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(16807.19102018.132000048) AGRICLOUD
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LES SERVICES/CONSEILS AUX ENTREPRISES JOUENT-ILS UN RÔLE CROISSANT? IMPORTANT POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT DES ACTIVITÉS? SUPPORT TECHNIQUE AUX MÊMES ENTREPRISES, ACTIVITÉS? AGRITEC A L’INTENTION DE DÉVELOPPER ET DE SE QUALIFIER AVEC DES OUTILS ET DES PROCESSUS INNOVANTS. EN OUTRE, LES POLITIQUES DE DÉVELOPPEMENT DANS LE DOMAINE AGRICOLE DE LA RÉGION TOSCANE EXIGENT ÉGALEMENT QUE LE MONDE DES CONSEILS TECHNIQUES DANS LE DOMAINE AGRICOLE ADOPTE UNE SÉRIE D’EXIGENCES/INSTRUMENTS APPROPRIÉS ET LE PROJET AVANZATE.THE PRÉVOIT L’INTRODUCTION DE PROCESSUS ET D’OUTILS PERMETTANT À AGRITEC DE MENER DES ACTIVITÉS? CATALOGUER LES ENTREPRISES ET LES ACTIVITÉS? SURVEILLANCE, CARTOGRAPHIE, POUR CRÉER UNE BASE DE DONNÉES QUI PEUT ÉGALEMENT ÊTRE UTILISÉE POUR LES ACTIVITÉS? LE CONTRÔLE ET L’AMÉLIORATION, L’ANALYSE DES DONNÉES ET L’INTELLIGENCE D’AFFAIRES. CES ACTIVITÉS? SERONT-ILS RÉALISÉS AVEC LE SOUTIEN ET LES CONSEILS DE L’ENTREPRISE? ETI3 EXTERNE AVEC UNE ÉQUIPE D’EXPERTS AVEC PLUS DE 10 ANS D’EXPÉRIENCE DANS LE DOMAINE DU DÉVELOPPEMENT D’APPLICATIONS SPÉCIFIQUES, DE LA GESTION DE BASES DE DONNÉES ET DES SYSTÈMES
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"Advanced computing and big data",
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Q4938149
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Magnetic properties and magnetization reversal process of L10 FePt/Fe bilayers magnetic thin films
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The L1(0) FePt (10 nm)/Fe (delta nm, delta = 0-15) bilayers were fabricated by using magnetron co-sputtering. The L1(0) FePt single layer shows good perpendicular orientation and the in-plane hysteresis loop shows almost a linear behavior. When delta is less than 3 nm, the FePt/Fe bilayers show behaviors like one magnetic phase, the coercivities are close to the values determined by Zeeman energy. When delta is larger than 3 nm, the in-plane hysteresis loops show behaviors similar to a soft magnetic film, the coercivities of the bilayers decreases slowly with the increasing Fe thickness because of confining by the exchange length of FePt layer and Fe layer. The measured coercivities values are optimally fitted by a 1/t(Fe)(1.15) relation. The magnetization reversal process and magnetic interaction were also investigated. (C) 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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W1969689045
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Raising awarenESs of MaritIme Spatial planning imporTANCE
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The guiding idea of our project is that joint solutions can be effectively developed only if the international cooperation of different organizations is encouraged. This project is example of cooperation of various experts, members of representatives of local, regional authorities, educational institutions, international environmental organizations, who will jointly evaluate their already developed good practices for a sustainable use of marine and coastal resources. To ensure such sustainability, it is necessary to establish a smart coastal management system to assist the Maritime Spatial Planning. All involved PPs will work together to establish guidelines for preserving the wealth of the Adriatic Sea in order to reap maximum economic benefits while protecting the marine ecosystem. In accordance to the EUSAIR Pillar 3 and the relevant Flagship the so far achieved experiences from the projects SOUNDSCAPE, ECOSS, ECOMAP, NET4MPLASTIC, DORY, ML-REPAIR, SASPAS will be amalgamated to develop sustainable growth, to decrease pollution and contamination, and protect the unique biodiversity of the Adriatic Sea.
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"Climate, Energy and Mobility",
"Culture, Creativity and Inclusive Society",
"Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment"
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"Climate science and solutions",
"Communities and cities",
"Energy systems and grids"
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interreg_3112
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Novel patterns for the growing main bronchi in the human fetus: an anatomical, digital and statistical study
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Intensive progress in prenatal medicine results in performing airway management in the fetus affected by life-threatening congenital malformations. This study aimed to examine age-specific reference intervals and growth dynamics for length, proximal and distal external transverse diameters, and projection surface areas of the two main bronchi at varying gestational ages, including their relative growth in length and projection surface area.Using anatomical dissection, digital image analysis and statistics, length, proximal and distal external transverse diameters, and projection surface areas of the right and left main bronchi were examined in 73 human fetuses (39 males, 34 females) aged 14-25 weeks, derived from spontaneous abortions and stillbirths.Statistical analysis showed no sex differences. Between the 14 and 25th week of gestation, the lengths of the right and left main bronchi increased from 1.43 ± 0.18 to 3.18 ± 0.39 mm, and from 2.97 ± 0.16 to 7.58 ± 1.95 mm, in accordance with the functions: [Formula: see text], respectively. The proximal external transverse diameters of the right and left main bronchi varied from 2.13 ± 0.41 to 4.24 ± 0.20 mm, and from 1.84 ± 0.06 to 3.67 ± 0.66 mm, following the logarithmic models: [Formula: see text], respectively. The distal external transverse diameter rose from 2.09 ± 0.47 to 4.24 ± 0.20 mm, as [Formula: see text] for the right main bronchus, and from 1.85 ± 0.04 to 3.67 ± 0.66 mm, like [Formula: see text] for the left one. On either side, there were no statistically significant differences between values of the proximal and distal transverse diameters of the main bronchus. The projection surface areas of the right and left main bronchi ranged from 2.95 ± 0.19 to 13.34 ± 2.12 mm(2), and from 5.57 ± 0.21 to 28.52 ± 5.24 mm(2), as [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text]. The two main bronchi revealed a proportionate increase in both length and projection surface area, since the right-to-left bronchial length ratio and the right-to-left bronchial projection surface area ratio were stable, 0.41 ± 0.07 and 0.47 ± 0.08, respectively, throughout the analyzed period.The main bronchi show no sex differences. The right and left main bronchi grow logarithmically in length and external transverse diameter, and linearly in projection surface area. The right and left main bronchi evolve proportionately, with the right-to-left bronchial ratios of 0.41 ± 0.07 for length, and 0.47 ± 0.08 for projection surface area.
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W2069141631
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НАТЯЖИТЕЛЬ ЦЕПИ ДВИГАТЕЛЯ АВТОМОБИЛЯ
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Полезная модель относится к устройствам, обеспечивающим нормальную эксплуатацию машин и установок, а именно к приспособлениям для изменения натяжения цепей, и может найти применение в двигателях автомобиля.Техническим результатом является: упрощение конструкции в сравнении с прототипом, упрощение работы с устройством при разборке, обеспечение надежности плотной усадки скобы внутри пружины. Кроме того, обеспечивается повышенный срок службы скобы и пружины в сравнении с прототипом за счет снижения трения пружины о скобу.Указанный технический результат достигается за счет того, что заявлен натяжитель цепи двигателя автомобиля, содержащий цилиндрический корпус, в центральном отверстии корпуса подвижно вдоль него установлен шток, в средней части штока по его длине выполнена выемка с зубьями, взаимодействующими с установленной на оси в прорези корпуса поворотной подпружиненной собачкой, один конец штока взаимодействует с установленным в центральном отверстии корпуса ползуном, на котором расположена пружина натяжителя, ползун и пружина расположены в гнезде, образованном центральным отверстием корпуса между торцом штока и уступом, который выполнен на конце центрального отверстия, и в этот уступ упирается одним своим концом пружина, где ползун представляет собой скобу, концы усов которой упираются в края пружины, а скоба выполнена из упругого материала такой длины, что ее головка свободно проходит через отверстие наружу корпуса, где зафиксирована чекой, отличающийся тем, что пружина выполнена из металла, а скоба выполнена из металла с возможностью сохранения формы, где у скобы в разобранном виде расстояние между ее усами имеет плавное уширение от головки к концам усов, причем концы усов загнуты и упираются в конец штока без охвата концов пружины.
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RU 2020133065 U
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Digital folklore as critical heritage production and participation in contemporary norway
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Digital folklore – digitally (re)produced and mediated vernacular cultural expression – is a form of active, ongoing and self-including heritage production that gives us insights into what is culturally, socially and politically significant to a diverse public. Despite the importance critical heritage scholars place on participation, challenging authorised discourses, and the role of heritage in addressing broader social and political challenges, digital folklore is neglected within critical heritage studies. DIGIFOLK bridges this gap and investigates ephemeral and rapidly-changing digital folklore to explore the complex digital reproductions and renegotiations of folklore amongst the varied groups that constitute contemporary Norway. It challenges cultural-normative conceptualisations of folk culture in Norway to examine the hybridising nature of digital folklore in enacting differential social and cultural identification and affiliation, investigating digital folklore’s analogue antecedents in the Norwegian Folklore Archives (NFS) as a means by which a diverse public can meaningfully engage with heritage collections. Employing an innovative quali-quantitative approach combining social media data mining with ethnographic, cultural-historical, and visual and textual analytical methods, this project aims to: a) investigate the role of social media in the transmission and alteration of analogue folklore and the creation of hybridised/new digital folklore in Norway; b) connect contemporary digital folklore to collections in NFS to challenge the authenticating nature of the archive and embed unofficial knowledge in heritage discourse; c) expand participatory heritage models to recognise that the public create and engage with heritage outside of academic/institutional heritage discourse; and d) contextualise digital folklore in Norway within critical discourses on mobility, identity and belonging within Europe, in the context of populist and new nationalist movements.
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643431
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Product Counterfeiting and Survival of Selected Pharmaceutical Firms in Anambra State
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This research is centered on Product Counterfeiting and the Survival of selected Pharmaceutical Firms. The poor consumer enlightenment campaign and security challenges make it difficult to combat the problem of Product counterfeiting, ineffective enforcement of the existing law, ignorance, corruption, lack of capacity in terms of work force, loose control system, non health professional in the drug business and lack of appropriate legislature. The study determines the nature of relationship between counterfeited product and attitude of the consumers with purchase intention. The study is anchored on Ajzen theory of planned behavior. The study employed descriptive research design, the primary source of data are the major instrument use for this study. Pearson product moment correlation was used to analyze the data with aid of SPSS version 22.The findings reveal that there is a positive relationship counterfeit product and the attitude of consumers with purchase intention. Base on the findings, the researcher recommends that government should equip the Agencies involve in combating Product counterfeiting proliferation with every logistics support needed to fight the nefarious crime.
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W2262270641
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Effect of Pruning Severity on Quality of Grapes Cv. Red Globe for Summer Season
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Effect of pruning severity on quality of grapes cv. red globe in summer season were studied at Horticulture Orchard, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore during 2012-2013. The vines were pruned at four different levels in a Randomized Block Design with five replications. TSS, TSS/acid ratio, titrable acidity, sugar-acid ratio, reducing, non-reducing and total sugars for quality parameters were determined. Results revealed that, all the vines which were pruned at 2 bud level for summer season crop registered highest Total soluble solids (17.82 °Brix), TSS/acid ratio (35.95), lower titrable acidity (0.49%), whereas, the maximum reducing sugar (15.65%), total sugars (17.24%) and sugar-acid ratio (34.17) was observed in vines pruned to 50% of the canes for vegetative growth and 50% of the canes for crop yield in summer season and it was found to be better performed among different pruning intensities. Among the pruning intensities the vines which were pruned to 50% canes to 6 bud level and remaining 50% canes to 2 bud level performed better.
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W1172821329
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YARNS, FIBRES OR FILAMENTS AND USE THEREOF, IN PARTICULAR IN ROPES
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The invention relates to yarns, fibres or filaments, in particular based on polyamide, which can be used to produce ropes. More specifically, the invention relates to climbing ropes containing said yarns, fibres or filaments and having good mechanical properties, particularly under conditions of high relative humidity.
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EP 2008063600 W
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Communication platform for tenders of novels transport networks - complete
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The objective of the COMPLETE project is to optimize spending of public resources when purchasing network equipment and the related services. As a key approach towards this goal, the project proposes to create a common information platform for public procurers and support them in the procurement process by providing the organizational and technical expertise. Required information under such platform will be gathered from the biggest vendors of optical transport system equipment. Relations with mentioned key vendors need to be established, sustained and promoted. Such platform will significantly improve the quality of decisions taken by public procurers and in some cases would enable to conduct such procurement that previously would not have been possible due to various organizational and technological constraints (for example lack of access to specific technical information and roadmaps). Gathered and sustained information under the platform will be accurate, measurable and comparable as it would be easy for the reader to understand each vendor’s positioning regarding particular technical features. Project will directly coordinate procurement procedures in respect of optical network solutions for the National Research and Education Network environment and public entities. It will support public bodies in procurement procedures and indicate how the procurements can be synchronized with other European Commission programs. Another objective is to define common procurement procedures to help NRENs with the whole process of purchasing new optical networking equipment.
There is a number of Horizon 2020 program activities for research, innovation and entrepreneurship that are linked with the project. The results achieved under this project’s proposal will be especially useful for the following two ICT calls:
• ICT-27-2015
• ICT-36-2015
• ICT-06-2014
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170421
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Tipología y denominación de los refranes desde una perspectiva diacrónica
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Las colecciones medievales de refranes que se conservan en España presentan contenidos que sorprenden al lector moderno por su heterogeneidad. Esta diversidad dificulta cualquier intento de clasificación y parece contradecir la idea generalizada de que un refrán seguirá siendo un refrán para siempre a poco que una comunidad lingüística lo haya identificado como tal. No es así: algunos refranes desaparecen en diacronía, mientras que otros son corregidos para adaptarse a un sistema que impone muchas restricciones a los enunciados. Gracias a las herramientas de la lingüística actual, que ha definido las propiedades de las diferentes clases y subclases de enunciados sentenciosos, intentaremos comprender los mecanismos que llevaron a los reajustes y a las evoluciones del sistema en su conjunto y, en fin, a su normalización, especialmente en lo que se refiere a las categorías y a la conceptualización semántica del refrán y de las formas afines de enunciados sentenciosos.
