SIRIS-Lab/unlabelled-sti-corpus huggingface dataset:
Growing a Transnational Smart Community of Social Innovators for the Inclusive Development of Central Europe

The sustainability of Central Europe (CE) is challenged by the structural transformations of its civic communities as well as by the social implications of the changes affecting their context. Social innovation (SI) initiatives able to implement products, services and models to govern such transformations while creating new social relationships are then more and more necessary. In fact, they are still fragile and unevenly diffused in the area as the ecosystem called to boost them is still in its infancy.
The project will then help Central Europe to improve its SI capacities by tackling the problem the other way round: it will teach financiers, entrepreneurs, policy makers and citizens how to actually play the game as Social (i)nnovation Makers generating the ecosystem as a bottom-up result of their inter-actions.
To this end, the project will establish the transnational 2-phase educational programme &#39;Social(i)Makers Launchpad&#39; in Austria, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia. The programme will train them in collaboratively designing and launching effective and sustainable SI initiatives. Within its Social Innovation Design Academy, the trainees will learn how to leverage impact investing, social business, SI policy and active citizenship, to exploit useful technology and impact assessment and to engage the right stakeholders and shareholders, by exploiting a pocket Social Innovation Design Toolbox. Subsequently, they will put the acquired skills into practice through the Social Innovation Skyrocket Lab which will coordinate them in the organization of local and transnational pilot SI initiatives for Central Europe through the co-working On-line Social Innovation Skyrocket Platform.
In doing so, the project will trigger the emergence of a transnational Social(i)Makers Community in CE which will be further developed by a long-term SI capacity-building strategy defined ad hoc.
Regenerating natural aesthetics

Every Year, globally ca. 0.8 million people experience reconstructive surgery after mastectomy or lumpectomy and 1.2 million undergo breast augmentation surgery. Currently, breast defects are not properly reconstructed but only temporary filled with silicone implants, which however present several drawbacks such as the need of substitution after approximately 10 years, rupture (30% of incidence), leakage and capsular contracture. An alternative procedure that is currently available in clinics is fat autotransplantation. However, this technique presents potential carcinogenic risks and is still limited to small volumes, requiring multiple interventions to achieve larger reconstructions.
REGENERA is an innovative mammary prosthesis based on biodegradable, porous, synthetic biomaterials and manufactured with internal micro-channels replicating the blood-vessels architecture. This distinctive combination, obtained by a patented process, promotes the natural fat growth, and allows the regeneration of a large adipose tissue volume. REGENERA’s overall objective is to improve patients’ quality of life, by restoring permanently the breast’s natural shape, appearance and size following a mastectomy/lumpectomy. Moreover, since REGENERA does not require further surgical operations for the rest of the patient’s life, it can drastically reduce the pain of the patient and decrease the associated Healthcare costs. 
REGENERA specific objective is to provide a biocompatible support able to induce the ingrowth of adipocytes and subsequently degrade, allowing the complete maturation of a stable adipose tissue, that replaces the original volume occupied by the prosthesis.
Euro-mediterranean GREen JOBs

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Unemployment has been rising sharply in the Mediterranean area over the last years, affecting in particular young people and women. At the same time, the transition to a green economy represents a huge potential for job creation which requires new professional skills. To seize the opportunities offered by business growth related to environmental sustainability in sectors such as renewable energy, energy efficiency, ecohousing or waste recycling, EGREJOB aims to create a standard training process and skills certification scheme at Euro-Mediterranean level. The project will therefore ease the participation into the labour market of young people, especially women, with a specialization in the area of green jobs contributing to the competitiveness of the concerned territories._x000D_
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To build a Euro-Mediterranean incubation system of skills in the field of green jobs through a process based on multi-stakeholders engagement, a standardized training path and a common certification scheme of “green” skills
Predictive haptic coding devices in next generation interfaces

PH-CODING founds the next generation ultra-intuitive user interfaces, through a new branch of neuroscience and providing the first exploitation of its underlying predictive coding principles in technological solutions for human haptic interactions. The main scientific hypothesis is that any haptic interaction involves a very large number of widespread skin sensors whose signals have a relationship that is intrinsically modulated by the contact with the environment and the skin mechanics. Combined with predictive actions, the brain is thus able to generate highly enriched percepts of the interactions that we make, which yields an essential part of the brain’s development of the concept of contingencies and a rich and stimulating understanding of the physical world. Failure to reach a corresponding level of responsiveness is likely a main reason why current user interfaces in VR systems and remote control become understimulating and disinteresting to most users. 
PH-CODING will: 

