Dragon09/odtu_chatbot huggingface dataset:
seismic performance and residual displacements of reinforced concrete walls detailed with ironbased shape memory alloys

the current seismic design philosophy of reinforced concrete rc walls typically requires large inelastic strains and damage to accumulate in a plastic hinge region which can result in postevent residual building displacements often the residual displacements will be in such excess that the building is required to be demolished this costly but expected performance level ie no collapse life safe is currently under scrutiny and instead a serviceable structure with limited damage is warranted by the building owners and engineers in the event of a large earthquake to achieve these targets engineers will have to implement better structural technologies shape memory alloys smas have the capability to recover displacements upon removal of stress and dissipate energy through hysteretic damping this project investigates the efficacy of ironbased sma bars as a substitute material for typical steel in the boundary regions of rc walls to reduce residual displacements and improve the seismic performance this interdisciplinary research will be carried out at the universite catholique de louvain belgium under the supervision of professor joao almeida in the institute of mechanics materials and civil engineering an extensive experimental program is proposed which subjects largescale rc wall specimens detailed with ironbased sma bars to quasistatic reverse cyclic inplane loading the experimental results will be used to validate stateoftheart finite element models to undertake an extensive parametric study recommendations will be provided on limiting the residual displacement of rc wall buildings which is aligned with the next generation of eurocode 8 guidelines the outcomes of this proposed research have the potential to achieve a more robust building stock internationally increase community resilience and promote research and technology development for natural disaster impact reduction measures
reassessing late medieval pharmacology logical and metaphysical tools in the medical context

remedy addresses the metaphysical logical and epistemological implications of late medieval pharmacological classifications medieval pharmacology was often divided into a rational and a practical part rational pharmacology dealt with the theories of drug classification explaining how to recognise the substance and the qualities of a drug and how to differentiate it from other drugs rational pharmacology was thoroughly resystematised during the 14th century in various university milieus having been influenced by scholastic philosophy it is generally acknowledged that the faculty of medicine at bologna played a central role in this process due to its strong connection with the philosophical tradition it is clear that some bolognese masters were influenced by french modism which based logic on ontology dividing reality into the three modi of being knowledge and meaning yet it has never been investigated how this philosophical debate has influenced rational pharmacology or how it has provided it with indispensable theoretical tools and this is exactly where this project comes into the picture remedys unconventional and crossdisciplinary approach connects modist doctrines and pharmacological theories providing an innovative interpretative key regarding the correlation between rational pharmacology and philosophy during the middle ages the hypothesis of the project namely that modist theories influenced a distinct tradition of late medieval rational pharmacology is entirely original my team and i will link research fields that have been kept apart but whose organic connections provide a new perspective on medieval philosophy combining philological editorial historical and epistemological approaches the remedy team will deal with pharmacological texts from different geographical areas and provide access to previously unedited sources of historical scientifical value through critical and digital editions and doctrinal studies
valorization legumes related ecosystem services

valereco target is to promote adoption and understanding the value of legume crops towards transition to sustainable productive climateneutral environmentfriendly and resilient farming systems the project aims to quantify and enhance the environmental and economic value of es provided by 4 minor or underutilized and 8 major legume crops it seeks to encourage diversification of farming practices throughout the eu and associated countries which can contribute to healthier and sustainable diets and climate change resilience the identification will be achieved through 1 a thorough analysis on the ecosystemservices legacy and 2 the investigation of gateways for penetration of legumes and their associated es to the new cap the valorization will be implemented through the establishment of nine living labs lls to conduct 1 behavioural design strategies to promote the adoption of legumes in production and consumption 2 onstation participatory trials to assess the performance of major and minorunderutilised legume crops in diversified farming systems 3 to demonstrate and cocreate technical economically and environmentally assessed solutions for legumes inclusion in cropping systems the dissemination will be realized through 1 the development of a digital legume information hub dlih to upscale and maximize the uptake of valerecos results 2 the development of a decision support system dss to support the decisionmaking of farmers and advisors for legumes adoption and 3 the generation of capacity building material made available to the public through an elearning platform
archaeology of the light multiproxy interdisciplinary and experimental approach to the knowledge of palaeolithic subterranean activities

