SIRIS-Lab/unlabelled-sti-corpus huggingface dataset:
Integrated Sea sTORm Management Strategies

In adapting its Climate Change indicators according to the IPCC V Assessment Report (2014), the EEA has introduced two indicators relevant for the I-STORMS project: a) flood & health as “extreme coastal high-water events have increased the risk of river & coastal flooding in many European regions”; b) storms as they “may lead to structural damage, flooding & storm surges”. Indeed, extreme sea storms events are recognized, by the scientific community, as one of the major factors, together with the anthropic pressures, affecting the coastal changes. Coastal flooding & erosion, impacts on ecosystems, damages to infrastructures & productive activities can be worsen if combined with the absence of adequate early warning systems, coordinated strategies, coastal management & planning with significant related economic costs. The territorial challenges linked to lack of shared information & know-how on sea storms, poor macro-regional cooperation, low data interoperability, lack of coordination & exchange on civil protection procedures will be jointly faced by the I-STORMS partners. The aim is to enhance transnational cooperation sharing knowledge, data & forecasts through a common infrastructure, joint strategies to deal with sea storm emergencies, improving at the same time countries&#39; capacities on data interoperability, early warning & civil protection procedures, in alignment with the EU Civil Protection Mechanism. The innovative approach on data sharing, the common guidelines on early warning & civil protection, the transnational strategy, and the permanent cooperation table set up by the project will ensure that current challenges are faced & overcome in the framework of EUSAIR and with a medium-term implementation perspective. Project benefits will firstly tackle citizens of the Adriatic-Ionian coastal areas and competent public administrations, but also decision makers, sectoral agencies, marine productive activities, research & scientific community.
Portuguese Shoes 2020/2021 – Footwear Cluster Image Campaign

The Portuguese Shoes 2020-21 is an articulated set of initiatives to promote the international image of Portuguese footwear. Sustainability and digitisation will be key messages that will tend to be present in all foreseen communication elements.
Numerical comparison of heat-fin- and metal-foam-based hydrogen storage beds during hydrogen charging process

Abstract We numerically studied the effects of additional components for internal heat transfer enhancement—that is, heat fins and metal foams—on the hydrogen charging performance. First, we applied a three-dimensional transient hydrogen absorption model developed in our previous works to two different experimental MHBs: one with heat fins and the other with metal foam. The simulation results were then compared with the experimental data measured during the hydrogen charging processes. The model predictions were found to be in good agreement with the experimental data in terms of the bed temperature evolution and hydrogen charging time. In addition, a parametric study was conducted on various MHBs with heat fins or metal foams that were designed to contain the same amount of ZrCo powder for the sake of comparison. The detailed analysis of the hydrogen absorption behavior with different MHB designs clearly demonstrated that superior MHB design should exhibit a higher effective conductivity in the metal powder region and lower overall thermal mass; these two advanced features can be achieved by using a metal foam with optimum porosity.
Multidimensional Diversity in Two European Cities: Thinking beyond Ethnicity

This paper shifts discussion on social diversity from ethnic diversity to broader social diversity. We explore spatial social diversity and assess opportunities to encounter diversity in an urban context. In doing so, we prepared a description of diversity in the residential communities of two cities, Leeds and Warsaw, using census data for small areas (UK 2001, Poland 2002). Selected variables were used to represent the key social dimensions of difference: demographic, socioeconomic, ethnic, and disability. A cluster analysis using a k-means algorithm was implemented for each city separately and for the two cities combined using harmonized indicators. We selected eight cluster solutions for each city which had different profiles and spatial distributions. A combined cluster analysis showed that there was little overlap in community types across the two cities. The paper illustrates that Leeds and Warsaw residents experience very different opportunities to encounter difference which need to be taken into account when local diversity policies are implemented.
Natural radioactivity in groundwater – a review

