SIRIS-Lab/unlabelled-sti-corpus huggingface dataset:
Proteomic Analysis of Osmotic Stress-Responsive Proteins in Sugarcane Leaves

Osmotic stress-related proteins in sugarcane were identified using proteomics approach based on two-dimensional polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (2-DE) and matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization-time of flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF-MS). Sugarcane settlings were subjected to osmotic stress in the nutrient solution containing 10% (w/v) PEG 6000 for 14 h. Total proteins were extracted from leaves, and separated by 2-DE. Four typical spots exhibited significant changes in PEG treatment compared to control, which were identified using MALDI-TOF-MS successfully. The drought inducible 22 kDa protein and Rubisco small subunit were up-regulated while isoflavone reductase-like (IRLs, related to antioxidant defense system) protein and delta chain of ATP synthase were down-regulated by the osmotic stress. Analysis of the results showed that the most differential proteins under osmotic stress were acidic, unstable and transmembrane proteins, enriched with hydrophobic amino acids such as leucine and alanine which are extremely important for structural stabilization of proteins by hydrophobic interaction. However, the drought inducible 22 kDa protein was a hydrophile and non-transmembrane protein enriched with glutamic acid. These results provide new insight into the part of regulatory mechanism of adaptations to osmotic stress through differential expression of specific proteins and implicate several previously unrecognized proteins to osmotic stress.
Investigation of aerosol indirect effects on simulated flash-flood heavy rainfall over Korea

This study investigates aerosol indirect effects on the development of heavy rainfall near Seoul, South Korea, on 12 July 2006, focusing on precipitation amount. The impact of the aerosol concentration on simulated precipitation is evaluated by varying the initial cloud condensation nuclei (CCN) number concentration in the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) Double-Moment 6-class (WDM6) microphysics scheme. The simulations are performed under clean, semi-polluted, and polluted conditions. Detailed analysis of the physical processes that are responsible for surface precipitation, including moisture and cloud microphysical budgets shows enhanced ice-phase processes to be the primary driver of increased surface precipitation under the semi-polluted condition. Under the polluted condition, suppressed auto-conversion and the enhanced evaporation of rain cause surface precipitation to decrease. To investigate the role of environmental conditions on precipitation response under different aerosol number concentrations, a set of sensitivity experiments are conducted with a 5 % decrease in relative humidity at the initial time, relative to the base simulations. Results show ice-phase processes having small sensitivity to CCN number concentration, compared with the base simulations. Surface precipitation responds differently to CCN number concentration under the lower humidity initial condition, being greatest under the clean condition, followed by the semi-polluted and polluted conditions.
Hybridization via parallelization based on novel topologies for innovative converters

The main objective of HYPNOTIC project is the development of a set of bidirectional converters (at least 5), acting together as only one equipment. Specifically the equipment, composed by several DC/DC bidirectional converters (i.e., the “modules”) plus a supervisor, must be able to reconfigure itself as a consequence of load/source variations, referring to their characteristics and priority, and as a reaction to a fault or to other undesirable events, hence contributing to the maturity of any HVDC distribution Network. 

This modular architecture will support the design of a scalable converter (30 to 150KW) which could be used to support the integration of new HVDC sources. The HYPNOTIC converter will be connected to HVDC network of the aircraft on one side and to a HVDC battery on the other side which will provide an energy storage source. The converter will implement relevant control techniques to ensure the stability of the network and the battery, and to allow a smooth energy transfer in both directions. 

Hence, the scope of the project can be summarized as the design and development of a modular bi-directional converter, composed by hardware and software acting together in order to solve the Power Transfer problem of additional DC sources in any HVDC network. 

Objectives of HYPNOTIC project include:
 - Development of DC/DC converter cells with enhanced performances, including power density and reconfiguration capabilities.
 - Development of accurate simulation models, at both “behavioural” and “functional” levels, potentially also integrated with external environments for the aims of the energy management functionalities verification.
 - Implementation of reliable control laws to allow the parallelization of several HVDC sources
 - Demonstration of the operation of such converter inside any HVDC network
Structure and Dynamics of Helix-8 in GPCR-PDZ-Domain Interactions

