SIRIS-Lab/unlabelled-sti-corpus huggingface dataset:
Assessment of CO2 Emission Reduction in Road Construction Using Recycled Concrete Materials

Climatic change is a grave threat for human life. After the industrial revolution, the rapid increase in atmospheric greenhouse gases, most notably carbon dioxide (CO2), is primarily responsible for global warming over the past 50 years. Particularly, the high emission of CO2 in civil works becomes a critical issue for urban development and construction due to its high energy demand and fuel consumption. Therefore, it is important to make the effort to reduce the CO2 emission from each quality construction project. Based on product-category rules (PCR), two major road construction materials, asphalt concrete and cement concrete, were studied in this paper. Carbon footprints of the studied materials were examined through the cradle-to-gate life cycle assessment (LCA) from raw material mining and transportation to factory manufacturing. Our results showed that the primary factor controlling the CO2 emission factor of recycled concrete is the proportion of recycled materials in the mixture of cement and fine-grained aggregates. The amount of CO2 emission of road construction using recycled asphalt concrete was 4.533 kg CO2 less than those using normal asphalt concrete.
COMB FILTER MODULE WITH BOTH COMPOSITE AND Y/C-SEPARATED INPUTS

A comb filter module (10) having an input (16(2)) for a composite video signal (Vd1), a comb filter circuit (20), comprising a glass delay line (12) and an associated circuit (13), for separating the composite video signal into Y and C signal components, includes further inputs (16(3), 16(4)) for a second video signal (Vd2) comprising separate Y and C components, e.g. an S-VHS signal, and switching means (25) operable selectively to supply either the Y and C signals from the comb filter circuit or from the further inputs to the module outputs. In a television apparatus the module conveniently provides in one unit both comb filtering and a video signal switch functions.
“Wokismo” ou a guerra cultural à francesa

Transcrição da exposição do autor na Jornada de Estudos do GENA (Grupo de estudos sobre o neoliberalismo e alternativas), em 30 de maio de 2022 no Conservatório Nacional de Artes e Ofícios (CNAM), Paris.
High performing and safe solvent derived from cellulosic feedstocks

ReSolute Project aims to pave the way for the production, at full industrial scale, of novel, non-toxic and high performing solvent from wood biomass. The Chemical sector is today facing a number of challenges driving demand for higher performing and safer chemicals derived from biomass. In the meantime, in the face of declining demand for paper, the pulp and paper industry is actively exploring opportunities to diversify into new areas or business including bio-based chemicals. In response to these needs, Circa has developed, at demonstration scale, a proprietary process to produce a novel bio-paper sector. From LGO ca be derived a wide range of chemicals including solvents, specialty polymers, flavours & fragrances, pharmaceutical and agrochemical actives. Circa’s first commercial product – a novel solvent trademarked as Cyrene – has already been trialled by more than 400 compagnies and researchers across the world and, for a growing number of applications, outperforms traditional dipolar aprotic solvents such as NMP, DMF and DMAc, which are under intense regulatory pressure due to their toxicity. Building on Circa group’s unique experience gained over the last 10 years via its 4 pilots and its operating demonstration plant, one of ReSolute’s key objectives will be to build and successfully operate a first-of-its kind Flagship Cyrene plant. The biorefinery will be built in France on the Carling Saint-Avold platform site owned by Total. The Flagship plant is expected to be mainly fed with saw dust and have a nameplate capacity of 1,000 metric tonnes per year. To reach this ambitious target, ReSolute will bring together 11 key actors along the entire value chain and will look to valorize the main by-product (biochar) in the energy and activated carbon markets.
ULTRASONIC TELEMETRY AND POWER TRANSMISSION THROUGH SUBSEA RISER CASING WALL

A method and apparatus for providing communication and/or power through a medium including a transmitter comprising a surface configured to send a signal at a controlled angle a receiver comprising a surface configured to receive the signal from the transmitter a medium between the transmitter and receiver, wherein the medium comprises a pipe, and wherein the controlled angle can be less than or greater than 90 degrees. In some embodiments, the controlled angle is tailored to allow only the first direct arrival to reach the receiver and to prevent multiple reflections from reaching the receiver. In some embodiments, the transmitter surface steers a beam to deliver the controlled angle. In some embodiments the medium is exposed to a temperature of up to 200°C and/or a pressure of up to 30,000 psi. In some embodiments the receiver surface receives a signal that comprises a frequency of 1-20 MHz or a frequency of about 5 to about 15 MHz.
Gnss for mass-market internet-of-things tracking applications