	Characterize the brain’s computational mechanisms for reading out sensor population code’s generated in different skin tension states in experiments with dedicated haptic interfaces

	Develop a predictive coding model to extract stable haptic percepts through active interaction despite variability in the sensory signals, and demonstrate it in a robotic implementation

	Design and fabricate a soft artificial eSKIN based on bendable electronics integrating a variety of micro-/nano-sensors, with the capacity to ‘perceive’ multi-dimensional user input

	Demonstrate the transmission of ultra-rich haptic information generated in a man-to-eSKIN contact to a remote user via novel active haptic interfaces

Carried out by leading neuroscience, nanotechnology and robotics groups and an SME at the forefront of haptics technology, this ground-breaking research will usher a new generation of passive and active devices enabling human-like, robust and rich interaction with objects, devices and robots.
Demonstration of solvent and resin production from lignocellulosic biomass via the platform chemical levulinic acid

The GreenSolRes project demonstrates the levulinic acid (LVA) value chain of lignocellulosic feedstocks to high-value products in a 3-step approach on TRL 6. First, a demonstration plant in Biorefinery of RWTH Aachen will be designed and build for conversion of lignocellulosic biomass to the platform chemical levulinic acid. Levulinic acid hydrolysate separation enables more efficient and purer levulinic acid production. In a 2nd step the versatile platform chemical levulinic acid is hydrogenated to 2-methyltetrathydrofuran (2-MTHF), gamma-valerolactone (GVL) and 1-methyl-1,4-butanediol (MeBDO) in a direct process developed by RWTH Aachen. These can be produced in the same reactor with a single catalyst by tuning the process conditions. In parallel, BASF will investigate the conversion of LVA esters to MeBDO and GVL. Third, the application of the products as solvents is validated in adhesives and the pharma sector as substitute of their less sustainable C4-analogues. Additionally, HENKEL studies the development of respective new polymers with improved properties. The basic engineering of first commercial plants for these steps supports rapid upscaling and exploitation after the project. This will release these products from the niche markets they are confined to due to ineffective existing production routes. At competitive prices compared to their petrochemical C4-counterparts these chemicals and related products will boost the bio-based market as they have a high greenhouse gas emission avoidance of at least 70% and an additional value to society via better health & safety properties. The whole value chain from e.g. forestry residues to consumer products is assessed for environmental sustainability, risks and health & safety to support business case development and market implementation.
Utjecaj umora na rad posade

The porpouse of this research is to examine the effects of fatigue on work performance of the ships crew. Tiredness is one of the factors that negatively affects the work of the crew, and has various negative consequences. The effects of fatigue are very dangerous in the maritime industry. In the maritime traffic, tiredness is associated with a small number of crew members, stress, noise, bad nutrition, boat movements, time zones, sleep deprivation, and usually a large number of hours of continuous work. The postulates of fatigue are great because human errors cause collisions and sinking of ships with people and also having environmental consequences. Tiredness has to be studied very seriously and accessed accurately so that the results of the research are successfully implemented in practice so as to be less accidents. For this purpose, a series of regulations have been introduced to try to minimize the risks and to provide crew members with reduced fatigue and a regular rhythm of rest and sleep. But shipping companies often disgarde maritime regulations due to economic feasibility, burdening crew members and crossing legal boundaries. However, there is an awareness of the need to regulate this topic, because keeping the health and the good mental state of seafarers is in the interest of the entire maritime industries.
Modular wood-made wind turbine towers

Modvion AB is a company founded in 2016 with the purpose of developing and constructing a wood-made modular wind turbine tower. Further to its founding, the Modvion team grew constantly, highly specialized people joining the company. This led to the development of our first patent and to other patent application with pending status.
We are bringing to market a modular wind turbine tower made from laminated wood (LVL). Our technology allows towers to have a larger diameter base which increases its strength properties and supports a larger tower. By using engineered wood such as LVL, we are able to develop a structure 53% stronger than its steel counterpart and be part of getting wind turbines to even larger heights. 
Our turbine tower can go well beyond 150 meters in height and can support a 350 tons heavy nacelle and turbine. Our turbine tower outperforms existing solutions on the market, such as steel and concrete wind towers, in terms of specific strength, operational costs, maximum height and many more.
In terms of environmental impact, our product shows a zero impact and, compared to alternatives, this impact goes well beyond what is available on the market. As a system made of wood, our turbine tower hold the CO2 captured by trees during their growth and trapped in the tower. The amount of CO2 trapped in a Vultus tower is of 2,000 tons (in a 150-meter tower)
The main target of this Phase 1 is to improve our business plan, focusing on updating a previous market assessment. We want to update our business model based on the changes in the renewables market, with risk and IP assessment as secondary analyses.
GRISI - Geomatic Regional Information Society Initiative

