SIRIS-Lab/unlabelled-sti-corpus huggingface dataset:
Aquatic-Terrestrial linkages in afrotropical lakes and rivers using stable hydrogen isotopes

Understanding ecological functioning of large aquatic ecosystems provides an essential framework for conservation and management of aquatic resources. The degree to which aquatic and terrestrial primary production fuel Afrotropical aquatic food webs remains poorly understood, since quantifying the relative contributions of these resources is methodologically challenging. Carbon and nitrogen stable isotope ratios have provided valuable insights regarding the contributions of terrestrial resources, but this approach has limitations in its resolving power. Recently, the promising use of stable hydrogen isotope ratios (δ2H) has gained attention to complement those ‘traditional’ isotopes for aquatic food webs due to their greater power of separation between aquatic and terrestrial subsidies. However, measurements of δ2H of complex organic materials have faced several methodological issues related to the isotopic H exchange and the effect of residual moisture in samples. This proposal will combine the expertise of applicant in H isotopes and the host group expertise in tropical aquatic biogeochemistry to link terrestrial inputs to invertebrate and fish productivity in the Congo River basin and Lake Edward to understand their ecosystem functioning, building on a large set of available samples (Congo River) as well as new fieldwork (L. Edward). The aims of this research are: to test new preparation systems to control H exchangeability and absorbed water for H isotope analysis; and to quantify to which extent aquatic communities in the Congo River basin and L. Edward depend on aquatic and terrestrial primary production using a multiple tracer approach during different hydrological conditions, and over different temporal scales (recent versus historical, using museum-archived specimens). The information obtained through this project will be of direct relevance for the conservation and management of important goods and services offered by these ecosystems (i.e. fisheries).
Alliance between rural areas for family-friendly tourist hospitality

The project Friends 4family tackles important challenges of the programme area, as the promotion of lesser-known destinations of Puglia and Albania, mostly focusing on the valorization of the rural areas of the Region of Vlora and North West of Salento (Puglia) able to attract specific target of tourists: the families. Puglia and Albania are territories strongly carachterized by a seaside/maritime tourism with a demand mostly concentrated in the summer period. Moreover, Region of Vlora and the Noth West Salento are territories joined by a strong rural vocation and an hospitality offer with wide margins of improvement and growth in terms of authenticity and rural values. The identification of a new target of tourists (families) as well of new touristic destinations (rural areas) represents the way to diversify the touristic offer, thus promoting the deseasonalization of the local tourism offer. The overall objective is to design a quality territorial touristic offer based on rural values for a family-friendly tourist hospitality. More specifically, Friends 4family aims to 1) valorize the rural areas of the Region of Vlora and North West of Salento; and 2) to improve the collaboration between rural touristic operators by sharing good practices and by transferring know how in the management of a "family tourism". The project will lead to 1) Innovative services for families based on minimun quality standards  (e.g. reduced/special prices for families, baby-sitting services, dedicated phisycal spaces/corner for babies brestfeed, educational activities for children and young people) 2) A cross-border network of rural touristic operators for improving the family tourism services. Capacity building actions as workshops, study visits and B2B meetings will be organized in order to promote a culture of hospitality closer to the familiy needs and bilateral agreements between rural touristic operators and local public bodies will be signed.
Qualité de vie des femmes atteintes du cancer du sein traitées dans un centre de radiothérapie à Caruaru, Pernambuco, Brésil

Objectif : Déterminer la qualité de vie (QDV) des patientes atteintes du cancer du sein en traitement de radiothérapie. Méthodologie : La présente étude vise à mesurer, grâce à une approche quantitative descriptive, la QDV des patientes atteintes de cancer du sein traitées par radiothérapie. Un échantillon de commodité de 30 femmes en traitement de radiothérapie a répondu au questionnaire EORTC QLQ-C30 au jour 1 (1re séance de traitement) et au jour 28 (28e séance). Résultats : Des écarts notables dans la QDV se dégagent entre les deux collectes de données. Outre une dégradation de la santé générale (de 88,33 à 61,67) et de la santé fonctionnelle (de 76,45 à 67,77), une augmentation de l’intensité des symptômes (de 13,85 à 24,62) a été observée. Conclusion : Le traitement de radiothérapie nuit à la QDV des patientes atteintes du cancer du sein. L’équipe infirmière doit donc travailler en concertation avec une équipe multiprofessionnelle pour gérer adéquatement le traitement.
Exploiting protein complexes that induce cell-death