Our project intends to foster Internet-of-Things tracking applications by delivering a breakthrough GNSS-based sensing technology that is low-power and low-cost.
GNSS are historically designed for autonomous positioning, such as car navigation systems and imply high battery needs for the receivers. Observing that tracking applications do not require the asset to know its own position, but rather the application itself, our innovation introduces a new system approach for small battery-powered electronic devices using low-power wireless connectivity. With our solution, they can only sense the GNSS signals, and the position is computed in a cloud-based server, whereby power consumption is not an issue.
By offering a 10X decrease in power consumption compared to state-of-the-art technologies and matching with IoT networks constraints, our technology meets the crucial requirements in terms of power consumption, costs, and services in order to address the most significant opportunities in the assets (pallets, trailers, livestock…) and personal (people, belongings, pets...) tracking markets.
Delivered as geolocation cloud services, the solution under development will enable the tracking system providers to tackle mass-markets needs on top of which:
-	For professional use-cases: Insuring Return-on-Investment by achieving a cost-effective tracker that lasts as long as the object without replacing cells.
-	For consumer use-cases: Managing end-user acceptance by reaching a compact design while showcasing sufficient autonomy.
The feasibility assessment will focus on the economic viability and on the necessary steps for a successful go-to-market strategy. While this project covers world-wide challenges in different verticals (logistics, manufacturing, agriculture, consumers), Europe is at the heart of our developments because:
1)	Europe is currently the de facto cradle of IoT wireless networks
2)	It will contribute to make Galileo the default option for IoT tracking applications
RACK AND HOIST SYSTEM

A rack and a hoist system. The rack is L-shaped with a first planar floor/leg and a second planar floor/foot, which is a solid plate. The first floor has three pairs of wheels with the middle pair larger than the other pairs and a mount to couple to the hoist via a hooked line that couples to a double-hooked line that hooks into apertures through paired mounting plates near the top end of the leg. The foot includes a tag-line mount from which a tag-line may be mounted to help guide movement thereof using the hoist. The foot includes wheels such that when the first floor is tipped up while being lifted, the wheels of the foot engage with the surface while the wheels on the leg are disengaging. There are flanking posts, strap structures, and flanking plates that help to secure the load (e.g. rebars, pipes, and sheet rock)
WASTE DISPOSAL DEVICE INCLUDING A CARTRIDGE

A waste disposal device has a rotatable rim to operate a cartridge is provided. The device comprises a rotation mechanism. A flange supports a rotatable geared rim. The support flange is operatively configured to be driven by the rotation mechanism. The cartridge is also operatively configured to engage the geared rim so as to be capable of rotating with the support flange upon actuation of the rotation mechanism. A waste disposal device including a cartridge holding a length of flexible tubing is also provided. The cartridge is housed in a housing configured to impede rotation of the cartridge. A rotation mechanism is positioned interior to the cartridge housing including a diaphragm having slits through which the flexible tubing from the cartridge may be passed. The rotation mechanism is operatively configured to controllably rotate and twist the tubing extending from the cartridge when the flexible tubing is passed through the slits.
Subaqueous hot springs in Köyceğiz Lake, Dalyan Channel and Fethiye-Göcek Bay (SW Turkey): Locations, chemistry and origins

Abstract In this study, horizontal temperature measurements along organized grids have been used to detect subaqueous hot springs. The study area, located in the southwest of Turkey and comprised of Koycegiz Lake, Dalyan Channel and Fethiye-Gocek Bay, was scanned by measuring temperatures horizontally, 2–3 m above the bottom of the lake or sea. After analyzing the temperature data along the grids, the locations with anomalous temperature values were detected, and divers headed here for further verification. Accordingly, among these anomalies, the divers confirmed seven of them as subaqueous hot springs. Three of these hot springs are located in the Koycegiz Lake, three of them are located in the Dalyan Channel and one hot spring is located in the Fethiye-Gocek Bay. At the locations where temperature anomalies were detected, the divers collected samples directly from the subaqueous hot spring using a syringe-type sampler. We evaluated these water samples together with samples collected from hot and cold springs on land and from local rivers, lakes and the sea, with an aim to generate a conceptual hydrogeochemical model of the geothermal system in the study area. This model predicts that rainwater precipitating in the highlands percolates through fractures and faults into the deeper parts of the Earth's crust, here it is heated and ascends through the sea bottom via buried faults. Pervious carbonate nappes that are underlain and overlain by impervious rocks create a confined aquifer. The southern boundary of the Carbonate-Marmaris nappes is buried under alluvium and/or sea/lake water bodies and this phenomenon determines whether hot springs occur on land or subaqueous. The chemical and isotopic properties of the hot springs point to seawater mixing at deep levels. Thus, the mixing most probably occurs while the water is ascending through the faults and fractures. The gas geochemistry results reveal that the lowest mantle He contributions occur in the samples from Koycegiz Lake, whereas the highest ones are found in samples from the Dalaman plain. For the first time, we made use of the micro-XRF sediment core scanning (ITRAX Scanner) for exploring the relation between subaqueous geothermal occurrence and chemical properties of the surrounding sediments. The spatial elemental distribution of sea/lake bottom sediments suggests that depending on the surrounding rock units and the temperature of the hot spring, the sediments around the spring can be enriched with certain elements.
ASSEMBLY FOR A TURBINE ENGINE