GRISI aims to provide added value to regional projects being financed by the European Structural Funds. The idea is to use geomatic tools to create Geo-Portals so that they can be displayed on the Internet with interactive maps. There are four regions: Midi-Pyrénées in France, the lead partner together with the Gers Chamber of Commerce and Industry, the government of Navarre in Spain, the Abruzzo Region in Italy and the Latvian government. GRISI eventually wants to become a DG Regio initiative so that it can be extended to all European regions. Overall objective / Objectif général After a call for sub-projects in the four partner regions, four sub-projects will be selected in the areas of e-governance, e-economy, e-territorial appeal and e-cooperation with the new member states of the European Union. The lead partners and participants in these sub-projects will be trained in the use of geomatic tools and will carry out the geo-location of their project. A geomatic service platform will be set up in each partner region. Expected results / Résultats attendus Each sub-project brings together three to five projects already being financed by the Structural Funds. About twenty data bases will be geo-located and four regional geo-portals will be drawn up.A European geo-portal will also be created. The partners will constantly strive to achieve interoperability and technological harmonisation. Guides to good practice in the European regions will be drawn up, published and widely distributed. The results of GRISI will be collated and utilised on a European scale. The work carried out within the GRISI project should allow all European regions to promote their projects financed by the Structural Funds, to discover any complementary features amongst them and to establish new projects for 2007-2013.
Transregional Toolkit for Micro Enterprises

Micro businesses are a key source of jobs, growth, innovation, local development, the creation of skills and services and a main driver for entrepreneurship. Within the EU, SMEs represent about two thirds of total employment, half of which is in micro enterprises. The operation “TRATOKI: Transregional toolkit for micro enterprises” focuses on access to finance and to support services for micro-businesses, as well as small and medium-sized enterprises. Overall objective / Objectif général The overall objective of this operation is to promote job creation, sustainable regional development, social cohesion and entrepreneurship by improving, extending and innovating the instruments, programmes and policy approaches of the participating regions in support of micro enterprises and business start-ups. The partnership aims to transfer instruments and existing project results between partners with different good practice experiences and wants to design new approaches with a clear impact for all partners. Particular attention will be given to access to finance and accompanying business support measures. Expected results / Résultats attendus The product of the project will be a transfer and joint development of tested instruments and approaches for micro-company support. The operation will result in more comprehensive and innovative support schemes in each participating region. The partners will present an inter-regional toolkit for dissemination, facilitating the creation of new jobs and new sources of employment. Moreover, the project will add value for Structural Fund interventions in the next funding period by encouraging the innovative use of ERDF funds.
INTERPROCEDURE: Cooperating for a better management of the eligibility criteria in INTERREG programmes

Problems addressed
• The obstacles with the EU Regulations on financing expenses when linking European and national regulations.
• When the regulation is applied to actions articulated by cooperation between entities from different States, or regions from different States, as is the case in the INTERREG III Initiative, the problems are accentuated. 
• Consequently, the management bodies of the Programmes in a particular State find it difficult to control the expenses incurred by beneficiaries from other States, as the situation becomes extremely complex and difficult to tackle. In order to get round this, management and control mechanisms have to be articulated by complicated information flows which slow down the certification and payment processes.

Objectives
• Identify the problems which, at present, project managers and beneficiaries from programmes in different INTERREG strands have to deal with. 
• Analyse the problems by contrasting them both at the level of the programmes in the project partnership and at transnational level. In this way, it will be possible to distinguish between those cases which require regional treatment and those which should be approached from a European perspective.
• Find and disseminate solutions to the problems identified, combining identification of best practice and the detection of new ideas which can contribute to the project’s general objective.