the control of fire is a milestone in human evolution artificial lighting is a crucial resource for the expansion of social and economic behaviour in palaeolithic groups beyond the day hours besides this allowed the potential development of the first symbolic comportment located in deep caves probably at least 176ky ago this would increase during the upper palaeolithic when archaeological remains proliferate in darkness linked to the rock art the alight project archaeology of the light aims to improve our knowledge of palaeolithic activities in caves through a pioneering and interdisciplinary methodology applied to rarelystudied remains the residues of palaeolithic light its multianalytical approach will provide multifaceted information including the widely debated chronology of the first cave art additionally it will supply useful data for other researchers who delve into topics related to cave art and the symbolic world of the palaeolithic visibility accessibility space perception the experimental reproduction will permit evaluating the efficiency of the light systems deduced from the previous multianalytical study and reach a virtual scientific reproduction prototype in nonacademic placement with its economic potential in heritage dissemination and tourism activities it also includes an ethnographic section which will help shedding some light on alternative interpretations to the utilitarian aspect of the firelight the host institution ubx under the supervision of dr ferrier will conduct and train dr medina a specialist in subterranean archaeology from spain to advance her training in archaeopyrotechnology in caves multiproxy multianalytical and experimental approach with special incidence about onsite analysis dr medina will contribute to the charcoal analysis from the inner of the caves and provide an opportunity for the host to expand the study area to new geographical contexts and recently discovered caverns
integrated multiangle research and training network to eradicate leukemia minimal residual disease

an estimated 300000 new cases of leukemia are diagnosed each year globally the most common form of acute leukemia is acute myeloid leukemia aml which is generally a disease of the elderly while acute lymphoid leukemia all is most prevalent in children the biggest problem associated with leukemia treatment is persistence of residual therapyresistant cancer cells called minimal residual disease mrd mrd can latently persist in the patient for many months and in response to unknown signals can reawaken and initiate a relapse which is difficult to treat and responsible for the low survival rates of patients currently knowledge on mechanisms responsible for persistence of mrd and initiation of leukemia relapse is lacking making development of therapeutics eradicating mrd difficult and hampering improvement of patient cure rates miracle aims at eradication of mrd and development of clinically efficient treatment strategies that can deliver longlasting benefit to patients by training a new generation of researchersmiracle will elucidate the leukemia mrd landscape by integrating the knowledge on mechanisms driving persistence of mrd from different angles and by the subsequent design of efficient and less toxic novel targeted combination therapy with increased capacity to induce deep responses in patients with its multidisciplinary team of scientists from academia and industry miracle aims to educate a new generation of researchers optimally equipped to advance and accelerate development of novel therapeutics directed to mrd and to progress effective treatments to the clinic the researchers within miracle will be trained to obtain a unique combination of skills in innovative hightech technologies advanced data analysis tools and artificial intelligence organonchip mrd models and drug and immunotherapy testing and will come with innovative ideas to advance future leukemia treatment by integration of several disciplines and data sources
providing riskbenefit insights of shifting to meat alternatives

the ongoing shift towards plantbased diets and the higher intake of plantbased food might have caused a substantial change in the exposure of consumers to contaminants taking into consideration the climate change scenario this could be particularly relevant for natural contaminants such as mycotoxins the increased intake of plantbased meat alternatives pbma might have altered the current dietary exposure used in risk assessments which stay at the basis of current regulatory frameworksthis project is designed as a proof of concept to assess the real pbma contribution to the overall mycotoxin exposure in alternative diets with the ultimate ambition to provide support to regulators and policymakers in improving the regulatory framework of meat substitutes this msca will consist of spending 24 months at parma university under the supervision of prof dallasta who is among the most renowned scientists in the field of natural toxins and has a wellknown expertise in advanced mass spectrometry during the fellowship the candidate will undergo training for 4 months in human biomonitoring at onirislabercaconsumer surveys the development of new analytical methods for mycotoxins detection in pbma consumers exposure to mycotoxins and riskbenefit assessments will be carried out additional workshops lectures and a short visit will provide excellent training for the researcher in the field of food chemistry and risk assessmentto maximise the impact of the research outcomes the candidate is planning to organize public engagement activities and publish papers in highlyranked peerreviewed journals which will benefit the lay public the scientific community and policymakersthis proposal will be a tremendous opportunity for dr mihalaches career and will contribute to his longterm career perspective of following a tenuretrack position in academia or an eu public institution
improving monitoring for better integrated climate and biodiversity approaches using environmental and earth observations