The invention relates to an assembly (1) for a turbine engine extending along an axis, comprising a stator, a low-pressure compressor shaft (4), a low-pressure compressor comprising a rotor comprising a drum (2) rotatably coupled to the shaft (4) of the low-pressure compressor, a fan (21) comprising a disk (23) rotatably coupled to the shaft (4) of the low-pressure compressor, characterised in that the drum (2) comprises a radially internal part (3) rotatably coupled to the shaft (4) of the low-pressure compressor and a radially external part (5) fixed to the radially internal part (3) by means of detachable fixing means (11), first axial retention means (30) capable of axially and detachably retaining the disk (23) of the fan (21) relative to the shaft (4) of the low-pressure compressor, second axial retention means (15) capable of axially and detachably retaining the radially internal part (3) of the drum (3) relative to the shaft (4) of the low-pressure compressor.
Device for applying mortar on a workable surface

Device for applying mortar an a workable surface of a building comprises a common mobile base with a capacity for mortar, a pump with an electric drive, a hose and a changeable working organ. In the variant with semi-automatic control it comprises a microprocessor system of control and a panel on the mobile base, and outside the base there is a remote control panel and an autonomous microprocessor laser guidance unit for controlled supports of the working organ for its positioning and setting up applied mortar thickness. Supports are positioned on a movable frame connected to a carrying frame fixed on the common mobile base.
Shock pressure estimates in target basalts of a pristine crater: A case study in the Lonar crater, India

The study of shock pressure indicators can provide important clues for understanding the cratering process, though the estimation of shock pressures in weakly shocked rocks is commonly difficult. In this study, we selected a very young and well-preserved impact structure, the Lonar crater in India. The crater, devoid of any tectonic overprint, can be assumed as pristine. We used a combination of rock magnetic and microfracture studies to estimate shock pressure in the crater rim. On the basis of present results, the magnetic fabrics are interpreted to be of magmatic origin related to the Deccan basalt emplacement. The high-coercivity component of the natural remnant magnetization in the crater rim basalt is similar to that in the unshocked basalt. The lack of any shock-related magnetic overprint on the crater rim basalt is, therefore, evident in the Lonar crater. In contrast, radial and concentric microfractures observed in basalts at the crater rim and farther away show symmetric distribution with respect to the crater. The concentric microfractures consistently overprint the radial microfractures. We infer that the radial and concentric microfractures were developed during propagation of the early compressional and the late decompressional shock wave components, respectively. The results of our rock magnetic and microfracture studies, when interpreted in light of published experimental and numerical simulation studies on the Lonar basalt, reveal that the shock pressure in the Lonar crater rim was less than 0.5 GPa but greater than 0.2 GPa. This shock pressure was high enough to produce fractures but too low to affect the magnetic fabrics. These results give new information on the relationship between shock pressure and resulting microfractures.
Duo: a minimally invasive device to treat all patients with tricuspid valve disease

Heart failure is the leading cause of death, affecting 15 million patients across Europe and the US. In patients with heart failure, the right heart expands, resulting in the tricuspid valve not closing properly and blood leaking backwards. This is called tricuspid regurgitation. The tricuspid valve has remained largely untreated due to unique functional and anatomical challenges.  Currently less than 1% of patients are surgically treated due to the fact that open-heart surgery is still the only treatment option and is very risky. As a result, these patients face worsening quality of life with 60% of patients not surviving past 3 years.

The Duo project aims to enable the commercialisation of a minimally invasive device that restores the function of the tricuspid valve in a safe and effective manner for all patients with TR. An innovative adjustable anchor holds the device in position between the tricuspid valve leaflets, anchored against the venous wall, where it does not touch the fragile cardiac tissue.

