SIRIS-Lab/unlabelled-sti-corpus huggingface dataset:
Understanding videos automatically with the sensifai deep learning technology

Google has a value of $1 trillion because it has managed to make texts searchable. However, 80% of internet traffic is videos, audios and images and they are not searchable. Making videos searchable is extremely challenging. This is why most of the video tagging is done manually and the results in automated video recognition are still limited. Mobile video recognition is also starting to emerge. SensifAI has developed a cutting-edge audio-visual deep-learning technology trained on millions of videos to recognize audio and video content and to tag them accurately. SensifAI automatically tags videos, images and audio, which makes them searchable and can be customized for a range of use cases. We believe our approach to contextual video analysis is unique and on the leading edge as it recognizes, scenes, actions, celebrities, landmarks, logos, music genre, moods and emotion and speech. SensifAI delivers the video recognition technology on the cloud on the Amazon Web Services Marketplace and can be embedded on devices such as smartphones (by OEM’s). Our software just became available on the Amazon Web Services Marketplace where we follow a unit-based pricing model ranging from €0.01/minute for recognizing landmark images/objects/celebrities/unsafe contents to €0.05/minute for general tagging and action/sport recognition.  SensifAI bvba was founded by three alumni and scientists from MIT, ETH Zurich and KU Leuven, who acquired an accumulative experience in audio-visual data processing through involvement in many international projects.  Imagine a day when the 30 million visually impaired Europeans use a wearable camera equipped with a software describing them the surrounding environment automatically by recognizing the semantic concept of the captured video. includes the description of the scene, objects, and activities. Similarly, imaging a technology when the 119 million aurally impaired people use a wearable microphone equipped with a software helping them.
SWITCHABLE JOINT CONSTRAINT SYSTEM

The present invention concerns a switchable joint constraint system comprising at least one motion sensor, a joint constraint which is switchable between a mobile and an immobile state, a signal processing unit and a database. Motion sensor signals are compared to predefined situations. The joint constraint is switched according to whether predefined situations are met. The present invention furthermore concerns a process for handling sensor signals in such a system. The system may be used to support a constraint induced therapy (CIT) for the treatment of e. g. hemiplegy.
Detecting settlement expansion in South Africa using a hyper-temporal SAR change detection approach

Recent times have seen a significant increase in the amount of readily available SAR data, with many current and historic SAR data holdings now adopting an open distribution policy. As more regular SAR observations are becoming available, the use of a hyper-temporal SAR change detection framework (utilizing a stack of potentially hundreds of SAR images) is now becoming significantly more feasible. A relevant use case is the detection of new informal settlements in South Africa. Here, hyper-temporal change detection has been shown to be very effective but has been limited to coarse resolution optical satellite imagery only. In particular, it has been found that for optical data the Temporal Autocorrelation Change Detection (TACD) method is able to effectively detect the formation of new informal settlements using hyper-temporal MODIS time-series data. In this paper, the TACD is modified for the use of coarse resolution hyper-temporal SAR data for the detection of new informal settlements. It is shown that by using a hyper-temporal approach to detecting these new informal settlements, a higher overall accuracy was achievable when compared to standard bi-temporal change detection. A dataset of ENVISAT Advanced Synthetic Aperture Radar images over the study area was used to create a hyper-temporal time-series of backscatter values for each of the pixels in the study area. It was found that the proposed method achieved change detection accuracies of 87% at a false alarm rate of less than 1% with bi-temporal SAR change detection achieving a change detection accuracy of 70% at an approximate 1% false alarm rate.
Development of the complete workflow for producing and using a novel nanomodified ti-based alloy for additive manufacturing in special applications.

NANONTUN3D will take advantage of the possibilities of Additive Manufacturing (AM) together with the development of a specially tailored Ti- based nano-aditived material to achieve dramatic improvements in structural parts of aero, space, mobility, and equipment sectors, reaching expected savings between 40% and 50% of material in critical applications. inherent benefits of AM will be kept (decrease in throughput times, tool-less production, high buy-to–fly-run ratios, etc.). 
By adding nano-particles (np) to metal matrixes, the whole life cycle of the NANOTUN3D material has been designed with AM processability in mind: safety and handling issues, processing in well-known AM technologies, postprocessing and eventual certification issues are dealt with, and innovative core-shell treatment of the nano-particles that suits the Ti matrix and produces Ti64-like powder ready to be AM processed. A whole Health, Safety and Environmental (HSE) management system will also be developed, as well as all the protocols to start qualification/certification of material and process.
Connecting micro-SMEs to high-potential maritime markets