the bioclima project enhanced by euchina collaboration aims to revolutionise biodiversity and climate monitoring by merging advanced ai with ground and remote sensing data systems for deeper terrestrial ecosystem insights it will develop harmonised monitoring systems across the eu and china leveraging ai to refine data models and analytical pipelines for robust policymaking the project is set to strengthen monitoring through essential biodiversity variables ebvs and essential climate variables ecvs and make synergies between biodiversity conservation and climate mitigationbioclima is designed to support policymaking with scientific insights and recommendations for integrated climate and biodiversity strategies at national and international levels through case studies across europe the projects findings will be upscaled to inform euwide strategies contributing to climate neutrality adaptation and biodiversity conservation effortsbioclima supports europabons goals for standardised biodiversity monitoring enhancing data integration and fostering international cooperation bioclima anticipates significant increases in monitoring coverage accuracy in biodiversity and climate change assessments and the implementation of naturebased solutions furthermore it aims to strengthen euchina cooperation enhancing global environmental monitoring conservation strategies and policy formulation
marine microfossil networks ancient and future community dynamics at the base of the food chain

marine communities are becoming increasingly disrupted due to anthropogenic climate forcing these changes are typified by biogeographic range shifts global biomass declines community restructuring and detrimental biological modifications and alterations to organism functionality it is therefore increasingly pertinent to understand how global marine communities will respond as climate continues to change and to identify potential tipping points in marine biodiversity which may trigger the collapse of ecosystems beneficial to the livelihood and nutrition of billions of people around the globe in the modern ocean the biodiversity distribution of the singlecelled protists the planktonic foraminifera matches that of organisms fundamental to human populations such as tuna squid and billfish novel studies employing networks on the unmatched fossil record of the planktonic foraminifera indicate an equatorward shift in functional communities during the last 8 million years due to global cooling whilst other observations now suggest species populations have already begun to shift poleward from their preindustrial distributions this poleward shifting may suggest entire food webs may shift poleward or collapse altogether we will expand these novel network applications within the planktonic foraminiferal fossil record by applying these methods to all microplankton records coccolithophores radiolarians diatoms dinoflagellates to determine the nature of these community shifts to late cenozoic climate changes following this we will then assess and compare the community patterns of the last glacial period and the preindustrial holocene records to determine the abiotic drivers of these distributions finally using ocean models of multiple anthropogenic emission scenarios we will determine how the structure of global communities may become altered in the near future
earth observation weather data federation with ai embeddings

the full potential of the copernicus programme unfolds when fused with additional geoinformation such as weather models or gnss measurements however no single platform can host all the hundreds of petabytes of geospatial data currently service suppliers download data from different archives and the sheer volume to be transferred render many applications economically not viable with embed2scale we strive to overcome these limitations enabling efficient exchange of data through aibased data compression we will explore the training of deep neural networks on hpc systems with selfsupervised learning to transform raw geoinformation into embeddings with up to 1000fold compression the main innovations will enable i decentralized applications through substantial reduction of data gravity ii the portability of geospatial analytics by significantly lowering computational demand iii minimizing data labeling by fewshot learning and iv the nearrealtime similarity search at petabyte scale of earth observation and weatherclimate data archives the objectives of embed2scale target i the exploration of groundbreaking aicompressors enabling data federation to proliferate a mlops reference implementation for embeddings in data centers ii to demonstrate data federation on realworld usecases for the copernicus programme and iii to enable the earth observation community by opensourcing and standardization within embed2scale we will benchmark the use of embeddings in four applications i maritime awareness ii aboveground biomass estimation iii climate and air pollution prediction and iv crop stress early yield detection overall embed2scale will enable nearreal time quantitative assessments of geoinformation at continental scale we respond to challenge 2 of the call new enabling scalable operational solutions and technologies to improve capabilities of the copernicus value chain and supporting infrastructure
innovative approaches to implantation research in health and disease