This multi-disciplinary consortium of innovative SME’s is uniquely positioned to accelerate bringing this disruptive technology to market. CroiValve, the consortium coordinator, was founded specifically to develop and commercialise a minimally invasive tricuspid treatment. ICS Medical is an expert in the design, development and manufacturing of complex catheter solutions. Syntactx is a full-service CRO that understands how to deliver efficient and good quality clinical data. 3D LaserTec is an innovation driven centre for laser cut parts. With Fast Track to Innovation funding, the consortium will finalise the development of the Duo-TF device and develop US clinical evidence demonstrating the clinical benefits of Duo to the patient. This will position Duo as the gold standard treatment, thus saving the lives of thousands of patients and reducing this significant healthcare burden. The project will also enable Europe to take the lead in the large tricuspid €2.5Bn/year market.
Explicit high-order time stepping based on componentwise application of asymptotic block Lanczos iteration

SUMMARY
This paper describes the development of explicit time stepping methods for linear PDEs that are specifically designed to cope with the stiffness of the system of ODEs that results from spatial discretization. As stiffness is caused by the contrasting behavior of coupled components of the solution, it is proposed to adopt a componentwise approach in which each coefficient of the solution in an appropriate basis is computed using an individualized approximation of the solution operator. This has been accomplished by Krylov subspace spectral (KSS) methods, which use techniques from ‘matrices, moments and quadrature’ to approximate bilinear forms involving functions of matrices via block Gaussian quadrature rules. These forms correspond to coefficients with respect to the chosen basis of the application of the solution operator of the PDE to the solution at an earlier time. In this paper, it is proposed to substantially enhance the efficiency of KSS methods through the prescription of quadrature nodes on the basis of asymptotic analysis of the recursion coefficients produced by block Lanczos iteration for each Fourier coefficient as a function of frequency. The potential of this idea is illustrated through numerical results obtained from the application of the modified KSS methods to diffusion equations and wave equations. Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Reliability Evaluation Optimal Selection Model of Component-Based System

If the components in a component-based software system come from different sources, the characteristics of the components may be different. Therefore, evaluating the reliability of a component-based system with a fixed model for all components will not be reasonable. To solve this problem, this paper combines a single reliability growth model with an architecture-based reliability model, and proposes an optimal selecting approach. First, the most appropriate model of each component is selected according to the historical reliability data of the component, so that the evaluation deviation is the smallest. Then, system reliability is evaluated according to both the relationships among components and the using frequency of each component. As the approach takes into account the historical data and the using frequency of each component, the evaluation and prediction results are more accurate than those of using a single model.
Proteases and their Receptors as Mediators of Inflammation-Associated Colon Cancer

Chronic inflammation increases the risk of developing cancer. For example, patients with severe and prolonged inflammatory bowel disease, particularly ulcerative colitis, have a significantly higher risk of developing colorectal cancer. Serine proteases coordinating the coagulation cascade and immune cell proteases play important roles in regulating the inflammatory response through their actions on protease-activated receptors (PAR). PARs and their activating proteases have also been implicated in many cancers, including CRC. Importantly, the actions of proteases could be important for mediating the transition from chronic inflammation to cancer. PAR activation has been shown to have pro-tumourigenic effects including the production of matrix metalloproteinases that can promote tumour cell growth and metastasis, and transactivation of the epidermal growth factor receptor, which is a main target for cancer treatment. Additionally, PAR activation can also result in increased expression of cyclooxygenase (COX)-2, an important enzyme mediating inflammation, resolution, and cancer progression. In this review, we will highlight our current knowledge about the effects of proteases and their receptors on intestinal inflammation and cancer, and explore the potential role of PAR-induced COX-2 on colitis-associated cancer.
APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PREPARING VARIABLE DENSITY DRILLING MUDS

Disclosed is an apparatus for preparing variable density drilling muds. The invention is particularly useful in offshore operations where storage and transportation of consumable materials is an important economic issue. One version of the apparatus is a portable apparatus requiring minimal deck space that can be used as needed and then removed. The apparatus comprises a mixing chamber, a first and second feel line serving the mixing chamber, the feed lines having flow meters and control valves, wherein the flow meters are responsive to a non-intrusive sensory mechanism, such as magnetic flow meters, ultrasonic flow meters, and the like. The invention is particularly useful during offshore dynamic kill drilling.
Internacionalización de TrendyBrigade

Internacionalización de la marca SIW para el mercado asiático, especialmente para China y Qatar, apostando por muebles de estilo clásico nouveaux.