SIRIS-Lab/unlabelled-sti-corpus huggingface dataset:
Learning a manifold of fonts

The design and manipulation of typefaces and fonts is an area requiring substantial expertise; it can take many years of study to become a proficient typographer. At the same time, the use of typefaces is ubiquitous; there are many users who, while not experts, would like to be more involved in tweaking or changing existing fonts without suffering the learning curve of professional typography packages. Given the wealth of fonts that are available today, we would like to exploit the expertise used to produce these fonts, and to enable everyday users to create, explore, and edit fonts. To this end, we build a generative manifold of standard fonts. Every location on the manifold corresponds to a unique and novel typeface, and is obtained by learning a non-linear mapping that intelligently interpolates and extrapolates existing fonts. Using the manifold, we can smoothly interpolate and move between existing fonts. We can also use the manifold as a constraint that makes a variety of new applications possible. For instance, when editing a single character, we can update all the other glyphs in a font simultaneously to keep them compatible with our changes.
Intellectual Capital Accounting Indicators

Abstract The recently entrepreneurial discussion let us believe that everything human beings are doing can be apostrophed as “entrepreneurial”. There is almost a range of entrepreneurs, like the capitalistic entrepreneur, the policy entrepreneur, the social entrepreneur, the knowledge entrepreneur and the intellectual entrepreneur. A global anthem full of entrepreneurs, an entrepreneurial paradise on earth offered at discount prices. And last but not least this takes place midst in an uprising world crisis. In fact it is commonly known that in the recent days the traditional entrepreneurial paradigma undertakes among researchers and practitioners a shifting from the more classical to a more knowledge (intellectual capital) based paradigma. It is obviously a shifting from plutocratic concept of possessing to a gnosiocratic human determined value added growth model, whereby intellective/cognitive (episteme, logos) and agentive (praxis, techne) entrepreneurial elements confound the new potential for the firm's source of competitive edge. Through the above mentioned syncrasis of human centered technology (= techne and logos) elements (intellective and agentive) the entrepreneurial corporate becomes a non-imitational, learning (perceptive), adaptive (modulating), creative (demodulating) and cooperative (transferring) Cintellectual entrepreneurE. In this way the entrepreneurial syncrasis of the firm's tangible resources like physical, technological and financial capital with the firm's intangible (Learning Capital- LC, Modulation Capital - MC, Demodulation Capital - DC, Transfer Capital - TC) resources, the intellectual entrepreneurial capital (IEC), “produces” not just tangible products but endogenous determined teleological-intellective-agentive entrepreneurial competence and expertise system, which leaves its “fingerprints” into the firm's “intellectual statements” in form of intellectual or knowledge based entrepreneurial performance indicators.
Mount Etna volcano (Italy). Just a giant hot spring!

Abstract It is usually believed that volcanoes explicate their activity erupting magma, in which volatiles (mostly H 2 O) are dissolved in modest quantities. At Mount Etna, the maximum H 2 O found in olivine melt inclusions is 3.5 wt%, which would correspond to a moles H 2 O/mol basalt ratio of 0.14. A reappraisal of published data is proposed here, and a comparison is made between the gas flux and the volume of erupted lavas. The results are surprising: the moles H 2 O/mol basalt ratio is 1.41, which means that Mount Etna erupts 10 times the maximum H 2 O that could be dissolved in magma and 40% more moles of gas (H 2 O, CO 2 and S) than moles of basalt. By calculating the molar volume of the basaltic melt components (silicate tetrahedra and metallic cations) and of the gas phase at a pressure of 250 MPa, it is possible to envisage the magma within the deep plumbing system as a solution made of ~ 70% continuum gas phase (mostly H 2 O) at a supercritical state (density 360 kg/m 3 ) and 30% basaltic melt components. The transition from this low-density (1140 kg/m 3 ) water melt solution (WMS) to the high-density (2800 kg/m 3 ) basalt, usually erupted (defined as a continuous melt phase, CMP), occurs in the last 2 km and marks the boundary between a deep and a shallow plumbing system. The depth of this boundary varies with time, being driven by the rate at which the gas escapes the WMS to feed the persistent gas plume at the summit craters, leaving the CMP, which accumulates within the shallow plumbing system, until erupted. The overpressure of the gas phase in the WMS, acting like a piston cylinder, is fundamental in driving the eruption. In this work, the thermal contribution provided to the CMP by the large gas flux has also been considered, proving that it can supply the heat necessary to maintain the CMP. The volcano is here considered a dynamic system in which the eruptive activity is ruled by discontinuities in the flux of gas and heat. Negative fluctuations in the gas flux would decrease the heat supply, promote viscosity and trigger eruptions. Moreover, this view of the volcanic system, subverting the common paradigm in which the gas emitted is associated with an equivalent amount of degassing magma, explains the phenomenon, known as the ‘excess degassing problem’, which affects volcanoes of basaltic and andesitic nature worldwide.
INTELLIGHT: KONZEPTION UND ENTWICKLUNG INNOVATIVER STEUERUNGSSYSTEME FÜR INNEN- UND AUSSENBELEUCHTUNG UND WERKZEUGE FÜR INBETRIEBNAHME UND ÜBERWACHUNG