The formation of specific protein complexes are key events in life-and-death decisions made by cells. Inappropriate decisions underpin a plethora of disease conditions from degenerative diseases to cancer while the role of the complexes in these processes make them important therapeutic targets. Our ability to develop small molecules to target death-inducing protein complexes has been hampered by an inability to measure complex formation in cells in real-time and by the absence of robust high-throughput assays for the discovery of new lead molecules that target these complexes. 
The proposed network (EPIC) will address both of these problems by developing new approaches to measure necrosome and apoptosome formation in real-time as well as new high-throughput and high-content screening assays using Fluorescence resonance transfer and split-luciferase technologies.
EPIC will conform with the H2020 work programme by integrating research activity, novel reagents and expertise across Europe and world through the mobility, knowledge transfer and training of experienced and early stage researchers from within and without the EU. EPIC will realise the potential of researchers through the development of new skill-sets, the transfer new skills between academia and industry, and the development of career opportunities for EU ESRs and ERs. A key part of this activity is the mobility of non-EU researchers and the inward transfer of essential knowledge from outside the EU to benefit EU-based research. 
Establishment of EPIC through RISE will generate lead molecules with demonstrable utility and knowledge that will underpin applications to national funding agencies to sustain the communal effort beyond the life of the RISE award. It will also generate intellectual property that will enable the network to approach biotech and pharma to form academia-industry partnerships that will further develop small molecule leads as therapeutics.
On Nonsmooth Estimating Functions via Jackknife Empirical Likelihood

In many applications, the parameters of interest are estimated by solving non-smooth estimating functions with U-statistic structure. Because the asymptotic covariances matrix of the estimator generally involves the underlying density function, resampling methods are often used to bypass the difficulty of non-parametric density estimation. Despite its simplicity, the resultant-covariance matrix estimator depends on the nature of resampling, and the method can be time-consuming when the number of replications is large. Furthermore, the inferences are based on the normal approximation that may not be accurate for practical sample sizes. In this paper, we propose a jackknife empirical likelihood-based inferential procedure for non-smooth estimating functions. Standard chi-square distributions are used to calculate the p-value and to construct confidence intervals. Extensive simulation studies and two real examples are provided to illustrate its practical utilities.
Structural and spectroscopic study of adsorption of naphthalene on silver

Abstract Adsorption characteristics of naphthalene on silver are investigated using methods based on Density Functional Theory (DFT) and Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy (SERS). Variations in bond angles and dihedral angles of the optimized geometry of naphthalene after adsorption on silver indicate distorted hexagonal structure of the ring nearer to Ag atoms and deviations in co-planarity of carbon atoms. Theoretical computations establish binding interactions through π electrons as natural bond orbital analysis confirms intramolecular charge transfers originating from the orbital overlap between π (C C) to π ∗ (C C) and π (C C) to σ ∗ (Ag Ag) orbitals. Higher polarization values resulting from charge transfers on adsorption, indicated by DFT calculations, account for Raman enhancement of selective vibrational modes and band shifts. Silver nanoparticles (Ag NPs) were prepared using solution combustion method and were characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD) and High Resolution Transmission Electron Microscopy (HRTEM). Surface plasmon resonance peak observed around 412 nm in the optical absorption spectrum of Ag NPs after adsorption of naphthalene is in good agreement with the theoretically simulated UV spectra derived using Time-Dependent Density Functional Theory (TDDFT) calculations. Theoretical and experimental SERS are correlating well, strongly confirming the process of adsorption, the tilted orientation of naphthalene on silver surface and the adsorption mechanism reported. Localization of electron density resulting from redistribution of electrostatic potential after adsorption on silver together with the reduction in bandgap of naphthalene suggests its utility in the design of electro active organic molecular devices.
COMBINED AUDIO CODING MINIMIZING PERCEPTUAL DISTORTION.

An audio encoder in which two or more preferably different encoders co ioperate to generate a joint encoded audio signal. Encoding parameters of the two or more encoders are optimized in response to a measure of distortion of the joint encoded audio signal in accordance with a predetermined criterion. The distortion. measure is preferably a perceptual distortion measure. In one encoder embodiment comprising a sinusoidal and a waveform encoder, a constant total bit rate for each audio frame is distributed between the two encoders so as to minimize perceptual distortion for both the first and the second encoder. Other embodiments consider a set of encoding parameters that is larger than only those that minimize the perceptual distortion of the first encoder. In some embodiments, perceptual distortion may be minimized by optimizing encoding via optimizing entire encoding templates, i.e. a complex set of encoding parameters, for the separate encoders. The separate encoders may either be c ascaded or operate in parallel, or in a combination of these. Two or more audio segments are preferably taken into account in the optimizing procedure. A corresponding audio decoder comprises separate decoders corresponding to the separate encoders of the audio encoder that encoded the audio signal. Decoded signal parts from these decoders are then added to produce the final audio signal. The presented audio encoding is efficient and provides a high sound quality because the encoding scheme is flexible and adapts to specific demands for each audio excerpt.
Changes in intra-abdominal, iliac venous and central venous pressures in patients undergoing abdominal surgery due to large tumors of the colon--a pilot study.

