Dragon09/odtu_chatbot huggingface dataset:
prostate diagnosis using optical coherence tomography

with 13 million new cases worldwide prostate cancer pc is the second most common cancer in men causing more than 350000 deaths each year it is so common that about 1 man in 8 will be diagnosed with prostate cancer during his lifetime as for any degenerative disease early diagnosis is crucial to improve patients quality of life and reduce the mortality rate however the gold standard technique biopsy is affected by large diagnostic errors representing a major limitation to achieve adequate management of pcthe proct project aims to validate in preclinical stage a semiautonomous robotic approach to pc diagnosis based on optical coherence tomography oct which aims to exactly pinpoint the target lesion and analyse it through an ai and roboticbased imaging setup this can comprehensively visualize the lesions at the microscopic level in vivo without taking any physical sample of the prostate the resulting virtual microscope slide will allow urologists to explore and analyse various suspicious areas in the same procedure without the need to rely on the physical examination of the biopsy samplesproct is a paradigm shift in pc biopsy that is poised to turn a subjective and operatordependent procedure into a safer and more accurate diagnostic tool this solution is obtained by merging the aibased target identification with robotic pointing developed in the previous poc project prost with a microoptical coherence tomography sensor capable to acquire images of the prostate through a needle at cellularlevel resolutionthe proct prototype will be laboratory validated and benchmarked to assess its usability and real time capabilities it will be also tested and validated on exvivo animal tissues and in the cadaver laboratory
demonstrating a 2stroke and 4stroke large scale ammonia marine engine

the overall aim of the ammonia24 project is to demonstrate at full scale two types of dual fuel marine engines running on ammonia as main fuel i a fourstroke and ii a twostroke engine the proposed fourstroke innovation is a newbuild 10mw engine to be demonstrated in lab conditions closely mimicking reallife operations in ambient conditions the proposed twostroke innovation is a mediumpressure ammonia fuel injection platform that can be retrofitted onto any twostroke marine engine available in the market today it will be demonstrated in the project at two stages a lab demonstration followed by retrofitting onto a container vessel of the alpha customer msc both engine innovations are expected to result in at least 80 less ghg emissions including nitrous oxide emissions nox emissions below imo tier iii regulations and a negligible ammonia slip below 10ppm by demonstrating both engine types at full scale the project partners are aiming for commercial exploitation of the project results towards more than 90 of the maritime intercontinental transport in terms of gross tonnage including retrofits and newbuilds to enter the fleet within the next ten years it is expected that both ammonia24 innovations will lead to an annual reduction of co2 emitted by deep sea vessels calling at eu ports by 23 million tons and reduce the emissions of harmful pollutants such as sox by 15 tons annually the project will go beyond purely technological developments and investigate a number of nontechnical aspects crucial for a successful uptake of ammonia as marine fuel health safety ammonia supply infrastructure crew training acceptance but also novel standardisation pathways for regulating emissions from ammonia marine engines
air traffic management and communication over atnips

airtoground communication technology is at the heart of the endtoend air traffic management concept which requires the global integration of current future and emerging communication networks the present atmaca air traffic management and communication over atnips project addresses an innovative solution enabling effective seamless interoperable airtoground datalink communication technologies and digital flight monitoring and management environment through aeronautical telecommunication atn based on internet protocol suite ips within all domains of flight in this frame atmaca project aims at supporting airground integration and autonomy innovation flagship in the strategic research and innovation agenda sria presenting the strategic roadmaps to achieve sesar phase d digital european sky in european atm master plan 2020 edition atmaca proposes a beyond the stateoftheart ipbased datalink communication solution by introducing an applicationlayer mobility management for atn and enabling commercial oftheshelf equipment it will also provide a next generation human machine interface hmi which will process higher quality data enable interactions with the existing and future aeronautical applications and services and meet the needs of endusers atmaca solution will be validated based on realtime simulations and realtime monitoring tests by considering relevant applicable sesar key performance areas and indicators as well as industry standards the consortium consists of a balanced mixed of universities and industrial partners an air navigation service provider an airline and a research and consultancy firm specialized in hmi design to ensure the achievement of the project objectives atmaca projects outcomes will deliver a robust and reliable communication and atm solution serving as a baseline for the future atn and next sesar atm solutions
quantum technology components for space communication

