SIRIS-Lab/unlabelled-sti-corpus huggingface dataset:
Localized surface plasmon resonance in doped semiconductor nanocrystals

Doped semiconductor nanocrystals (dSNCs) are an exciting emerging material. Carrier densities in the range of 1020-1021cm-3 lead to localized surface plasmon resonances (LSPRs) in the near infrared (NIR). Prominent examples are copper chalcogenides, where doping occurs via vacancy formation, and metal oxides (MOs) that show plasmonic response due to impurity doping. Excitingly, both materials display post synthetic carrier density and LSPR tunability over a broad spectral range. Combined with layered two dimensional materials exciting manipulation options appear where the plasmon-exciton coupling or ‘hot’ carrier extraction enables local photo luminescence manipulation or tracking of local currents in a graphene based nano device. This active control over the LSPR allows active switching of the strength of coupling, useful also for the study of exciton-plasmon, plasmon-plasmon coupling, or plasmon induced ‘hot’ carrier extraction in nano-heterostructures. Ultralow doping allows the study of quantum plasmonics. Ultrafast photodoping, optical switching, active light manipulation or tunable NIR photon detection are additional exciting applications. While fundamental questions regarding the structure-properties relationship remain open to date the library of materials with such properties is enormous and not yet exhausted. 
The project combines in a unique way expert scientists with complementary competences covering chemistry, physics, spectroscopy, microscopy, device design and theory among Europe and the US adding with their expert background to address the aforementioned topics of high impact in the field of plasmonic dSNCs. Networking activities, workshops and conferences will facilitate the sharing of knowledge. Long term research exchange will enable the acquisition of new skills. The formation of a large network among the institutes after a successful completion of the SONAR will enable the career development for research and innovation staff members.
Resolving the mechanism of ciliary tip factors in primary and motile cilia assembly and function

Cilia are conserved microtubule-based organelles, which extend from the cell surface and have diverse motility and sensory functions, integrating developmentally important signalling pathways. As such, defects in ciliary assembly and/or function can lead to developmental disorders and multi-systemic genetic diseases, termed ciliopathies. The ciliary tip, a region between microtubule ends and the ciliary membrane, is implicated in cilium assembly, disassembly, signalling, and motility. Few ciliary tip proteins identified so far are mutated in ciliopathies. Yet the complete identity of microtubule associated proteins at the ciliary tip of both primary and motile cilia, and the mechanisms underlying their regulation of ciliary microtubule dynamics and geometry, remain unknown. The proposed research will resolve the link between the ciliary tip geometry and function both in primary and motile cilia, as well as molecular mechanisms controlling the microtubule end dynamics at the ciliary tip and identify the full repertoire of ciliary tip components. The research will focus on functional characterization and interactions of the CCDC66 protein, which mutations cause progressive retinal degeneration, the most frequently observed phenotype across different ciliopathies. The CCDC66 is a recently identified tip component of the primary cilia and preliminary experiments suggest the axonemal and ciliary tip localization of CCDC66 in motile cilia. Therefore, we will investigate both the localization and function of CCDC66 at the primary and motile cilia tip with the nanometre-scale precision. We will elucidate the effect of CCDC66 on microtubule end dynamics using the biochemical assays and resolve the molecular proximity map of the CCDC66 using BioID method and proteomics. The results of this project, predicted to better characterize the causative genes of ciliopathies, could make positive impact on clinical studies and enhance diagnostic approaches in future.
Planetary mapping

We are living in a golden age for space exploration and the world-wide interest in planetary surface exploration, with particular regard to future robotic and human missions, is rapidly increasing. Many nations can maintain robust space programs that continuously provide a great amount of highly complex datasets. Geological maps provide the context for all observations and interpretations of surface and subsurface processes on any planetary body and their histories. Nonetheless, planetary geological maps are still developed almost exclusively by a single research institute in the world (USGS-USA), resulting in exceedingly long publication delays among other grave disadvantages. Thus, it is high time to improve this situation in order to maximize the scientific output of planetary missions and improve the position of Europe in this context. PLANetary MAPping project (PLANMAP) aims at providing highly informative geological maps of the three main bodies of interest for European space missions in the next decade: Mars, Mercury and the Moon. These maps will include spectral information, elemental composition, absolute ages and ground truth information. They will also provide the basis for subsurface 3D geological modelling, and will be disseminated using dedicated web-GIS software.
Spatio-Temporal Pattern and Trend Extraction on Turkish Meteorological Data

Due to increasing amount of spatio-temporal data collected from various applications, spatio-temporal data mining has become a demanding and challenging research field requiring development of novel algorithms and techniques for successful analysis of large spatio-temporal databases. In this study, we propose a spatio-temporal mining technique and apply it on meteorological data, which has been collected from various weather stations in Turkey. In addition, we introduce one more mining level on the extracted patterns in order to discover general trends with respect to spatial changes. Generated patterns are investigated under different temporal ranges, in order to monitor the change of the events with respect to temporal changes.
ATIVIDADES DO INSPETOR

