SIRIS-Lab/unlabelled-sti-corpus huggingface dataset:
Next-Generation energy-managementupgrading energy management systems with a next-generation, smarter, resource-saving softwarewith unique automatic pattern recognition of energy consumption data

Company IngSoft GmbH has developed an innovative Energy Management System (EMS) with the up to this day unique feature of automatic recognition of energy consumption patterns. The technology named IngSoft InterWatt has a broad application potential at large organisations and companies in sectors where energy management requires the monitoring of a large variety of energy consumers (e.g. energy-intensive factories, municipalities, public utilities, food/ supermarket chains). The algorithms developed by IngSoft provide transparency over several 10.000 energy consumption data and automatically detect and classify captured data anomalies. Conventional EMS methods are not able to detect certain classes of errors and require considerable effort for energy managers, who must find, define and maintain threshold values in energy consumption. IngSoft InterWatt allows users to quickly resolve defects leading to unnecessary energy consumption with the impact of realising up to 10% more latent energy savings with 50% lower staff effort than with conventional EMS. IngSoft addresses the market of EMS with a global volume of $31.3 billion and growing demand since the introduction of ISO 50001 standard for EMS in 2011. However, only about 50% of these certifications have been obtained outside Germany. This represents a considerable latent market potential for IngSoft InterWatt – and at the same time energy and CO2 saving – in other European countries. Aim of this phase 1 project is to identify the potential of the innovative solution in predefined European markets and the elaboration of a business plan for its successful market introduction. The demand for the software is guaranteed by the strong interest of beta-test customers and of interested customers (currently in DACH countries). According to preliminary calculations, IngSoft expects to reach, just with the Next-EMS innovation project, a turnover of €9.22 million in 2024 and a staff growth of additional 42 employees.
ACTIVE-SUBSTANCE PATCH FOR RELEASING ESTRADIOL TO THE SKIN

The invention concerns an active-substance patch designed to release estradiol to the skin, the patch being characterized by the fact that it consists of a backing film and, joined to it, an active-substance reservoir in which the active substance is at least partly soluble and which is provided with a pressure-sensitive adhesive, plus a protective releasable layer covering the adhesive film. The reservoir is a polymer matrix to which is added a penetration accelerator of the general formula (I), in which R = -CH2OH or -CH2-O-CH2-CHOH-CH2OH, to improve the bioavailability of the estradiol.
Health service delivery in developing countries - a different perception

Two simple objectives were framed for this paper. They are, firstly to define the status and problem of health service delivery in developing countries and secondly how the public sector health service delivery can be made more effective in developing countries. For the study, both secondary and primary data are used to analyse the problem. This paper focuses on the evidence showing two main shortcomings in government spending for services to improve health and actual improvements in health status. First, institutional capacity in service delivery is a vital ingredient in providing effective services. Second, the net effect of government health services depends on the severity of market failures. From various theoretical and empirical experience, it is found that the more severe the market failures are, the greater the potential for government services to have an impact to grow positively.
The Action Mechanism of the Layering User Demands in the Product R&D Process

Combining the Maslow’s theory of the five hierarchy demands and the layering consume market diversity, explored the innovation opportunities and the methods from the levels of the different users’ demands, and analyzed the action type in product design, research and development (R&amp;D) process. According to the action type of the layering demands in the process, depending on the product types described the action mechanism of the layering user demands. This mechanism plays the guiding and controlling role in the plan, innovation, design and design management stages of a product development. This research provided an important innovative method for different product design in the R&amp;D process. The research results give a reference for the new product innovation and decisions especially, meanwhile it help us to find the trend of the next generation product.
Paris agreement overshooting – reversibility, climate impacts and adaptation needs

Overshooting the Paris Agreement temperature thresholds is a distinct possibility. The impacts of such overshoot scenarios would materialise globally, but be particularly consequential for vulnerable regions and systems for which thresholds of abrupt and possibly irreversible shifts or adaptation limits may be exceeded. A full consideration of impacts and adaptation needs under overshoot scenarios thus requires a risk threshold perspective integrating emission pathways, earth system feedbacks, regional to local impacts, and context-specific vulnerabilities. 
To address that challenge, PROVIDE will deliver highly innovative, integrative climate services that incorporate comprehensive information on impacts under overshoot pathways from the global to the regional and urban level, directly feeding into adaptation action. The project specifically aims to: 1) Produce global multi-scenario, multi-sectoral climate information which integrates and quantifies impacts across scales by means of novel climate and impact emulators; 2) Assess climate system uncertainties and feedbacks, and the (ir)reversibility of climate impacts to provide comprehensive risk assessments of overshooting; 3) Co-develop a generalisable overshoot proofing methodology for adaptation strategies to enhance adaptation action in response to overshoot risks; 4) Identify and prioritise overshoot adaptation needs in four highly complementary case study regions; 5) Integrate all project outcomes into a PROVIDE Climate Service Dashboard. The Dashboard will be designed to complement established climate service platforms and will be widely disseminated to foster uptake and sustainable use across all stakeholder groups addressed. The PROVIDE consortium is constituted of leading climate scientists as well as climate services purveyors, urban planners and adaptation experts embedded in selected case study regions facilitating a continuous co-development process with a wide array of stakeholders.
Relationship between temporal and spatial averages in grid turbulence

