SIRIS-Lab/unlabelled-sti-corpus huggingface dataset:
Air Transport versus High-Speed Rail: An Overview and Research Agenda

The development of high-speed rail (HSR) services throughout the last decades has gradually blurred the concept of competition and cooperation with air transportation. There is a wide range of studies on this subject, with a particular focus on single lines or smaller regions. This article synthesizes and discusses recently published studies in this area, while aiming to identify commonalities and deviations among different regions throughout the world, covering services from Europe, Asia, and North America. Our meta-analysis reveals that the literature is highly controversial and the results vary substantially from one region to another, and a generalization is difficult, given route-specific characteristics, such as demand distribution, network structure, and evolution of transportation modes. As a major contribution, we propose a list of five challenges as a future research agenda on HSR/air transport competition and cooperation. Among others, we see a need for the construction of an open-source dataset for large-scale multimodal transport systems, the comprehensive assessment of new emerging transport modes, and also taking into account the resilience of multimodal transport systems under disruption.
BOOSTing the innovation potential of the triple helix of Adriatic-Ionian traditional and emerging BLUE growth sectors clusters through an open source/knowledge sharing and community based approach

The 7 regional maritime territories focused by BLUE_BOOST PJT (Zadar county; Marche, F.V.G. and Apulia regions; Western Greece and Central Macedonia regions; coastal areas of Durres, Vlora, Saranda and Shengjin in Albania) are branded by the presence of maritime (from mature/growing to emerging/just aspired) clusters with high heterogeneity of activities, tangible gap in communication and interaction among their 4 strands and poor attitude to interclustering, espec. at trans-sectoral level._x000D_
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Thus, our proposal aims at unlocking and boosting the potential of knowledge/technology transfer, transnational and cross-sectoral cooperation of key innovation actors of traditional (primarily fisheries and ship-building) and emerging (primarily Blue technologies-including aquaculture- green shipbuilding, robotics and new materials) Blue Growth sectors by reinforcing the relationships and interactions within and among their clusters according to an open source,knowledge sharing&community based approach. The main change sought is to improve the basic conditions for bridging the gap between the 3 helixes of the focused maritime clusters between research/SMEs, users/SMEs, etc. thanks to the collaboration with the NEW INNOVATION AGENTS such as fablabs, co-working spaces, makerspaces, innovation hubs, living labs, techshops, etc. Due to such renewed flexibility, this enhanced 3 helixes approach can be naturally adopted in transnational actions for stimulation&guidance, funding (B_B TRANS. BLUE INNOVATION VOUCHER SCHEME) and networking of innovation (B_B TRANS. INNOVATION NETWORKING STRATEGY & JOINT ACTION PLAN) in order to explore possible sectoral cross-fertilizations, new ideas or expertise, new alliances and networking between individuals, communities, enterprises, organizations, institutions of the Blue Economy which deserves to be better supported, being it an economic driver and a potential generator of development and jobs.
A NOTE ON MONEY AND THE CONDUCT OF MONETARY POLICY

Prior to the financial crisis, mainstream monetary policy practice had become disconnected from money. We outline the basic rationale for this development using a simple model of money and credit in which we explore the conditions under which money matters directly for the conduct of policy. Then, using a DSGE model, we examine the circumstances under which money becomes more closely linked to inflation. We find that money matters when the variance of the supply of lending dominates productivity and the velocity of money demand. This is because amplifying the role of loans supply leads to an expansion in aggregate demand, via a compression of the external finance premium, which is inflationary. We consider a number of alternative monetary policy rules, and find that a rule which exploits the joint information from money and the external finance premium performs best.
Studying ciliary signaling in development and disease