the goal of qutechspace is to push the development of key components for space quantum communication and to facilitate standardization of the technology to this end we will advance three core technology components entangled photon source eps prepare and measure pm source and the postprocessing software for the qkd protocol in particular we will increase the performance parameters such as sending rates reduce the size weight and power consumption swap and perform space qualification of hardware the technology development will be accompanied by facilitating the standardization process of space quantum communication technologies and systems through active involvement in standardization bodies by including european entities ranging from academics over new space companies and quantum technology developers to large system integrators the joint european ecosystem will be included in the process and together we will work towards the joint goal of reaching european sovereignty in space quantum technologies qutechspace will also take into account developments in the field of space quantum communication the technology development will be completed through testing in relevant environment reaching trl 6 furthermore the different technology components will be tested together in an endtoend implementation of the quantum chain in the laboratory providing crucial insights into the heart of spacebased quantumcommunication systems finally it is important to highlight that the developed components can be used for quantum key distribution as well as for realization of the quantum internet qutechspace will conclude by giving an outlook and recommendations for future developments and implementations of quantumcommunication systems
molecular polaritonics controlling photochemistry with quantum optics

photobleaching is one of the most fundamental and important photochemical reactions especially in organic optoelectronic devices this effect can cause permanent damage on the device and limit its performance it has been recently shown that strongly coupled organic microcavities can be used to alter the excitedstate reactivity of molecular materials and more specifically suppress the photobleaching process in this research project we aim to investigate the suppression of photobleaching in organic strongly coupled microcavities we will fabricate and characterize a series of different microcavity structures and benchmark the photobleaching process strongly coupled dielectric slab microcavities containing a number of organic fluorescent materials will be fabricated on top of an inorganic blue lightemitting diode led when the led is electrically driven blue electroluminescence will optically excite the strongly coupled organic materials in the slab creating white light emission such heterostructures will demonstrate enhanced operational stability due to a change in excitedstate reactivity by strong coupling
memory practices of the afghan and somali diasporas in the usa and italy

memory is a crucial resource for people in exile who have to deal with new and often hostile environments since it keeps their transnational ties alive and shapes their collective identifications memory however is today increasingly subject to challenges rearticulations and negotiations especially when it refers to individual and collective practices more and more confronted with global dynamics memodias aims to explore these dynamics through an ethnographic inquire on the memory of conflict exile and return among afghan and somali diasporas in italy and the usa reflecting my previous mixed experience as researcher and practitioner in the field of migrant memories my project enhances the implementation of participatory research methods and practices which can facilitate a circularity between the researcher and diaspora members as coresearchers while exploring the interdiasporic forms of mnemonic solidarity in the transnational space between us and italy the projects scientific and societal impacts will be strictly entangled and interdependent memodias overall theoretical framework draws from memory and migrationdiaspora studies media art and performance studies cultural studies and critical global studies subjects of my training activities which will include gender studies research methods will be particularly focused on selfnarrative practices this approach will enhance the capability of participants to become active in policy making processes and to envisage new future possibilities of cohabitation memodias dissemination and communication target scholars through scientific publications diasporas members policy makers journalists educators and a broader public through social media civic events and an educational toolkit inspired by two brilliant supervisors while working in stimulating research environments in italy and the us i will have the chance to broaden my network and build future collaborations
nanoprobes for nonequilibrium driven systems

at the core of farfromequilibrium biological activity lies an orchestra of molecular motors constantly dissipating energy while converting chemical fuel into mechanical work estimating the amount of the free energy budget lost to dissipation is crucial for a deeper understanding of the underlying nonequilibrium dynamics and for unravelling the thermodynamic constraints on the possible biological processes although there are theoretical tools for quantifying nonequilibrium activity and dissipation in the framework of stochastic thermodynamics there is a gap between these analytical calculations and their experimental applicability the difficulty stems from the limited accessibility to the myriad degrees of freedom of complex systems and the finite measurement resolution which can mask the footprints of nonequilibrium dynamics such that they may appear as passive thermal fluctuationsi will address this challenge both experimentally and theoretically in my lab i will develop fluorescent nanosensors for unveiling microscopic activity otherwise inaccessible in complex biological systems fluorescent singlewalled carbon nanotubes with tailored functionalization will transduce molecularmotor activity to a modulation of the emitted fluorescence providing a novel degree of freedom never before exploited as a phasespace coordinate for inferring dissipation in nonequilibrium systems i will incorporate the nanotube sensors in minimal biomimetic models of active systems including dnagel and reconstituted cytoskeleton driven by molecular motors to demonstrate my approach in a highly controlled environment further i will internalize the nanotubes within live cells and utilize the fluorescence signal to estimate the dissipation in nonequilibrium intracellular organization in parallel i will advance theoretical tools for estimating the dissipation from experimental data based on an approach i have pioneered for detecting timeirreversibility
chasing plasma storms on exoplanets