The issue of natural radioactivity in groundwater is reviewed, with emphasis on those radioisotopes which contribute in a significant way to the overall effective dose received by members of the public due to the intake of drinking water originating from groundwater systems. The term 'natural radioactivity' is used in this context to cover all radioactivity present in the environment, including man-made (anthropogenic) radioactivity. Comprehensive discussion of radiological aspects of the presence of natural radionuclides in groundwater, including an overview of current regulations dealing with radioactivity in drinking water, is provided. The presented data indicate that thorough assessments of the committed doses resulting from the presence of natural radioactivity in groundwater are needed, particularly when such water is envisaged for regular intake by infants. They should be based on a precise determination of radioactivity concentration levels of the whole suite of radionuclides, including characterisation of their temporal variability. Equally important is a realistic assessment of water intake values for specific age groups. Only such an evaluation may provide the basis for possible remedial actions.
Removal of the stylet from the tracheal tube: effect of lubrication

We compared the work needed to retract a non-lubricated and a lubricated stylet from a tracheal tube over 24 h. Stylets were lubricated with sterile water, silicone fluid, lidocaine spray, lidocaine gel, MedPro(®) lubricating gel or Lacri-Lube(®). The mean (SD) work in joules needed to retract the stylet by 5 cm from the tracheal tube was recorded immediately (time 0), at 5 and 30 min and at 1, 3 and 24 h. At time 0 lubrication with sterile water (0.53 (0.09); p = 0.001), silicone fluid (0.43 (0.10); p < 0.001), lidocaine gel (0.60 (0.15); p = 0.01) and MedPro gel (0.57 (0.07); p = 0.005), were better than no lubrication (0.94 (0.28)). Where a tracheal tube is pre-loaded with a stylet for use at an indeterminate time, silicone fluid was the best choice of lubricant as it performed consistently well up to 24 h. At 24 h only silicone fluid (0.49 (0.01)) outperformed no lubrication (0.77 (0.24); p = 0.04).
Role of the tanycytic barrier at the blood-hypothalamus interface during metabolic disorder development

Metabolic disorders such as obesity and diabetes are age-related diseases, and lead cause of death in Europe. Adiposity signals such as leptin and insulin, whose circulating levels are in proportion to body fat, convey metabolic information to neural networks that regulate energy homeostasis in the hypothalamus. In leptin-deficient humans and mice, leptin administration effectively reduces hyperphagia and obesity. Paradoxically, most cases of obesity display high circulating leptin levels that fail to reduce appetite or increase energy expenditure. This raises the possibility that leptin transport across the blood-brain barrier to the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) or to its sites of action within the hypothalamus is a limiting step defective in obese patients. The host laboratory recently demonstrated that tanycytes, a hypothalamic glia lining the floor of the third ventricle, were responsible for shuttling leptin from the periphery to the CSF and that such conduit was blunted in mice with diet-induced obesity. Leptin transport by tanycytes could thus play a critical role in the pathophysiology of leptin resistance. The overall objective of this project is to further elucidate whether the alteration of the adiposity signals transport into the metabolic brain across hypothalamic barriers is the main cause of the onset of obesity. To this end, a combination of in vitro and in vivo approaches, using genetically modified mice and pre-clinical models of obesity, will be implemented in order to elucidate the molecular mechanisms for the transport of blood-borne leptin into the CSF by tanycytes. It is anticipated that implementation of this project will expand our knowledge of the mechanism underlying human obesity and hold therapeutic potential for treating it. Besides, the proposed project is endowed of solid formative contents that will strengthen the experience of the applicant, boosting her future scientific career and paving the way for closer scientific collaborations.
60 GHz Networking: Mobility, Beamforming, and Frame Level Operation from Theory to Practice

