SIRIS-Lab/unlabelled-sti-corpus huggingface dataset:
Cb1-18 chatbot tool for automatic job interview

CB1-18 is a computer program which is able to conduct a job interview automatically via auditory video and textual methods. It is able to interview all the applicants with questions in an automatic way. Our system can first verify the professional skills with questions about the candidate’s information about the applicant’s professional career and then verify the skills through language test and soft skills test. The main goal is to do almost all the selection process in an automatic way in order to avoid wasting time, and leaving to humans only the final decision. Most of the applications stand the chance of not being read due to time and cost reasons. The majority of them are rejected even before being read because of discriminatory criteria such as age, race, gender. Applicants don’t stand a chance in such a large amount of applications even before being evaluated on their skills basis. Other applications are rejected because of the way applicants writes since their CV is not able to transfer their value. Such software will help the most vulnerable people, generally discriminated by age - gender and race, to highlight their skills and willingness towards a fairly competition where all candidates start at the same starting point regardless of their status. There are so many areas of application: we think about people over 50 who have lost their job and the possibility to be selected again. If we think about moms who return into the labor market after dedicating themselves to the family, or young people ready to start their professional life. We can think about unemployed people who can have the possibility to present themselves in the best way to the recruiter. CB1-18 is a software able to give equal opportunities to everyone, identifying professionalism and most relevant skills, and when not present, tell us in what areas we can find them. CB1-18 is a software system that has great economic impact with great social implications at the same time.
Automatización empresarial para PYME finlandesas

Fondion Oy implementa el servicio SaaS para pymes finlandesas, que utiliza la inteligencia artificial y la automatización empresarial para mejorar la competitividad de las empresas en mercados competitivos.
Samuel Lysons and His Circle: Art, Science and the Remains of Roman Britain

This paper critically evaluates the social and intellectual influences which shaped Samuel Lysons’ (1763–1819) interests in the archaeological remains of Roman Britain, and assesses the extent to which his work was innovative. While Romano-British archaeologists have long admired his achievements, there has been no detailed examination of the factors influencing the development of his interests and approach. This paper will outline how Lysons’ social networks, his genuine concern for preserving and recording Romano-British remains, his broad scholarly interests, and the support of an intellectual elite involved with the expansion of national institutions during a period characterized by intense international rivalry, resulted in his exemplary approach to the excavation and publication of the remains of Roman Britain. Scrutiny of newspaper reports, diaries, correspondence, and the previously unpublished contents of his personal library, and an examination of his publications in relation to contemporary Classical and scientific scholarship, shows how and why his work was at the forefront of archaeological scholarship in this period. The results of this study support his reputation as a founding father of Romano-British archaeology and show that both he and his associates deserve far wider recognition of their contributions to the development of archaeology as a whole.
311 MELATONIN PROMOTES IN VITRO SPERM CAPACITATION IN BUFFALO (BUBALUS BUBALIS)

Melatonin, the main hormone secreted by the pineal gland, plays many roles in reproduction. In ram spermatozoa, melatonin administration increases plasminogen activator activity (Tsantarliotou MP et al. 2007 Theriogenology 69, 458-465), known to be involved in sperm capacitation and acrosome reaction (Taitzoglou IA et al. 1996 Mol. Androl. 8, 187-197). The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficiency of melatonin to induce buffalo in vitro sperm capacitation, indirectly assessed by estimating the capability of spermatozoa to acrosome-react. Frozen-thawed semen from 4 different bulls was pooled and treated by swim-up in order to select only the motile population. Spermatozoa (n = 829) were assessed immediately after swim- up separation, to evaluate the incidence of acrosomal loss in non-treated cells (time 0). The remaining spermatozoa were incubated in the absence of capacitating agents (negative control; n = 513), in the presence of 0.01 mM heparin (positive control; n = 775), 10 μM melatonin (n = 684), 100 μM melatonin (n = 751), and 1 mM melatonin (n = 650), for 2 h. Sperm were then exposed for 15 min to 60 μg mL-1 of lysophosphatidylcholine, an agent known to induce acrosome reaction (AR) only on capacitated spermatozoa. Trypan blue was used first to differentiate live from dead spermatozoa and the dried smears were then fixed in 37% formaldehyde and stained with Giemsa for acrosome evaluation by microscopic examination. The percentage of acrosome-reacted spermatozoa in each group was used to assess the efficiency of capacitation under different incubation conditions. The experiment was repeated 4 times. Differences among groups were analyzed by chi-square test. Acrosomal loss was observed only in 2.1% of the sperm population at time 0. Interestingly, sperm treatment with both heparin and the different concentrations of melatonin resulted in a significantly higher incidence of AR compared to the negative control (24.4, 20.5, 20.0, 23.6 v. 8.0% for the positive control, 10 μM melatonin, 100 μM melatonin, 1 mM melatonin, and the negative control, respectively; P &lt; 0.01). These results demonstrated that melatonin determines capacitation of buffalo spermatozoa in vitro. Furthermore, the effect of melatonin was comparable to that of heparin, that is, the capacitating agent currently used in the IVF system. The capacitating effect was observed at all the tested concentrations, and viability was not affected. This suggests to extend the range of concentrations to test in future studies, in order to identify the optimal dose. Moreover, considering the seasonality of the species and the great differences in fertility attitude of buffalo bulls, it would be interesting to investigate the capacitation effect of melatonin in relation to both the season and the bull.
Ai-As-A-Service for the deep edge