A ATIVIDADE EXERCIDA PELO PROPRIETÁRIO PROFISSIONAL É A DAS ATIVIDADES TÉCNICAS REALIZADAS POR INSPETORES, COM SERVIÇOS DE CONSULTORIA ADJACENTES EM MATÉRIA DE PLANEAMENTO URBANO E SISTEMAS DE INFORMAÇÃO TERRITORIAL.
Interface Conversion Device

An interface conversion device connects the devices having the different interfaces, and it is possible to appropriately transmit and receive data from one device to the other device.The interface conversion device 30 comprises a first transmission/reception part 12 connected to a first interface 2, a second transmission/reception part 13 connected to a second interface 4, a data storage part 33 that stores data transmitted from and the second transmission/reception part 13, an information conversion part 11 that adapts the data conforming to the second interface 4 to the first interface 2, a first information acquisition part 31 that acquires the information related to the data transmission speed of the first interface 2, a second information acquisition part 32 that acquires the information related to the data transmission speed of the second interface 4, a transmission speed management part 35 that determines the optimum data transmission speed related to the second interface 4 based on the information acquired by the first information acquisition part 31 and the second information acquisition part 32.
Synthesis of 2-(3-methyl-2-oxoquinoxalin-1(2H)-yl)acetamide-based azetidinone derivatives as potent antibacterial and antifungal agents

Twelve compounds belonging to series N-[3-chloro-2-oxo-4-(substituted)phenylazetidin-1-yl]-2-(3-methyl-2-oxoquinoxalin-1(2H)-yl)acetamide (5a–l) were synthesized. These compounds were evaluated for their in vitro antibacterial against E. coli, S. aureus, K. pneumoniae, P. aeruginosa and antifungal activity against C. albicans, A. niger and A. flavus by cup-plate method. Structures of all the newly synthesized compounds were confirmed by their spectral data interpretation. Compound 5g having p-dimethylaminophenyl group on 4-position of azetidinone ring attached to N-atom of acetamido group on 1-position of 3-methyl-1H-quinoxaline-2-one, was found to be active against all the bacterial and fungal strains under investigation. A new series of compounds belonging to N-[3-chloro-2-oxo-4-(substituted) phenylazetidin-1-yl]-2-(3-methyl-2-oxoquinoxalin-1(2H)-yl)acetamide was synthesized and all the newly synthesized compounds were evaluated for their in vitro antibacterial and antifungal activities.
AUTONOMOUS VALVE SYSTEM

A control system can include a controller that includes an interface for receipt of sensor data generated by sensors operatively coupled to a fluid flow system; memory that includes sets of tuning parameter values; and a loader that loads a selected set of the sets of tuning parameter values into the controller for issuance of control signals to a choke valve actuator for a choke valve of the fluid flow system according to the selected set of tuning parameter values and sensor data generated by one or more of the sensors.
TECHNIQUES D’APPRENTISSAGE AUTOMATIQUE EN PROFONDEUR POUR L’ANALYSE DE LA QUALITÉ DES SURFACES EN PIERRE FRITTÉE

LE PROJET VISE L’ÉTUDE D’UNE INFRASTRUCTURE TECHNOLOGIQUE CAPABLE D’EFFECTUER EN TEMPS RÉEL, SUR 100 % DU PRODUIT ET DIRECTEMENT EN LIGNE, UNE ANALYSE MICROSCOPIQUE ET MACROSCOPIQUE DE TOUTES LES CARACTÉRISTIQUES DE SURFACE DE LA PIERRE FRITTÉE À L’AIDE DE CAPTEURS NUMÉRIQUES AUTONOMES BASÉS SUR LE SCAN 3D ET L’APPRENTISSAGE AUTOMATIQUE. NOUS PROPOSONS LA CRÉATION DE DEUX CAPTEURS SÉPARÉS. LE PREMIER EST UN CAPTEUR DE HAUTE PRÉCISION QUI ANALYSE DE PETITES SURFACES AVEC UNE PRÉCISION DE 5 MILLIÈMES DE MM, OPÉRANT UNE RECONSTRUCTION 3D DE LA SURFACE À L’AIDE D’ALGORITHMES MODULÉS DE LUMIÈRE ET D’INTELLIGENCE ARTIFICIELLE CAPABLES DE FOURNIR DES STATISTIQUES DÉTAILLÉES SUR LES CARACTÉRISTIQUES QUALITATIVES ET QUANTITATIVES TELLES QUE LA POROSITÉ OU LA PRÉSENCE DE MICRODÉPRESSIONS. LE SECOND EST UN CAPTEUR À HAUTE COUVERTURE, CAPABLE DE PRODUIRE UNE ANALYSE DE L’ENSEMBLE DE LA PLAQUE, IDENTIFIANT LES PROBLÈMES DE PRODUCTION MACROSCOPIQUES TELS QUE LES RAYURES DUES À LA CONTAMINATION OU À LA DÉGRADATION DES OUTILS, LES VARIATIONS DE COULEUR DES ZONES OU SPO
Cost asymmetry and incomplete information in a volunteer’s dilemma experiment