PROJEKT: INTELLIGHT: DESIGN UND ENTWICKLUNG VON KONTROLLSYSTEMEN INNOVATIVIPERINDOOR UND AUSSENBELEUCHTUNG UND TOOLFINALISED BEI INBETRIEBNAHME UND ÜBERWACHUNG – CAPOFILAELETTROCOSTRUZIONI SRL*VIA CALDERARO8*REALISIERUNG EINER PRODUKTINNOVATION IM BEREICH DER FORTSCHRITTLICHEN UND EFFIZIENTEN STEUERUNGSSYSTEME KÜNSTLICHER BELEUCHTUNGSSYSTEME
Apoyo al mantenimiento de la actividad económica de la empresa ZAKŁAD SERVICE BUDOWLANY Wojtulewicz MAREK en una situación de disminución significativa del volumen de negocios debido a la COVID-19.

Apoyo al mantenimiento de la actividad económica de la empresa ZAKŁAD SERVICE BUDOWLANY Wojtulewicz MAREK en una situación de disminución significativa del volumen de negocios debido a la COVID-19.
Value-Based methodology for integrated care supported by ict

Healthy ageing along with independent living have become key challenges for Europe as countries are experiencing growth in the number of older persons in their population. Several international organisations have stressed the importance of the independence, participation and autonomy of older people to remain healthy and, consequently, to ensure their quality of life. VALUECARE will deliver efficient outcome-based integrated (health and social) care to older people facing cognitive impairment, frailty and multiple chronic health conditions in order to improve their quality of life (and of their families) as well as the sustainability of the health and social care systems in Europe. It will also take into account the job satisfaction and the wellbeing of the health and social service providers, thus moving from the “Triple” to the “Quadruple Aim”. The project’s vision of integrated value-based care will be supported by a robust, secure and scalable digital solution that will be tested and evaluated in 7 large-scale pilots in Europe following a sound methodology developed by the project partners together with the end-users. VALUECARE proposes greater efficiency in the use of resources and coordination of care in a setting that ensures trust of users and policy makers about data access, protection and sharing and standardisation that can be replicated in EU. The consortium, made up of 17 partners from 8 EU countries, led by the Erasmus Medical Centre,  has been built to guarantee the full coverage of the scientific, technological, clinical and social competencies, and to gather the viewpoint of different actors necessary to develop, test and evaluate the concepts, paradigms, protocols and interventions related to VALUECARE. The project’s multidisciplinary consortium includes stakeholders from the whole supply chain of the digital health and social care environment in order to maximize its chances of success.
A citizen science decade (2020-2030) in support to the sustainable development goals

The CS-SDG project will lead to the organization of a citizen science conference which will bring together and showcase impactful citizen science initiatives, provide policy input to ongoing European developments and inspire the upcoming ten years of citizen science initiatives. CS-SDG will address this challenge by focusing on citizen science as a relevant approach to contributing to Global Challenges and industrial competitiveness in Horizon Europe, to the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and to building upon ongoing initiatives in the Open Science strategy, the European Research Area (ERA) and Horizon 2020. The “A citizen science decade (2020-2030) in support to the Sustainable Development Goals” conference will represent a crucial opportunity to bring together lessons learnt from initiatives at global, national, regional and grassroots level, to scale up their impacts, address existing challenges and harness the potential of citizen science towards achieving the SDGs. One of the main conference outcomes will be a declaration and recommendations, gathering input in a collaborative way from conference participants and selected experts, focusing on the future of citizen science and its implementation in future funding programmes.
CS-SDG will organise a conference gathering policy-makers and citizen science projects – from all parts of the world, from local to global scales, and both community-led and academic-led – to build the future of citizen science policy-making. The conference will be an opportunity to showcase the diversity of citizen science projects, and a forum for reflection and perspective, with transversal sessions to define together the latest developments, impacts, benefits and challenges of citizen science, as well as a global Citizen Science Festival. Most importantly, collaborative sessions will draw recommendations to feed in strategic policy recommendations for the decade 2020-2030.
Studio RADIOLOGICO LAVAGNA SAS DI Sambuceti DR ANDREA & C.

