Dragon09/odtu_chatbot huggingface dataset:
karakorams downscaling of precipitation and extremes

karronte is motivated by the controversial karakoram anomaly in highmountain asia which denotes the relative mass balance stability of glaciers in the karakoram region under global warming compared to the massive ice loss observed in other highmountain glaciers recently some possible explanations have been proposed in the literature but all of them are based on coarseresolution data sets due to the scarcity of weather station data the need for a new regional climate simulation for the karakoram using convectionpermitting scales is clear these scales will allow the climate model to resolve convection directly in a physically consistent way without the need for a cumulus parameterization scheme thus the main objectives of karronte are the following 1 to create a novel regional climate simulation for the karakoram covering the last 15 years and adopting a spatial resolution of 3 km in the weather research and forecasting wrf model 2 to evaluate the temporal and spatial variability of precipitation and extreme events 3 to investigate the relationship between recent trends of precipitation local atmospheric dynamics and teleconnection patterns worldwide these objectives will allow us to understand the drivers of extreme precipitation and the atmospheric dynamics in the karakoram region and to disentangle complex local atmospheric effects related to the karakoram anomaly that could have been missed in previous analyses karronte will contribute to the evaluation of extreme event impacts and climate adaptation strategies its outcomes will also provide tools and fundamental knowledge to understand the effects of climate change on other highmountain environments such as those in europe and other continents regarding my research career karronte will foster my independence and my ability to attract funding and it will enable me to develop the competencies and skills valuable to become a young research group leader in the near future
strategies and services for enhanced disruption resilience and cooperation in europe

amidst an increasingly interconnected and complex world the provision of essential services remains crucial for the wellbeing of european citizens and the smooth functioning of the internal market yet the everevolving landscape of risks ranging from cyber threats physical attacks and human errors to natural disasters demands a proactive and collaborative paneuropean approach to ensuring disruption resilience therefore endurance is driven by the critical need to fortify europes essential services against potential disruptions transcending the sole focus on the underlaying critical assetsrecognizing the significance of the cer and nis2 directives in setting the groundwork for resilience and in parallel the current silo approach to the critical infrastructure ci resilience and the business continuity of essential services they provide we will assist the ci authorities across the eu in fully grasping and harmoniously implementing both directives by comprehensively understanding and preparing for the demands of these legislative measures and their national implementations we aim to empower the eu ms authorities and ci operators with the knowhow methodologies services and strategies needed to navigate the complexities of disruption resilience effectivelywith a team of 9 excellent research technology and business developing organisations all with vast experience in infra projects and with 7 eu ms authorities and 6 ci operators representing 6 critical sectors and 4 eu ms endurance will i enhance strategic cooperation and collaboration among the ci stakeholders at all levels ii develop datasets registries methodologies technologies and services at trl67 for secure sharing and federated processing of cerrelevant data joint assessment of relevant risks and resilience and largescale stresstesting of preparedness iii provide harmonised and pragmatic strategy for the continuity of the interconnected essential services
cascade processes for sparse machine learning

deep learning continues to achieve impressive breakthroughs across disciplines and is a major driving force behind a multitude of industry innovations most of its successes are achieved by increasingly large neural networks that are trained on massive data sets their development inflicts costs that are only affordable by a few labs and prevent global participation in the creation of related technologies the huge model sizes also pose computational challenges for algorithms that aim to address issues with features that are critical in realworld applications like fairness adversarial robustness and interpretability the high demand of neural networks for vast amounts of data further limits their utility for solving highly relevant tasks in biomedicine economics or natural sciencesto democratize deep learning and to broaden its applicability we have to find ways to learn smallscale models with this end in view we will promote sparsity at multiple stages of the machine learning pipeline and identify models that are scaleable resource and dataefficient robust to noise and provide insights into problems to achieve this we need to overcome two challenges the identification of trainable sparse network structures and the de novo optimization of smallscale modelsthe solutions that we propose combine ideas from statistical physics complex network science and machine learning our fundamental innovations rely on the insight that neural networks are a member of a cascade model class that we made analytically tractable on random graphs advancing our derivations will enable us to develop novel parameter initialization regularization and reparameterization methods that will compensate for the missing implicit benefits of overparameterization for learning the significant reduction in model size achieved by our methods will help unlock the full potential of deep learning to serve society as a whole
photography in the making of knowledge european arthistorical and scientific investigations on asia