Approach and methodology
• Based on co-operation among INTERREG agents at all levels, through project partners, and in different environments –Strands, Programmes, regions, etc.- to identify de problems and find solutions. 
• Obtaining common positions and consensus agreements from all the INTERREG agents in relation to both the diagnosis of problems and the ways to solve them,
• Disseminating the results, and guaranteeing the transference of know-how, experience and best practice to have and impact which will go beyond the duration of the project,
Multibranched acquired periungual fibrokeratomas with confounding histopathologic findings resembling papillomavirus infection: a report of two cases

Acquired periungual fibrokeratomas are benign fibrous tissue tumors and are considered as the topographical variant of acquired digital fibrokeratoma. They usually present as solitary tumors. In some instance, the entity may appear in multibranched fashion. The main histopathologic features consist of acanthosis, thick collagen bundles mainly oriented in a vertical axis forming a central core, and numerous proliferating fibroblasts. In this article, we present two cases of acquired multibranched periungual fibrokeratoma and depict their varying clinical features over time. Binucleation and perinuclear halos of keratinocytes mimicking human papillomavirus (HPV) infection were detected microscopically, but there was no reactivity with HPV immunostaining. In context, anti-HPV immunostaining may be helpful in the differentiation of fibrokeratomas from HPV infection. On the other hand, it should be kept in mind that these histopathologic findings may be found in acral biopsies independent of viral effects.
TEXTURED MULTI-PLY SANITARY PAPER PRODUCT HAVING OPTIMIZED EMBOSS PATTERNS

A multi-ply paper product having a first ply and a second ply. The first ply has a plurality of first surface features, the first surface features have a number density of from about 5/cm to about 20/cm2, a surface area of from about 0.3 mm2 to about 4 mm2, and a height of from about 600 microns to about 2500 microns. The second ply has a plurality of second surface features with a number density of from about 30/cm2 to about 80/cm2, a surface area of from about 0.03 mm to about 1.2 mm, and a height of from about 400 microns to about 1600 microns.
Survival rates after surgical salvage procedures using mandible external pin fixation

Aim

The aim of this study was to evaluate if temporary application of a mandible external pin fixator is a helpful tool in salvage surgery of recurrent squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) including segmental mandibulectomy.



Material and methods

Salvage surgery including continuity mandibular resection was performed for treatment of recurrent SCC in 10 patients. The bone defects were bridged using a mandible external fixator. In cases of histologically proven tumour-free margins, secondary reconstruction was performed. In cases of R1-resection, re-resection was performed until R0-resection was achieved. The mandible was reconstructed in a further procedure using regional or distant flaps. Data regarding tumour persistence, re-recurrence, survival rate and complications were analysed retrospectively.



Results

Application of a mandible external pin fixator was possible in all cases. Six patients needed re-resection prior to reconstructive procedures. Reconstruction could be performed in eight patients. Local re-recurrence occurred in one patient. Recurrence within cervical lymph nodes appeared in three patients. The survival rate after a mean follow-up of 42.2 months was 50%.



Conclusions

Temporary external pin fixation of the mandible is a helpful tool for enlarged re-resections. The risk of tumour persistence and early local re-recurrence prior to advanced mandibular reconstruction can be minimised. There is no influence on the survival rate of patients with recurrent SCC of the oral cavity.
Run-time Revenue Maximization for Composite Web Services with Response Time Commitments

We investigate dynamic decision mechanisms for composite web services maximizing the expected revenue for the providers of composite services. A composite web service is represented by a (sequential) workflow, and for each task within this workflow, a number of service alternatives may be available. These alternatives offer the same functionality at different price-quality levels. After executing a sub-service, it is decided which alternative of the next sub-service in the workflow is invoked. The decisions optimizing expected revenue are based on observed response times, costs and response-time characteristics of the alternatives as well as end-to-end response-time objectives and corresponding rewards and penalties. We propose an approach, based on dynamic programming, to determine the optimal, dynamic selection policy. Extensive numerical examples show significant potential gain in expected revenues using the dynamic approach compared to other, non-dynamic approaches.
Sovvenzione di capitale circolante per P.P.U.H. "Forpłyt" Jan Zadrożny, Grzegorz Zadrożny Spółka Jawna

Il progetto riguarda il sostegno dell'imprenditore nel fornire liquidità finanziaria e il sostegno alle attività in corso a causa delle difficoltà finanziarie incontrate dall'imprenditore a causa dell'epidemia di COVID-19. Assistenza finanziaria erogata nell'ambito del programma n. SA.57015 (2020/N)