Understanding the gap between theory and practice of 60 GHz networks is crucial. Theoretical models typically focus on the physical layer only and assume ideal hardware components. However, such assumptions do not hold in practice. For instance, the cost-effective design of commercial off-the-shelf products often results in hardware impairments, such as highly irregular beam shapes. Further, mobility and frame aggregation have a strong impact throughout the protocol stack. Taking these effects into account when designing 60 GHz networking mechanisms is critical. In this paper, we characterize the aforementioned effects and contribute a comprehensive dataset of real-world traces that capture them. Among other traces, our dataset includes measurements of actual beam patterns, the impact of the cases of the devices on propagation, exhaustive measurements on the degradation of link performance in case of mobility, and the behavior of aggregation at the physical layer. Our dataset is the most comprehensive study of this kind to date. As a result, our work allows researchers to take the aforementioned hardware impairments into account, which paves the way for comparable and realistic evaluations of 60 GHz networking mechanisms in the community.
Aquatic Respiration Rate Measurements at Low Oxygen Concentrations

Despite its huge ecological importance, microbial oxygen respiration in pelagic waters is little studied, primarily due to methodological difficulties. Respiration measurements are challenging because of the required high resolution of oxygen concentration measurements. Recent improvements in oxygen sensing techniques bear great potential to overcome these limitations. Here we compare 3 different methods to measure oxygen consumption rates at low oxygen concentrations, utilizing amperometric Clark type sensors (STOX), optical sensors (optodes), and mass spectrometry in combination with (18-18)O2 labeling. Oxygen concentrations and consumption rates agreed well between the different methods when applied in the same experimental setting. Oxygen consumption rates between 30 and 400 nmol L(-1) h(-1) were measured with high precision and relative standard errors of less than 3%. Rate detection limits in the range of 1 nmol L(-1) h(-1) were suitable for rate determinations in open ocean water and were lowest at the lowest applied O2 concentration.
Förderung der Marke Plasmet in ausgewählten internationalen Märkten

SA 42799(2015/X) Gegenstand des Projekts ist die Teilnahme des Antragstellers am Programm zur Förderung der Maschinen- und Anlagenindustrie (PKD 25.73.Z), das darauf abzielt, die Produktmarke Plasmet auf internationalen Märkten zu fördern und aktiv an der Förderung der polnischen Wirtschaft im Ausland teilzunehmen. Zu den ausgewählten Märkten gehören Länder wie: Serbien, Russland, Slowakei, Schweden, Deutschland, Tschechien und Frankreich, davon 2 ausgewählte Märkte (Serbien und Russland) sind zukunftsgerichtete Märkte. Der Umfang des Projekts umfasst Fördermaßnahmen: 1) Teilnahme an Messen – der Antragsteller nimmt als Aussteller an 9 Messeaktivitäten teil: —Targi mSv Brünn, Tschechische Republik 2020 -Euroblech Fair, Deutschland 2020 – Elmia Subcontracting Fair, Schweden 2020 -Metalobrabotka Fair, Russland 2020 -März MSV Messe, Slowakei 2021 -Tolexpo Global Industrie Fair, Frankreich 2022 -Targi Sajam Tehnike, Serbien 2021 -Marches MSV Brno, Tschechische Republik 2021 -Targi Blechexpo, Deutschland 2021 2) nimmt an einer externen Mission teil – Der Antragsteller wird an einer Mission zur Bauma a) Bauma Messe, Deutschland 2022 (Veranstaltung mit nationalen Informations- und Promotionsstand) teilnehmen. 3) zusätzliche Werbemaßnahmen unter Berücksichtigung: — Erstellung eines Fremdsprachenmoduls für die bestehende Website – Übersetzung der Website im Rahmen neuer Module – Werbefilm zur Förderung von Plasmet und seinen Produkten. Der Antragsteller finanziert das Projekt aus eigenen Mitteln.
OPTICAL ELEMENT CONTROL