Port areas are large experimental laboratories in the heart of densely populated urban areas. They combine a solid industrial and tertiary business base with environmental, social, technological and economic challenges. As a result, they allow VSEs and SMEs [Very Small and Small and Midsized Entrprises] to identify markets. The ports of the future are the real drivers for the recovery of a sustainable local economy. In the future, challenges from new uses, environmental and societal needs and technological innovations will allow VSEs and SMEs to invest in new high-growth markets. Currently, there seem to be three port sectors supporting growth, including that of VSEs and SMEs: - Leisure and Yachting: this sector includes many marinas with over 150,000 ring networks, dozens of shipbuilders, hundreds of contractors, which implies tens of thousands of jobs; - Logistics: including freight transport, storage, maintenance, packaging and other related services. 20,000 to 30,000 jobs link directly to logistics. Cruise and ferry ports: twenty ports harbour ferries and cruise ships, which means several tens of millions of passengers per year and several tens of millions of euro in economic benefits for local business. BlueConnect proposes the establishment of a monitoring centre to list the socio-economic data of port activities in Var, the Maritime Alps, Corsica, Sardinia, Liguria and Tuscany, and use this data to build a cross-border network of economic developers to deal with the growth of services geared to existing VSEs and SMEs
INTEGRATED CIRCUIT WITH REDUCED POWER CONSUMPTION HAVING A ONE WIRE COMMUNICATION INTERFACE

The invention relates to an integrated circuit (20) comprising a binding post (11) for receiving a data-carrying electrical signal (DT) and means (CEC1) for delivering a first clock signal (CK1) consisting of clock pulses emitted after each falling edge of the data-carrying electrical signal inside a data sampling window. According to the invention, the integrated circuit comprises means (CEC2) for delivering a second clock signal (CK2) consisting of clock pulses emitted only when the data-carrying electrical signal (DT) is at the high level and data-processing means (PCC, REGB, MEM), which are synchronised by the second clock signal (CK2). Thanks to the invention, it is possible to power the integrated circuit using an electric voltage present at the binding post.
Cross-over HUBS: developing cross-innovation between agrofood and creative enterprises

Regions of Puglia and Western Greece both have important agricultural sectors mainly dominated by micro enterprises and individual professionals, often lacking the means and capabilities to create innovative products of higher added value. At the same time there are low exploitation rates of untapped business potential concerning the creative economy, particularly in tourism, marketing and social innovation. Through the operation of two business incubators in the project’s intervention areas, Bari (Italy) and Aigio (Greece), the adoption of new models of cross-innovation and the promotion of actions involving clusters and co-operations, the project is expected to highlight the importance of synergy between the creative industry and the agri-food sector. The project is thus called upon to address some of the common challenges of the two regions, such as:
The targeted search, identification and matching of new business ideas with the project’s intervention areas’ real business needs.
The limited synergy of local entrepreneurship with the agri-food, cultural and creative sectors.
Low indicators of new services and innovative products development in the creative industries sector.
Poor external market orientation and low level of internationalization of the agri-food sector.
Creative Camps partnership consists of the Municipality of Bari (Lead Beneficiary), the Apulian Public Theatre Consortium, the Municipality of Aigialeia, Ilia Chamber and Ciheam Bari.
METHOD FOR GLASS PREPARATION

The invention concerns a method for preparing glass from raw materials in powder form in a furnace comprising three side walls, a roof, an upstream pinion and at least one air injector associated with a gas or liquid fuel injector, at least one of said injectors being arranged in said side walls, in said roof or in said upstream pinion. Said method includes the following steps: injecting air and gas or liquid fuel through said injectors, at least one flame being generated immediately proximate the zone where said raw materials in powder form cover the glass solution.
Connectivity, plasticity and function of an olfactory memory circuit

The brain accumulates knowledge by experience-driven modifications of neuronal connectivity and creates models of the world that enable intelligent behavior. It is thought that these processes are based on autoassociative mechanisms of circuit plasticity. However, direct tests of these fundamental concepts are difficult because they require dense reconstructions of neuronal wiring diagrams. We will dissect structural and functional mechanisms of autoassociative memory in telencephalic area Dp of adult zebrafish, the homologue of olfactory cortex. The small size of the zebrafish brain provides essential advantages for exhaustive measurements of neuronal activity and connectivity patterns. Key predictions of theoretical models will be examined by analyzing effects of odor discrimination learning on the dynamics and stability of odor representations in Dp. The underlying structural circuit modifications will be examined in the same brains by circuit reconstruction using serial block face scanning electron microscopy (SBEM). The dense reconstruction of neuronal ensembles responding to learned and novel odors will allow for advanced analyses of structure-function relationships that have not been possible so far. Odor stimulation in a virtual environment will be combined with optogenetic activation or silencing of neuromodulatory inputs to write and disrupt specific olfactory memories and to analyze the effects on behavior and connectivity. The underlying cellular mechanisms of synaptic plasticity and metaplasticity will be examined by electrophysiology, imaging and optogenetic approaches. Mutants will be used to assess effects of disease-related mutations on circuit structure, function and plasticity. These mechanistic analyses are guided by theoretical models, expected to generate direct insights into elementary computations underlying higher brain functions, and likely to uncover causal links between circuit connectivity, circuit function and behavior.
RESENHA CRÍTICA DO FILME LARANJA MECÂNICA DE STANLEY KUBRICK