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W4283321777
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Todays Common Errors for Display Toponyms on Web Maps and Solutions
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Primarily we dealt with the problem of toponyms placement on web maps and it can be noticed that even today on most visited sites with web maps toponyms placement is not in accordance with the cartographic principles, cartographic visualization conditions or cartographic generalization rules. There are good and bad examples of toponyms placement on web maps and the good are generally those who adhere to the cartographic principles for toponym label placement used for printed maps but are also implemented on the web maps. A simple method for decision of visible or invisible label is proposed when label is shown in a complex map environment with all other cartographic elements and different layers as it is usual on web maps. The perfect solution can be approached but we have to wait for more complex systems that apply artificial intelligence on which for now we think in theoretical form, that would use different ways of learning by examples and by own mistakes, much like humans do.
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W577077731
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The properties of higher-order reassigned local polynomial periodogram
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Reassigned operation is a technique to improve the representation quality of time-varying signals in the time-frequency domain. This paper presents the arbitrary higher-order reassigned local polynomial periodograms (LPPs) and their properties. The modified Wigner-Ville distribution is defined and its properties are discussed as a basis to derive the properties of the higher-order reassigned LPPs. The higher-order reassigned LPPs are shown to have desirable properties such as the non-negativity, non-bilinearity, time and frequency shifts invariance, time-scaling property and energy conservation. The property to perfectly localize the corresponding order polynomial phase signals is also shown to obtain improved signal concentration in the time-frequency domain.
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W2007697707
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Smart fuzzing method for detecting stack‐based buffer overflow in binary codes
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During the past decades several methods have been proposed to detect the stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability, though it is still a serious threat to the computer systems. Among the suggested methods, various fuzzers have been proposed to detect this vulnerability. However, many of them are not smart enough to have high code-coverage and detect vulnerabilities in feasible execution paths of the program. The authors present a new smart fuzzing method for detecting stack-based buffer overflows in binary codes. In the proposed method, concolic (concrete + symbolic) execution is used to calculate the path and vulnerability constraints for each execution path in the program. The vulnerability constraints determine which parts of input data and to what length should be extended to cause buffer overflow in an execution path. Based on the calculated constraints, the authors generate test data that detect buffer overflows in feasible execution paths of the program. The authors have implemented the proposed method as a plug-in for Valgrind and tested it on three groups of benchmark programs. The results demonstrate that the calculated vulnerability constraints are accurate and the fuzzer is able to detect the vulnerabilities in these programs. The authors have also compared the implemented fuzzer with three other fuzzers and demonstrated how calculating the path and vulnerability constraints in the method helps to fuzz a program more efficiently.
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W2316974788
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Peptide coated platinum nanoparticles as antitumor agents
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Cisplatin is an efficient chemotherapeutic drug, yet it suffers from two main disadvantages: evolving drug resistance and relatively high toxicity. One of the latest approaches for dealing with these drawbacks has been the development of platinum nanoparticles (PtNPs) as a Pt(II) ion source. However, this solution is far from effective, mainly due to obstacles in cancer-cell targeting and a lack of nuclear penetration. The Wennemers group developed a combinatorial screening for the identification of peptides that allow for the formation of metal nanoparticles. The identified peptides control the geometric parameters of the nanoparticles and stabilize them in the aqueous environment. This proposed research aims to investigate the functionalized peptide-coated PtNPs as potential antitumor agents. We will use this combinatorial assay for the controlled formation of small PtNPs. The mechanism of nanoparticle formation will be extensively investigated, including full structural NMR analyses, thermodynamic and kinetic studies, all with the intention of providing insights into how the size-controlled PtNP formation is achieved. The major challenge will be to find the ideal, additive, peptide-based modification for specifically translocating PtNPs into the cancer cell nucleus. We believe that this potentially pro-drug will be inactive in the extracellular environment due to the presence of inert Pt(0) that will be oxidized by the high levels of hydrogen peroxide in cancer cells to Pt(II) ions. Therefore, in vitro cytotoxicity will be studied, as well as toxicity and metal accumulation in healthy cell lines to discover anti-cancerogenic peptide-coated PtNPs.
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Active & intelligent packaging materials and display cases as a tool for preventive conservation of cultural heritage.
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Most Cultural Heritage objects housed by museums are often stored under unsuitable climate conditions. APACHE will develop a cutting edge technology to control and prevent the degradation of such patrimony. The novel approach is based on three pillars: 1) advanced sensing and absorbing materials to control the artifacts’ environment; 2) modeling to define the threshold of artifacts’ degradation and to discriminate between the need for preventive or remedial conservation; 3) remote control of the works of art stressors. The unique combination of these pillars will reduce to the lowest possible level the costs actually required by conventional technology for art conservation. New generation of active and intelligent display cases, crates, and storage boxes, will be implemented thanks to: i) The unique APACHE partnership, comprising the most important experts in the three aforementioned pillars; ii) The development of easy-to-use sensing devices able to communicate through Wireless Sensor Networks and Radio Frequency Identification Devices thanks to Industry 4.0-5.0 ICT technologies, granting the optimal environmental conditions around the art objects. Multiscale models integrated in an open simulation environment will be used to predict the degradation of artefacts and set the properties of sensors (detection limits) and polyfunctional absorbents. APACHE includes small, medium, and large museums exhibiting representative variety of display and storage conditions. For instance, the Venice Peggy Guggenheim Collection features one of the most important collections of modern/contemporary art, which experiences highly unfavorable environmental conditions, difficult to control with conventional tools. Centre Pompidou and National Museum of Hungary possess a vast amount of artefacts stored in deposits (e.g. in crates and boxes). Moreover, a decision-making tool composed by a modular set of decision trees will be offered to end-users to guide them through the best solutions.
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1261653
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Diastereoselective one-pot Wittig olefination–Michael addition and olefin cross metathesis strategy for total synthesis of cytotoxic natural product (+)-varitriol and its higher analogues
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A stereoselective route for the total synthesis of anticancer marine natural product (+)-varitriol (1) is detailed herein. The impressive biological activity and interesting structural features of natural (+)-varitriol fuelled us to undertake the synthesis of some higher analogues (1a-j) of this molecule. The key features of the synthetic strategy include one-pot Wittig olefination followed by a highly diastereoselective oxa-Michael addition to assemble stereochemically pure tetrasubstituted THF moiety of the natural varitriol and olefin cross metathesis to couple the aromatic part with tetrasubstituted THF moiety. The total synthesis of title natural product is efficient with 21.8% overall yield for 9 linear steps from D-ribose and thus facilitates the more scaled-up practical route for the synthesis of 1 and its analogues as well. The synthetic (+)-varitriol (1) and its analogues were screened for their cytotoxicity. The present synthetic approach paves the way for preparation of numerous analogues of the title natural product for drug development.
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W2166046942
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A WASHER / DRYER WITH DRIVE BELT BREAKAGE DETECTION
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The present invention relates to a washer/dryer (1) wherein the dry air circulating in the drying process is heated by a heater (6) and the breakage of the belt (4) is detected by means of a temperature sensor (7) whereby the operation of the heater (6) and the motor (3) is terminated and the user is warned by the control unit (8).
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EP 2007064541 W
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Detection of Human Papilloma Virus (Type 16) among HIV-Positive Women in Ogbomoso, South-Western Nigeria
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Human papilloma virus (HPV) is a common sexually transmitted virus which infects the cutaneous and mucosal epithelium. HPV Type 16 is one of the viruses that causes cervical cancer and immunocompromised individuals are at high risk of different co-infections. Women living with Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) have greater risk to the virus due to their impaired immunity. This study aimed at determining the seroprevalence of HPV IgM (Type 16) among HIV-infected women in Ogbomoso.The blood sample of 180 consenting subjects were obtained and their sera subjected to serological assay using Enzyme Linked Immunosorbent Assay. Samples were collected over a period of 6 months (July-December 2014).The mean age and mean CD4+ count of the subjects was 38.22 ± 0.79 years and 392.80 ± 20.98 cells/μL, respectively. Out of 180 subjects tested, 18 (10%; 95% confidence interval) were positive for HPV Type 16 IgM. HPV Type 16 IgM was highest among the age group 31-45 (61.11%), traders (38.89%), >500 CD4/μL (33.33%). The seroprevalence using logistic regression at P < 0.05 shows there is a significant difference between the age and CD4 (+) cell count.The result provides evidence that HPV Type 16 is present among HIV-infected women in Ogbomoso and they are susceptible to cervical cancer. This seroepidemiological survey is important for the prevention efforts such as availability of vaccine.
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W1243392461
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Secured autonomic traffic management for a tera of sdn flows
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TeraFlow will create a new type of secure cloud-native SDN controller that will radically advance the state-of-the-art in beyond 5G networks. This new SDN controller shall be able to integrate with the current NFV and MEC frameworks as well as to provide revolutionary features for both flow management (service layer) and optical/microwave network equipment integration (infrastructure layer), while incorporating security using Machine Learning (ML) and forensic evidence for multi-tenancy based on Distributed Ledgers.
The target pool of stakeholders expands beyond the traditional telecom operators towards edge and hyperscale cloud providers. These actors will be benefited from TeraFlow by a) exploiting a new type of secure SDN controller based on cloud-native solutions while, b) achieving substantial business agility with novel and highly dynamic network services with zero-touch automation features.
The novel TeraFlow architecture will be validated through the implementation of the TeraFlow OS with the following innovations: a) Cloud-Native Architecture; b) Transport Network Integration; c) Unification of Network and Cloud Resource Management; d) ML-based security; and e) Distributed Ledger Technologies. The final demonstrations (TRL 5) will support three use cases: Autonomous Networks Beyond 5G, Automotive, and Cybersecurity.
During the course of the TeraFlow project (30 months), experimental implementation and demonstration of prototypes will also play an important role in the project, including communication and dissemination activities and strong collaboration with Standard Defining Organizations (ETSI NFV, ZSM, ENI, PDL, IETF, ONF), and open source software community with dedicated focus on ONF ONOS and ETSI OpenSourceMANO. TeraFlow will also foster strong relationship with other 5GPPP projects through multiple collaboration activities. A concrete plan for TeraFlow results adoption will be implemented as well.
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629427
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Transforming intangible folkloric performing arts into tangible choreographic digital objects
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Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) content means ""the practices, representations, expressions, knowledge, skills – as well as the instruments, objects, artefacts and cultural spaces associated therewith"". Although, ICH content, especially traditional folklore performing arts, is commonly deemed worthy of preservation by UNESCO (Convention for the Safeguarding of ICH) and the EU Treaty, most of the current research efforts are on the focus is on tangible cultural assets, while the ICH content has been overlooked. The primary difficulty stems by the complex structure of ICH, its dynamic nature, the interaction among the objects and the environment, as well as emotional elements (e.g., the way of expression and dancers' style). TERPSICHORE aims to study, analyse, design, research, train, implement and validate an innovative framework for affordable digitization, modelling, archiving, e-preservation and presentation of ICH content related to folk dances, in a wide range of users (dance professionals, dance teachers, creative industries and general public) . The project targets at integrating the latest innovative results of photogrammetry, computer vision, semantic technologies, time evolved modeling, combined with the story telling and folklore choreography. An important output of the project will be a Web based cultural server/viewer with the purpose to allow user’s interaction, visualization, interface with existing cultural libraries (EUROPEANA) and enrichment functionalities to result in virtual surrogates and media application scenarios that release the potential economic impact of the ICH. The final product will support a set of services such as virtual/augmented reality, social media, interactive maps, presentation and learning of European Folk dances with tremendous impact on the European society, culture and tourism
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172676
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Method of completing a subterranean well
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A method of completing a subterranean well and associated apparatus therefor provide efficient operation and convenience in completions where production of fluids from a lateral wellbore and a parent wellbore is desired. In one disclosed embodiment, the invention provides a method whereby a tubular member may be extended from a parent wellbore into a lateral wellbore, without the need of deflecting the tubular member off of a whipstock or other inclined surface. The tubular member may be previously deformed and initially constrained within a housing, so that as the tubular member extends outwardly from the housing, the tubular member is permitted to deflect laterally toward the lateral wellbore.
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US 79120497 A
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LOW FRICTION HOLE PUNCH ELEMENT
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A hole punch device that reduces the force required to create a hole in papers or other sheet media. A punch element of the hole punch device includes a locally sloped or indented floor to create a bend in the sheet media as it is punched to create an enlarged, oval hole. The punch pin may include an expanding sleeve surround the pin that forms a larger diameter during the cutting stroke and springs back to a smaller diameter during a pull out stroke. A coiled torsion return spring is positioned remotely from and non- coaxially with the punch pin. A keyed pin and support frame arrangement ensures a predetermined rotational orientation of the pin for sequential cutting for reduced cutting force. The pin and/or other components optionally include electroless nickel plating to reduce friction and wear at the component or pin sliding and cutting surfaces.
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US 2006/0032151 W
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VALVE ASSEMBLY FOR USE IN DISPENSING BEVERAGE
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A valve assembly for a container with an inner bag for receiving beverage, in particular carbonated beverage such as beer, wherein a beverage valve is provided with a communication with the inner space of the bag and means for operation of the beverage valve by a tapping device in which the container is receivable, the beverage valve being partly surrounded by an upstanding first apron which is gas-tight, while, spaced therefrom, a second gas-tight apron is situated, and between the first and the second apron a bottom wall with at least one gas passage opening is provided which during use is in communication with the space enclosed between the inner bag and the container, such that during use between the two aprons a chamber is formed through which gas under pressure can be forced through the gas passage opening, separately from the beverage.
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NL 0200823 W
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HEAT SOURCE DOOR FOR A THERMAL DIFFUSION CHAMBER
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A frame (104) supporting a containment chamber (102), the containment chamber is preferably configured to enclose and confine a process chamber (106). A heat source module (108) is disposed between the containment chamber and the process chamber, while a collar (1 12) communicates with the process chamber and is secured to the process chamber. Preferably, a heat source door (1 14) is in fluidic communication with the process chamber, and includes at least a top hat section (1 16) secured to a main body portion (1 18), an over center latch (120) secured to the top hat section and interacting with the collar, the over center latch mitigates an inadvertent opening of the process chamber, and a lamp feed-through (122) is preferably secured to the main body portion and supports a heat source device (142).