There is provided an optical system comprising an optical element (10) responsive to an applied signal to vary an optical property of the optical element (10), the variation of the optical property with the applied signal exhibiting hysteresis in a first range of values of the signal, and no hysteresis in at least one second range of values of the signal. The optical system further comprises a memory storing data representative of a variation of the optical property with either increasing values of the signal or decreasing values of the signal, and a controller configured to control the optical property of the optical element (10) by generating a control signal based on the stored data and applying the generated control signal to the optical element. In a case where the memory stores data representative of the variation of the optical property with increasing values of the signal, the controller is configured to use the stored data to change the value of the optical property from an initial value corresponding to a first value of the signal, to a subsequent value corresponding to a second value of the signal that is smaller than the first value of the signal, by setting the value of the control signal to a third value that is within the second range of values, and subsequently increasing the value of the control signal from the third value to the second value. Alternatively, in a case where the memory stores data representative of the variation of the optical property with decreasing values of the signal, the controller is configured to use the stored data to change the value of the optical property from an initial value corresponding to a first value of the signal, to a subsequent value corresponding to a second value of the signal that is greater than the first value of the signal, by setting the value of the control signal to a third value that is within the second range of values, and subsequently decreasing the value of the control signal from the third value to the second value.
Colegio como actor político de la profesión

Este artículo responde a la invitación de la Editora y el Comité Editorial de la Revista Ocupación Humana, para la publicación del número especial de celebración de los 50 años de fundación de la organización científica y gremial de las y los terapeutas ocupacionales de Colombia. Recoge las memorias, análisis y reflexiones a futuro de la terapeuta ocupacional Solángel García Ruiz, quien tuvo a su cargo la presidencia de la Asociación Colombiana de Terapia Ocupacional -ACTO en el periodo 2004 a 2006 y del Colegio Colombiano de Terapia Ocupacional entre 2016 y 2018. Este y los demás textos de expresidentas que hacen parte de este número especial están llenos de la fortaleza, energía y proyección de sus autoras y de nuestra profesión. Resultan, entonces, en un importante y significativo testimonio histórico de lo que hemos construido y de la inmensa y poderosa tarea que tiene el Colegio Colombiano de Terapia Ocupacional para continuar construyendo y respondiendo a los retos del ser ocupacional – personales, colectivos y sociales –, del país, la región y el mundo.
A Global Model for Effective Use and Evaluation of e-Learning in Health

Healthcare systems worldwide face a wide range of challenges, including demographic change, rising drug and medical technology costs, and persistent and widening health inequalities both within and between countries. Simultaneously, issues such as professional silos, static medical curricula, and perceptions of "information overload" have made it difficult for medical training and continued professional development (CPD) to adapt to the changing needs of healthcare professionals in increasingly patient-centered, collaborative, and/or remote delivery contexts. In response to these challenges, increasing numbers of medical education and CPD programs have adopted e-learning approaches, which have been shown to provide flexible, low-cost, user-centered, and easily updated learning. The effectiveness of e-learning varies from context to context, however, and has also been shown to make considerable demands on users' motivation and "digital literacy" and on providing institutions. Consequently, there is a need to evaluate the effectiveness of e-learning in healthcare as part of ongoing quality improvement efforts. This article outlines the key issues for developing successful models for analyzing e-health learning.
Debate science! european student parliament

Wissenschaft im Dialog will organise a European Student Parliament in conjunction with ESOF 2018 in Toulouse. The attendees are young people from 11 European cities. In a simulated parliament students will investigate ‘The Future of Mobility’ which is a challenge for science and society. Student committees will discuss aspects of this theme with researchers. They will write resolutions, present them in a parliamentary debate and deliver them to European policy makers.
 
The project represents a process of RRI where school students exchange ideas with researchers and policy makers. These stakeholders will gain new insights into the views of young Europeans. In addition results will be disseminated to experts in the fields of science education and outreach, allowing an exchange of ideas.