Changes in intra-abdominal pressure during bowel tumor surgery have not been documented. The purpose of the present study was to analyze changes in intra-abdominal pressure (IAP), central venous pressure (CVP) and iliac venous pressure (IVP) in patients undergoing laparotomy due to large tumor of the bowel. Twenty-one adult patients undergoing elective abdominal surgery were examined. Intra-abdominal pressure, CVP and IVP were measured during anesthesia, surgery and early postoperative period. The mean IAP before anesthesia was 12.76 +/- 1.09 mm Hg and mean bowel tumor volume 1550 +/- 227.48 mL. Anesthesia induction decreased IAP to 10.52 +/- 1.32 mm Hg and excision of intra-peritoneal tumors to 5.24 +/- 1.51 mm Hg (49.7%). Ten minutes after anesthesia, IAP increased to 7.47 +/- 1.2 mm Hg and one hour after surgery decreased to 6.19 +/- 1.43 mm Hg. There was a strong overall correlation between IAP and CVP (P = 0.0000; r = 0.7779), as well as between IAP and IVP (P = 0.0000; r = 0.8635). Moreover, IAP correlated with IVP immediately after anesthesia and one hour after anesthesia. In conclusion, induction of anesthesia decreased IAP; excision of large bowel tumors decreased IAP; and IAP strongly correlated with CVP and IVP.
The translucent cadaver: A follow-up study to gauge the efficacy of implementing changes suggested by students

In a study conducted in 2011, the use of full body digital X-ray images (Lodox® Statscan®) and drawings were described for surface anatomy education during which suggestions were made by students on how to improve the method. Educational innovations should continuously be adjusted and improved to provide the best possible scenario for student learning. This study, therefore, reports on the efficacy of implementing some of these suggestions. Suggestions incorporated into the follow-up study included: (1) The inclusion of eight strategically placed labeled digital X-ray images to the dissection halls, (2) The placement of both labeled and unlabeled digital X-ray images online, (3) The inclusion of informal oral questions on surface anatomy during dissection, (4) The requirement of students to submit individual drawings in addition to group drawings into their portfolios, and (5) Integrating information on how to recognize anatomical structures on X-rays into gross anatomy lectures given prior to dissection. Students were requested to complete an anonymous questionnaire. The results of the drawings, tests and questionnaires were compared to the results from the 2011 cohort. During 2012, an increased usage of the digital X-rays and an increase in practical test marks in three out of the four modules (statistically significant only in the cardiovascular module) were reported. More students from the 2012 cohort believed the images enhanced their experience of learning surface anatomy and that its use should be continued in future. The suggested changes, therefore, had a positive effect on surface anatomy education. Anat Sci Educ 6: 433–439. © 2013 American Association of Anatomists.
Internationalisation NG — Corticyte et ECOPUR, une nouvelle génération de produits

Diversification des marchés cibles de Newger, avec l’élargissement au Maroc, à l’Algérie et à l’Arabie Saoudite, à travers diverses formes de présentation internationale de l’entreprise et des produits, y compris les innovateurs Corticyte et ECOPUR, et en communiquant des capacités productives et de laboratoire améliorées.
In@natura - bridleways: connecting structures and tourist enhancement in the Cormor valley

Also on the basis of other experiences in the field of naturalistic resources enhancement, the project intends to provide tourists in the cross-border area with new entertainment opportunities by means of itineraries that can be enjoyed on foot, by bicycle, mountain bike or on horseback. Specifically, “In@natura” is a naturalistic track winding across the wilderness for around thirty km, along the Cormor stream in the municipalities of Tavagnacco, Pagnacco, Tricesimo, Colloredo di Monte Albano, Cassacco, Treppo Grande and Buja. This project also connects to the Slovenian area comprised between Bovec and Tolmino, where another waterway - Isonzo-Soča - joins together green landscapes, rich in ancient cultural and eno-gastronomic traditions. Secondary roads are made available to users in a context of environment-friendly tourism, through the creation of non-invasive and ecological infrastructures. Along the track riding schools, farmhouse accommodations and farms are to be found where tourist can rest, eat and buy typical produce. In order to enhance the use of rural spaces on the part of the two communities and promote this route, the project envisages the publication and distribution of brochures, a DVD and the creation of a website, the organisation of workshops and the participation to fairs and promotional events in Italy and Slovenia. Lastly, the project aims at establishing a permanent network of contacts among the partners to encourage greater economic and tourist development in the areas of reference.
The Rotterdam Rules and Maritime Performing Parties in the United States