the history of photography shares a profound connection with the history of the modern scientific disciplines including art history anthropology and archaeology as well as modern medicine biology and the natural sciences with the visual turn in the humanities an increasing number of historians have analyzed visual materials from a new perspective conceiving images as central rather than peripheral objects of historical analysis images ranging from early xray photographs to drawings of distant cultures contributed in different ways to the production of knowledge all provided viewers with an impression that they were seeing something that would otherwise be invisible to them whether inside the human body or geographically and ideologically distant the photomakeasia project addresses the following questions how did european scholars and scientists use photography to construct knowledge about asia to what degree did the photographic medium itself influence or affect the results of their studies do contemporary photographs of asia continue to shape scholarly and popular understandings departing from studies that focus on photography and the colonial gaze this project concentrates instead on how photographs shaped knowledge in response to pragmatic concerns and scholarly interest in asia the project develops four case studies 1 photographs of 1850s european expeditions to china to study silkworm cultivation 2 images created to document archaeological expeditions by the ismeo rome 3 photographic reproductions of artworks used in art historical studies 4 and contemporary documentary photography based on these four studies the project will trace the history of photographic images in the construction of european knowledge about asia in order to rethink photographs role in both the past and the present
everyones a curator digitally empowering ethnic minority music sustainability in china

researchers have recognized that culture bearers need to be more centrally involved in music sustainability both for these programmes to prove practically effective and because it is ethically essential that community members determine what music might be shared with others if any and under what conditions ecura designs a new research framework for applied ethnomusicology and related areas that capitalizes on newly emergent possibilities for sustaining intangible culture arising from the rising participation of minority members in digital media platforms it addresses a central question how can we empower ethnic minority groups to become the main actors in sustaining their indigenous cultural heritage via their wide participation in digital media platforms the actionbased research includes making tailored platform programs to better accommodate equal online participation setting up a website as a crowdsourced database recording community culture community outreach to empower culture bearers cultural and media studies approach to contextualize the observed processes virtual ethnography on culture bearers online activities ecura has the potential to transform the ways ethnomusicologists folklorists and others work with communities to sustain endangered cultural heritage its step of transforming culture bearers into the curators of their own digital materials is crucial it focuses on three villages in china allowing the acquisition of a deeply contextualized understandings of three contrasting cultural heritage settings and development of carefully shaped solutions to the challenges detected similar situations of cultural imperialism the vanishing of indigenous culture and the disempowering of the underprivileged in managing their own culture occur worldwide the new research framework will be transferable to a broad crosssection of endangered cultural heritages among minority communities who are adapting to rapid digitalisation globally
fine line dispensing process to apply narrow metal contacts onto solar cells

highline technology gmbh is a ise spinoff from fraunhofer institute for solar energy systems with exclusive ip rights to redefine the standard metallization process to apply the small contact lines made of silver onto sisolar cells with silver costs for metallization as the 2nd most expensive step in solar cell production the pv industry is being responsible for 10 of the global silver demand when it comes to cell efficiency mainstream perc cells have achieved max 235 efficiency and 005kw cost limits the promising next step in cell technologyefficiency with heterojunction cells hjt requires more than double the silver laydown compromising industry adoption despite its efficiency benefits above 26 designed to streamline metallization for today perc and future hjt cells highline fineline dispensing technology enables cell producers the precise application of thinner contacts at 25 lower silver needs 1 efficiency gains and 50 higher throughput
antiviral proteins applied as therapeutics in aquaculture

in the last decades aquaculture seems to be the only real alternative for global fish food supply at present the aquaculture world production has reached 821 million tons worldwide representing the fastest growing animal production sector in the world among aquaculture species salmonid aquaculture trout and salmon species are the highestvalue species for global and european aquaculture the biggest global constraint to aquaculture production is disease with an estimate of a 10 of all cultured aquatic animals lost because of infectious diseases amounting to 10 billion usd in losses annually on a global scale among infectious diseases viral outbreaks are a serious concern since they are an impediment to the development productivity and profitability of fish farms intensive fish farming amplifies diseases caused by bacteria viruses and parasites resulting in severe losses few vaccines are available for viral diseases in aquaculture and they are not completely effective moreover up to date there are not antiviral therapeutic treatments to mitigate the outbreaks in unvaccinated fish or to diminish the percentage of losses do not covered by prophylactics vaccines during my erc starting grant our group identified a number of antiviral proteins in rainbow trout nucleated red blood cells rbcs implicated in halting viral infections the objective of this project is to perform a proof of concept of the antiviral molecules previosuly identified we will evaluate the new business opportunity of introducing a new antiviral therapeutic that decreases viral infection and related economic loss in aquaculture
application effects and fate of nanomaterials in water treatment