BonsAPPs will develop a fully functional (TRL-8), scalable AI-as-a-Service layer (AI-aaS) that will interoperate with the AI on demand platform as an external service. The service layer will enhance an existing AI platform (Bonseyes Marketplace) to cover experimentation, benchmarking, deployment and secure licensing of AI solutions at the Deep Edge. Project-funded Use Cases will demonstrate how Bonseyes Marketplace Platform simplifies time-consuming non-functional tasks in AI design, produces AI at a lower cost and offers specific means to scale innovations once put into the market. Two rounds of use cases will drive supply from AI professionals and demand from End Users to explore the potential gains of AI at the Deep Edge. End users, mainly SMEs/non-tech users lacking internal innovation capacities, will receive guidance in launching Industry Challenges fitting their needs. Specialized AI developers and integrators (AI Talents) will engage with them into an open innovation cycle to solve challenges; Edge AI Apps will be developed and integrated in Solutions at the Deep Edge using different deployment platforms. Coordinated by an AI SME-aware of existing barriers to bring AI innovations into the market, eight complementary partners participate: six technology partners in charge of frontend, backend , security and licensing and interoperability with development platforms, (will also provide technical support to the Use Case Owners); a specialist in Open Call Management; a specialist in digital business coordinating communication and dissemination. AI Talents involved will also have the possibility, under specific re-use licensing framework, of commercializing these results (develop new Apps/Solutions for other end users). Engagement of all relevant audiences (AI4EU community, AI researchers/developers, non-tech SMEs, clusters and value-chain leaders) is secured by the outreach capacities of partners to startups, corporate-led/RTO-led AI and Digital Innovation Hubs.
Electrically pumped network random lasers

Random lasers based on disorder and multiple scattering are alternative means to generate laser light. Although random lasers have been studied for over thirty years, very few practical applications utilizing random lasers have been realised. The main difficulty with random lasers has been achieving electrical pumping with high conversion efficiency and obtaining directional beam output. Resolving these difficulties will make random lasers practical and will open up many new applications, such as in optical computing and image projection. In this project we propose to develop an electrically pumped network random laser. This new type of laser will have high conversion efficiency and directional beam output, and can be easily integrated on a chip with waveguides. This project is at the cross-roads of nanophotonics, complex systems and network science, and thus is quite multi-disciplinary in nature. Results from this project will be technologically significant and will enable rapid commercialisation of random lasers, which has thus far been limited.
Conservation Potential of Abandoned Military Areas Matches That of Established Reserves: Plants and Butterflies in the Czech Republic

Military training generates frequent and irregular disturbance followed by succession, resulting in fine-scaled mosaics of ecological conditions in military training areas (MTAs). The awareness that MTAs may represent important biodiversity sanctuaries is increasing recently. Concurrently, changes in military doctrine are leading to abandonment of many MTAs, which are being brought under civilian administration and opened for development. We surveyed vascular plants in 43 and butterflies in 41 MTAs in the Czech Republic and compared the records with plants and butterfly records from 301 and 125 nature reserves, respectively. After controlling for effects of area, geography, and climate, we found that plant species richness was equal in the two land use categories; butterfly richness was higher in MTAs; reserves hosted more endangered plants and more endangered butterflies. Ordination analyses, again controlled for potential nuisance effects, showed that MTAs and reserves differed also in species composition. While specialist species of nationally rarest habitat types inclined towards the reserves, MTAs hosted a high representation of endangered species depending on either disturbed ground, or successionaly transient conditions. These patterns reflect the history of the national nature reserves network, and the disturbance-succession dynamics within MTAs. The conservation value of formerly army-used lands is increasingly threatened by abandonment, and conservationists should support either alternative uses mimicking army activities, or sustainable management regimes.
A Fragile Watermarking algorithm based on fractal compression and differentials record theory