Abstract A long-time direct numerical simulation (DNS) based on the lattice Boltzmann method is carried out for grid turbulence with the view to compare spatially averaged statistical properties in planes perpendicular to the mean flow with their temporal counterparts. The results show that the two averages become equal a short distance downstream of the grid. This equality indicates that the flow has become homogeneous in a plane perpendicular to the mean flow. This is an important result, since it confirms that hot-wire measurements are appropriate for testing theoretical results based on spatially averaged statistics. It is equally important in the context of DNS of grid turbulence, since it justifies the use of spatial averaging along a lateral direction and over several realizations for determining various statistical properties. Finally, the very good agreement between temporal and spatial averages validates the comparison between temporal (experiments) and spatial (DNS) statistical properties. The results are also interesting because, since the flow is stationary in time and spatially homogeneous along lateral directions, the equality between the two types of averaging provides strong support for the ergodic hypothesis in grid turbulence in planes perpendicular to the mean flow.
WINDOW OR DOOR WALL UNIT

A window or door wall unit comprises panels (1, 2) of double-walled, heat-insulated sections articulatedly secured together which can be moved concertina-fashion and which are attached together by edge joints (3, 4) in which the rod (6) of a securing device is guided through individual edge joints. The edge joints (3, 4) consist of two parallel part-joints (31, 32 or 41, 42) which can be interlocked into the adjacent parts of the frame sections (11, 12 or 21, 22) and secured together by plastic components which act as guides for the rod (6).
Topological local-metric framework for mobile robots navigation: a long term perspective

Long term mapping and localization are the primary components for mobile robots in real world application deployment, of which the crucial challenge is the robustness and stability. In this paper, we introduce a topological local-metric framework (TLF), aiming at dealing with environmental changes, erroneous measurements and achieving constant complexity. TLF organizes the sensor data collected by the robot in a topological graph, of which the geometry is only encoded in the edge, i.e. the relative poses between adjacent nodes, relaxing the global consistency to local consistency. Therefore the TLF is more robust to unavoidable erroneous measurements from sensor information matching since the error is constrained in the local. Based on TLF, as there is no global coordinate, we further propose the localization and navigation algorithms by switching across multiple local metric coordinates. Besides, a lifelong memorizing mechanism is presented to memorize the environmental changes in the TLF with constant complexity, as no global optimization is required. In experiments, the framework and algorithms are evaluated on 21-session data collected by stereo cameras, which are sensitive to illumination, and compared with the state-of-art global consistent framework. The results demonstrate that TLF can achieve similar localization accuracy with that from global consistent framework, but brings higher robustness with lower cost. The localization performance can also be improved from sessions because of the memorizing mechanism. Finally, equipped with TLF, the robot navigates itself in a 1 km session autonomously.
Common methodology for the implementation of Digital Local Agenda and its impact on regional digital policies