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US 2012/0022592 W
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Factors that influence entrepreneurial intentions among undergraduates of South-south and Southeast Nigeria
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This paper examined the factors that influence entrepreneurial intentions among undergraduates of South-south and Southeast Nigeria. Surveying 1,129 final year undergraduates from 15 universities in 68 departments plus four focus groups of 42 participants, the quantitative study found personal attitude, perceived behavioural control and perceived barrier as most significant factors. The qualitative study found new factors such as transformational, affective, push and personal fulfilment motives. The focus group interview results indicated that undergraduates will embrace entrepreneurship if: courses were more practical-oriented than theory-oriented, internship was introduced in their courses, lecturers were retrained to embrace some level of entrepreneurship themselves, and have a healthy collaboration with relevant industry practice too. The partial least squares multi-group analysis detected no significant differences in perception of the influencing factors among participants from the two groups, based on the model paths. But participants in the focus group interviews consistently demonstrated that people of Southeast Nigeria exhibited a peculiar flair for entrepreneurial activities. The participants offered various explanations including apprenticeship and serial mentorship, preference for independence, early childhood introduction to business by family, survivalist mentality and profit motives as distinguishing the Southeast people from their South-south counterpart. The graduates from the two regions may follow the same observed pattern toward entrepreneurial activities. This research therefore demonstrates that using only one method to examine the phenomenon might lead to false claims to knowledge; examining the concept deeper through the vantage position of the affected (participants) will offer better solutions for policy on what students perceive can attract them to entrepreneurship.
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W246924262
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The Forecasting Plant Trend That Is Appropriate in the Storage of Carbon Dioxide to Fight Global Warming in the Area of Nonthaburi
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This research paper is aimed at developing a mathematical model to determine species and number of plants to be grown in a plot of land to establish forest in the CDM (clean development mechanism) project. Previously, tree planting aiming to reduce carbon in the atmosphere was unsystematically designed and it is usually based on self preference or available seeds on-hands. As a result, a total carbon absorption by the plants is not according to the requirement. Thus, a 0-1 integer programming is developed to solve the mentioned problem. The developed mathematical model therefore provides the optimal solution that ensures required amount of carbon sequestration from the trees and also obtains maximum profit determining between carbon credit revenue and expenses from tree planting. The developed model is flexible enough to allow users to specify amount of required carbon sequestration or even a number of certain plants needed to grow. In addition, the model is also taken into account efficient planting pattern with mixture stand to avoid competition among planting trees. The numerical results show the practical solutions which are verified by experts. In brief, the developed mathematical model is useful for forest establishment project as it provides both systematic design and optimal solution in terms of expected carbon absorption.
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W2314497218
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Accurate equations of state for CF 4 , CF 4 –Ar, and CF 4 –CH 4 fluids using two-body and three-body intermolecular potentials from molecular dynamics simulation
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Abstract Molecular dynamics simulations have been performed to obtain pressures and equations of state of CF 4 , CF 4 –Ar, and CF 4 –CH 4 fluids using different inversion and ab initio pair-potentials. To take many-body forces into account, the three-body potentials of Hauschild and Prausnitz, Mol. Simul. 11 (1993) 177–185, Wang and Sadus, J. Chem. Phys. 125 (2006) 144509–144513, and Guzman et al., Mol. Phys. 109 (2011) 955–967 have been used with the pair-potentials. The significance of this work is that the many-body potential of Hauschild and Prausnitz is extended as a function of density, temperature, and molar fraction and is used with the HFD-like pair-potentials of CF 4 , CF 4 –Ar, and CF 4 –CH 4 systems to improve the prediction of the pressure values without requiring an expensive three-body calculation. We have also simulated the self-diffusion coefficient of CF 4 in good agreement with experimental data.
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Serological and molecular characterization of hepatitis B virus infection in chronic kidney disease patients from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients undergoing hemodialysis (HD) are more vulnerable to blood-borne viral infections due to frequent invasive procedures. Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection in this cohort of patients has been a matter of concern worldwide. The objective of this cross-sectional study was to evaluate the frequency of serological markers for hepatitis B, and the occurrence of overt and occult HBV infection (OBI) and its molecular characterization in serum samples from 644 CKD patients in HD units located in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 2013 to 2017. HBV DNA was investigated in HBsAg reactive and “anti-HBc alone” samples to determine infecting genotypes and genetic relatedness between sequences. The prevalence of serological markers HBsAg+, anti-HBc alone, anti-HBc+/anti-HBs+, anti-HBs+, anti-HBc/anti-HBs/HBsAg were 5.9%, 2.8%, 30.7%, 26.6%, 34.0%, respectively. HBV DNA was detected in 39.5% (15/38) of the HBsAg+ and in 5/18 (27.8%) of the “anti-HBc alone” individuals, indicating a high prevalence of OBI within this group. We found a higher prevalence of HBV/A1 (65%), followed by HBV/D3 (20%), and HBV/A2 (15%). Bayesian MCC tree with a highly supported clade, genetic distance comparison, and identical nucleotide sequences suggested a nosocomial spread of HBV in some units. The high prevalence of HBV infection and low number of individuals immune to infection reinforces the need for vaccination in this group. The presence of closely related strains in the same HD unit reinforces the importance of continuous improvement of safety control measures and laboratory surveillance of serological markers to prevent the risk of infection and transmission of HBV.
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Polysaccharide chemistry regulates kinetics of calcite nucleation through competition of interfacial energies
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Calcified skeletons are produced within complex assemblages of proteins and polysaccharides whose roles in mineralization are not well understood. Here we quantify the kinetics of calcite nucleation onto a suite of high-purity polysaccharide (PS) substrates under controlled conditions. The energy barriers to nucleation are PS-specific by a systematic relationship to PS charge density and substrate structure that is rooted in minimization of the competing substrate–crystal and substrate–liquid interfacial energies. Chitosan presents a low-energy barrier to nucleation because its near-neutral charge favors formation of a substrate–crystal interface, thus reducing substrate interactions with water. Progressively higher barriers are measured for negatively charged alginates and heparin that favor contact with the solution over the formation of new substrate–crystal interfaces. The findings support a directing role for PS in biomineral formation and demonstrate that substrate–crystal interactions are one end-member in a larger continuum of competing forces that regulate heterogeneous crystal nucleation.
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Load balance and parallel I/O: Optimising COSA for large simulations
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This paper presents the optimisation of the parallel functionalities of the Navier-Stokes Computational Fluid Dynamics research code COSA, a finite volume structured multi-block code featuring a steady solver, a general purpose time-domain solver, and a frequency-domain harmonic balance solver for the rapid solution of unsteady periodic flows. The optimisation focuses on improving the scalability of the parallel input/output functionalities of the code and developing an effective and user-friendly load balancing approach. Both features are paramount for using COSA efficiently for large-scale production simulations using tens of thousands of computational cores. The efficiency enhancements resulting from optimising the parallel I/O functionality and addressing load balance issues has provided up to a 4x performance improvement for unbalanced simulations, and 2x performance improvements for balanced simulations.
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W2789849877
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Research Integrity in Communication Sciences and Disorders: Preface
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Purpose A joint program on Research on Research Integrity sponsored by the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke and the Office of Research Integrity encouraged the examination of practices and policies promoting the responsible conduct of research (RCR). The authors' grant—Research Integrity in ASHA: Education and Publication—enabled American Speech-Language-Hearing Association’s (ASHA) Research Integrity Grant Group to (a) identify patterns of teaching and learning in Communication Sciences and Disorders graduate programs about specific topics of research integrity on the conduct of science, (b) examine perceptions about concepts of research integrity as they apply to scientific journals within the discipline, and (c) evaluate policies and practices established by ASHA to protect the integrity of published scientific work. Method The authors reviewed historical and contemporary literature, conducted surveys, and analyzed ASHA policies. Conclusion This supplement of the Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research has been written with the aim of informing and inspiring scientists, students, research institutions, and professional societies to practice responsible research in the 21st century and beyond.
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Impact of nmda receptor diversity in sensory information processing
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Synaptic variability between neuronal connections is thought to contribute to brain’s remarkable information processing capacities. In the adult brain, the density as well as subunit composition of synaptic NMDA receptors (NMDARs) varies considerably between synapses and between neurons. Despite the well documented heterogeneity of NMDARs the functional relevance of such diversity is poorly known. In the past, the functional relevance of such NMDAR diversity has been mostly considered in the context of neuronal development and long-term synaptic plasticity. Model simulations have highlighted that dendritic computations are strongly influenced by synaptic NMDARs densities and biophysical properties. Here I propose to directly study the consequence of NMDAR diversity in shaping integration properties of single neurons in primary somatosensory cortex (S1). To achieve this I will decompose this broad question into three specific tasks. 1-Assessment of NMDAR heterogeneity in glutamatergic neurons and study how this variability shapes dendritic integration. 2-Study the impact of NMDARs in signal computation among cortical interneurons. 3-Investigate the functional relationship between endogenous NMDAR modulators and NMDAR diversity. I plan to use an array of genetic, optogenetic and pharmacological tools in combination with imaging and electrophysiological techniques to achieve the proposed objectives. Importantly, in vivo electrophysiology and two-photon imaging will be used to assess the functional relevance of NMDARs heterogeneity in single neuron computational strategies during sensory stimulation. I expect to reveal that NMDAR diversity plays a fundamental role in sensory information processing by tuning the relative recruitment of inhibitory and excitatory neurons during sensory stimuli. This work will provide an original and important data set demonstrating how NMDARs diversity provides cortical neurons with the possibility to compute complex sensory information.
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Islam's Perfect Stranger: The Life of Mahmud Muhammad Taha, Muslim Reformer of Sudan
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Can Sudan, one of Africa's most diverse countries, function as an Islamic state? Mahmud Muhammad Taha posed an original answer to this question. Taha was the charismatic leader of the 'Republican Brothers and Sisters', a small group of Sudanese nationalists who called for a mystical, inclusive reinterpretation of Islam that ended traditional legal discriminations against women and non-Muslims. Taha's followers pitched his sometimes controversial mix of law and mysticism on Sudanese street corners in the 1970s. Sudanese Islamist politicians, who used a more divisive interpretation of Islam, opposed him vigorously. When they gained control of the state in the chaotic 1980s, Taha was executed. In Taha's first biography, Edward Thomas explores the life and ideas of an important Sudanese reformer who has become a symbol for resistance, tolerance and human rights.
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The european medical isotope programme: production of high purity isotopes by mass separation
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PRISMAP - The European medical isotope programme: Production of high purity isotopes by mass separation proposes to federate a consortium of the key European intense neutron sources, isotope mass separation facilities and high-power accelerators and cyclotrons, with leading biomedical research institutes and hospitals active in the translation of the emerging radionuclides into medical diagnosis and treatment. PRISMAP will create a single-entry point for a fragmented user community distributed amongst universities, research centres, industry and hospitals, in a similar way as the National Isotope Development Center NIDC supported by the Department of Energy (DOE) has provided radionuclide sources for users in the USA. PRISMAP brings together a consortium of 23 beneficiaries from 13 countries, one European Research Laboratory and an International Organisation. It further receives support of leading associations and institutions in the field such as the European Association of Nuclear Medicine (EANM) and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). Our main goal is to provide a sustainable source of high purity grade new radionuclides for medicine, involving from the onset upcoming major European infrastructures, to provide a single-entry point for all researchers active in this field including SMEs, global pharma, nuclear centres, hospitals and universities, using standardised access procedures. The new isotope enrichment and standardisation techniques triggered in PRISMAP will expand our services and provide them to yet unreachable remote European laboratories. PRISMAP thus strives to create a paradigm shift in the early phase research on radiopharmaceuticals, targeted drugs for cancer – one of the major diseases in Europe - theranostics and personalised medicine, shaping the European isotope landmark as a gold standard to accelerate the development of the pharma industry and ultimately of a better healthcare for the improvement of our citizens’ life.
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Alfabetizadoras brasileiras: pesquisa, história e formação
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This article intend to present researches and sources realized for two professors, one of them is the author of this article, she works on Higher Education forming instructors to work with children and work on Elementary and High school forming tutor for reading and writing. We analyses in this source, how the different researchers, studious and books authors have approached the questions about formation of tutor for reading and writing on the Education, History and Humans Sciences in general. Thus, this source is a thought that, it doesn’t want to produce a analysis model, it aims for tins, resemblance, severances and permanences on the explanations, thesis and concepts in the group of analysed works which help us on the construction of this article.
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An open network for innovation through nanotechnologies
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The industrial strategies of the third millennium are increasingly focused on advanced specialisations and refined enabling technologies, including nanotechnology. In the Interreg SLO-ITA programme area, there is a well-established manufacturing tradition that urgently needs to make a qualitative leap forward in order to meet the challenges posed by global society in the new millennium. On the other hand, the same area also includes the most advanced skills in emerging technologies and in particular in the field of nanotechnologies, thanks to a series of excellent research centres. The aim of the project is to connect existing nanotechnology skills to the needs of the industrial world. The project will address the following aspects:
- Widespread territorial awareness activities aimed mainly at bridging the gap between science and industry in the field of nanotechnology.
- Cross-border standardisation of nanotechnology transfer practices.
- Setting up an operational network of laboratories, which will operate as a single entity to provide full support on nanotechnology issues for regional companies, including through a programme of proof of concept experiments.
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LUCA MARCHISIO
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COMO UM PROFISSIONAL WEB — CONFORME DEFINIDO NA LEI 4/2013 — A ATIVIDADE DE CONSULTOR E DESENVOLVEDOR É REALIZADA. EM ESPECIAL, AS PEQUENAS E PEQUENAS E MÉDIAS EMPRESAS DISPÕEM DE ACONSELHAMENTO SOBRE A UTILIZAÇÃO, A GESTÃO E A ORGANIZAÇÃO DAS SUAS INFRAESTRUTURAS, TAIS COMO A CRIAÇÃO DE REDES LOCAIS, A GESTÃO E A CONFIGURAÇÃO DOS SERVIÇOS DE REDE. COMO DESENVOLVEDOR, A CRIAÇÃO DE SOFTWARE NO CAMPO WEB É REALIZADA: DESDE A CRIAÇÃO DE SÍTIOS INTERNET ATÉ À REALIZAÇÃO DE APLICAÇÕES AVANÇADAS PARA A PRESTAÇÃO DE SERVIÇOS OU A GESTÃO DA INFORMAÇÃO. ESTA ATIVIDADE É REALIZADA TANTO DE FORMA INDEPENDENTE, PARA UM CLIENTE FINAL, COMO COMO UM RECURSO EXTERNO EM PROJETOS GERIDOS POR EMPRESAS TERCEIRAS.