The interaction of GPCRs with PDZ-domain-containing proteins is essential for signaling. Helix-8 (H8) is a structurally conserved amphipathic helical motif in class-A GPCRs, adjacent to the C-terminal sequence that is responsible for PDZ-domain-recognition. To understand the role of H8 in molecular level mechanisms of GPCR/PDZ interactions we investigated the interaction of the PDZ-containing GIPC1 protein with the dopamine D2 receptor (D2R) in homology models of the systems based on the X-ray structures of very closely related analogs: the D3R, and the PDZ domain of GIPC2, respectively. The 5 C-terminal residues of D2 receptor's relatively short C-terminal stretch next to H8 was docked into the GIPC1-PDZ model using a simulated-annealing-based PDZ docking scheme. On the resulting GIPC1-D2R complex we carried out several regular MD simulations in sphingolipid/cholesterol membranes to determine the stability of the complex. The results show that the free carboxyl group of C-terminus of the D2R preferred to sample the space around the main-chain atoms of the conserved GFGL motif located on the carboxylate-binding loop of the GIPC1-PDZ. We investigated the relation between distance of H8 from the membrane and its secondary structure by metadynamics MD simulations and found that as the H8 moved away from the membrane, it became energetically easier for the helix to unravel into an extended conformation that is the canonical conformation for interaction with PDZ-domain. Because the C-termini of GPCRs are palmitoylated, we also investigated effect of palmitoylation on the structure and dynamics of H8 in the context of its role in repositioning H8 for the interaction with the PDZ domain. We find that in the palmitoylated C-terminus the H8 backbone penetrates deeper into the membrane, whereas de-palmitoylation renders it more accessible to the cytoplasm where it can interact with the PDZ domain-containing proteins.
Social sciences & humanities open cloud

The project aims to provide a full-fledged Social Sciences and Humanities Open Cloud (SSHOC) where data, tools, and training are available and accessible for users of SSH data. The focus of the project is determined by the goal to further the innovation of infrastructural support for digital scholarship, to stimulate multidisciplinary collaboration across the various subfields of SSH and beyond, and to increase the potential for societal impact.  The intention is to create a European open cloud ecosystem for social sciences and humanities, consisting of an infrastructural and human component. Development, realisation and maintenance of user-friendly tools & services, covering all aspects of the full research data cycle will be built, taking into account human-centric approach and creating links between people, data, services and training. SSHOC will encourage secure environments for sharing and using sensitive and confidential data. Where relevant, the results of EOSC-hub H2020 project will be adopted.  The SSHOC will contribute to the Open Science agenda and realising the EOSC. This project aligns with prescribed cluster activities in order to realise a SSH cloud that can fully encompass infrastructural support for the study of social and cultural phenomena. Moreover, the planned SSH Cloud is instrumental to Europe's multilingualism; data in Europe is often available in multiple languages thus making a strong incentive for comparative research of the societal and cultural phenomena that are reflected in language use. The SSH Cloud shall contribute to innovations stemming from the coupling of these heterogeneous data types - and work on the Interoperability principle of FAIR.
Challenges and Opportunities of Internet Banking Adoption: Evidences from India

This study is an attempt to examine the challenges and opportunities of internet banking adoption in National Capital Region (NCR) of India. For this purpose, data was collected from 262 respondents of NCR of India. The data thus collected was analysed using various statistical tools like factor analysis, correlation analysis, frequency analysis, etc. with the help of SPSS 21. Online shopping and online bill payments are the two most commonly used internet banking services by customers. The factors which encourage customers towards adopting internet banking include low cost, quick service, and convenience. On the other hand, the factors which restrain customers from adopting internet banking include privacy concern, lack of knowledge and high cost. The results of correlation analysis revealed that there is a high degree of positive correlation between resistance to change and belief of customers in paper money, lack of privacy, absence of necessity, internet connectivity problem and lack of security.
Setting-up an integrated communication platform for achieving a cultural community in the Alpine Space

MediaAlp is a vertical network focused on cultural sector as an economic factor for regional development. Its goal: support exploitation of the potential of identity resources towards economic, social, entrepreneurial development. It’s an integrated set of actions aimed at setting up a common platform where stakeholders share and diffuse information: 
· within Alpine Space, promoting dialogue and exchange of knowledge among economic operators (providing them information on local resources, infrastructures, demand), local authorities, universities and  media operators, with the aim of fostering cooperation and support integrated territorial development based on the exploitation of culture economy;
· Externally, developing services and tools for circulation and spread of information centred on a Media Agency that integrates internet, radio and TV. 
Activities will concentrate on mountain areas although special attention will be paid to interaction with urban areas.
Orodental manifestations in cases with partial agenesis of corpus callosum-rare phenomena