A DLA is a common strategy, shared with citizens, for the development of the Information Society which bears in mind socio-economic, cultural and institutional factors
The main objective of the project is to improve regional policies in the fields of DLA for developing new actions related to the application of the IS to public services. To do so, the project will foster a permanent exchange of experience among partners and it will establish a cooperation network to update and improve knowledge on IS and its applications in public administrations’ services
As specific objectives, the project seeks:
• To design a general DLA transferable to every region
• To elaborate a Common Methodology to adapt the general DLA to every particular local situation
• To involve all key stakeholders in the project and in the process of building a DLA
• To exchange experience
• To state the basis for future collaboration
The project is structured in 3 years and into the following components:
1. Management
The internal coordination will be based on a partnership agreement stating the rights and obligations of the partners; a web-based management system; and a Steering Committee constituted by partners’ representatives to follow up the progress of the project. Besides, partners will engage an external assistance to support them in the management tasks.
2. Communication
Communication Policy is addressed to public authorities, citizens and business, as key actors in the development of a Strategy for the IS. It will use all media: internet, press conferences, and publication of brochures, leaflets and an e-newsletter; as well as the organisation of conferences addressed to all agents involved in DLA fields.
3. Exchange of experiences
The work will follow a logical framework: diagnosis, sharing experience, and structuring future cooperation. 
The main outputs of this component will be a General DLA and a Common Methodology for implement it, to guarantee that local
characteristics are taken into account 
4. Case Study; coordinated by CCDRN and University of West Macedonia.
There will be 1 case study in 2 regions (West Macedonia and North Portugal) to probe that the CM designed could be used to adapt the General DLA to a local situation. Furthermore, as these regions are already developing some actions in IS, the case study will also probe the benefits of having a strategy to coordinate the action on IS in the services for citizens
DLA project has 11 partners from 9 different EU Member States:
• 2 Regional Authorities (Portugal and Ireland)
• 3 Associations of Municipalities (Spain, Estonia and Latvia)
• 3 Development and Innovation Agencies (Italy, Hungary and Germany)
• 3 Universities (Estonia and 2 from Greece)
Carrying out research and development work on the development of a multilinguistic voice assistant with the function of authentication of users

The project aims to develop a new way of controlling devices on the Internet of Things market. It is planned to create a voice assistant with user authentication function based on voice tone, which can be handled in many languages. The system developed within the framework of R & D works, as the only system on the world market will have unprecedented functionalities, thanks to the use of self-learning algorithms constantly improving the quality of authentication and speech detection. The basic advantage will be simple integration with existing home automation systems. The system will significantly improve the comfort of controlling home automation devices, and thanks to its speed and detection efficiency, it will also reduce costs on electricity. Through the implementation of the project, the company will be able to implement a global product with technological advantages over current solutions.
Composants en matériaux composites haute performance pour l’industrie aéronautique

Ce projet consiste en la mise en place, à Ponte de Sor, d’une nouvelle unité de production de nouveaux composants aéronautiques en matériaux composites haute performance. À cette fin, il est prévu d’adopter des technologies de pointe, en optimisant l’efficacité et les délais de production.
AUSTRALIAN COMPETITION AND CONSUMER COMMISSION v ACN 117 372 915: SHOULD CONSUMER LAW REGULATE DOCTOR-PATIENT RELATIONS IN A CORPORATISED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM?

In April 2015, North J of the Federal Court of Australia made a finding of unconscionable conduct against Advanced Medical Institute, a promoter and provider of erectile dysfunction treatment, in a case concerning unfair contract terms (Australian Competition and Consumer Commission vACN 117 372 915 Pty Ltd (in liq) (formerly Advanced Medical Institute Pty Ltd) [2015] FCA 368). The contract required a minimum 12-month commitment, with costs exceeding treatments available from general practitioners, and made refunds available only after all possible treatment plans were exhausted which included penile injections. This column analyses that case, particularly in respect to the consumer law standards of practice under which it was litigated. Those standards refer to patients as "consumers" yet North J made extensive reference to the Good Medical Practice: A Code of Conduct for Doctors in Australia, a text which refers to "patients", as evidence of what constitutes appropriate professional conduct or practice for the health profession. This column considers whether legislative and judicial categorisation of patients (a class of people presumptively suffering, sick and vulnerable) as "consumers" undermines the formal and informal protections accorded to patients under normative systems of medical ethics such as those represented by the Code. The case, it is argued, also illuminates the contemporary tensions between the ethical, legal and human rights standards required of doctors in their treatment of patients and the commercial interests of businesses.
Technological adaptations of nubian cores in the karoo: new geometric morphometric approaches

The project ‘TANKWA, Technological Adaptations of Nubian cores in the Karoo: new geometric morphometric Approaches’ uses innovative digital archaeological methods to investigate human technological adaptations to arid regions during the Middle Stone Age (MSA), a critical period of early human anatomical and behavioural development. Specifically, this will focus on a new late MSA technological variant observed in the arid Karoo region of interior South Africa which uses Nubian technology, a distinctive Levallois method of stone point production more commonly seen in MSA contexts in North Africa, the Levant and Arabia. Using cutting-edge digital Geometric Morphometric techniques, this research will establish a novel method for studying Nubian technology and lithic points, testing the hypothesis that this technology was an adaptive response to the challenges facing hunter-gatherers in an arid environment. The recently discovered open-air site of Tweefontein has a large artefact assemblage offering the ideal opportunity to characterise this technology, complemented by museum study of other South African Karoo sites. The novel approach applied will generate replicable quantitative data that allows the contextualisation of Nubian technology both in the southern African archaeological record and globally, establishing the first inter-regional comparison between Nubian technology in the Levant and South Africa. The training from experts at two international research institutions in Portugal and Israel, together with the applicant’s existing expertise in this under-studied region, culminates in a unique project which advances methods in lithic analysis and contributes to our understanding of early modern human adaptations and dispersals within and outside of Africa from a new perspective.
Smart ski

Smart Ski is a new breakthrough in ski industry, first after the introduction of carving concept in 1990s, which was also initiated by this same project team.