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Piezoelectric energy harvesters for self-powered automotive sensors: from advanced lead-free materials to smart systems
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The proposed Initial Training Network entitled ""Piezoelectric Energy Harvesters for Self-Powered Automotive Sensors: from
Advanced Lead-Free Materials to Smart Systems (ENHANCE)"" will provide Early Stage Researchers (ESRs) with broad and
intensive training within a multidisciplinary research and teaching environment. Key training topics will include development
of energy harvesters compatible with MEMS technology and able to power wireless sensor. Applied to automobiles, such
technology will allow for 50 kg of weight saving, connection simplification, space reduction, and reduced maintenance costs -
all major steps towards creating green vehicles. Other important topics include technology innovation, education and
intellectual asset management.
ENHANCE links world-leading research groups at academic institutions to give a combined, integrated approach of
synthesis/fabrication, characterization, modeling/theory linked to concepts for materials integration in devices and systems.
Such a science-supported total engineering approach will lead towards efficient piezoelectric energy harvesters viable for the
automotive industry. ESRs will focus on this common research objective, applying a multidisciplinary bottom-up approach,
which can be summarized by : ""engineered molecule- advanced material- designed device - smart system"". ENHANCE also
seeks to intensify the relationship between academic and private sectors, and to train highly skilled young researchers for
new materials and device technologies. Both are essential to provide a strong European lead over the rest of the world in
this highly competitive industry.
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SWIVEL COUPLER
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The invention provides a swivel coupler (10), for connecting a pool cleaner operatively to a flexible hose. The coupler (10) includes two open ended tubular members (16, 18) arranged in end-to-end axially aligned relationship. A collar member (24) retains the tubular members (16, 18) and connects the tubular members together in a manner which permits relative rotation of the tubular members about an axis (20) and inhibits excessive relative axial displacement. A plurality of ball bearing elements (42) is arranged between opposed faces of the tubular members (16, 18).
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Sulphur as a Factor in Soil Fertility
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1. Composite soil samples from Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, and Wisconsin were analyzed for total sulphur, total phosphorus, and volatile matter (loss on ignition), and cooperative fertilizer experiments with gypsum were conducted in fields in Indiana and Kentucky. 2. The analytical data show a general relation between the sulphur content and loss on ignition in soil samples from the same soil type or closely related soil types, but the relation is not apparent when different soil types are compared. 3. The sulphur contents in the surface soil vary from 0.0118 to 0.0905 per cent, while the phosphorus contents vary from 0.0360 to 0.3407 per cent. All the upland soils and most of the alluvial soils are low in sulphur. Most of the Kentucky soils and one of the Indiana soils are high in phosphorus. This is undoubtedly due to the influence of the rock from which the soils were formed, as all the Kentucky samples were from soils derived either from the Trenton limestone or the Cincinnati limestone, both o...
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Assessing and Managing Risk for Cardiovascular Disease: A Worldwide Perspective
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Cardiovascular disease (CVD) has become increasingly recognized as a major cause of disability, premature death, and escalating health-care costs throughout the world. The purpose of the present report is to review the most widely used worldwide tools for assessment of the total (absolute, global, integrated) risk of developing CVD during the next 5 or 10 years and to review guidelines for the clinical management of dyslipidemia, hypertension, and dysglycemia that incorporate these tools. The World Health Organization (WHO) / International Society of Hypertension (ISH) risk charts, The Framingham system, Systematic Coronary Risk Evaluation (SCORE) charts, and the PROCAM (PROspective Cardiovascular Munster) Quick Check and Health Check systems are described. Since the use of clinical guidelines based on these tools has some limitations and challenges, alternative or modified approaches for the management of CVD risk factors have been proposed by several researchers recently. Future studies are needed to evaluate the effectiveness of these proposed strategies
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Air: Greenhouse Gases from Agriculture
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Agriculture makes a major contribution to the emission of greenhouse gases. The gases are nitrous oxide, methane, and carbon dioxide. Nitrous oxide emissions are released primarily as a result of the application of nitrogen-based fertilizers and manures. Agricultural methane emissions are derived mostly from ruminant livestock and rice production, and carbon dioxide emissions are associated mainly with emerging changes in land use. In the coming decades, there will be pressure on global agricultural systems to increase the production of food to feed the world’s growing population; however, technologies are available to help achieve this in ways that also contribute to greenhouse gas mitigation from agricultural systems.
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Application of artificial neural networks for compounding multiple damage indices in Lamb-wave-based damage detection
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SUMMARY
This paper presents a novel approach to the problem of health monitoring of aircraft structures using Lamb waves. Piezoelectric sensors, embedded in the aircraft sheathing, generate Lamb waves with the aim to monitor the structural integrity of complex structure parts. The ultrasonic signals obtained from the sensor pairs arranged in pitch-catch configuration are used for the calculation of a number of different damage indices. The damage indices are then used as inputs for a classifier employing an artificial neural network (ANN) that is trained to perform structure condition assessment. Efficiency of the ANN classifier trained on artificial data generated from the numerical simulations performed using linear interaction simulation approach is investigated. The resulting classification results are compared with those obtained for the ANN trained on experimental data from the real specimens. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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Pliocene reversal of late Neogene aridification
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Significance The warm climates of the Pliocene epoch are considered our best analog for a future anthropogenic greenhouse world. However, understanding of the nature of Pliocene climate variability and change on land is currently limited by the poor age control of most existing terrestrial climate archives. We present a radiometrically dated history of the evolution of Southern Hemisphere vegetation and hydroclimate from the latest Miocene to the middle Pliocene. These data reveal a sharp increase in precipitation in the Early Pliocene, which drove complete vegetation turnover. The development of warm, wet early Pliocene climates clearly reversed a long-term Southern Hemisphere trend of late Neogene cooling and aridification, highlighting the question of what initiated this sustained, ∼1.5-My-long interval of warmth.
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W2253772954
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Initial Field Test Experiments and Failure Mechanisms for a Wireless Monitoring System for Home Care
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It is becoming increasingly important for countries like Japan, Finland and Italy to enable as wide as possible home care for their elderly citizens because of the rapidly changing age structure of the population and high hospital costs. Wireless sensors hidden into furnishings can provide necessary information for high quality planning of home care visits. We conducted a system field test of 37 homes and used 287 wireless sensors in them. The preliminary experiences of the availability and about failure mechanisms during the two month field trial are described. The trial system did not reach availability levels required for a commercial launch. The interpretation of the sensor data in a 24/7 call centre by nurses and the usefulness of their analysis results showed promise that due to situation analysis the number of pure status check visits to home care homes can be decreased and the overall cost reduced. At the same time the safety and the feeling of safety among the elderly can be enhanced. The interval between sensor- based home visit recommendations was shorter than expected and the concept was found to be feasible for operational usage.
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Genomic binding of transcription factors as a function of dna affinity and chromatin.
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Transcription factors (TFs) read cis-regulatory information encoded in the genome and by doing so, they establish gene expression patterns. However, TFs must compete with structural chromatin proteins such as nucleosomes for access to DNA, and this may partially explain why only a fraction of their sequence motifs in the genome are actually bound. It is unclear what features discriminate used from unused sites with similar motifs, in vivo, though it is likely that sensitivity of TFs to chromatin is critical for normal gene expression. For example, some TFs have reduced chromatin sensitivity, termed pioneer-factors, and are able to drive differentiation; even these bind a minority of cognate motifs in the genome. Such factors may nevertheless modify chromatin and expose motifs for TFs with higher sensitivity. Alternatively, chromatin proteins and modifications may be intrinsically directed by unidentified DNA sequence features. Though little is known about determines of TF-chromatin sensitivity, it is likely a function of DNA affinity and the ability to recruit chromatin-modifying activity.
The complexity of chromatin/TF interactions necessitates a reductionist approach. The objectives of this project is to gain mechanistic understanding of chromatin-sensitivity and will use established methods to measure binding of ectopic TFs as a function TF properties and chromatin components. I will express exogenous TFs in mammalian cells and compare in vivo binding to in vitro DNA affinity and analyse their chromatin sensitivity (WP1). This setup enables me to modify and profile chromatin before and after expression, which will test the contribution these factors have on TF binding (WP2). Finally, I will test if manipulating the chromatin-modifying activity of an ectopic TF affects binding (WP3). These results will provide mechanistic insight into TF sensitivity to chromatin and should reveal general principles of binding hierarchies and the logic of cis-regulatory regions.
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Land Capability Classification of Ollukara Block Panchayat Using GIS
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Abstract Ollukara Block Panchayat in Thrissur district, which has depletion of ground water level, is selected for the study. Land is classified into land capability classes as per IS 6748(Part-1) for the purpose of watershed management. The result shows that the area comprises of five capability classes, II, III, IV, VI and VII. In these classes, class VI and VII are not suitable for agriculture. Class II, III, and IV are suitable for agriculture. Class III comprises 28.35% of the area. The area is presently under semi critical zone based on ground water level. Proper care should be given to the study area in terms of watershed management, since the area is only marginally away from over exploited category.
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Development of cdc production technologies for the next generation of supercapacitors, feasibility study
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Skeleton Technologies is a developer and manufacturer of high performance ultracapacitors, devices which store and deliver energy much more rapidly than conventional batteries. Their specialist technology, based on in-house-manufactured carbide derived carbon (CDC) electrodes, produces 2.5 times the power to weight ratio, subsequently a 40% reduction in costs, compared to the state of the art.
The company aims to build on successful sales to niche space and motorsport markets, by up-scaling CDC production, reducing costs, allowing for more ubiquitous adoption of their products for energy-saving applications in price-sensitive markets. Initially, Skeleton will fulfil explicit demand in the automotive industry for high current, high power/weight ultracapacitors, facilitating advances in stop-start, regenerative braking and cold starting technologies. Applications have also been identified in smart grids, supporting renewable energy sources and circumventing power outages.
Skeleton also plans to market its specially treated CDC materials to manufacturers of ultracapacitors and Li-ion capacitors, and to investigate further identified uses, such as in advanced batteries, gas adsorption, water desalination and as a catalyst in fuel cells.
The Phase I feasibility study will comprise two consecutive parts: 1) completion of the planning for the up-scaled CDC production facility (to be implemented in the 24 month Phase II project), and 2) conduction of collaborative consultation with other ultracapacitor manufacturers, who will be early adopters of the CDC.
The project will address the European and global challenge of developing low carbon and efficient energy systems. CDC based ultracapacitors will facilitate advanced energy efficiency and energy recapturing systems, and will support renewable energy production and smart grids. Fulfilment of high demand in a global market projected to see 30% annual growth, will also represent significant economic benefits for member sta
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Accelerators validating antimatter physics
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Antiprotons, stored and cooled at low energies in a storage ring or at rest in traps, are highly desirable for the investigation of basic questions on fundamental interactions, the static structure of antiprotonic atoms, CPT tests by high-resolution spectroscopy on antihydrogen, as well as gravity experiments. Antimatter experiments are at the cutting edge of science. They are, however, very difficult to realize and have been limited by the performance of the only existing facility in the world, the Antiproton Decelerator (AD) at CERN. The Extra Low Energy Antiproton ring (ELENA) will be a critical upgrade to this unique facility and commissioned from summer 2016. This will significantly enhance the beam quality and enable new experiments.
To fully exploit the discovery potential of this facility and to pave the way for a vibrant long-term physics program with low energy antiprotons, advances are urgently required in numerical tools that can adequately model beam transport, life time and interaction, beam diagnostics tools and detectors that can fully characterize the beam’s properties, as well as in into advanced experimental techniques for improved precision and novel experiments that exploit the enhanced beam quality that ELENA will provide. AVA is a new European training network between universities, research centers and industry that will carry out an interdisciplinary and cross-sector antimatter research and training program for a cohort of 15 Fellows. It targets new scientific and technical developments and aims at boosting the career prospects of all trainees.
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Case Report: Management of idiopathic chylothorax
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<ns4:p>Chylothorax is characterized by the presence of chyle in the pleural space and results from lesion or obstruction of the thoracic duct. We present two cases of non-traumatic, idiopathic chylothorax in two females that were treated differently. The first is a 42 year old female who presented with a symptomatic right chylothorax. Treatment by a low-fat diet supplemented with medium chain triglyceride and evacuation of the pleural fluid was sufficient. The second patient is a 25 year old female admitted for a bilateral chylothorax. Despite optimal medical therapy, chylothorax continued to persist. Finally thoracic duct ligation was performed, which resulted in resolution of the effusion. These two cases illustrate that the management of idiopathic chylothorax can be surgical or nonsurgical.</ns4:p>
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Listening and Human Communication in the 21st Century
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List of Figures. List of Tables. Notes on Contributors. Introduction: Perspectives on Listening in the 21st Century (Andrew D. Wolvin, University of Maryland). Part I: Theoretical Overview of Listening: 1. Listening Engagement: Intersecting Theoretical Perspectives (Andrew D. Wolvin, University of Maryland). Part II: Listening Research Methods: 2. Qualitative Research: Critical for Understanding Listening (Michael W. Purdy, Governors State University, Illinois). 3. Quantitative Research in Listening: Explication and Overview (Graham D. Bodie, Louisiana State University and Margaret Fitch-Hauser, Auburn University). Part III: Listening as a Cognitive and Relational Activity: 4. What is Going on in the Mind of a Listener? The Cognitive Psychology of Listening (Margarete Imhof, Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz). 5. Listening: A Dialogic Perspective (James J. Floyd, University of Central Missouri). 6. The Skills of Listening-Centered Communication (Judi Brownell, Cornell University). 7. Listening in a Second Language (John Flowerdew, City University of Hong Kong and Lindsay Miller, City University of Hong Kong). Part IV: Listening in Contexts: 8. Listening Practices: Are We Getting Any Better? (Sheila C. Bentley, Bentley Consulting). 9. Listening Pedagogy: Where Do We Go from Here? (Laura A. Janusik, Rockhurst University). 10. Perspectives on Intercultural Listening (Melissa L. Beall, University of Northern Iowa). 11. Listening in Spirituality and Religion (Diana Corley Schnapp, Rockhurst University). 12. The Integrative Listening Model: An Approach to Teaching and Learning Listening (Kathleen Thompson, Alverno College, Pamela Leintz, Georgia State University, Barbara Nevers, Alverno College and Susan Witkowski, Alverno College). Index.