IMAGING RADIODIAGNOSTICS STUDY ACCREDITED WITH THE NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE. PRIVATE AND AFFILIATED HEALTH SERVICES SUCH AS ECOTOMOGRAPHY, TRADITIONAL RADIOLOGY, DENTAL RADIOLOGY AND CT CONE BEAM AND ECOCOLORDOPPLER ARE PERFORMED AT THE FACILITY. THE STUDY HAS THE POSSIBILITY TO OFFER A RAPID AND TIMELY RESPONSE TO THE DEMAND FOR SERVICES BY USERS AND IS AIMED AT FURTHER IMPROVING THEIR EFFICIENCY THROUGH THE ADOPTION OF TECHNOLOGICAL AND INNOVATIVE MEDIA.
La GRANITA S.N.C. DI Vinciguerra DOMENICO & C.

DIE ICE CREAM BAR GRANITA IST EINE EISDIELE AN DER STRANDPROMENADE VON VENTIMIGLIA IN DER PROVINZ IMPERIA. ES BIETET VOR ALLEM IN DEN RÄUMEN INNERHALB DER EISDIELE ODER ZUM MITNEHMEN EIN EIGENES, WÄHREND ES EINEN DERZEIT BEGRENZTEN DEHOR HAT UND NUR AUS STÜHLEN UND TISCHEN BESTEHT, DIE AUF DEM BÜRGERSTEIG VOR DEM GELÄNDE ANGEORDNET SIND. DIE EISDIELE BIETET IHRE DIENSTLEISTUNGEN SEIT ÜBER 20 JAHREN AN UND OBWOHL SIE EINE REIN HANDWERKLICHE TÄTIGKEIT GEBLIEBEN IST UND MIT FAMILIÄREM CHARAKTER GEFÜHRT WIRD, IST DER GESAMTUMSATZ IN DEN LETZTEN JAHREN IMMER GESTIEGEN, WAS DIE QUALITÄT DES SERVIERTEN PRODUKTS ZEUGT.
Headspace solid-phase microextraction analysis of volatile compounds in hawthorn vinegars fermented by two strains of Acetobacter

Hawthorn (Crataegus oxyacantha), which is wildly distributed in northern China, has a long history as a medicinal substance, for the treatment of digestive ailments, dyspnea, kidney stones and cardiovascular disorders, etc. Today, it is currently used for the juice production and is used as the raw material for hawthorn wine and vinegar production. However, the flavor of fruit vinegars diversifies with the strain used for vinegar fermentations. In this work, the volatile components of hawthorn vinegars fermented by two acetic acid bacteria (Acetobacter pasteurianus AC2005 and Acetobacter rancens AS1.41), were analyzed quantitatively and identifiably by the method of headspace solid-phase microextraction combined with gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. As a result, 45 kinds of volatile compounds were found in hawthorn vinegar produced by AC2005, including 9 esters, 12 alcohols, 3 ketones, 12 acids, and 9 other compounds. And 39 kinds were found in that fermented by AS1.41, including 13 esters, 9 alcohols, 2 ketones, 10 acids, and 5 other compounds. Among them, 26 kinds of volatile compounds detected in two vinegars were the same. The characteristic of each strain of Acetobacter was responsible for the diversity of vinegars in flavor.
Preparation of activated carbon from cherry stones by physical activation in air. Influence of the chemical carbonisation with H2SO4