implantation of the embryo in a receptive uterus is critical for mammalian reproduction yet remains poorly understood this challenge is particularly significant in human health as up to twothirds of human pregnancies are lost due implantation failure in the agricultural sector particularly in sustainable milk and meat production understanding and improving embryo implantation is equally crucial high periimplantation mortality rates in livestock lead to lower efficiency profitability and environmental sustainability much remains unknown about the molecular pathways and regulatory mechanisms of embryoendometrial interactions in humans and livestock species for ethical and practical reasons implantation cannot be adequately studied in vivo in human and it remains challenging in most animal models implanteu is an international community of researchers whose objectives are 1 to develop a molecular blueprint of human implantation in health and disease 2 to improve implantation fitness for food production mammals and 3 to develop an advanced toolkit for implantation researchimplanteu provides multispecies multisector and multimodel molecular and system implantation research integrating complementary expertise in reproductive and stem cells biology medicine physiology ethics and law and cuttingedge technologies such as stem cellbased embryo models organoids machine learning and organonchipimplanteu will train 13 doctoral candidates through research innovation secondments in academic and industrial environments horizontal and focused courses and interactions with stakeholders the findings generated through implanteu will contribute to the profound understanding of the embryonic and endometrial contribution to reproductive success innovations in infertility treatment animal production efficiency and sustainability tissue bioengineering pathogenhost interaction reproductive toxicology and stem cell biology
efficient portable and secure orchestration for reliable services

the next generation of wireless communication networks 6g is set to revolutionize the scope and potential of networked services by offering ultrahigh data rates ultralow latency ultrareliability and energy efficiency however to fully realize the benefits of 6g it is crucial to ensure efficient and effective orchestration of its broad range of services and resourceselastic proposes a novel approach to 6g service orchestration that utilizes cuttingedge technologies including webassembly wasm functionasaservice faas and edge internet of things iot orchestration to enable flexible and efficient serverless deployment of services and functions dynamic scaling and optimization of service delivery and collaborative processing of large datasets in a privacypreserving mannerelastics approach addresses the critical issue of security in 6g orchestration by leveraging confidential computing with trusted execution environments tees and by implementing security policies and service level agreements provided by verticals in edge cloudnative environments and enclaves to support the development of this approach elastic will conduct extensive research on executable isolation early detection of security vulnerabilities comparative study of kubernetes ebpf solutions for observability and assessment of wasm security propertieselastic will also develop a comprehensive infrastructure that includes an opensource framework and interfaces for crossplatform and portable drivers lowlatency realtime monitoring of clusterdistributed ebpfxdp and wasm for security issues highspeed secure communication algorithms distributed state synchronization algorithms and an observability framework for webassemblybased serverlessfaas workloads in kubernetesthe impact of the elastic will be materialised within the active contribution of the project to referent opensource projects linux kubernetes etc communities and standards
gender and social dominance in the modern world

prior research has focused on how organizations achieve gender equality in terms of numbers and found mixed results regarding the benefits of gender diversity to performance in this project i delve deep into the dynamics of gender and social dominance to understand the drivers of women representation in top management teams and the strategic implications of gender difference in social dominance across countries attempting to shed light on this urging topic i combine insights from the social psychology behavioral strategy and international business literatures in order to develop and test novel hypotheses about how social dominance affects gender equality in top management teams and organizations strategic decisionmaking i will focus on four related research questions1 is there a gender difference in social dominance among tmt members 2 how do gender differences in social dominance influence top managers contribution to strategic decisionmaking 3 do social dominant ceos invest less in diversity and inclusion di policies 4 how do gender differences in social dominance affect strategic decisionmaking and di policies across different countries in order to test my predictions i use different research methodologies across different countries to collect a novel largescale database from a variety of sources including supervised machine learning based indicators of social dominance surveys databases and glassdoorcom the ambitious goal of this interdisciplinary project is to open a research stream which explores how gender differences in social dominance influence top executives top management teams and organizations the results have both an ethical and a business impact as they may help organizations to create more diverse top management teams enrich managerial behaviors throughout the firm motivate women in middle management and improve firm performance