nanaqua emerges at the forefront of addressing the global water crisis leveraging nanotechnology and nanofunctionalized materials nms for cuttingedge water treatment solutions in tackling the societal challenge posed by contaminants of emerging concern cecs nanaqua addresses the risks these pollutants including endocrinedisrupting compounds per and polyfluoroalkyl substances and pharmaceuticals pose to freshwater resources and ecosystems with over 500 european monitoring sites reporting pollutant concentrations harmful to aquatic life the urgency for effective solutions is clear nanaquas approach transcends current wastewater treatment systems which inadequately remove cecs by integrating nanotechnology into photochemical and biological degradation systems nanaquas solution further involves developing smart nanosensors for realtime water quality monitoring and generating insights in toxicity of nanomaterials and cecs this strategy promises a comprehensive improvement in water purification effectiveness aligning with the eus water reuse regulation and supporting sustainable resource management the project establishes the first european doctoral training network dedicated to nms integration in water treatment training 15 professionals through an international intersectoral and interdisciplinary research program this unique combination of training in biochemical water treatment materials science ecotoxicology and environmental sustainability assessment is pivotal for becoming experts in this field granting highly valuable competencies for the job market environmentally nanaquas longterm impact includes enhanced water treatment reducing harmful cecs in aquatic systems and thus protecting human health and promoting pollutionfree habitats economically it aligns with eu regulations promising reduced costs energy use and job growth in the water treatment sector
obesity biological sociocultural and environmental risk trajectories

obesity in europe disproportionately affects people and communities with a lower socioeconomic position sep effective preventive approaches require consideration of the complex and dynamic interplay between sepspecific biological sociocultural and environmental risk factors of obesity across the life course obct provides health professionals researchers policy makers and the public with knowledge maps and tools to support sustainable prevention of obesity with a particular focus on low sep communities to achieve this we quantify the contribution of biological sociocultural and built environmental risk factors of obesity risks and the interactions in and across various life stages and translate the resulting knowledge into practical and effective tools for action specifically obct will 1 advance the current understanding of obesity risks and predictors and the role of sep across the lifecourse 2 determine the importance of specific obesityrelated behaviours to prevent obesity at key life stage transitions 3 develop a holistic obesity risk screener for use by the public at large and by health professionals 4 provide countryspecific estimates of trends obesity 5 provide a digital atlas on the obesogenicity of environments 6 characterise obesityrelated cardiometabolic risk profiles over gender age and sep 7 develop tailored lifestyle recommendations 8 determine the impact of obesityrelated policies on inequality 9 provide a decision support dashboard for policy makers 10 provide codeveloped toolboxes to support implementation of policy recommendations in lowsep communities obcts outputs highlight where and in which domains obesity is to be targeted and empower the research community policymakers health professionals and citizens to adapt and implement policies to reduce obesity risk thereby helping to prevent obesity particularly in low sep communities throughout europe
informational citizenship toward a global ethnography of practices and infrastructures of datafication in the global south

data has been extolled as the new frontier of development whereas western elite actors have contested big data for its flattening of social life and information extraction grassroots initiatives have been championing big data to promote citizen rights improve state accountability and reduce inequalityinfocitizen will1study the citizenship practices and technologies coalescing around model initiatives to produce and circulate data in the global south we contend that for favela residents in brazil ethnic minorities in portugal and germany and poor citizens in tanzania and kenya far from splintering and prying data has the potential to promote cultural change political identity and economic wellbeing via better faster and more reliable public and private statistics2blend insights from the social studies of quantification the anthropology of data and citizenship studies to grasp data produced by experts and citizens across topdown and bottomup data ecosystems via the concept of informational citizenship we will illuminate the politics infrastructures epistemologies visibilities and poetics experiences socialities and affects of datafication their impacts on law and policymaking and their effects on individuals communities and institutions in brazil portugal germany tanzania and kenya3combine archival digital audiovisual and quantiqualitative methods to unpack the toolscensuses smartphones policy reportsand actorsngos data labs legal commissionscrystallizing in the wake of grassroots numbers we propose a global and comparative ethnography of datafied subjectivities and their interplay with transnational networks of expertisesuch as think tanks governments and businesses4generate applied and analytical research and a unique database of quantification tools and practices to critically probe the imaginaries contingencies materialities and spaces of data for radical democratic change today
sarkisov program in higher dimension over imperfect fields and for birregulous maps