Smart Ski is an IT-based pair of skis. Its sliding properties, driveability and bottom surface friction can be managed by skier via smart phone, according to his/her skiing skills, weather and ski terrain. This results in all-in-one ski, for all types of skiers. Smart Ski can also fold, so it is much less bulky. Such customization directly eases users' problems with limitation - of rigid current ski solutions, and of storage space. In future, safety and software functions will be added.

Commercial potential is global - the main objective is to push through a new skiing revolution. That's why we won't develop our own commercialization, but will rather sell license to big 6 market leaders with existing sales and marketing channels, brands and global presence (Atomic, Rossignoll, Fischer, Elan, K2, HTM). First feedbacks for our prototype by their R&D departments were very positive. Some even estimated that embracing our solution will reduce their ski production costs by 30% and increase recyclability of production waste to 80%, in comparison to current state of the art. Our model also enables them to keep their brands, graphic designs, etc., and only buy know-how. This is a direct trigger for market leaders to form win-win partnerships with us.

Smart Ski thus directly responds both to end-user needs, and to targeted buyers' needs. We estimate to realize 23 mio € revenue in first 5 years through license transfer fee, fee for each sold pair of skis, and component sales.

In the feasibility study we need to 1-finish testing and developing of prototype, 2-develop in-depth market study with end-user aspects, 3-activate marketing channels and negotiate with market leaders, 4-study future financial models and contribute to business plan chapters. Our innovation project needs one last push to commercialization.
Back to Von Thunen: a Southern European perspective on mono-centric urban growth, economic structure and non-urban land decline

ABSTRACTThis study assesses trends (1960–2010) in forest cover over a Mediterranean metropolitan region (Attica, Greece) with the aim to investigate the role of local contexts promoting changes in the use of land. Forest cover decreased in a spatially heterogeneous manner over the study period determining a land-use structure coherent with the Von Thunen mono-centric model. We used a multivariate exploratory analysis of 26 contextual variables to identify changes in the urban spatial structure at the local scale. The shift from a land-use structure based on urban–rural and cropland-forest polarizations in the early 1960s to a pattern based on the polarization in medium-density, mixed urban/agricultural areas and low-density, sparse forest land has been observed in the last 50 years. Urban expansion into rural land and the establishment of protected areas in economically marginal and remote districts has been identified as relevant drivers of landscape transformation in the area. Our study demonstrates tha...
METHOD FOR INSTALLING A SUBSEA CABLE IN AN OFFSHORE WIND FARM

A method for installing a subsea cable (200, 500, 510, 520) in an offshore wind farm (100), the offshore wind farm (100) comprising a substation (101) and a plurality of wind turbines (102, 106-109), the method comprising: laying the subsea cable (200, 500, 510, 520) from a first location to a first wind turbine (102d, 106) of the plurality of wind turbines (102, 106-109) passing through at least a second wind turbine (102b-102c, 107-108) of the plurality of wind turbines (102, 106-109), the first location being a location of the substation (101) or a location of a third wind turbine (102a, 109) of the plurality of wind turbines (102, 106-109).
Large chip area SiC PiN diodes demonstrated for thyristor protection in a pulsed system

Asymmetric thyristors require protection from voltage and current reversals in high-inductance capacitor discharge systems. Silicon carbide (SiC) PiN diodes capable of blocking up to 16 kV were demonstrated to have the high-current capability to transmit forward pulse current in a series configuration with a thyristor, and to clamp reverse current in an anti-parallel configuration. In series with a thyristor, diodes were switched 1000 pulses at a single-shot rate at 2000 A peak current (3.8 kA/cm2 over anode area and 2100 A2s per pulse) without any notable increases in forward voltage or reverse leakage current. In the reverse clamp configuration, a parallel pair of PiN diodes was demonstrated to block 12 kV charge on the capacitor bank, then clamp a total of 4200 A current reversal with good parallel current sharing. These evaluations demonstrate that for high current density pulsing above 10 kV, individual 16 kV PiN diodes yield lower on-state voltage loss (16 V at 2000 A) than series-stacked assemblies of 9 kV SiC PiN diodes or 6 kV Si diodes.