SCilS will create a multidisciplinary and intersectoral European training network focusing on ciliary signalling in development and disease. 
Primary cilia are microtubule-based cell surface projections that have evolved to be key signalling hubs of our cells, as they concentrate or segregate components of major cellular signalling pathways. Control of ciliary signaling output requires a high degree of regulation and critical feedback, which is needed for robustness in development and cellular homeostasis of different tissues and organs. Dysfunctional cilia can therefore lead to >35 severe human genetic traits (ciliopathies) with highly heterogeneous, overlapping phenotypes. Ciliopathies affect as many as 1 in 400 people, and for the majority of cases efficient therapeutic interventions are currently unavailable. 
SCilS research aims to uncover the multi-level organization and regulation of cilia-mediated signalling pathways in order to understand ciliopathy disease etiology and identify novel therapeutic targets. This challenging task will be accomplished by integrating unique expertise and cutting edge technology available within the SCilS network, including structural biology, super resolution imaging and cryo-electron tomography, state-of-the-art genomics, proteomics and bioinformatics, (stem) cell biology and biochemistry, as well as organoid technology and zebrafish models. 
SCilS training will give Early Stage Researchers (ESRs) unparalleled training opportunities in outstanding academic and industrial settings through training-by-research via individual research projects, secondments, and network-wide training sessions. All individual training and research activities have been designed to provide each ESR with the necessary broad competences in state‐of‐the art academic and industrial research. The network will thereby make a career in both industry and academia attractive to the ESRs and improve their career prospects in both private and public sectors.
Modulation of Antimicrobial Host Defense Peptide Gene Expression by Free Fatty Acids

Routine use of antibiotics at subtherapeutic levels in animal feed drives the emergence of antimicrobial resistance. Development of antibiotic-alternative approaches to disease control and prevention for food animals is imperatively needed. Previously, we showed that butyrate, a major species of short-chain fatty acids (SCFAs) fermented from undigested fiber by intestinal microflora, is a potent inducer of endogenous antimicrobial host defense peptide (HDP) genes in the chicken (PLoS One 2011, 6: e27225). In the present study, we further revealed that, in chicken HD11 macrophages and primary monocytes, induction of HDPs is largely in an inverse correlation with the aliphatic hydrocarbon chain length of free fatty acids, with SCFAs being the most potent, medium-chain fatty acids moderate and long-chain fatty acids marginal. Additionally, three SCFAs, namely acetate, propionate, and butyrate, exerted a strong synergy in augmenting HDP gene expression in chicken cells. Consistently, supplementation of chickens with a combination of three SCFAs in water resulted in a further reduction of Salmonella enteritidis in the cecum as compared to feeding of individual SCFAs. More importantly, free fatty acids enhanced HDP gene expression without triggering proinflammatory interleukin-1β production. Taken together, oral supplementation of SCFAs is capable of boosting host immunity and disease resistance, with potential for infectious disease control and prevention in animal agriculture without relying on antibiotics.
PULSED PLASMA IGNITION - AN OPTIMIZED MULTIPLE PULSE CD IGNITION USING AN OPTIMIZED VOLTAGE DOUBLING IGNITION COIL

A capacitive discharge pulsed plasma ignition system using a novel ultra-high efficiency ignition coil (3) with an optimized high current and high voltage output. The ignition coil (3) is preferably used with a high pulse rate, high efficiency, multiple pulse ignition box providing rapid pulsed plasma ignition sites. The coil (3) has a low winding turns ratio of about 40, low primary and secondary inductances (1, 2) and resistances (11, 12), low loss in its core (3a), low secondary capacitance (5), and is used in conjunction with a capacitor (4) of capacitance between 1 and about 20 microfarads. The system uses voltage doubling at the spark gap (9) with a very high rate of rise of voltage and peak value of voltage through coil/capacitor design combination to fire a wide spark gap (9) and provide a very high current.
YOGE SENSITIVE COMMUNICATION