This article focuses on the associated signs and symptoms of patients with partial agenesis of the corpus callosum. The orodental manifestations of such cases have been given special weightage which will prove to be of great help to oral physician when encountered with such cases.Two siblings, aged 14 and 16 years, reported with a chief complaint of severe crowding of teeth with mouth breathing habit. They were low birth-weight babies and had been born to non-consanguinous parents. The distinguishing features of these children were craniofacial abnormalities, delayed developmental milestones, mild mental retardation and abnormal gait. The nosological features and the clinical manifestations of this syndrome and the plausible autosomal recessive inheritance of this rare syndrome have been elicited. The diagnosis was based on characteristic phenotype, in particular striking craniofacial and skeletal abnormalities and neuroimaging.It is a challenge for healthcare professionals to help these youths to maximize their potential as human beings and help them achieve a meaningful adulthood. On the other hand, diagnosing such cases can be a challenge to dentistry. A systematic protocol, if adhered, can lead to a more appropriate diagnosis. Managing such cases in a clinical setup involves a multispeciality and interdisciplinary approach.
Entangled parliamentarisms: constitutional practices in russia, ukraine, china and mongolia, 1905–2005

The project addresses the entangled histories of deliberative decision making, political representation and constitutionalism on the territories of the former Russian and Qing Empires and focuses on the cases of Russia, Ukraine, China and Mongolia between 1905 and 2005. Employing the perspectives of the New Imperial History and Transcultural Studies, the project overcomes narrow state-centered approaches and takes advantage of multidisciplinary methodology crossing history and political science. The project traces parliamentary developments, the interactions among imperial and post-imperial intellectuals and their engagement in global discussions, shared imperial legacies, mutual borrowings and references, imperial and post-imperial political practices and translatability of concepts. It seeks to refute the stereotypes about inclinations towards democracy in particular national contexts by tracing relevant transnational practices and interactions and providing a nuanced political and intellectual history of parliamentarism. The team of five researchers (the PI, three PhD students and a post-doctoral researcher), will discuss and develop five individual and three cooperative studies. The PI will write a global history of parliaments and quasi-parliamentary institutions in Russia’s imperial formations (the State Duma of the Russian Empire, the congresses of soviets and the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation). The three PhD students with relevant language skills will focus on parliamentary developments in the Ukrainian, Chinese (including Hong Kong and Taiwan) and Mongolian contexts. The post-doctoral researcher will explore the translatability of concepts between Russian, Chinese, Mongolian, Ukrainian and English. The three cooperative projects will focus on traditional institutions of deliberative decision making in the abovementioned contexts; the Communist International and institutional exchange; and the role of parliaments in major social transformations.
Magnetite surface properties in the various conditions of power plant water steam cycle

Owing to availability losses and the tremendous associated costs, improvement of the understanding of deposition mechanisms in boiler tubes is defined as a high priority in power industry. The electrostatic interaction between the suspended colloidal particles of corrosion products and the metal wall surface is the crucial factor that determines the deposition process and influences their deposition rate. The proposed project suggests a new approach to reduce the deposition by altering the surface characteristics of the suspended particles, potentially forming deposits, increasing the electrostatic repulsion between the particles and the inner boiler tube wall. Magnetite is a most profuse deposit compound.The main objective of the proposed project is to determine the effect of octadecylamine, oleylamine, oleyl propylenediamine, acetate, formate, glycolate, propionate, and aluminium on magnetite surface charge, zeta potential and the deposition rate at high temperatures. The surface charge and zeta potential are the key parameters that control colloidal stability of particles and their deposition on the boiler tube walls. Experiments will be carried out under different operating conditions (T,P, water chemistries) which simulate the plant water steam cycle conditions. The zeta potential measurements will be performed in the range of 25 to 80 oC employing the electrophoresis technique, the surface charge between 25 and 290 oC using the acid-base potentiometric titration and the deposition rate measurements between 25 and 150 oC using QCM-D. The parameters describing the magnetite surface in various conditions will be obtained. The research will result in the establishment of relations between the solution composition and the chemistry of the colloidal particles over a broad range of temperatures. The obtained results will serve as a basis for the development of tools  to reduce the boiler tube failures and enhance the reliability and performance of the power plants.
When Differences Unite: Resource Dependence in Heterogeneous Consumption Communities

Although heterogeneity in consumption communities is pervasive, there is little understanding of its impact on communities. This study shows how heterogeneous communities operate and interact with the marketplace. Specifically, the authors draw on actor-network theory, conceptualizing community as a network of heterogeneous actors (i.e., individuals, institutions, and resources), and examine the interplay of these actors in a mainstream activity-based consumption community—the distance running community. Findings, derived from a multimethod investigation, show that communities can preserve continuity even when heterogeneity operates as a destabilizing force. Continuity preserves when community members depend on each other for social and economic resources: a dependency that promotes the use of frame alignment practices. These practices enable the community to (re)stabilize, reproduce, and reform over time. The authors also highlight the overlapping roles of consumers and producers and develop a dimensiona...
REGULATABLE RETROVIRUS SYSTEM FOR GENETIC MODIFICATION OF CELLS