a fundamental goal of algebraic geometry is to classify algebraic varieties up to isomorphism this is extremely hard already for surfaces and open in general it has become clear that we can only hope for a classification up to birational maps that is isomorphisms between dense open sets understanding birational maps is therefore a key step towards the classification of algebraic varieties for one of the largest families of algebraic varieties socalled mori fibre spaces any birational map between any two of them is composed of special birational maps called sarkisov links for surfaces over nice fields sarkisov links are wellunderstood but little is known about them in dimension three or higher over any field the understanding of sarkisov links will mean an enormous advance in the study of birational maps and a substantial leap towards a classification of a large family of algebraic varieties the very ambitious aim of this project is to describe all sarkisov links completely in any dimension and in several nonclassical settings in terms of baselocus contracted hypersurfaces and induced rational map on the bases of the implicated mori fibre spaces if achieved it will revolutionize the study of birational maps and provide new exciting tools to determine classes of algebraic varieties in several settings in dimension three and higher already the classification of sarkisov links over the field of complex numbers is extremely ambitious another very difficult task is to classify sarkisov links over a field of positive characteristic as the geometry of algebraic varieties over such fields is even more challenging than it is over the field of complex numbers the minimal model program a major active research area in biratonal geometry has made tremendous advances in the last decades recently developed ideas and techniques allow the attack on birational maps between algebraic varieties by studying sarkisov links
imagine climate change adaptation in urban areas

impacts of climate change are happening as a result of extreme temperatures sealevel rise storm surges or droughts communities and governments across the globe are preparing through actions to increase climate resilience however progress made to date to adapt is still poorly understood and tracked due to a lack of theoretical understanding and means to evaluate how well the world is adapting further barriers are unclear goals and metrics for adaptation in the absence of a shared definition of successful adaptation finding a response to this question is at the core of the international climate debate and has particular significance at the local level where assets and lives of millions of people are at riskimagine adaptation addresses the imperative of how to evaluate adaptation in urban areas as a contemporary complex phenomenon with implications across governance scales the current focus on policy progress can be useful as a first step but it is not indicative of effective adaptation a broader understanding of success in adaptation is required one that transcends technocratic approaches and considers equity justice and maladaptive issuesthrough imagine adaptation i aim to respond to four timely and ambitious objectives first i will revisit and reformulate the concept of successful adaptation using expert and local views objective 1 o1 second i will explore trends and needs regarding monitoring and evaluation and how these may enable or hinder adaptation o2 third i will participate and learn from local adaptation evaluation practices through a comparative case study research across 12 urban areas worldwide o3 finally i will discuss how evaluations of local progress can inform global goals o4 the outputs of this project will be a reference for future adaptation assessment studies and will pioneer the understanding of the ways to enable farreaching transformative urban adaptation through processes of evaluation and learning
breast selfreconstruction the promise of breast reconstruction with patients own tissue

lattice medical develops mattisse a fully degradable 3d printed breast implant allowing a natural and custom breast reconstruction in a single and simple surgery mattisse technology uses a tissue engineering chamber implanted in the former breast and made of 3d printed biocompatible and bioabsorbable polymer mattisse regenerates autologous adipose tissue within 36 months women recover a full breast in 18 months with a fully degraded implant at an affordable price and free from numerous surgical procedures there is no longer any risk related to silicone implants thanks to the complete recovery with natural tissue after validating the effectiveness of the mattisse medical device on animal models this project aims at performing the mandatory clinical studies to launch the product on the eu market with the ce mark a commercial team will be recruited to define and implement a marketing plan to ensure the success of mattisse lattice medical plans to support 40000 women by 2030