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Novel ETHE1 mutation in a carrier couple having prior offspring affected with ethylmalonic encephalopathy: Genetic analysis, clinical management and reproductive outcome.
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Ethylmalonic encephalopathy (EE) is an autosomally recessive inherited disorder with a relentlessly progressive decline in neurological function, usually fatal by the age of ten. It is characterised by generalised hypotonia, psychomotor regression, spastic tetraparesis, dystonia, seizures and, eventually, global neurological failure. Approximately 50 reports have been published worldwide describing this devastating disease, most involving patients of Mediterranean or Arab origin. The fundamental defect in EE likely involves the impairment of a mitochondrial sulphur dioxygenase coded by the ETHE1 gene responsible for the catabolism of sulphide, which subsequently accumulates to toxic levels. A diagnosis of EE should initiate careful genetic evaluation and counselling, particularly if the parents intend to have additional offspring. The present report describes the diagnosis of EE in a reproductive endocrinology context, where both members of a non-consanguineous couple were confirmed to be carriers of an identical A↷G mutation. This previously unknown mutation at nucleotide position c.494 resulted in an amino acid substitution, p.Asp165Gly. Although consideration was given to in vitro fertilisation, embryo biopsy and single gene pre-implantation genetic diagnosis, the couple decided to first utilise a less aggressive therapeutic approach with donor sperm insemination. Pregnancy with a low risk of EE was indeed achieved; however, the infant was affected with a different anomaly (hypoplastic left heart). As this case demonstrates, prior to the initiation of fertility therapy, genetic analysis may be used to provide a confirmatory diagnosis when EE is suspected.
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MAnagement and DEvelopment of INLANDs
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The project main objective is to enhance the protection and valorisation of natural and cultural unexploited capital of inland areas by means of tourism development and improved accessibility. MADE IN-LAND aims at setting up a new cross-border strategy that unleashes the potential of inland assets through their inclusion in wider networks and markets.
The cooperation with coastal areas, considered as mass-tourism destinations, through the common and innovative means of integrated management, marketing and promotion foreseen by the project, gives such opportunity to the inland areas and the project regions as a whole.
MADE IN-LAND not only aims at increasing the specific value of hinterlands cultural/natural heritage and their conservation through the empowerment of local communities as custodian of those resources, but also at catching non-seasonal touristic flows and opening to new touristic offers that will enhance the functional, environmental and cultural continuity between the different areas.
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Quality of Monetary Policy in Brazil: Adherence and COPOM's Directors Turnover Effect
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The objective of this paper is to analyze the social cost of monetary policy in Brazil. The monetary adherence and the Copoms director turnover are used as way to test the quality of the monetary policy. We estimated two reaction functions using structural vector autoregressive techniques. The result of the two reaction functions indicates that the turnover of director in the monetary policy committee leads to the increase in the interest rate in order to keep inflation rate around the desired target level. Thus, the turnover produces a high social cost to the economy through monetary policy. Moreover, the monetary adherence measured by the deviation of monetary aggregates from its optimal level seems to be the ultimate exogenous variable that causes changes in output gap and inflation. Thus, the economy would have less social cost if policymakers pay closer attention to the deviations of monetary aggregates to its optimal level.
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Evaluation of the regional climate model ALADIN to simulate the climate over North America in the CORDEX framework
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In this study, an ensemble of four multi-year climate simulations is performed with the regional climate model ALADIN to evaluate its ability to simulate the climate over North America in the CORDEX framework. The simulations differ in their driving fields (ERA-40 or ERA-Interim) and the nudging technique (with or without large-scale nudging). The validation of the simulated 2-m temperature and precipitation with observationally-based gridded data sets shows that ALADIN performs similarly to other regional climate models that are commonly used over North America. Large-scale nudging improves the temporal correlation of the atmospheric circulation between ALADIN and its driving field, and also reduces the warm and dry summer biases in central North America. The differences between the simulations driven with different reanalyses are small and are likely related to the regional climate model’s induced internal variability. In general, the impact of different driving fields on ALADIN is smaller than that of large-scale nudging. The analysis of the multi-year simulations over the prairie and the east taiga indicates that the ALADIN 2-m temperature and precipitation interannual variability is similar or larger than that observed. Finally, a comparison of the simulations with observations for the summer 1993 shows that ALADIN underestimates the flood in central North America mainly due to its systematic dry bias in this region. Overall, the results indicate that ALADIN can produce a valuable contribution to CORDEX over North America.
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Aging alters visual processing of objects and shapes in inferotemporal cortex in monkeys
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Visual perception declines with age. Perceptual deficits may originate not only in the optical system serving vision but also in the neural machinery processing visual information. Since homologies between monkey and human vision permit extrapolation from monkeys to humans, data from young, middle aged and old monkeys were analyzed to show age-related changes in the neuronal activity in the inferotemporal cortex, which is critical for object and shape vision. We found an increased neuronal response latency, and a decrease in the stimulus selectivity in the older animals and suggest that these changes may underlie the perceptual uncertainties found frequently in the elderly.
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THE SPATIAL AGE AND THE NEW PARADIGMS IN GEODESY: IMPLICATIONS FOR SURVEYING AND MAPPING IN BRAZIL
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The satellite platforms allowed a very quick transition from local or regional Geodetic Reference Systems (GRSs) to the global ones. The evolution of methods also brought changes in the standards of precision and accuracy. Networks based on local Datums which had relative precision in the order of 1:100,000 to 1:150,000, like the classical networks in the Brazilian Geodetic System (BGS), could be easily replaced by networks constrained in geocentric Datums which reach relative precision of 1:10,000,000 or better and placed inside a concept of a Global Hierarchy. Besides the facilities for positioning, the modern satellite platforms of remote sensors are also applied for satellite altimetry, multi spectral imagery and on-board satellite gravimetry. This allows relevant geodetic information linked directly in global geocentric GRSs. Then, the modern orbital platforms changed completely the ability to capture, model and manage spatial data with strong implications in Geodesy and Cartography. The associated new data bases for Cartography have several new implications coming from the applied surveying methods and present paradigms of precision. Most of the implications come from the need of relating geometric and physical aspects. This happen due the necessary association of local measurements affected by the local gravity field to global oriented geocentric GRS. The modern Global Geopotential Models (GGMs) have a strong expectation for uses in the referred integration. In this paper are discussed the impacts of “spatial age” on the geodetic methods for surveying and mapping. The possible applications of GGMs for realizing fundamental geodetic networks, surveying and mapping are also discussed.
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The Thousand Year Flood: The Ohio-Mississippi Disaster of 1937
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The Thousand Year Flood: The Ohio-Mississippi Disaster of 1937. By David Welky. (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2011. Pp. xiv, 355. Maps, illustrations, acknowledgments, notes, index. $27.50.) David Welky's well-written and informative book provides the only comprehensive account of the most serious flood of the twentieth century, one that struck the Ohio and lower Mississippi River valleys with great ferocity in 1937. Published by the University of Chicago Press, which is issuing some of the best books in environmental history these days, The Thousand Year Flood may cause historians to rethink the primacy of the more famous 1927 flood in reshaping government policy toward natural disasters. In its early chapters, the book provides an in-depth analysis of nineteenth and early twentieth-century engineering perspectives on flood control and the role of the Army Corps of Engineers. A later chapter focuses, in part, on the emerging science of weather forecasting and how its limitations affected the disaster. One of the most fascinating aspects of this book, however, is Welky's careful elucidation of how Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal coped with the disaster. His book covers much of the same ground that Sarah T. Phillips traverses in This Nation, This Land: Conservation Policy, Rural America, and the New Deal (2007), but while Phillips provides a more general study of Roosevelt's larger perspective on conservation, Welky uses the flood of 1937 to shed light on policy-making during a specific and terrible national disaster and its long-term implications. Welky's treatment of the nineteenth-century rivalry between the Army Corps of Engineers' Andrew Humphreys and Charles Ellet, Jr., then a civil engineer, is more comprehensive than John Barry's analysis in Rising Tide (1997), a book that covered the 1927 flood. Welky's account is also more engaging. While Barry fashioned his narrative with a broad brush, perhaps oversimplifying the contest between the two engineers, Welky does more than simply fill in some gaps. His narrative includes crucial biographical information about both men, information that is at once more illuminating and memorable. Both were deeply flawed and highly ambitious men-onthe- make who espoused very different perspectives on controlling the nation's rivers. Although not entirely sound, Ellet's mix of levees and reservoirs was the better approach, but his untimely death in 1862 leftthe field open to Humphreys. …
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Women'S journey through entrepreneurship in the tourism industry
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As entrepreneurship is fundamental to economic development in the EU, it is essential to maximize the potential pool of successful entrepreneurs by addressing the persistent under-representation of women who constitute only 29% of all entrepreneurs in Europe-37. This is a priority as the proportion of women entrepreneurs has declined since 2008. Tourism is advocated as an accessible entrepreneurship gateway for women because of the predominance of small firms, relatively low entry barriers and the size of the sector (9% of EU GDP). Therefore; tourism provides an important opportunity for women entrepreneurs as individuals, but also for communities and economies at a European level. WomENt aims to understand the different pathways of women’s entrepreneurship journey in a changing tourism industry, and how different environments, agents, policies and actions across different scales (macro, meso and micro) influence their opportunities, motivations and challenges.
While the barriers to entrepreneurship faced by women have been studied generically, research on tourism is limited, and the methodologies used have not addressed the complexity of women’s entrepreneurial journeys. Hence WomENt draws on the fresh perspectives provided by a post-structuralist feminist approach, reinforced by mixed methods analyses, to identify key contingent factors that determine effective tourism entrepreneurship practices and performances. The pathways will be analysed in the United Kingdom and Spain, which have contrasting tourism industries and entrepreneurial environments. Research on entrepreneurs’ use of social media, and close collaboration with agents of change (policy-makers, universities etc.), including secondments with key tourism organizations, will ensure the project makes an effective evidence-based contribution to policies and practices that increase the numbers of women entrepreneurs, and diversify the pool of entrepreneurship.
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Disentangling fast and slow responses of the East Asian summer monsoon to reflecting and absorbing aerosol forcings
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Abstract. We examine the roles of fast and slow responses in shaping the total equilibrium response of the East Asian summer monsoon (EASM) to reflecting (sulfate, SO4) and absorbing (black carbon, BC) aerosol forcings over the industrial era using the Community Earth System Model version 1 (CESM1). Our results show that there is a clear distinction between fast and slow responses of the EASM to aerosol forcings and the slow climate response due to aerosol-induced change in sea surface temperature (SST) plays an important role in the impacts of aerosols on the EASM. The EASM is weakened by a decrease in land–sea surface thermal contrast in the fast response (FR) component to SO4 forcing, whereas the weakening is more intensive due to the changes in tropospheric thermodynamic and dynamic structures in the slow response (SR) component to SO4. The total climate adjustment caused by SO4 is a significant weakening of the EASM and a decrease in precipitation. The BC-induced fast adjustment strengthens the EASM both by increasing the local land–sea surface thermal contrast and shifting the East Asian subtropical jet (EASJ) northwards. The BC-induced slow climate adjustment, however, weakens the EASM through altering the atmospheric temperature and circulation. Consequently, the EASM is slightly enhanced, especially north of 30° N, in the total response (TR) to BC. The spatial patterns of precipitation change over East Asia due to BC are similar in the total response and slow response. This study highlights the importance of ocean response to aerosol forcings in driving the changes of the EASM.
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APPARATUS FOR THE WEEDING OF SOILS
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The apparatus (1) for the weeding of soils comprises: - an irradiation assembly (2) adapted to generate microwaves and to convey them onto a soil to be weeded; - a management and control unit (3) of the apparatus (1); - a power supply unit (4) connected to the irradiation assembly (2) and to the management and control unit (3) and adapted to generate supply energy of the apparatus (1); Wherein the irradiation assembly (2) comprises: - a plurality of emission units (5) of microwaves comprising each at least one emitter element (6) adapted to generate microwaves; - a diffuser body (7) of the microwaves associated with the emission units (5) and provided with a diffusion port (8) oriented towards the soil to be weeded, the diffuser body (7) being adapted to convey the microwaves towards the diffusion port (8).
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Prevalence of and Risk Factors for Anal Oncogenic Human Papillomavirus Infection Among HIV-Infected Women in France in the Combination Antiretroviral Therapy Era
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Little is known about the type-specific prevalence of anal human papillomavirus (HPV) infection and risk factors for anal high-risk (HR) HPV infection in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected women.A cross-sectional study of anal and cervical HPV infection was nested within a gynecological cohort of HIV-infected women. Specimens were tested for type-specific DNA using a polymerase chain reaction-based assay.The study population consisted of 311 women with a median age of 45.3 years, of whom 42.8% originated from sub-Saharan Africa and 96.8% were receiving combination antiretroviral therapy. The median CD4(+)cell count was 612/μL, and the HIV load was <50 copies/mL in 84.1%. HR-HPV types were detected in the anal canal in 148 women (47.6%) and in the cervix in 82 (26.4%). HPV-16 was the most prevalent type in both the anal canal (13.2% of women) and the cervix (5.1%). In multivariable analysis, factors associated with prevalent anal HR-HPV infection were CD4(+)count <350/μL (odds ratio, 2.9; 95% confidence interval, 1.3-6.5), concurrent cervical lesions (2.6; 1.0-4.3), and cervical HR-HPV infection (1.8; 1.0-3.2).The high prevalence of HR-HPV types, including HPV-16, in the anal canal of HIV-positive women is concerning. Anal cancer screening should be considered for HIV-positive women as part of their routine care.
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GATE-BIASED ENHANCEMENT OF CATALYST PERFORMANCE
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The effectiveness of a catalyst is enhanced by using an applied voltage to raise the Fermi-level energy thus populating the conduction band and possibly the reaction band.