A novel regulatable retroviral vector in which the v-myc oncogene is driven by a tetracycline-controlled transactivator and a human cytomegalovirus minimal promoter fused to tet operator sequence useful for immortalization of adult neuronal progenitor cells is provided. Producer cell lines which produce high titers of the recombinant retrovirus are also provided.
Building automation and control systems: A case study to evaluate the energy and environmental performances of a lighting control system in offices

Abstract Building automation and control systems (BACs) allow plants in buildings to be controlled and managed, thus increasing the users' comfort and reducing the operation and maintenance costs. As far as the lighting services are concerned, control systems offer an important opportunity of managing lighting systems and reducing energy consumption, due to the use of integration strategies between daylight and electric lighting and strategies based on the occupancy of spaces. The results of an experimental case study of ten offices in Torino (Italy), in which a custom-design building automation and control system has been designed to control both the lighting plants and the air conditioning system, are presented in this paper. The study was carried out in order to evaluate the energy efficiency of the lighting control system and to analyse the environmental luminous conditions obtained through the application of this technology to a real case. The environmental and energy performances, together with the degree of users' satisfaction and acceptance of this control system, were analysed after a year of activity to verify the potentiality and operation of this lighting control system. The obtained results regarding the potential energy savings (from 17% to 32%) were evaluated taking into account both the monitored annual electric energy consumption (for operation) and the parasitic energy consumption due to the installed devices (luminaire ballasts, sensors and controllers), and were compared with the estimated energy consumption calculated applying the method proposed in the European standard EN 15193:2007.
Use of poly(dimethyl diallylammonium chlorid) as a viscosity reducer for a slurry of coal fines.

The viscosity of an aqueous slurry of coal fines is reduced by adding a polymer of dimethyl diallyl ammonium chloride to the slurry.
Up-Scaling, demonstration and first market application of hydrokemos’ patented technology as the most eco-efficient and cost-effective solution for nitrate polluted water treatment

Hydrokemos, a high tech Spanish SME, aims to demonstrate and commercialise the first fully clean equipment to purify nitrate polluted water.

In the EU +20% of groundwater is contaminated by nitrates due to the use of fertilizers that have been and still are extensively applied in agriculture. On the other hand, demand for freshwater is increasing by 64 billion cubic meters every year. Groundwater is essential for meeting this increasing demand and existing solutions to purify it are highly inefficient and/or produce dangerous residues.

Electrodenitrification (technology developed and patented by Hydrokemos) is the first fully clean technology that destroys nitrates dissolved in water transforming them into air (no waste is produced) and generates energy that is re-inserted into the system making it extremely energy-efficient.

The objective of this project is to demonstrate – at full scale and in real market applications – the technical and commercial excellence of Hydrokemos’ unique technology. During the project, Hydrokemos will up-scale the existing prototypes building 4 full-scale prototypes to demonstrate its economic and technological performance across a range of typical industrial applications. These applications are:
- Freshwater supply to food or metal industries;
- Water purification for re-injection to public network;
- Remediation of high nitrate waste-waters (metal industry and similar);
- Prevent eutrophication;

Hydrokemos will then operate these full-scale prototypes in real operational conditions demonstrating that electrodenitrification achieves much better performance than any other available solution (at least -50% reduction in investment and +20% in performance). 

Finally, business success means €38m incomes in year 5 with IRR 93% and NPV 7.523.711 € for Hydrokemos and generating also a very profitable business for its commercial stakeholders (NPV 16.415.453 € in 2022 for commercial distributors).
Rural Biological Resources

Structural changes in agriculture, the demand for renewable resources and the effects of climate change are three of the major challenges in Europe. Future main tasks are to strengthen the use of renewable resources and to improve its efficiency as well as to develop adjustments strategies in forestry and agriculture due to climate change. Solutions for these issues correspond with the development of rural areas, which have to face difficulties like high unemployment rates, weak economy and decreasing population. The approach of RUBIRES is to develop and implement strategies for a higher use of renewable resources and therefore gain added value to support the development of rural areas in a sustainable way.
On the one hand, the growing competition between food and energy production causes new problems and new scientific expertise leads to discussions about the sustainability of renewable resources. On the other hand various possibilities in the use of biomass can generate a large potential for added value for rural areas. Renewable resources offer a great chance for regional added value if integrated in regional economy circles. 
Until now no instruments exist which help to steer the development and regard other demands rising from tourism or the environment itself. So in many regions this potential for energy production, as well as for other material use, is not used due to the lack of awareness and knowledge, missing technologies and missing management to initiate, develop and implement necessary strategies. To gain regional added value the potential has to be better promoted. Regions as an operating base gain increasing importance by co-operation of regional and local stakeholders to mobilize innovative potential and develop regional adjustment strategies. 
Exploiting the regional potential will contribute to the strengthening of regional economy, help to reduce the CO2 emissions and therefore support the European climate protection strategies.