Fragile Watermarking could provide an effective solution for both the authentication of image content and the detection of any changes in image. This article puts forward an algorithm of restorable and fragile Watermarking based on fractal compression and differentials record theory. Three components (R. G. B) of a colorful image are processed respectively by fractal compression. In view of cone cells of vision have some differences in sensitivity to color, the compressed data have been stored in B component to restore the colorful image and the R component and G component have been processed with differentials record theory for the detection of any change in image. The presentation of modification precisely approaches pixel-level with the help of the algorithm, and the results of tests have proved a good restorability of this algorithm.
Indicative and Updated Estimates of the Collective Bargaining Premium in Germany

This study provides updated evidence on the union contract differential in Germany using establishment-wide wage data and two estimation strategies. It provides pairwise estimates of the union differential based on separate samples of collective bargaining leavers and joiners vis-a-vis the corresponding counterfactual groups. We report that average wages increase by 3 to 3.5 percent after entering into a collective agreement and decrease by 3 to 4 percent after abandoning a collective agreement. Excluding establishments that experience mass layoffs does not significantly influence these net findings, although such establishments record wage losses�statistically insignificant for joiners but up to 10 percent in the case of leavers, as compared with the counterfactuals. The backdrop to these new indicative estimates, which are properly conditioned on establishment size and industry affiliation, inter alia, is one of wage stagnation and continuing union decline.
Norbert Elias no contexto político universitário de Weimar

As biografias disponíveis sobre Norbert Elias ecoaram os relatos autobiográficos do sociólogo, que, voluntariamente, colocou entre parênteses quase todo contexto político que explica os infortúnios de seu destino universitário. O objeto deste artigo será não somente repolitizar a figura de Norbert Elias em relação ao discurso “apolítico”, ou mesmo “antipolítico”, que ele alimentou no fim de sua vida, ao reiterar o “distanciamento” como ascese necessária para alcançar a perspectiva sociológica justa, mas, principalmente, iluminar os contextos politico-universitários nos quais ele estava imerso e que mais o afetaram em várias de suas escolhas. Articularei minhas considerações em função das três principais cidades universitárias alemãs nas quais Elias viveu ou trabalhou e farei referência, também, à Paris, uma esperança frustrada que impulsionou o grande salto em direção ao mundo anglófono.
Solving the entrainment puzzle

As a cloud moves through environmental air, cloudy and cloud free air mix at the cloud edges in the entrainment process. Entrainment is a key cloud process central to understanding cloud morphology and microphysical processes such as precipitation formation. After decades of research, no reliable formulation exists that allows to describe and understand entrainment in terms of cloud- and environmental physical quantities (""the entrainment puzzle""). Differences in representation of entrainment in climate models are a main cause for spread in climate sensitivity estimates. The realistic treatment of entrainment in climate models will help to reduce a large part of the uncertainty in predictions of climate sensitivity.
This project aims at Solving The Entrainment Puzzle (STEP):
- By identification of the main physical parameters that govern the amount of air entrained into and detrained from clouds using controlled laboratory measurements.
- By translating the experimental results into a new mathematical formulation to use in Large Eddy Simulations of clouds using computational fluid dynamics modelling.
In a unique approach, STEP will combine observations from a novel turbulent cloud chamber, computational fluid dynamics, and Large Eddy Simulations to  develop a new reliable entrainment calculation scheme. Solving the entrainment puzzle will allow quantifying the entrainment processes reliably and thus deliver the basis for climate model improvements.
The STEP project builds on my expertise in cloud microphysics and dynamics gained at various international institutes and will be accomplished at a leading international research institution. The host will provide me with excellent complementary training and career development opportunities. Through various dissemination and communication activities, STEP will contribute to the visibility and excellence of the European Science Area, addressing one of the Europe 2020 strategy main targets ""Climate Change and Energy"".
Chemical assisted enrichment of 5-carboxycytosine that also allows for dna sequencing at single base resolution.