WE ARE AN ASSOCIATE STUDY OF PROFESSIONALS FROM THE WORLD OF GRAPHICS AND TRADITIONAL COMMUNICATION (EACH OF THE MEMBERS HAS BETWEEN 15 AND 20 YEARS OF NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE) AND SINCE 2005 WE HAVE CHOSEN TO PUT OUR SKILLS MAINLY AT THE SERVICE OF SUBJECTS, PROFIT AND NON-PROFIT, ENGAGED ON SENSITIVE TOPICS. WE HAVE FUN WORKING IN AN ORIGINAL AND SUSTAINABLE WAY. WE DO IT BY HAND BUT USING NEW TECHNOLOGIES TO LIMIT THE USE OF PAPER AND CONSUMABLES. IN ADDITION TO COMMUNICATION CONSULTING AND GRAPHIC AND ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS, WE WORK TOGETHER TO BUILD NEW ECOLOGICAL MODELS OF SOCIETY AND DEVELOPMENT. OUR SERVICES CAN BE SUMMARISED AS FOLLOWS: — CORPORATE BRANDING AND CORPORATE BRANDING (BRANDS, NAMING, CORPORATE LITERATURE) — CLASSIC ONLINE AND OFFLINE COMMUNICATION (PRINTING, BILLBOARD, RADIO, TV,) — PACKAGING STUDIO AND GRAPHICS — COPYWRITING AND WRITING OF TEXTS FOR INSTITUTIONAL COMMUNICATION AND/OR CAMPAIGNS
Development of a 2K x 2K GaAs QWIP Focal Plane Array

We are developing the next generation of GaAs Quantum Well Infrared Photodetector (QWIP) focal plane arrays (FPAs) in preparation for future NASA space-borne Earth observing missions. It is anticipated that these missions will require both wider ground spatial coverage as well as higher ground imaging resolution. In order to demonstrate our capability in meeting these future goals we have taken a two-tiered approach in the next stage of advanced QWIP focal plane array development. We will describe our progress in the development of a 512 x 3,200 (512 x 3K) array format for this next generation thermal imaging array for the NASA Landsat project. However, there currently is no existing readout integrated circuit (ROIC) for this format array.so to demonstrate the ability to scale-up an existing ROIC we developed a 1,920 x 2,048 (2K x 2K) array and it hybridized to a Raytheon SB419 CTIA readout integrated circuit that was scaled up from their existing 512 x 640 SB339 ROIC. Two versions of the 512 x 3K QWIP array were fabricated to accommodate a future design scale-up of both the Indigo 9803 ROIC based on a 25 micron pixel dimension and a scale up of the Indigo 9705 ROIC based on a 30 micron pixel dimension. Neither readout for the 512 x 3K has yet to be developed but we have fabricated both versions of the array. We describe the design, development and test results of this effort as well as the specific applications these FPAs are intended to address.
Blood-Brain barrier: from molecular mechanisms to intervention strategies

Brain endothelial cells (ECs) are endowed with a set of molecular and metabolic adaptations that stringently orchestrate the molecular and cellular transit between the brain and the circulatory system. These adaptations constitute the blood-brain barrier (BBB) and are pivotal to brain homeostasis and protection. Accordingly, BBB dysfunction is a unifying hallmark of many cerebrovascular diseases, including stroke, multiple sclerosis and neurodegeneration. Healing the BBB to treat to the brain is therefore emerging as a powerful therapeutic avenue for a spectrum of human CNS disorders. In addition, through its neuroprotective function, the BBB represents the main obstacle for CNS drug delivery. There is consequently an urgent need to identify methods to control BBB in health and disease. Of pivotal importance, BBB is not genetically hardwired, but instead results from ongoing neurovascular communications taking place between the ECs and the other components of the neurovascular unit. Shedding light on these communications, and raising our understanding to the mechanistic level will undoubtedly yield transformative therapeutic strategies for human brain disorders. A key obstacle in the study of BBB permeability resides in its complex regulation across cells and tissues. This complexity cannot be recapitulated in cell culture experiments. Our laboratory has recently identified and validated the transparent zebrafish as ideally suited to facilitate these studies, by empowering non-invasive genetic analyses of BBB function under normoxia. Together with a conserved BBB genetic instruction program, the zebrafish cerebrovasculature qualifies as a an alternative “miniature BBB model” where neurovascular communication can be studied at an unprecedented pace. Ctrl-BBB will pioneer synergistic approaches between the zebrafish and the mouse model, to bring BBB research in the era of highly parallel genetic approaches and BBB-focused therapeutic strategies for brain disorders.
Coast to coast - Creating a Visitors' Centre and a Congress Hall/Auditorium in the Po Delta area. 

