trends reported will aid in the optimization of functional CoFe2O4 nanoparticles.
Radioxenon signatures from activation of environmental xenon

For distinguishing between nuclear explosions and other man made releases, atmospheric monitoring of radioactive noble gas isotopes, xenon isotopes in particular, is of interest to the non-proliferation community. Radioxenon releases can originate from nuclear weapons tests (atmospheric, underground, and underwater), research and commercial reactors, and medical isotope production facilities. Their impacts on atmospheric sample analysis have to be well understood to distinguish between them. This work focuses on the contribution of xenon activation by thermal, epithermal, and 14 MeV neutrons to radioxenon signatures. Calculations to estimate radioxenon production from activation in research reactors are performed and compared to experimental data.