5-carboxycytosine (5caC) has been robustly identified in mammalian DNA. It is known that this DNA modification plays a role in epigenetic demethylation processes. If 5caC  has other epigenetically relevant functions is so far unknown. Due to its low abundance it is technically challenging to study this modification in biological samples. Identification of specific readers, recognition by the RNA polymerase II elongation complex, the presence in specific genomic loci as well as changing levels during differentiation of mouse embryonic stem cells (mESCs) point towards an important biological function. A chemical tool that would clarify the role of 5caC in mammalian biology is so far missing. Since DNA modifications play a significant role in human diseases, understanding their functions offer new opportunities for novel treatment strategies. Chemical tools have advanced the field enormously in detecting and analysing newly discovered modified bases by rationally designed chemistry for specific labelling of a given modification. Chemical enrichment of DNA fragments enables mapping of the bases at 200-400 base pair resolution and has been used for a genome-wide mapping of several DNA modifications. To obtain single base resolution a separate modification specific sequencing method needs to be applied after enrichment. To avoid a multistep procedure I will develop a chemical enrichment method for 5caC that is directly coupled to single base resolution sequencing. In combination this provides a powerful chemical tool that has far reaching impact for other researchers in the field and finally enables scientific progress on 5caC.
The Choice of China’s Housing Policy with the Idea of Harmonious Development

In modern urban society, house has become rare resource. Under space of city limited, house resource in shortsituation, its distribution inevitably causes a variety of social conflict and inequitable problems. There are threehousing problems closely linked with urbanization course, as the ubiquitous economic social concern ofcountries all over the world. First, the shortage of the quantity of the house. Second, the quality of the house doesnot fulfill requirements. Third, the polarization on the house distribution. China is in the experimental period ofthe housing system reform at present, and faces the severe social pressure. So it is vital to set up and perfect thehousing policy after canceling welfare-oriented public housing distribution system. This will do great help fornarrowing the urbanite housing stratification and realizing the harmonious development idea.
A probe of the periodic elements for life in the sea

Chemical elements are the building blocks of life. The major elements, C, H. O, N, P, S are easily recognised as essential nutrients, but their use by life relies on metalloproteins. The identity of the metal centres of these metalloproteins and even the broader palette of trace elements fundamental to life are remarkably poorly known. Whole genomes remain opaque to decoding of this bioinorganic dimension, and optimal trace element concentrations for physiological function. Defining the elemental requirements for maximum growth rate of photosynthesising phytoplankton in the ocean, is critical to understanding Earth's climate. Although microscopic in stature, phytoplankton exert a gigantic influence on the biological pumping of carbon from the atmosphere to the deep ocean. Yet their metal requirements are poorly constrained, being inferred from cellular quotas and ""nutrient-like"" ocean metal distributions, susceptible to ambiguity between mistaken cellular uptake and use. 
APPELS will undertake a two-pronged approach to define the modern marine metallome/metalloproteome. I will explore the expanse of the periodic table for novel required elements by growing phytoplankton, representative of the broadest chemotypes, in manipulated media, to delineate optimal conditions for growth whereby any limitation at lowered concentrations implies use. The second prong uses cutting-edge techniques that unite methods from proteomics with geochemical mass-spectrometry to allow both metals and their associated proteins to be examined comprehensively. APPELS will transform our understanding of the essential elements in the ocean and how the biological pump of carbon is geared to ocean chemistry in an evolving world. More broadly, APPELS will provide a step change in documented protein-metal binding centres, with implications for discovery of novel biochemical pathways, and optimal nutrition.
ErbB Expression, Activation, and Inhibition With Lapatinib and Tyrphostin (AG825) in Human Vestibular Schwannomas

Pharmacologic agents targeted against the ErbB family, or the intracellular pathways that mediate their effects, could slow clinical progression of vestibular schwannoma (VS) in patients where other modalities carry a high risk-to-benefit ratio.Determine the identity of the predominant ErbB dimer partners in VS tumors and assess the effects of targeted inhibition of the ErbB molecules on VS growth and proliferation, as well as apoptosis.Academic tertiary referral center.Coimmunoprecipitation and Western blotting of VS tissue, in vitro BrdU assays of proliferation in the presence of lapatinib and tyrphostin (AG825) using primary VS cultures, and annexin V cell death assays and cell cycle assays using propidium iodide staining were performed on HEI193 cell line derived from an neurofibromatosis type 2-associated VS.Activated ErbB family receptor heterodimers in VS contain predominantly epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) and ErbB2. A robust, dose-dependent inhibition of VS growth and proliferation with the dual EGFR/ErbB2 inhibitor, lapatinib, was demonstrated. Lapatinib also inhibited EGF-induced VS proliferation. The selective ErbB2 inhibitor, AG825, inhibited growth to a lesser extent. HEI193 demonstrated apoptosis after lapatinib treatment.Dual EGFR and ErbB2 inhibition with lapatinib or combination therapy may provide therapeutic benefit in VS treatment, but further studies are necessary.