A resenha a seguir trata-se de uma análise crítica do filme “Laranja Mecânica” (A Clockwork Orange - original) de Stanley Kubrick, produzido em 1971, baseado no livro hormônio de Anthony Burgess, de 1962. Para tanto, usarei como categorias para a análise as práticas discursivas e a ontologia do poder presentes em dois textos de Michel Foucault: A Ordem do Discurso e a História dos Sistemas de Pensamento, que é um resumo dos cursos dados por Foucault no Collège de France quando este assume a cátedras que era de Jean Hyppolite. Assim, observou-se no filme, a ação das práticas de saber (que em si, implicam em uma vontade de verdade, ou seja, a sua presentificação – aletheia) que se produzem e se reproduzem através dos discursos científicos que sustentam a ação penal, principalmente, a partir do século XIX. A ação penal busca “corrigir” o comportamento criminoso, trazê-lo para o que as práticas discursivas científicas entendem por normalidade, sobretudo, se amparando na medicina, na psiquiatria, na antropologia, na sociologia, na psicanálise e na pedagogia, que são as suas porta-vozes.&#x0D; &#x0D;
Development of a prototype system for collecting individual product prices in FMCG networks based on mobile devices

The aim of the project is to acquire specialist knowledge about the operation of code scanners and image generation technologies on mobile devices displays, which could be used to build a new product that automates price monitoring in sales networks. The applicant plans to introduce a new product dedicated to the market research agency, but without the relevant knowledge in this respect, he plans to commission a renowned scientific unit to carry out comprehensive research in order to eliminate technical uncertainties associated with the degree of development of image generation and reading technologies. In particular, the purpose of the requested research will be to develop a solution or a combination of solutions, the use of which will allow for an effective higher than 98 reading of the data displayed on the screen of a mobile device by a price checker scanner regardless of its type.
Near field emission scanning electron microscopy

The authors report on the development of a “near field emission scanning electron microscope.” In this instrument electrons are excited from the sample surface after undergoing interactions with a primary beam of electrons field emitted from a polycrystalline tungsten tip. The tip, with an emission radius of 2nm, is scanned at less than 80nm distance to the surface. Topographic images, determined from the intensity variations of secondary and backscattered electrons, yield a vertical resolution on an atomic scale and a lateral resolution of a couple nanometers. The topographic contrast of the extracted electrons and the field emission current are indistinguishable, in agreement with theoretical models of optimal spatial resolution.
Estudiar en el extranjero: el papel de la personalidad y el lugar de destino para la óptima adaptación de los estudiantes de intercambio Erasmus

Recent studies suggest that the optimal adaptation of exchange students to the host-university is associated to students' personality, and suggest that lowering anxiety, higher sociability and higher sensation seeking is observed in students with successful adaptations.However, this pattern has only been studied in American or German universities.Accordingly, this study aimed to replicate previous results using a sample of European-international undergraduates of the Erasmus Exchange Programme studying in Barcelona.Analyses of variance showed that exchange-students scored higher than locals in Sociability, Activity and in Boredom Susceptibility, but no differences were seen in Anxiety levels.Regression analyses reported that the personality variable that best predicted studying abroad in Barcelona was, on a broad level, Sociability; on a narrower level, Parties and Friends and Boredom Susceptibility accounted for 38% of the study abroad variance.Results confirm that exchange students show a differential personality profile, but it differs in some traits when compared to American samples.It is discussed how the destination or university allocation and cultural characteristics might mediate the observed differences among samples.It is also discussed the relevance of including both student's personality and destination characteristics in the study-abroad assessment programmes to facilitate students' adaptation and avoid stress-related or adaptation problems.
Formulation and Evaluation of taste masked oral suspension of DextromethorphanHydrobromide