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Global integration strategies of small and medium multinationals: Evidence from Taiwan
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Abstract This study replicates and extends Birkinshaw et al.’s (1995) model of the predictors of business unit integration of large Western multinational corporations (MNCs). Our study investigates the global integration strategies of Taiwanese small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) competing in the global information technology (IT) industry. It confirms the importance of some structural forces (i.e. economies of scale and standard market demands) in the global integration strategies of Taiwanese SMEs thereby expanding the applicability of existent internationalization theories developed primarily in the context of large Western MNCs to non-Western SMEs. This study finds three results that add new knowledge to the current SME literature and provides managerial implications. First, it finds a negative relationship between competitive actions and business unit integration. Second, it finds that in the optimally globalized IT industry there is no direct effect of business unit integration on performance. Third, it finds a direct effect of differential comparative advantage on performance.
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IGF‐1 and BMP‐7 synergistically stimulate articular cartilage repairing in the rabbit knees by improving chondrogenic differentiation of bone‐marrow mesenchymal stem cells
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Knee injury is known as a frequently occurred damage related to sports, which may affect the function of cartilage. This study aims to explore whether Insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-1) and bone morphogenetic protein-7 (BMP-7)-modified bone-marrow mesenchymal stem cells (BMSCs) affect the repair of cartilage damage found in the knee. Primarily, BMSCs were treated with a series of pEGFP-C1, IGF-1, and BMP-7, followed by determination of IGF-1 and BMP-7 expression. A rabbit cartilage defect model was also established. Afterfward, cell morphology, viability, cartilage damage repair effect, and expression of collagen I and collagen II at the 6th and the 12th week were measured. BMSCs treated with pEGFP-C1/IGF-1, pEGFP-C1/BMP-7, and pEGFP-C1/BMP-7-IGF-1 exhibited elevated expression of BMP-7 and IGF-1. Besides, BMSCs in the P10 generation displayed decreased cell proliferation. Moreover, BMSCs treated with IGF-1, BMP-7, and IGF-1-BMP-7 showed reduced histological score and collagen I expression while elevated collagen II expression, as well as better repair effect, especially in those treated with IGF-1-BMP-7. Collectively, these results demonstrated a synergistic effect of IGF-1 and BMP-7 on the BMSC chondrogenic differentiation on the articular cartilage damage repair in the rabbit knees, highlighting its therapeutic potential for the treatment of articular cartilage damage.
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NTR3, A MEMBER OF THE TNF-RECEPTOR SUPERGENE FAMILY
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The present invention provides a purified polynucleotide encoding a novel receptor, designated NTR3, which belongs to the TNF receptor gene superfamily; to purified NTR3 polypeptide molecules; to antibodies that bind NTR3; to materials comprising such molecules; and to methods of using such molecules.
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Correct Enjoyment (and Awareness Raising) of Natura 2000 Locations
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The CORALLO project supports the dissemination and use of the natural heritage through a diverse range of edutainment tools and minor and non-intrusive infrastructure interventions within Natura 2000 (N2K) sites. Through the project, state-of-the-art educational services and facilities will be developed in each of the target sites, including extensive use of virtual and extended reality including documentaries and short video clips. In addition, the iconic species and habitats encountered at each of N2K's target sites will be exhibited in different centers identified for intervention, thus capitalizing on the unique strengths and resources held by each site. The CORALLO project also provides mobile awareness tools, i.e. scientific campaigns for citizens, a boat of project information, smartphone apps and games and online tools, which will allow to reach a wide range of end users. CORALLO wants to achieve a greater degree of awareness of the biodiversity existing within N2K sites and the promotion of related ecosystem services. The project then carries out awareness-raising activities with as many end users as possible.
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Hematopoietic stem cell apoptosis in bone marrow failure and myelodysplastic syndromes: friend or foe?
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Deregulated apoptotic signaling in hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells (HSPCs) strongly contributes to the pathogenesis and phenotypes of congenital bone marrow failure and myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) and their progression to acute myeloid leukemia (AML). HSPCs are highly susceptible to apoptosis during bone marrow failure and early MDS, but AML evolution selects for apoptosis resistance. Little is known about the main apoptotic players and their regulators. ApoptoMDS will investigate the impact of apoptotic deregulation for pathogenesis, correlate apoptotic susceptibility with the kinetics of disease progression and characterize the mechanism by which apoptotic susceptibility turns into resistance. ApoptoMDS will draw on a large collection of patient-derived samples and genetically engineered mouse models to investigate disease progression in serially transplanted and xenotransplanted mice. How activated DNA damage checkpoint signaling contributes to syndrome phenotypes and HSPC hypersusceptibility to apoptosis will be assessed. Checkpoint activation confers a competitive disadvantage, and HSPCs undergoing malignant transformation are under high selective pressure to inactivate it. Checkpoint abrogation mitigates the hematological phenotype, but increases the risk of AML evolution. ApoptoMDS aims to analyze if inhibiting apoptosis in HSPCs from bone marrow failure and early-stage MDS can overcome the dilemma of checkpoint abrogation. Whether inhibiting apoptosis is sufficient to improve HSPC function will be tested on several levels and validated in patient-derived samples. How inhibiting apoptosis in the presence of functional checkpoint signaling influences malignant transformation kinetics will be assessed. If, as hypothesized, inhibiting apoptosis both mitigates hematological symptoms and delays AML evolution, ApoptoMDS will pave the way for novel therapeutic approaches to expand the less severe symptomatic period for patients with these syndromes.
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Translation Equivalents and the Emergence of Multiple Lexicons in Early Trilingual Development
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This study examines lexical differentiation in early trilingual development through an analysis of the translation equivalents (TEs) produced by a Tagalog—Spanish—English trilingual child. The child’s cumulative vocabulary between 1;4 and 2;0 was reconstructed through diary records and audio-recordings, and the extent to which phonetically distinct equivalent doublets and triplets were represented in her cumulative lexicon was examined. The results indicate that TEs were produced from early on, similarly to bilingual children. However, the amount of input heard in each language determined the number and types of equivalents acquired. Also, learning a second TE took less time than learning a first, suggesting that the initial differentiation of the lexicon as evidenced by doublets might facilitate the emergence of multiple lexical systems.
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Natural instability of semiconductors thin solid films for sensing and photonic applications
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NARCISO “NAtuRal instability of semiConductors thIn SOlid films for sensing and photonic applications” is an interdisciplinary project merging physics, chemistry, material science, fluid dynamics, and photonics with a high potential for applications and industrial scale-up of the relevant results. We propose to exploit the natural instability of thin solid films (solid state dewetting of silicon and germanium, SSD) to form complex patterns and nano-architectures (e.g. monocrystalline atomically-smooth structures, disordered hyperuniform metamaterials) that cannot be implemented with conventional methods. These patters will be used as: i) epitaxial platforms for the growth of light-emitting III-V compounds; ii) hard-masters for nano-imprint lithography of metal oxides (e.g. TiO2, SiO2, ZnO, Al2O3) deposited via sol-gel dip-coating (soft-NIL) and printed on arbitrary substrates, with tunable chemical and physical properties (e.g. composition, porosity, wettability). Methods and structures will be optimized towards their exploitation in two main domains of application: 1) photonic devices (e.g. anti-reflection coatings, colour-filters, random lasers, quantum emitters) and 2) micro-fluidic devices for bio/chemical sensing and water filtering. NARCISO holds the state-of-the-art in SSD and soft-NIL and is already at work in their theoretical comprehension their experimental implementation and practical exploitation. Now NARCISO will combine these techniques bringing them to the leading-edge of micro-and nanostructuring over ultra-large scales and with methods compatible with an industrial scale-up. The presence of the non-academic member Obducat Technologies is a strategic asset of the consortium as it is a major international actor in the nano-imprint lithography domain. It will provide the standard and needs for a realistic formulation of the relevant experimental methods and will demonstrate their implementation in a high-throughput industrial chain of production.
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898279
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Restoring natural feelings from missing or damaged peripheral nervous system by model-driven neuroprosthesis
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Due to sensory loss diabetic patients are prone to falls and to foot ulcers, which consequently increase the risk of amputations. Because of the lack of sensory feedback amputees experience falls, perceive the prosthesis as a foreign body and therefore do not rely on it during walking. This causes counterbalancing movements that increase fatigue. Both types of patients suffer neuropathic pain, associable to aberrant sensory inputs. Neural pathways between the periphery and the brain are still functional above the damage or the amputation. Targeting these structures with peripheral neural interfaces could allow the restoration of natural sensory functionalities. The aim of project is to develop the first neuroprosthesis restoring natural foot sensations, through sciatic nerve stimulation, to patients with diabetic neuropathy or leg amputation. To that aim we will develop a detailed computational model of the sensory loop of the sciatic nerve. It will merge the electrical stimulation effects on sensory fibers and transduction of mechanical deformations of the skin into action potentials. Modelling results will be validated. Applying this modeling framework we will optimize the geometry of a peripheral neural interface, its surgical placement and define stimulation protocols that mimic natural sensory feedback responses. Effective device for feedback restoration will be constructed, able to translate the signals recorded by sensorized sole placed under the prosthetic or diabetic foot into the natural foot sensations perceived by subject. The interventional tools for embodiment boosting and pain relief will be developed. Clinical tests on amputee and diabetic subjects will assess the efficacy of the FeelAgain conceptual and technological framework by examination of pain, embodiment, ulcer prevention, falls avoidance and walking ability.
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Nested sampling, statistical physics and the Potts model
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Abstract We present a systematic study of the nested sampling algorithm based on the example of the Potts model. This model, which exhibits a first order phase transition for q > 4 , exemplifies a generic numerical challenge in statistical physics: The evaluation of the partition function and thermodynamic observables, which involve high dimensional sums of sharply structured multi-modal density functions. It poses a major challenge to most standard numerical techniques, such as Markov Chain Monte Carlo. In this paper we will demonstrate that nested sampling is particularly suited for such problems and it has a couple of advantages. For calculating the partition function of the Potts model with N sites: a) one run stops after O ( N ) moves, so it takes O ( N 2 ) operations for the run, b) only a single run is required to compute the partition function along with the assignment of confidence intervals, c) the confidence intervals of the logarithmic partition function decrease with 1 / N and d) a single run allows to compute quantities for all temperatures while the autocorrelation time is very small, irrespective of temperature. Thermodynamic expectation values of observables, which are completely determined by the bond configuration in the representation of Fortuin and Kasteleyn, like the Helmholtz free energy, the internal energy as well as the entropy and heat capacity, can be calculated in the same single run needed for the partition function along with their confidence intervals. In contrast, thermodynamic expectation values of magnetic properties like the magnetization and the magnetic susceptibility require sampling the additional spin degree of freedom. Results and performance are studied in detail and compared with those obtained with multi-canonical sampling. Eventually the implications of the findings on a parallel implementation of nested sampling are outlined.
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Low-Luminance Visual Acuity and Microperimetry in Age-Related Macular Degeneration
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To compare the effectiveness of low-luminance visual acuity (LLVA) and microperimetry as functional measures in early stages of age-related macular degeneration (AMD).Prospective cross-sectional study.One hundred seventy-nine participants with a clinical spectrum of non-neovascular AMD and 26 control participants.Best-corrected visual acuity (BVCA), LLVA, and microperimetric retinal sensitivity were measured on 1 eye of all participants. Low-luminance deficit (LLD) was calculated as the difference between LLVA and BCVA. The functional parameters were compared between 6 clinical severity groups (from controls to non-foveal geographic atrophy [GA]), and the relationships and magnitude of these parameters were determined and compared.Visual acuity parameters (BCVA, LLVA, and LLD) and central retinal sensitivity.Best-corrected visual acuity, LLVA, and central retinal sensitivity were reduced significantly for all AMD clinical severity groups when compared with control participants (P ≤ 0.002), except for those with drusen between 63 and 125 μm (P ≥ 0.107). However, LLD was not significantly different from control participants in all groups (P ≥ 0.073), except in the non-foveal GA group (P = 0.008). A significant positive relationship between central retinal sensitivity and LLD (R = 0.613; P < 0.001), but not BCVA, suggests that there is a trend for LLVA to detect a greater extent of functional deficit than BCVA in eyes with increasingly poorer retinal sensitivity. However, the results of the linear regression models estimated central retinal sensitivity to be 6.1, 3.7, and 5.1 standard deviations (SDs) less than normal by the time BCVA, LLVA, and LLD, respectively, were 2 SDs less than normal.In early stages of AMD, LLVA did not detect a greater extent of functional deficit than BCVA when compared with control participants. Although there was a trend for LLVA to be more effective at detecting foveal deficits than BCVA in eyes with increasingly poorer retinal sensitivity, both visual acuity measures were much less sensitive compared with microperimetry.
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W2067364714
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green groWing of SMEs: Innovation and Development in the energy sector in mEd aRea
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Coherently with general object 1.1 -Strengthening innovation capacities-� WIDER aims to contribute to the identification and strengthening of innovation capacities, knowledge management and networking of Mediterranean SMEs in order to reinforce their position in the energy sector and to increase their potential at transnational level. Indeed, WIDER aims at improving and sharing knowledge management regarding innovation, markets opportunities and new products of SMEs all along the supply chain of the eco-smart housing for independent living of elderly sector in all the 7 focused MED regional industrial areas. Thanks to the implementation of 7 regional targeted pilot projects, the selected local SMEs -actually or potentially belonging to the eco-smart housing for elderly sector- have the chance to gain, improve and share competencies regarding the increase of the value of their own products or the repositioning of new ones on wider target market segments through an energy efficiency and end-user centered approach. Moreover, it contributes to reinforce both economic competitiveness to match international concurrence and the environmental performances of all the 7 focused MED regions. In addition, WIDER intends to contribute to enhance elderly customers' lifestyle while helping them to use energy in a cleaner and better way and improve energy saving until autonomy of their residence. As well, WIDER aims at supporting the selected local SMEs capacities of local, national, European and international cooperation, clustering and networking to share information, create synergies, capitalize and disseminate experiences and results. Besides, it will be strengthened the cooperation between SMEs, research, innovation centres, intermediary bodies to foster innovation. WPs are: 1.Management and Coordination 2. Information, awareness raising and Capitalization 3.Measures to favour user-driven innovation for eco-smart housing for elderly 4.Pilot action to enhance user-driven innovation of smart eco-systems approaching emergent market 5.Networking to favour transnational thematic synergies. WIDER partnership is composed of 10 partners (4 RDAs, 1 public university, 1 non-profit association aimed at animating the regional RDC, 1 chamber of commerce, 1 energy agencies, 2 transnational networks oriented at economic development) from 7 countries from the extreme Occidental boundaries of MED Programme (Algarve) to the extreme Eastern ones (Central Macedonia) crossing other 5 eligible areas (Catalonia, Rhone-Alpes, Marche, Slovenia and Sarajevo Macro Region). Moreover, 5 external partners: users interests are brought by the European Network AGE Platform and the Italian Trade Union CNA Retired, joining as external partners along with a big telecom company, a leading ICT company and an association of AAL companies. The project lasts 30 months (from January 2013 to June 2015) and the budgets is -� 2.525.746,00.