The initiative identified as “Coast to Coast” promotes and supports the socio-economic development of the area of the Po Delta and consists of five actions aimed at intensifying cooperation among Italian and Slovenian institutions and economic operators, by generating a tourist, cultural, environmental and educational flow exchange between the two shores of the Adriatic. The project aims at creating a Visitors’ Centre in the Municipality of Porto Viro and a Conference Room/Auditorium at Taglio di Po, through the restoration of two historically relevant sites, the Palazzo delle Associazioni and the former Italia Theatre. The Visitors’ Centre will provide tourist information, useful indications and paper and multimedia material about the cultural, naturalistic, historical-archaeological, enogastronomic and sport itineraries available in the area of the Po Delta and in nearby Slovenia. The facility is structured into several pavilions for the following activities: virtual journey exhibitions with internet connections and the atlas of territories; a space for conferences and exhibitions; a space that will be available to associations and specialised operators (horticulturists, fishermen, industrialists, animal farmers) for joint fairs and exhibitions; merchandising activities (artistic handicraft). The Auditorium - seating almost three hundred - is the place where to hold seminars, conferences, events and courses as well as joint activities of territorial promotion.
BCR-ABL VARIANTS

A splice variant of bcr-abl mRNA that produces BCR-ABL protein with a truncated C-terminus and its role in resistance to treatment with kinase inhibitors is disclosed. Vectors for expressing the truncated gene product are provided as well as recombinant cells that express the truncated gene product from a cDNA construct. Also provided are methods compositions and kits for detecting the BCR-ABL splice variant. Additionally, methods for screening BCR-ABL kinase domain inhibitors which rely on the recombinant cells and methods of predicting likelihood for resistance of a CML patient with a BCR/ABL translocation respond to treatment with one or more BCR-ABL kinase inhibitors are also disclosed.
A Matter of Principle: Comparing Norm-Based Explanations for Fair Trade Consumption

Research on fair trade consumption has proliferated in recent years. However, to date, systematic comparisons of the various theoretical models attempting to explain the purchase of fair trade products are rare. The present paper addresses this gap by comparing three theories which explain fair trade consumption by reference to a personal norm: The norm-activation model (NAM), the value-belief-norm (VBN) theory, and the value-identity-personal norm (VIP) model. Using data from a random sample of the general population in Zurich (Switzerland), the paper compares the explanatory power and the causal structures of these theories with structural equation models. The results show that the value-identity-personal norm (VIP) model explains the largest amount of variance in the purchase of fair trade products, followed by the value-belief-norm (VBN) theory. Furthermore, the analysis indicates that values influence the personal norm via specific beliefs (awareness of consequences and ascription of responsibility), as specified in VBN, as well as via the more general concept of an identity as a critical consumer, as hypothesized by VIP. In contrast, the results do not support the moderator-formulation of the NAM. The paper therefore concludes that VIP and VBN both represent valuable theories specifying complementary mechanisms for explaining fair trade consumption, whereas there is no evidence for the NAM as an explanation of fair trade consumption.
OPTIMAL FINANCIAL AND ORDERING DECISIONS OF A FIRM WITH INSURANCE CONTRACT

This paper examines the impact of a bank’s risk limit on the financial and ordering decisions of a capital-constrained firm with insurance contract. All our major results can be computed via explicit expressions. It is shown that the bank will control its risk to be below the risk limit through setting a loan limit and the firm can make the loan limit increase by buying a deductible insurance policy. It is also shown that the repayment demand level needed to avoid bankruptcy will not be affected by the insurance policy. We derive the firm’s optimal ordering quantity and insurance coverage level under a downside risk measurement and a variance risk measurement separately. It is shown that the firm should pay more attention to whether to buy insurance or not under the downside risk measurement and how much insurance coverage to buy under the variance risk measurement. Under the downside risk measurement, once the firm decides to buy insurance, the optimal coverage level is independent of the bank’s risk limit. We also show that the insurance contract has a more obvious effect on the profit increases when the selling price is high or the bank’s risk limit is low.
Cavitation Surge in a Small Model Test Facility simulating a Hydraulic Power Plant