Taste is an important factor in the development of dosage form. The problem of bitter and obnoxious taste of drug in pediatric and geriatric formulations is a challenge to the pharmacist in the present scenario. In order to ensure patient compliance bitterness masking becomes essential. The purpose of this research was to mask the intensely bitter taste of Dextromethorphan Hydrobromide using ion exchange resin and to formulate oral suspension of the taste masked drug. When suspension is swallowed bitter taste may not be felt because ion exchange resin complex does not release drug at salivary pH. When it comes in contact with acidic environment of stomach, the complex will be broken down releasing the drug which may then absorbed. Batch method was used for formation of drug resin complex. Various ion exchange resins such as Ionex QM 1011, Ionex WC 23 and Kyron T- 114 were tried to obtained taste masked drug resin complex (DRC). Optimization of drug loading was carried out. With Ionex QM 1011, the drug-resin proportion of 1:6 achieved equilibrium in 6 hours. 96% w/w of drug loading was possible by this method. Complex formation was confirmed by DSC and IR studies. Oral taste masked suspension was prepared using xanthum gum and tween 80 and was evaluated with respect to parameters such as Colour, pH, Viscosity, Sedimentation volume, Redispersibility, Assay, drug release. Taste masking was evaluated with the help of panel of human volunteers and Rat Behavioral Avoidance Taste Model. Taste masked suspension showed easy redispersibility and more than 99.6 % of the drug release within 45 minutes at pH 1.2. Thus, results conclusively demonstrated successful taste masking and formulation of suspension with taste masked drug especially for pediatric, geriatric, bedridden, and non cooperative patients.
Qualification du projet Porto dorme

Le projet réalise la stratégie de PORTO dorme pour être en mesure de se positionner de manière durable et proactive dans des segments spécifiques du marché touristique mondial en mettant l’accent sur des domaines intangibles tels que l’innovation organisationnelle, l’économie numérique et les TIC, la création de marques et la qualité.
Daily Exercise Prescription on the Basis of HR Variability among Men and Women

To test the utility of HR variability (HRV) in daily exercise prescription in moderately active (approximately two exercises per week) men and women.A total of 21 men and 32 women were divided into standard training (ST: males = 7 and females = 7), HRV-guided training (HRV-I: males = 7 and females = 7; HRV-II: females = 10), and control (males = 7 and females = 8) groups. The 8-wk aerobic training period included 40-min exercises at moderate and vigorous intensities (70% and 85% of maximal HR). The ST group was instructed to perform two or more sessions at moderate and three or more sessions at vigorous intensity weekly. HRV-I and HRV-II groups trained on the basis of changes in HRV, measured every morning. In the HRV-I group, an increase or no change in HRV resulted in vigorous-intensity training on that day. Moderate-intensity exercise or rest was prescribed if HRV had decreased. The HRV-II group performed a vigorous-intensity exercise only when HRV had increased. Peak oxygen consumption (VO2peak) and maximal workload (Loadmax) were measured by a maximal bicycle ergometer test before and after the intervention.The changes in VO2peak did not differ between the training groups either in men or in women. In men, the change in Loadmax was higher in the HRV-I group than in the ST group (30 +/- 8 vs 18 +/- 10 W, P = 0.033). In women, no differences were found in the changes in Loadmax between the training groups (18 +/- 10, 15 +/- 11, and 18 +/- 5 W for ST, HRV-I, and HRV-II, respectively). The HRV-II group performed fewer vigorous-intensity exercises than the ST and HRV-I groups (1.8 +/- 0.3 vs 2.8 +/- 0.6 and 3.3 +/- 0.2 times per week, respectively, P < 0.01 for both).HRV measurements are beneficial in exercise training prescription in moderately active men and women. Women benefit from HRV guidance by achieving significant improvement in fitness with a lower training load.
The design and development of efficient biocatalytic cascades and biosynthetic pathways for the sustainable production of amines

The objective of this project is to design and develop biocatalytic cascades, using purified enzymes in vitro, as well as biosynthetic pathways in whole cell microbial organisms. These biocatalytic cascades and biosynthetic pathways will be developed for the synthesis of chiral and achiral amines that are of particular interest for the chemical industry. The amine functionality will be introduced using amine dehydrogenases (AmDHs) as biocatalysts in the pivotal core enzymatic step. AmDHs are a new class of enzymes that have recently been obtained by protein engineering of wild-type amino acid dehydrogenases. However, only two AmDHs have been generated so far and, moreover, they show a limited substrate scope. Therefore protein engineering will be undertaken in order to expand the substrate scope of the already existing AmDHs. In addition, novel AmDHs will be generated starting from different wild-type amino acid dehydrogenases as scaffolds, whose amino acid and DNA sequences are available in databases, literature, libraries, etc. In particular, protein engineering will be focused on the specific chemical targets that are the objectives of the designed biocatalytic cascades and in addition, screening for more diverse substrates will also be carried out. Finally, the AmDHs will be used in combination with other enzymes such as alcohol dehydrogenases, oxidases, alkane monooxygenases, etc., to deliver variously functionalised amines and derivatives as final products with elevated yields, perfect chemo- regio- and stereoselectivity, enhanced atom efficiency and minimum environmental impact. Such an approach will be realised through the design of new pathways that will convert inexpensive starting materials from renewable resources, encompassing the internal recycling of redox equivalents, the use of inorganic ammonia as nitrogen source and, if necessary, only molecular oxygen as the innocuous additional oxidant. Water will be the sole by-product.