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(7161.24052017.110000401) CANADA EXPORT PROMOTION
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OUR PROJECT CALLED “CANADA EXPORT PROMOTION” HAS AS ITS OBJECTIVE THE COMMERCIAL INCLUSION IN THE CANADIAN MARKET OF OUR COMPANY SPECIALISED IN THE PRODUCTION OF MEDIUM-HIGH-END SNEAKER SHOES; DOES THE CANADIAN MARKET HAVE GREAT POTENTIAL? ABSORPTION FOR OUR COLLECTIONS, CHARACTERISED BY CONTINUOUS STYLISTIC RESEARCH AND A HIGH QUALITY STANDARD, THE RESULT OF THE INSPIRATION OF CREATIVE DIRECTIONS AND THE ORGANISATION AND CONTROL OF EVERY STAGE OF THE PRODUCTION PROCESS. THE DATA AVAILABLE ON THE CANADIAN MARKET SHOW A VERY POSITIVE TREND IN CONSUMPTION OF PRODUCTS OF THE SO-CALLED “ACCESSIBLE LUXURY”, WITH A HIGH FASHION AND IDENTITY CONTENT, AIMED AT A TARGET MAINLY OF YOUNG PEOPLE, AND TO FACE WITH POSSIBILITIES? SUCCESSFUL BRAND COMPETITION ALREADY? ESTABLISHED OR EMERGING AND ACHIEVING THE ULTIMATE GOAL OF ACQUIRING NEW CUSTOMERS IN THIS MARKET, WE HAVE DECIDED TO IMPLEMENT AN ARTICULATED COMMERCIAL PENETRATION STRATEGY
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TARGETED DRUG DELIVERY AND THERAPEUTIC METHODS USING APO-E MODIFIED LIPID NANOPARTICLES
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Methods for targeted delivery of therapeutic agents to a target cell or tissue with lipid nanoparticles comprising ApoE3. In embodiments, the invention specifically relates to targeted delivery of anticancer drugs, antibiotics, antifungal drugs, and diagnostic contrast agents, and associated treatment and diagnostic methods. In embodiments, diseases/conditions treated include those associated with over-expression of LDL receptors.
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US 201815945630 A
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Utility Mining Algorithm for High Utility Item sets from Transactional Databases
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The discovery of item sets with high utility like profits is referred by mining high utility item sets from a transactional database. Although in recent years a number of relevant algorithms have been proposed, for high utility item sets the problem of producing a large number of candidate item sets is incurred. The mining performance is degraded by such a large number of candidate item sets in terms of execution time and space requirement. When the database contains lots of long transactions or long high utility item sets the situation may become worse. Internet purchasing and transactions is increased in recent years, mining of high utility item sets especially from the big transactional databases is required task to process many day to day operations in quick time. There are many methods presented for mining the high utility item sets from large transactional datasets are subjected to some serious limitations such as performance of this methods needs to be investigated in low memory based systems for mining high utility itemsets from large transactional datasets and hence needs to address further as well. Another limitation is these proposed methods cannot overcome the screenings as well as overhead of null transactions; hence, performance degrades drastically. During this paper, we are presenting the new approach to overcome these limitations. We presented distributed programming model for mining business-oriented transactional datasets by using an improved Map Reduce framework on Hadoop, which overcomes not only the single processor and main memory-based computing, but also highly scalable in terms of increasing database size. We have used this approach with existing UP-Growth and UP-Growth+ with aim of improving their performances further. In experimental studies we will compare the performances of existing algorithms UP-Growth and UP-Growth+ against the improve UP-Growth and UP-Growth+ with Hadoop.
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Controlling doping in graphene through a SiC substrate: A first-principles study
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Controlling the type and density of charge carriers by doping is the key step for developing graphene electronics. However, direct doping of graphene is rather a challenge. Based on first-principles calculations, a concept of overcoming doping difficulty in graphene via substrate is reported.We find that doping could be strongly enhanced in epitaxial graphene grown on silicon carbide substrate. Compared to free-standing graphene, the formation energies of the dopants can decrease by as much as 8 eV. The type and density of the charge carriers of epitaxial graphene layer can be effectively manipulated by suitable dopants and surface passivation. More importantly, contrasting to the direct doping of graphene, the charge carriers in epitaxial graphene layer are weakly scattered by dopants due to the spatial separation between dopants and the conducting channel. Finally, we show that a similar idea can also be used to control magnetic properties, for example, induce a half-metallic state in the epitaxial graphene without magnetic impurity doping.
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Copper Corrosion Inhibition in 1 M HNO3 by Two Benzimidazole Derivatives
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Corrosion behavior of copper in 1 M nitric acid containing either 2-mercaptobenzimidazole (MBI) or 2-thiomethylbenzimidazole (TMBI) was investigated experimentally and theoretically via weight loss method and quantum chemical approaches. It was found that the two compounds exhibit a very good performance as inhibitors for copper corrosion in the studied medium. Results show that the inhibition efficiencies increase with increasing temperature and increasing concentration of the inhibitors. It has been found that the studied compounds adsorb onto copper according to the modified Langmuir adsorption isotherm and the kinetic/thermodynamic isotherm of El-Awady. The thermodynamic adsorption parameters and kinetic corrosion parameters were determined and analyzed; on the bases of these parameters both physisorption and chemisorption were suggested for the studied compounds. Furthermore, the quantum chemical properties/descriptors most relevant to their potential action as corrosion inhibitors have been calculated. They include <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><mml:mrow><mml:msub><mml:mi>E</mml:mi><mml:mrow><mml:mtext>HOMO</mml:mtext></mml:mrow></mml:msub></mml:mrow></mml:math>, <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><mml:mrow><mml:msub><mml:mi>E</mml:mi><mml:mrow><mml:mtext>LUMO</mml:mtext></mml:mrow></mml:msub></mml:mrow></mml:math>, energy gap (<mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><mml:mi>Δ</mml:mi><mml:mi>E</mml:mi></mml:math>), dipole moment (<mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><mml:mi>μ</mml:mi></mml:math>), hardness (<mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><mml:mi>η</mml:mi></mml:math>), softness (<mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><mml:mi>σ</mml:mi></mml:math>), the fractions of electrons transferred (<mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><mml:mi>Δ</mml:mi><mml:mi>N</mml:mi></mml:math>), electrophilicity index (ω), and the total energy change (<mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><mml:mrow><mml:mi>Δ</mml:mi><mml:msub><mml:mi>E</mml:mi><mml:mi>T</mml:mi></mml:msub></mml:mrow></mml:math>). The theoretical results were found to be consistent with the experimental data reported.
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Innovative manufacturing routes for next generation batteries in europe
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As of today, Europe remains not competitive in terms of Lithium battery cell development and especially manufacturing. This lack of competence and competitiveness could quickly spiral down into a complete loss of this key technology for electrification in the EU.
Thus IMAGE will significantly contribute to sustainably develop the European Li-battery cell manufacturing competence and capability by creating a competitive, production-oriented research & development framework within Europe. A realistic and well-documented roadmap towards the manufacturing of cost-effective and competitive battery cells within Europe will emerge. This will be enforced by establishing a distributed battery cell production base that will be able, after careful upscaling of production, to supply the now burgeoning electric vehicle industry. From this context, the main goal of IMAGE is to push European’s Li-battery industry and academia to take over a leading role in the development and manufacturing of Next Generation Li-Ion cells. IMAGE has the following major objectives:
1) Develop generic production techniques for next generation battery cells based on high specific energy Li-metal battery cells. This will include a modular development approach that will be easy to up-scale while remaining flexible and safer to replace in case of any contingencies and market/ manufacturer configuration changes.
2) Identify energy and resource efficient cell manufacturing technologies and assets tailored to the existent European industrial infrastructure. This will include the identification of bottleneck factors and challenges that could be addressed in the present European industrial context.
3) Develop a progressive, multiple-tier technological and production framework that is able to cope with the inherent technological changes and advancements characteristic to this dynamic field. Thus, there will be several technologies covered by IMAGE, each having different technological maturity level.
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Sorolla y la escultura clásica: Una aproximación a través de sus academias del antiguo.
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El presente trabajo analiza tres academias del antiguo que Joaquín Sorolla Bastida realizó durante su estancia como pensionado de pintura en Roma entre 1885 y 1888. Dos de estos estudios tienen como objeto de representación algunas secciones pertenecientes a los mármoles del Partenón, mientras que en el restante se corresponde con la Madona Medici de Miguel Ángel. Así pues, a través de un estudio documental y comparativo de las fuentes paleográficas incluidas en estos dibujos y las documentales que alberga el Museo Sorolla, se tratarán de identifican las referencias visuales que el pintor tomó para realizar estas piezas. Con el fin de vislumbrar la relación que tuvo Sorolla con la escultura clásica y los lugares en los que estudió la misma durante su etapa italiana.
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The digital insurance assistant for european consumers
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Consumers are vastly uninformed when it comes to contracting insurance and using their coverages. Although the average insurance cost per capita in the EU is 2,670€ per year, European users do NOT have the tools to easily compare, select and buy the best insurance policies; those that provide the best insurance coverage at the best price. Furthermore, insurance policies are usually difficult to understand and cumbersome to manage. Our new product COMPARO BRAIN employs state-of-the-art Machine-Learning algorithms to offer an app-based personal insurance assistant that will help European consumers get customised information about the best insurance policies, obtain recommendations and contract with the best providers. BRAIN offers comprehensive data on coverages included in the insurance policies of the user and adapts to their needs by implementing the most advanced context-aware technologies that adapt accordingly to create a more relevant and interactive user experience. BRAIN saves 10 hours (35% reduction) of annoying research and bureaucracy in the contracting process. Users obtain optimal insurance policies, avoid paying for redundant insurance coverages, saving on average 20% on their insurance costs annually and avoid paying for everyday services already included in their coverages. Thanks to this project we expect to internationalise our customer base entering Norway, Denmark and Sweden in a first phase. We plan to serve more than 400 thousand households in Europe after 5 years of commercialization.
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Service programing and orchestration for virtualized software networks
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Virtualisation and software networks are a major disruptive technology for communications networks, enabling services to be deployed as software functions running directly in the network on commodity hardware. However, deploying the more complex user-facing applications and services envisioned for 5G networks presents significant technological challenges for development and deployment. SONATA addresses both issues.
For service development, SONATA provides service patterns and description techniques for composed services. A customised SDK is developed to boost the efficiency of developers of network functions and composed services, by integrating catalogue access, editing, debugging, and monitoring analysis tools with service packaging for shipment to an operator.
For deployment, SONATA provides a novel service platform to manage service execution. The platform complements the SDK with functionality to validate service packages. Moreover, it improves on existing platforms by providing a flexible and extensible orchestration framework based on a plugin architecture. Thanks to SONATA’s platform service developers can provide custom algorithms to steer the orchestration of their services: for continuous placement, scaling, life-cycle management and contextualization of services. These algorithms are overseen by executives in the service platform, ensuring trust and resolving any conflict between services.
By combining rapid development and deployment in an open and flexible manner, SONATA is realising an extended DevOps model for network stakeholders.
SONATA validates its approach through novel use-case-driven pilot implementations and disseminates its results widely by releasing its key SDK and platform components as open source software, through scientific publications and standards contributions, which, together, will have a major impact on incumbent stakeholders including network operators and manufacturers and will open the market to third-party developers.
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Method for accommodating reduced capability user equipment in mobile network
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A system and method for accommodating reduced capability user equipment in a mobile network. The method may include a method for accommodating bandwidth-limited UEs in the initial access process, employing an extended System Information Block #1, or employing, for bandwidth-limited UEs, a separate Synchronization Signal Block, a separate initial Control Resource Set, and a separate Radio Resource Control System Information Block #1.
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TW 110114304 A
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Religious and spiritual themes in British academic art during the Great War
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The fascination with spiritual matters among many in Britain during the Great War and the impact it had upon attitudes towards death, bereavement, faith, sacrifice, and the growth of spiritualism in the country has been examined before; but few have considered the visual response, or the effects of such images on the imagination. These themes were translated into representational paintings and prints representing Christ, death and sacrifice, life after death, and inspirational visions that attempted to centre the scene in realistic terms. Related to this were symbolic allegories such as St. George, reflective of nationalistic tendencies, faith, and spiritual vengeance. It will be argued that such fictions perpetuated and grounded these beliefs in reality. In the majority of cases, the artists moved the discourse from the pulpit to the battlefield, placing common soldiers at the forefront of the experience, guaranteeing approbation among a public eager for visual reassurance. Four pictures in particular, e...
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A game-changing booking website designed to help 1bn people with a disability enjoy accessible accommodation that can suit their specific needs and allow them to travel worry-free
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The UN estimates there are over 1bn persons with disabilities worldwide, as well as 2bn people such as spouses, children and caregivers that are directly affected by disability. This group, representing almost a third of the population, can face serious issues when travelling, with inaccessible environments leading to inconveniences or sometimes even embarrassing or humiliating situations.
Due to the specificity of each condition, people with special needs require highly detailed information on facilities when travelling. For instance, someone in a regular wheelchair travelling with a companion won’t have any issues in getting over one step. However, someone in a motorised wheelchair travelling alone would face a more serious situation and would probably need to be lifted by untrained staff to get over the hurdle. Existing travel booking systems don’t give users any guarantees on accessibility, with mainstream websites (Booking.com, Airbnb) providing only basic or inaccurate information.