Abstract In the preparation of activated carbon (AC) by the method of physical activation, the carbonisation stage is usually carried out by heat treatment of a precursor at a given temperature in an inert atmosphere, whereas the activation stage is performed in air, carbon dioxide or steam atmosphere. Here, the use of a chemical carbonisation-based method with H 2 SO 4 in aqueous solution as an alternative to the physical carbonisation method is studied. Using cherry stones (CS), AC was prepared by physical activation in air, as usual, and by carbonising with H 2 SO 4 prior to activating in air. CS was carbonised at 600 °C in nitrogen atmosphere or with H 2 SO 4 solutions of various concentrations and the resulting products were activated at 350–550 °C in air. Characterisation was undertaken by proximate analysis, TG–DTG analysis, N 2 adsorption at −196 °C, mercury porosimetry, density measurements and FT-IR spectroscopy. By the H 2 SO 4 -chemical carbonisation, AC with a lower inorganic matter content, wider pore size distribution in the meso- and macropore ranges, higher mesopore volume and carboxylic acid groups are prepared. The development of microporosity is similar regardless of the carbonisation method provided that the activation of the chemically carbonised product is effected at higher temperature. Physical carbonisation results in AC with an homogeneous macroporosity and with quinone type functional groups. Yield is also slightly higher by this carbonisation method.
Band-gap structure in two- and three-dimensional cellular locally resonant materials

Abstract Wave propagation in periodic locally resonant materials (LRM) is characterized by the presence of band-gaps occurring at relatively low frequencies which can be exploited for vibration attenuation or impact absorption. In this work we consider the dispersion properties of three-components cellular LRM endowed with 2D (cylindrical) or 3D periodicity. Modal analyses on the unit cell, with Bloch-Floquet periodicity conditions, are performed by the finite element methods. For cylindrical LRM, the limits of plane analyses, which consider uncoupled in-plane and out-of-plane modes, are highlighted. Several different geometries for the 3D unit cells are also proposed and their influence on the band-gap width is studied.
(14075.09092020.173000298) DIG_TPC

EL PROYECTO TIENE COMO OBJETIVO CREAR UN SISTEMA ARMONIOSO E INFORMATIZADO DE ANÁLISIS DE DATOS Y ESTRUCTURAR UN SISTEMA DIGITAL DE PROCESOS INDIVIDUALES. ¿DEFINIR UN SISTEMA ESTRUCTURADO DE TOMA DE DECISIONES A TRAVÉS DEL ANÁLISIS Y LA NOTIFICACIÓN INFORMATIZADA DE LOS DATOS? LO MISMO OCURRE CON LA INFORMACIÓN STRARTEGICAL.
The S⋯N noncovalent interaction: Comparison with hydrogen and halogen bonds

Abstract When one of the H atoms of SH 2 is replaced by a halogen X, the S engages in a strong S⋯N interaction with the N of NH 3 , wherein X lies directly opposite the N. The binding energy varies from 8 kcal/mol for X = F down to 5 kcal/mol for Br. This FS⋯N geometry represents the global minimum on the HSF/NH 3 potential energy surface, more stable than minima containing either a SH⋯N or NH⋯F H-bond. It is equally stable with a SH⋯N structure for X = Cl, and slightly less stable than SH⋯N for X = Br. In all cases, the S⋯N minimum is more stable than geometries containing a halogen bond.
Joining forces to exploit the mycobiota of asia, africa and europe for beneficial metabolites and potential biocontrol agents, using -omics techniques

The proposed project embarks on a previous collaboration in the framework of H2020-MSCA-RISE “GoMyTRi” that has successfully laid the groundwork for an international collaboration involving three worldwide leading research infrastructures from Germany, the Netherlands, and Thailand. The common research interest of the partners is basic and applied mycology, and they joined forces to explore the beneficial secondary metabolites for development of antibiotics, and to find potential candidates for development of environmentally friendly fungal biocontrol agents. The interdisciplinary training conducted in the course of “GoMyTri” has already resulted in several joint scientific publications, and some of the PhD candidates involved have graduated with excellent grades, while some of the postdoctoral researchers involved have gained valuable experience in project management. During the past years, the collaboration has been consolidated and the partners have also been changing the scope of their respective research agendas. The new proposal aims to expand the collaboration by adding further, carefully selected partners from Austria, the Czech Republic, Kenya and South Africa, which have an excellent scientific track record and bring in additional know-how and expertise. The new objectives have been expanded to the implementation of –OMICS technologies and studies on the interaction of fungal organisms in order to discover new
bioactive molecules. Furthermore, the project aims at characterization of the mycobiota of important agricultural plants. The scientists involved in the training program will thus be working in an interdisciplinary scenario that is intended to tackle several important global challenges at once and be given the opportunity to learn many important methods and techniques that are essential for studies of beneficial as well as detrimental fungal organisms. In addition, several dissemination events are planned.
La protección de lo sagrado en Francia: de las caricaturas a la ley para reforzar el respeto a los valores de la república