Model tests and CFD were carried out to find out the cause of cavitation surge in hydraulic power plants. In experiments the cavitation surge was observed at flow rate, both with and without a surge tank placed just upstream of the inlet volute. The surge frequency at smaller flow rate was much smaller than the swirl mode frequency caused by the whirl of vortex rope. An unsteady CFD was carried out with two boundary conditions: (1) the flow rate is fixed to be constant at the volute inlet, (2) the total pressure is kept constant at the volute inlet, corresponding to the experiments without/with the surge tank. The surge was observed with both boundary conditions at both higher and lower flow rates. Discussions as to the cause of the surge are made based on additional tests with an orifice at the diffuser exit, and with the diffuser replaced with a straight pipe.
Rights to the Neoliberal City: The Case of Urban Land Squatting in ‘Creative’ Berlin

AbstractThis paper asserts that activists can carve out a political space between cooptation and autonomy in neoliberalizing cities but that strategic options vary according to the micro-political spaces activists operate in. This assertion is examined through an in-depth ethnographic study of two trailer encampments in Berlin. These trailer encampments occupy previously abandoned wastelands in Berlin and have strong ties to the squatter movement. The dominant discourse of the ‘creative city’ has served as both constraint and opportunity. Activist-residents in both camps are conscious that their abilities to maintain their communities require them to present themselves in a way that coincides with the dominant ‘creativity’ discourse of the city. Both have fashioned their own discursive frames and introduced events that demonstrate how they contribute to making Berlin dynamic and creative. However, the encampment in the conservative district faces more severe constraints than the one in the left-wing distr...
Resin composition for encapsulation and semiconductor device

Provided is a resin composition for sealing, used to seal a semiconductor element and a bonding wire which is connected to the semiconductor element and which has copper as a primary component, wherein the resin composition comprises an epoxy resin, a curing agent, and a sulfur-containing compound and has the swelling rate (S), as calculated under specific conditions, of 150% or less.
POWER-SAVING MODE INDICATION

Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may transmit a message including an indication that the UE is in a power-saving mode. The UE may receive a configuration, for a connected state of the UE, that is based at least in part on the indication. The UE may operate in the connected state according to the configuration. Numerous other aspects are provided.
3D multi-process sequential integration for smart sensor interfaces

The IoT is composed of connected devices that are characterized by their interaction with the environment via a plethora of sensors and actuators. The trend goes to ever more complex interactions and thus an increase in the number of different sensors integrated in the same product, which in turn requires the processing capability to handle all of those sensors.
 
At the same time those systems are expected to still perform on an ever lower power budget, preferably so low as to be able to operate purely on power scavenging. And of course the cost needs to be moderate too. The electronics at the heart of such a system needs to be mixed-signal electronics that interfaces to the analog sensors and actuators, but can also provide the necessary digital processing power.  

3D-MUSE wants to spearhead   the progression from what we shall refer to as 'systems-in-stack' to true 'systems-in-cube' that monolithic/sequential 3D integration will enable. We define the former as a 3D system that is characterized by locating functional blocks within a single plain in the (typically parallel/wafer-bonding) 3D integration stack, while the latter makes use of the full emancipation of the interconnect density in the third dimension of sequential 3D integration and rather implements functional blocks in a volume comprising multiple tiers. We shall demonstrate this concept by conceiving novel architectures for micro circuits in a volume in a two tier 3D sequential integration process. In particular, we have identified mixed-signal circuits as, on one hand, a major bottleneck for functional performance scaling of sensor nodes and smart sensors in the IoT and cyberphysical systems, and on the other hand, excellent candidates for beneficial trade-offs when implemented as circuits in a volume with using two specialize tiers, one for analog device options and another for optimal digital designs. We shall refer to such a technology as 'multi-process' sequential 3D integration.