With a mission to overcome these limitations, we developed Handiscover, the world’s first inclusive booking system that helps people with a disability to identify accessible accommodation that suits their specific needs and allows them to travel worry-free.
Whilst we have a prototype at TRL7, we need to refine, demonstrate and scale up to meet the demand we have seen and to maximise the impact of our solution. Specifically, we need a more automated and wide-ranging system that can account for any form of disability, generate accessibility knowledge amongst hotel staff and better manage hotel accessibility details.
By commercialising our solution, we will generate invaluable accessibility data, support the participation into society and in the economy of people with a disability and their families, and generate a cumulative revenue of €37m and 74 new jobs by 2026. Our solution will position Europe as an active player in the currently US-centric Online Travel Agency market.
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Pulsed-laser excited thermal lens spectroscopy with sample-fluid heat coupling
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Analytical and finite element analysis modeling methods of the pulsed-laser excited photothermal (PT) lens signal of solids samples surrounded by air are presented. The analytical and finite element analysis solutions for the temperatures induced in the sample and in the air were found to agree over the range of conditions in this report. Model results show that the air contribution to the total PT lens signal is significant in many cases. In fact, these solutions open up the possibility of applying the pulsed excited thermal lens method for accurate prediction of the heat transfer to the coupling fluid and subsequently to study the gas surrounding the samples by using a known material solid sample.
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Human needs and utility maximization
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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to provide alternatives to the economic man image of human behavior and incorporate these alternative images which are based on motivational needs into utility analysis. Design/methodology/approach Empirically derived psychological variables define the individual's personality type in terms of an altruistic or non‐altruistic orientation. These variables are incorporated into the individual's utility function, and an analysis is made of utility maximization based on human needs. Findings Behavioral and motivational characteristics of individuals are relatively constant and are a function of the underlying personality traits of the individuals. Empirical support is offered for these characteristics, they are incorporated into the individual's utility function, and an analysis if performed on the interactions between individuals. Originality/value This paper not only goes beyond the economic man image of human behavior to analyze altruistic and selfish behavior but also analyzes the utility functions of both potential donors and recipients.
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1-Methylcyclopropene postharvest treatment and their effect on apple quality during long-term storage time
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The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of the postharvest treatment by 1-methylcyclopropene (1-MCP) and storage time on the apple physicochemically quality. The effects of apple storage during 6 months on basic parameters such as dry weight, total soluble solids and titratable acidity, composition of phenolics, antioxidant activity and sensory evaluation were studied to evaluate the potential applicability of long-time stored apples for consumption and processing. Long-time storage of apples resulted in a higher dry matter but decreases total soluble solids and titratable acidity in all examined cultivars (cv.) of apples. The total phenolics determined by HPLC in fresh apples ranged from 1,243 mg in ‘Idared’ cv. to 1,435 mg/kg in ‘Shampion’ cv. During storage, the decrease of polyphenolic content has been observed, in ‘Shampion’ cv., it was higher than in ‘Idared’ cv. Similar effects were observed for antioxidant activity. Comparing quality of fruits just after harvest, it was found that cultivar affects most of the investigated sensory attributes with the exception of ripe apple smell, crispness, crunchiness and the overall texture score. In general, ‘Shampion’ cv. apples got higher ranks for sweetness, taste and the overall quality, whereas ‘Idared’ cv. were perceived as sourer, which is in arrangement with instrumental measurements. The results of presented study demonstrate that apples after storage, especially ‘Shampion’ cv., can be a valuable sensory attributes for food product and consumption. This study indicates that the use of 1-MCP treatment in long-term storage of apples is promising for maintaining the eating quality of fruits, however, in some extent may affect their antioxidant compounds content.
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Biocatalytic asymmetric formation of tetrahydro-β-carbolines
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Strictosidine synthase triggers the formation of strictosidine from tryptamine and secologanin, thereby generating a carbon-carbon bond and a new stereogenic center. Strictosidine contains a tetrahydro-β-carboline moiety - an important N-heterocyclic framework found in a range of natural products and synthetic pharmaceuticals. Stereoselective methods to produce tetrahydro-β-carboline enantiomers are greatly valued. We report that strictosidine synthase from Ophiorrhiza pumila utilizes a range of simple achiral aldehydes and substituted tryptamines to form highly enantioenriched (ee >98%) tetrahydro-β-carbolines via a Pictet-Spengler reaction. This is the first example of aldehyde substrate promiscuity in the strictosidine synthase family of enzymes and represents a first step towards developing a general biocatalytic strategy to access chiral tetrahydro-β-carbolines.
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A Simple Microbiological Tool to Evaluate the Effect of Environmental Health Interventions on Hand Contamination
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The effects of interventions such as sanitation or hand hygiene on hand contamination are difficult to evaluate. We explored the ability of a simple microbiological test to: (1) detect recontamination after handwashing; (2) reflect risk factors for microbial contamination and (3) be applicable to large populations. The study was done in rural Andhra Pradesh, India, and Maputo, Mozambique. Participants placed all 10 fingertips on a chromogenic agar that stains Enterococcus spp. and E. coli spp. Outcomes were the number of colonies and the number of fingertips with colonies. In the recontamination study, participants were randomised to handwashing with soap and no handwashing, and tested at 30 min intervals afterwards. In two cross sectional studies, risk factors for hand contamination were explored. Recontamination of hands after washing with soap was fast, with baseline levels reached after 1 h. Child care was associated with higher Enterococcus spp. counts, whereas agricultural activities increased E. coli spp. counts. Food preparation was associated with higher counts for both organisms. In Maputo, counts were not strongly associated with water access, latrine type, education or diarrhoea. The method seems unsuitable for the evaluation of handwashing promotion. It may reflect immediately preceding risk practices but not household-level risk factors.
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"Environmental and social health determinants",
"Tools, technologies and digital solutions for health and care, including personalised medicine",
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Cognitive platform to enhance 360º performance and sustainability of the european process industry
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COGNIPLANT project will develop and demonstrate an innovative approach for the advanced digitization and intelligent management of the process industries. This approach will be based on a novel vision to data monitoring and analysis, that will make the most of the latest developments on advanced analytics and cognitive reasoning, coupled with a disruptive use of the Digital Twin concept to improve Production plants’ operation performance by up to 68% in real time control of the productive environment, 65% in quality control of the final products and 70 % in response time to uncontrolled incidents.
The concept will be implemented by four end-users from four different SPIRE industries, one chemical industry in Austria, one aluminum refinery in Ireland, one concrete manufacturing industry in Italy and one metal industry in Spain. The COGNIPLANT solution will provide a hierarchical monitoring and supervisory control that will give a comprehensive vision of the plants’ production performance as well as the energy and resource consumption. Advanced data analytics will be applied to extract valuable information from the data collected about the processes and their effect on the production plant’s overall performance enabling to design and simulate operation plans in digital twin models based on the conclusions. As a result, optimal operation plans will be obtained that will improve the performance of those cognitive production plants. In addition, the project will demonstrate the positive impact derived from the implementation of COGNIPLANT solution that will allow industries reducing their CO2 emissions up to 20%.
A training strategy will be designed to provide a comprehensive framework for the dissemination of the project outcomes and a clear understanding of the new solution for the employees of the SPIRE sectors.
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"Climate, Energy and Mobility",
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"Climate science and solutions",
"Buildings and industrial facilities in energy transition",
"Industrial competitiveness in transport",
"Energy systems and grids"
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2723795
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Orientational Ordering, Locking-in, and Distortion of CH<sub>4</sub>Molecules in Methane Hydrate III under High Pressure
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We investigate the effects of high pressure on the reorientational and vibrational dynamics of methane molecules embedded in methane hydrate III—the stable form of methane for pressures above 2 GPa at room temperature—by combining high-pressure Raman spectroscopy with ab initio simulations including nuclear quantum effects. We observe a clear evolution of the system from a gas-filled ice structure, where methane molecules occupy the channels of the ice skeleton and rotate almost freely, to a CH4:D2O compound where methane rotations are hindered, and methane and water dynamics are tightly coupled. The gradual orientational ordering of the guest molecules results in a complete locking-in at approximately 20 GPa. This happens along with a progressive distortion of the guest molecules. Finally, as pressure increases beyond 20 GPa, the system enters a strong mode coupling regime where methane guests and water hosts dynamics are intimately paired.
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FUEL RAIL FOR ATTENUATING RADIATED NOISE
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A fuel rail includes an elongated tube having an inlet and a plurality of outlets. The elongated tube defines a fuel passageway for directing fuel toward the plurality of outlets. The fuel rail also includes a plurality of baffles positioned within the elongated tube to divide the fuel passageway into a plurality of chambers such that each outlet is positioned in one of the plurality of chambers. The plurality of baffles restricts fluid flow between adjacent chambers. A majority of the plurality of outlets are located essentially at an acoustic node of each corresponding chamber to reduce noise generated by the fuel rail.
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"Net-zero and less polluting Industries",
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Improved trustworthiness and weather-independence of conditional automated vehicles in mixed traffic scenarios
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Automated driving can be implemented with relatively simple controllers if the current location of the ego vehicle and the current and future locations of other road users are known without uncertainty. However, this is not going to happen in the initial stages of the introduction of automated driving systems into the market. As a consequence, system and human driver uncertainty pose a significant challenge in the development of trustable and fault-tolerant automated driving controllers, especially for conditional automation (SAE level 3) in mixed traffic scenarios. The TrustVehicle consortium brings together participants from the whole vehicle value chain to enhance safety and user-friendliness of level 3 automated driving systems. The main objectives are: (i) the systematic identification of critical road scenarios based on in-depth analysis of possible traffic situations and human behaviour; (ii) the setup of new tools for the cost- and time-effective assessment of driver-in/off-the-loop situations; (iii) design of controllers and sensor fusion systems capable of dealing with complex, uncertain and variable road scenarios to enhance road safety; (iv) the implementation of intuitive human-machine interfaces for the safe management of the transition phases taking into account user acceptance and gender-specific aspects; and (iv) the establishment of an adaptive and agile vehicle validation based on self-diagnostics and data logging to steadily extend the list of relevant scenarios and test cases. The outputs of the TrustVehicle project will be extensively assessed in real-world operating conditions on four demonstrators representing four vehicle classes. End users of the technology will systematically and thoroughly express their requirements, expectations, and concerns during the consortium activity. Special focus will be put on the demonstration of the fault-tolerant and fail-operational system behaviour at any time and for different kinds of weather conditions.
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"Key digital technologies",
"Artificial intelligence and robotics",
"Emerging enabling technologies",
"Advanced computing and big data"
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Probabilistic Compositional Reasoning for Guaranteeing Fault Tolerance Properties
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AbstractWe present a framework to formally describe system behavior and symbolically reason about possible failures. We regard systems which are composed of different units: sensors, computational parts and actuators. Considering worst-case failure behavior of system components, our framework is used to derive reliability guarantees for composed systems. The behavior of system components is modeled using monad like constructs that serve as an abstract representation for system behavior. We introduce rules to reason about these representations and derive results like, e.g., guaranteed upper bounds for system failure. Our approach is characterized by the fact that we do not just map a certain component to a failure probability, but regard distributions of error behavior. These serve as basis for deriving failure probabilities.KeywordsFailure ProbabilitySystem DescriptionFault ToleranceWork PieceConveyor BeltThese keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves.
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Unravelling the heterogeneity and functions of hepatic myeloid cells in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease
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Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) results from accumulation of excessive fat in the liver. It encompasses simple steatosis (fatty liver) progressing through non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma. It is the most common cause of chronic liver disease in western countries and is predicted to be the main cause of liver transplantation by 2030. As such NAFLD represents a significant clinical burden for which to date, there is no effective treatment. Multiple ‘hits’ are thought to contribute to the progression from steatosis to NASH. One of these ‘hits’ is activation of the immune system and the ensuing inflammatory response. Hepatic myeloid cells, including mononuclear phagocytes (MNPs) are thought to play an essential role in this, sensing excess lipids and other danger signals and initiating immune responses. However, MNPs represent a highly heterogeneous population, including multiple subtypes of dendritic cells and macrophages. To date these have been studied as a group rather than as individual cell types, leading to them being ascribed multiple and often contradictory roles depending on the experimental set up. Thus their specific contributions to NAFLD still remain unclear. I hypothesize that by dissecting the phenotypic and functional heterogeneity of hepatic MNPs, we will be able to unravel their roles in NAFLD and in the progression to NASH. Single cell technologies such as single cell RNA sequencing have revolutionised our ability to understand cellular heterogeneity. In addition, they have facilitated the development of novel genetic tools to study functions of specific cell types in vivo. I aim to use this technology and more specific in vivo tools to understand MNP phenotypic and functional heterogeneity in NAFLD in mice and men. This is essential for the development of novel therapeutic strategies targeting myeloid cells in what is becoming one of the biggest health challenges in the western world.
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"Health",
"Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment"
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"Non-communicable and rare diseases",
"Tools, technologies and digital solutions for health and care, including personalised medicine"
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2714215
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Universalismo e comparação sob a ótica do direito romano
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O artigo tem o objetivo de realizar uma investigação histórica sobre o processo de inserção do direito comparado no ensino jurídico brasileiro. Nesse sentido, será referido que o primeiro professor de legislação comparada da Faculdade de Direito do Recife identificou no direito romano o ponto comum para tratar o universalismo e desenvolver o método comparativo aplicado ao direito. O artigo pretende demonstrar a relevância do conhecimento do direito comparado na formação dos estudantes e futuros juristas como ferramenta técnica para resolver conflitos com base em legislações estrangeiras. Por fim, a pesquisa pretende ressaltar o protagonismo da América latina, no século XIX, através da cátedra de Legislação comparada.
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Nucleotide fragments and uses thereof for obtaining bactericide-producing compositions
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Nucleotide fragments which encode a bacteriocin composition derived from Micrococcus varians and for preparing compositions to obtain the bacteriocin and for obtaining recombinant microorganisms. The nucleotide fragments include, in particular, nucleotides 154 to 228 and nucleotides 88 to 153 and their combination, nucleotides 88 to 228, identified in the sequence lists herein.
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"Digital, Industry and Space",
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"Infectious diseases, including poverty-related and neglected diseases"
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US 83388797 A
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