Este trabajo analiza el conflicto planteado en Francia a raíz de la publicación de las caricaturas de Mahoma, renovado actualmente por la celebración del juicio por los atentados del año 2015 y que ha impulsado, entre otras razones, el proyecto de ley para reforzar los valores de la república. Parte de la idea de que este tipo de cuestiones requiere un enfoque político-normativo, que evalúe las instituciones y los procedimientos —la laicidad, en este caso— atendiendo a los valores que las justifican —la igualdad— y al contexto en el que actúan. A partir de la distinción entre los diferentes planos de las caricaturas (su publicación, su contenido burlesco y la asociación con la violencia) muestra, en primer lugar, un posible acercamiento desde los criterios establecidos por el Consejo de Europa sobre los límites de la libertad de expresión. Continúa con la exposición de una perspectiva político-normativa, tomando como referencia los valores que propone reforzar el proyecto de ley francés para combatir el islamismo radical. Concluye, además de la insuficiencia de un enfoque meramente legal, que este tipo de valores se convierten en algo intangible, algo que no admite la crítica, contribuyendo a reforzar el asimilacionismo típicamente francés, en detrimento del valor de la igualdad.
J. Anthony Blair: Groundwork in the Theory of Argumentation: Selected Papers of J. Anthony Blair. Introduction by Christopher W. Tindale

The book presents a selection of paper authored by J. Anthony Blair, one of the most important personalities in the field of argumentation studies, “a frontline worker or pioneer”, (Christopher Tindale), and, I’d like to add, a stylist. The book cover 30 years of research, from 1981 to 2011. Twenty papers are grouped under four thematic sections, “Critical Thinking”, “Informal Logic”, “Argumentation Theory”, and “Logic, Dialectic and Rhetoric”. Each section is preceded by an “Introduction” giving its main orientation, and followed by a “Postscript”, presenting the 2012 author’s afterthoughts; all that gives to the book a “novelistic impulse” prompting the reader to further readings and new theoretical developments. This review focuses on three key questions, that is, (1) the evolution of Blair theoretical vision, from the “Relevance–Acceptability–Sufficiency” criteria, which have defined what may be called the “standard Informal Logic theory” (2) the integration of the reasoning, schemes and the dialogue with the Pragma-dialectical theory; (3) the dialogue with rhetoric about the plurality of norms applicable to authentic argumentative discourse.
A practical comparison of manual and autonomous methods for acoustic monitoring

Free to read 1. Autonomous acoustic recorders are widely available and can provide a highly eﬃcient method of species monitoring, especially when coupled with software to automate data processing. However, the adoption of these techniques is restricted by a lack of direct comparisons with existing manual ﬁeld surveys. 2. We assessed the performance of autonomous methods by comparing manual and automated examination of acoustic recordings with a ﬁeld-listening survey, using commercially available autonomous recorders and custom call detection and classiﬁcation software. We compared the detection capability, time requirements, areal coverage and weather condition bias of these three methods using an established call monitoring programme for a nocturnal bird, the little spotted kiwi(Apteryx owenii). 3. The autonomous recorder methods had very high precision (>98%) and required <3% of the time needed for the ﬁeld survey. They were less sensitive, with visual spectrogram inspection recovering 80% of the total calls detected and automated call detection 40%, although this recall increased with signal strength. The areal coverage of the spectrogram inspection and automatic detection methods were 85% and 42% of the ﬁeld survey. The methods using autonomous recorders were more adversely aﬀected by wind and did not show a positive association between ground moisture and call rates that was apparent from the ﬁeld counts. However, all methods produced the same results for the most important conservation information from the survey: the annual change in calling activity. 4. Autonomous monitoring techniques incur diﬀerent biases to manual surveys and so can yield diﬀerent ecological conclusions if sampling is not adjusted accordingly. Nevertheless, the sensitivity, robustness and high accuracy of automated acoustic methods demonstrate that they oﬀer a suitable and extremely eﬃcient alternative to ﬁeld observer point counts for species monitoring.