Young Europeans attending the parliament will develop their interest in science studies and careers through discussions of science in the context of interesting and relevant societal challenges. Students will enhance their skills in critical thinking through self-directed learning and debating. They will be inspired by meeting role models who use scientific knowledge and methods in their work.
The utility of estimating population-level trajectories of terminal wellbeing decline within a growth mixture modelling framework

Mortality-related decline has been identified across multiple domains of human functioning, including mental health and wellbeing. The current study utilised a growth mixture modelling framework to establish whether a single population-level trajectory best describes mortality-related changes in both wellbeing and mental health, or whether subpopulations report quite different mortality-related changes.Participants were older-aged (M = 69.59 years; SD = 8.08 years) deceased females (N = 1,862) from the dynamic analyses to optimise ageing (DYNOPTA) project. Growth mixture models analysed participants' responses on measures of mental health and wellbeing for up to 16 years from death.Multi-level models confirmed overall terminal decline and terminal drop in both mental health and wellbeing. However, modelling data from the same participants within a latent class growth mixture framework indicated that most participants reported stability in mental health (90.3 %) and wellbeing (89.0 %) in the years preceding death.Whilst confirming other population-level analyses which support terminal decline and drop hypotheses in both mental health and wellbeing, we subsequently identified that most of this effect is driven by a small, but significant minority of the population. Instead, most individuals report stable levels of mental health and wellbeing in the years preceding death.
Prevalence of labyrinthine ossification in CT and MR imaging of patients with acute deafness to severe sensorineural hearing loss

To evaluate the prevalence of labyrinthine ossification, and especially cochlear ossification, in a cohort of patients with unilateral sudden deafness or severe sensorineural hearing loss.Retrospective data collection.Sixty-four consecutive patients with unilateral sudden deafness or severe sensorineural hearing loss and either high-resolution CT (HRCT) of the temporal bone (isotropic spatial resolution ≤ 0.8 mm; n = 18) or high resolution CISS MRI (isotropic spatial resolution ≤ 1 mm; n = 55) were included. Nine patients underwent both imaging modalities. A standardized reading regarding labyrinthine ossifications was performed by an experienced head and neck radiologist blinded to clinical symptoms.Radiologic signs of cochlear ossification were present in 14 patients (12 CT and 2 MRI). Eight patients showed unilateral and six patients bilateral signs of cochlear ossification. In all except one of the unilateral cases, the deafened ear was affected.Signs of cochlear ossification were found in an unexpectedly high rate (14/64, 22%) of patients with acute deafness. The data suggest HRCT of the temporal bone to be more sensitive to detect labyrinthine ossification than MRI. HRCT of the temporal bone should therefore be considered in patients with impaired recovery of acute deafness to exclude cochlear ossification; if present, and, in cases of early signs, the patient should be evaluated further to facilitate early cochlear implantation before progression impedes electrode insertion, reflecting latest developments considering cochlea implants for single-sided deafness to be effective.
Ground breaking 3d cell culture platform to eliminate animal testing in pharmaceuticals

The use of in-vitro testing (in simulated environment) is the future of drug development, cancer research and medical research in general since it overcomes the practical and ethical issues associated with human and animal experimentation. However, as much as 85% of early clinical trials currently fail despite successful preclinical in-vitro testing; in the case of clinical cancer trials it is less than 8%. The main reason for such low success rates is that currently used 2D cells do not behave the same in living bodies as in cultures. As a consequence, animal testing continues to be widespread despite the associated cost and strong ethical concerns it raises. This is also extremely costly in time and resources which raise consumer prices for life-saving medications.
InoCure is addressing this problem with the DifMATRIX - a unique 3D scaffolding platform with drug delivery embedded system, for cell culture used in molecular biology and tissue engineering. DifMATRIX enables to simulate natural cell phenotype (in vivo) in the in-vitro environment. It redefines in-vitro preclinical testing standards, significantly improving preclinical-to-clinical translation efficiency and provide an alternative to animal testing models. The predicted impact of the project is to eliminate the animal testing phase from the drug development process.
The project is well aligned with new trends in cell and tissue culture supplier market. Globally, this market is witnessing significant growth due to increasing demand for biopharmaceuticals and increasing R&D in this field. The global cell/tissue engineering supplies market is expected to reach $28 billion in 2020. The market demand for DifMATRIX has been confirmed by customers currently using our passive InoMATRIX product, and by the letters of intent from prospective customers.
Following the proposed Phase 1, Inocure target is to apply for the Phase 2 project to scale-up the production and launch commercialisation of DifMATRIX.