are there other worlds out there that can sustain life a key factor in the ability of a planet to host life is its atmosphere stars can erode planetary atmospheres by bombarding the planet with plasma how well planets can protect their atmospheres depends on the strength of their magnetic fields we do not know the ultimate fate of exoplanet atmospheres because we have neither detected massive plasma ejections on stars nor measured the magnetic fields of exoplanets both of these shortcomings can be solved with sensitive radio observations at low frequencies 300 mhz previous radio observations did not simultaneously have the sensitivity and onsky exposure to detect the faint transient radio signals from stars and exoplanets in this project i will deploy a novel strategy to mine over 20000 hours of existing data from the low frequency array lofar the most sensitive telescope at low frequencies i will achieve two orders of magnitude better sensitivity andor timeonsky than previous efforts to accomplish two goals 1 the first detection of massive plasma ejection events on stars and 2 the first measurement of exoplanetary magnetic fields my novel datamining strategy aided by my theoretical expertise in the generation and propagation of radio waves in astrophysical plasma has already led to pioneering discoveries these include the first evidence for radio emission from the magnetic interaction between a star and its exoplanet and the first discovery of a brown dwarf using radio data an erc grant will allow me to scale up my efforts to tackle petabytes of data and search for radio signals over trillions of image pixels to achieve the goals of this project it will lead to a leap in our understanding of the plasma environment of exoplanets around stars of different types and ages and the underlying laws that determine the magnetic field strength of exoplanets
vehicle emission retrofit activities

vera will develop optimise and demonstrate innovative tailpipe retrofit solutions that address particle sub23nm and nox emissions of road vehicles running on gasoline and natural gas and driving high mileages within the city taxi delivery van bus while particular considerations will be made for nh3 emissions system adaptability will be ensured by a central development methodology for all the retrofit systems allowing fast and accurate optimisation according to the requirements of each application while the cost will be minimised using innovative washcoats and compact packaging a variety of brake retrofit solutions will be developed deployed and optimised for brake particle emissions of road vehicles comprising an active filtration system capturing the generated particles and innovative brake discs and pads to reduce brake wear the combination of the two solutions will aim at the maximum reduction of brake particles while alternative production techniques will be applied to reduce the cost brake particles from metro applications will be also addressed with an active filtration system and properly machined pads covering two types of braking technologies the brake solutions of vera combine unique advantages they can all be used for first installation on new vehicles the discs and pads can be manufactured for any vehicle as replacement parts while the capturing system can be applied from road vehicles to metros further to the systems exposure of workers and passengers in a metro station will be assessed with combined field measurements and modelling of particle dispersion inside stations and tunnels following the detailed evaluation of the systems an impact assessment study will highlight the benefits of the proposed solutions against their cost both environmental and health impacts will be analysed while possible incentive and regulatory schemes for retrofitting will be considered in the scenarios of the costbenefit analysis
evolution of institutional diversity in a changing world finding solutions in resilient agricultural systems

institutional diversity is considered as important as biological diversity for our longterm survival broadly defined as the variety of rules norms and strategies that societies use to govern shared resources eg grazing land forests irrigation waters it could enhance our ability to sustainably manage them and to cope with new and unexpected disturbances such as climate change surprisingly a global quantification of institutional diversity and a full understanding of the process by which institutions adapt to new conditions are lacking partly due to the absence of tools for the quantification of institutional diversity this knowledge gap prevents us from responding to key questions for global sustainability such as how much institutional diversity is there how is it globally distributed how is it evolving and more importantly is institutional diversity and the evolution of institutions increasing our capacity to sustainably manage natural resources in our rapidly changing world with a focus on smallscale agricultural systems across the world resilient rules will apply a novel approach by adapting tools used in life sciences for the study of biological diversity to quantify institutional diversity and respond to the following aims 1 to study global patterns of institutional diversity and the largescale association between diversity of agricultural institutions and key environmental and social drivers 2 to analyse the evolution of agricultural institutions 3 to assess the contribution of institutional diversity to longterm resilience to global changes this innovative interdisciplinary study of the spatial and temporal patterns of global institutional diversity is of major societal importance since it will help understand the role of diversity for resilient governance of resources create new data on agricultural institutions around the world and open up new research opportunities in quantitative institutional diversity
abstraction unlocking meaning from experience through language