This article provides an overview of the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Carriage of Goods Wholly or Partly by Sea (the Rotterdam Rules) and the application of it to maritime parties. Recognition of the central role of the performing parties, or the carriers' agents and sub-contractors that actually perform the obligation to carry the goods, is one of the key innovations of the new Convention. The article discusses the Rules both in general terms and on three very specific issues: negotiated limits under volume contracts, sovereign immunity, and liability for delay. The new Convention is an evolutionary change in the law, rationalizing some of the arbitrary and unpredictable aspects of current law and modernizing the law to reflect developments in the industry. The author suggests that the Rotterdam Rules' impact on maritime performing parties is likely to be strongly beneficial in the United States and concludes by discussing the bigger picture and the overall benefits to the entire maritime industry in terms of increased productivity and efficiency.
Partially localized quasimodes in large subspaces

We consider spaces of high-energy quasimodes for the Laplacian on a compact hyperbolic surface, and show that when the spaces are large enough, one can find quasimodes that exhibit strong localization phenomena. Namely, take any constant c, and a sequence of cr
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Fourier-domain beamforming: the path to compressed ultrasound imaging

Sonography techniques use multiple transducer elements for tissue visualization. Signals received at each element are sampled before digital beamforming. The sampling rates required to perform high-resolution digital beamforming are significantly higher than the Nyquist rate of the signal and result in considerable amount of data that must be stored and processed. A recently developed technique, compressed beamforming, based on the finite rate of innovation model, compressed sensing (CS), and Xampling ideas, allows a reduction in the number of samples needed to reconstruct an image comprised of strong reflectors. A drawback of this method is its inability to treat speckle, which is of significant importance in medical imaging. Here, we build on previous work and extend it to a general concept of beamforming in frequency. This allows exploitation of the low bandwidth of the ultrasound signal and bypassing of the oversampling dictated by digital implementation of beamforming in time. By using beamforming in frequency, the same image quality is obtained from far fewer samples. We next present a CS technique that allows for further rate reduction, using only a portion of the beamformed signal's bandwidth. We demonstrate our methods on in vivo cardiac data and show that reductions up to 1/28 of the standard beamforming rates are possible. Finally, we present an implementation on an ultrasound machine using sub-Nyquist sampling and processing. Our results prove that the concept of sub-Nyquist processing is feasible for medical ultrasound, leading to the potential of considerable reduction in future ultrasound machines' size, power consumption, and cost.
John James Audubon's Tastes of America

John James Audubon (1785–1851), the ornithologist and artist, traveled widely through the great American wilderness searching for bird specimens to draw for what became The Birds of America (1827–38). He observed them closely in their natural environment, keeping detailed field notes and journals under difficult conditions. Out of curiosity and hunger, he often cooked and ate these birds after drawing them and wrote down how they tasted—another kind of evidence. The article concentrates on his written descriptions (lively, humorous, wry, or astonished) and tasting notes in the wild. Audubon traveled down the Mississippi River to New Orleans, north to Labrador, south to the Florida Keys, and later, when searching for mammals to draw for The Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America, northwest up the Missouri River. There he wrote about hunting American buffalo (bison), sometimes comparing customs and rituals of white hunters and various Indian tribes, and even sampled dog served by a Blackfoot princess. During the western expansion of the early nineteenth century, Audubon witnessed and recorded profound changes in the American landscape. Settlers’ encroachment on habitat and hunters’ wanton destruction of wildlife increasingly alarmed him. He presaged the extinction of some species whose habits and tastes he described. Conservation is an implicit theme.
FERROELECTRIC MEMORY AND METHODS OF FORMING THE SAME

Ferroelectric memory and methods of forming the same are provided. An example memory cell can include a buried recessed access device (BRAD) formed in a substrate and a ferroelectric capacitor formed on the BRAD.
Bone marrow-derived cells participate in the formation of normal and neoplastic lung stroma.

BACKGROUND/ AIM: The present study was performed in order to investigate the distribution of transplanted bone marrow-derived cells (BMDCs) in normal and neoplastic tissues.A microchimeric mouse model harboring traceable BMDCs was created by injecting labeled BMDCs into adenovirus-expressing Cre (AdenoCre)-infected, irradiated, LSL-K-ras(G12D) p53(fl/fl) mice.In the normal mice, transplanted cells were detected in the femur, tibia, lung, heart, kidney and spleen of recipient mice. The transplanted BMDCs were detected predominantly in the connective tissue around the smaller bronchioles of normal lung parenchyma. In the lung tumor-bearing mice, the transplanted BMDCs were detected within the tumor tissue and more abundantly in the connective tissue adjacent to the tumor mass.This study provides morphological evidence of a microchimeric experimental system that may promote further research into the role of BMDCs in the carcinogenic process and for the development of a novel therapy aimed at targeting stromal cells and, eventually, tumor growth.