words languages building blocks are labels that define different types of categories some words define categories of concrete entities cats tables while others define abstract entities legacy empathy some words define generic categories that encompass many different entities vehicles art while others define more specific ones sport cars impressionismto unlock meaning from experience we construct different types of categories through mechanisms of abstraction concreteness and specificity are the two variables that support abstractionshowever when investigating the mechanisms and effects of abstraction scholars from different fields typically focus only on specificity or only on concreteness relying on different and partial definitions of abstraction the debate across scientific communities is impaired and the theoretical development is jeopardized this is also due to the fact that humangenerated resources to measure specificity do not existthe abstraction team will collect specificity data for thousands of words in 2 languages english and italian through an innovative gamification technique using this data and other lexical resources we will run extensive statistical analyses aimed at explaining how specificity interacts with concreteness in thought to explain contrasting findings that have been previously attributed to concreteness alone language to construct texts that are optimally clear and informative for the target readerships creativity to construct effective metaphors in different contextsabstraction will explain how word specificity and concreteness enable us to unlock meaning from experience and achieve the higherorder generalizations on which much of our thinking and talking relies this is a hot topic in cognitive science where the grounding of abstract concepts is an open question and in ai research where it is still unknown how machines may construct and use concepts in the way humans do
coded secrets artistic interventions hidden in the digital fabric

what lies beneath the surface of computational artworks online pieces have roots that extend much deeper than the flat screen monitors on which we view them they may even be distributed occupying multiple sites on the internet nobody has ever been able to see the responsive and connective agency of these works with their own eyes cose sets out to reveal the inner workings of codebased artworks as well as their embeddedness in the various niches of the world wide web shedding light on this black box will enable us to gain a fuller appreciation of these artworks and empower scholars in the humanities as they begin to confront programmed works providing analytical instruments and a general understanding of our mediatechnological condition the artistic pieces under analysis are all hidden concealed or somehow withdrawn due to the networked situation into which they were inserted as art historians prefer to dedicate themselves to the surface features they tend to overlook such works or ignore important aspects of their design codes files software performance as these interventions operate in nonstandard locations they implicitly highlight the circumstances where artists saw opportunities to critically exploit the specifics of the net in order to post a message cose will offer a new view of the internet through the lens of these artworks that reclaim the right to productively diversify internet access and usagein order to uncover these muchneglected aspects an interdisciplinary team will complement art historical methods with approaches from media game and code studies software forensics and visual design taking the artworks as the starting point the internet will be presented as complex of activated affordances rather than as yet another nodegraphdiagram cose will develop an original pictorial language to generate immersive views into the specific machine rooms of the artworks and their ecosystems as a processual deep topology
from waste to resource training young researchers on developing innovative circular solutions for waste sludge

using waste as a resource is the way forward to realize a full circular and sustainable society one of the most predominant waste streams in europe concerns wastewater treatment sludge with a total annual production surpassing 13 million tons sludge typically contains a diverse range of recalcitrant and potential hazardous contaminants such as pfas endocrine disruptors pathogens and heavy metals which necessitates the use of efficient sustainable treatment strategies because of these hazardous substances the beneficial use of sludge is currently limited with no adequate overall solutions inclue responds to this opportunity by developing novel sludge treatment routes generating the required insights to allow an optimisation of the current routes assessing the effects of sludge application and most importantly training highskilled experts in the rapidly expanding field of handling waste as a resource for renewable chemicals materials and fuels the main rd emphasis of inclue lies indeed on developing innovative technological advances that combine the elimination of the increasingly present contaminants in sludge with a maximum resource recovery ten creative and entrepreneurialminded dcs will be trained via an international intersectoral and interdisciplinary research training program pushed by a broad consortium of 6 academic and 11 industrial organisations the highly relevant field combined with an advanced training program that encompasses transversal skills and training through research will ensure that highly trained professionals will enter the job market further strengthening the competitiveness of the eu in this domain