We utilize a laboratory experiment to examine the effect of asymmetric costs in the volunteer’s dilemma, a public goods game where all players receive a benefit if at least one person volunteers and nothing otherwise, which presents a social dilemma where the optimal action for the individual differs from that for the group. Additionally, we introduce uncertainty to explore the role of information and find that individual behavior aligns most closely with the more intuitive Nash equilibrium strategies under full information and to a lesser extent with incomplete information. Although uncertainty about fellow group members’ costs incentivizes greater volunteering and thus has the potential to improve efficiency, we find that the inability to coordinate prevents groups from experiencing welfare gains as a result.
Folded Paper Geometry from 2D Pattern and 3D Contour

Folded paper exhibits very characteristic shapes, due to the presence of sharp folds and to exact isometry with a given planar pattern. Therefore, none of the physically-based simulators developed so far can handle paper-like material. We propose a purely geometric solution to generate static folded paper geometry from a 2D pattern and a 3D placement of its contour curve. Fold lines are explicitly identified and used to control a recursive, local subdivision process, leading to an efficient procedural modeling of the surface through a fold-aligned mesh. Contrary to previous work, our method generates paper-like surfaces with sharp creases while maintaining approximate isometry with the input pattern.
Polymer-Based piezoelectric nanogenerators for energy harvesting

Energy harvesting (EH) from ambient vibrations originating from sources such as moving parts of machines, fluid flow and even body movement, has enormous potential for small-power applications such as wireless sensors, flexible, portable and wearable electronics, and bio-medical implants, to name a few. Nanoscale piezoelectric energy harvesters, also known as nanogenerators (NGs), can directly convert small scale ambient vibrations into electrical energy. Scavenging power from ubiquitous vibrations in this way offers an attractive route to supersede fixed power sources such as batteries that need replacing/recharging, and that do not scale with the diminishing size of modern electronics. This proposal aims to develop NGs for future self-powered smart devices. Ceramics such as lead zirconium titanate and semiconductors such as zinc oxide are the most widely used piezoelectric EH materials. This proposal however focuses on a different class of piezoelectric materials, namely ferroelectric polymers, such as polyvinlyidene fluoride (PVDF), its copolymers, and nylon. These are potentially superior EH materials as they are flexible, robust, lightweight, easy and cheap to fabricate, as well as being lead-free and bio-compatible. The key strategy of this proposal is in combining i) materials engineering to create novel piezoelectric polymer-ceramic nanocomposite materials with enhanced EH functionalities, ii) state-of-the art nanoscale characterization to explore and exploit these novel materials, and iii) fabrication of high performance NGs for implementation into commercial devices, using insight gained from modelling of materials and device parameters. The proposed research will culminate in a well-defined process for the large-scale production of highly efficient and low cost piezoelectric NGs with reliable EH performance to power the next generation of autonomous devices, thus steering the field into the renewable energy market as a clean and competitive technology.
Agricultural Area Diversification and Crop Water Demand Analysis: A Remote Sensing and GIS Approach

Large scale adoption of input intensive rice–wheat cropping system in the centrally located Jalandhar district of Indian Punjab has led to over-exploitation of ground water resources, intensive use of chemical fertilizers and deterioration of soil health. To overcome these shortfalls, in the present study, agricultural area diversification plan has been generated from agricultural area and crop rotation maps derived from remote sensing data (IRS P6-AWiFS and RADARSAT ScanSAR) along with few agro-physical parameters in GIS environment. Cropping system indices (area diversity, multiple cropping and cultivated land utilization) were also worked out from remote sensing data .Analysis of remote sensing data (2004–05) revealed that rice and wheat individually remained the dominant crops, occupy 57.8% and 64.9% of total agricultural area (TAA), respectively. Therefore, in the diversified plan, it is suggested that at least 39% of the current 40% TAA under rice–wheat rotation should be replaced by other low water requiring, high value and soil enriching crops, particularly in coarse textured alluvial plain having good quality ground water zones with low annual rainfall(<700 mm). This will reduce water requirement to the tune of 15,660 cm depth while stabilizing the production and profitability by crop area diversification without further degradation of natural resources.
Indigenous populations of Neoseiulus californicus and Phytoseiulus persimilis (Acari: Phytoseiidae): single and combined releases against Tetranychus urticae (Acari: Tetranychidae) on greenhouse eggplant

Greenhouse experiments were conducted in the Fall of 2010 and Spring of 2011 to determine the effectiveness of single and combined releases of Turkish populations of two predatory mite species, Phytoseiulus persimilis Athias-Henriot and Neoseiulus californicus (McGregor), for control of two spotted spider mite (red form) (Tetranychus urticae Koch) on eggplant. The same number of predators was released into cages in a greenhouse with similar numbers of spider mites. The control treatment had significantly higher numbers of T. urticae in both years except for 2010 when the N. californicus single treatment was not different. Among the predator release treatments, the lowest total mean number of T. urticae was found in the P. persimilis single releases in both seasons. These means were followed by the combined predatory mite and the N. californicus single release in 2011. In both years, P. persimilis numbers in both the single and combined treatments were significantly higher than the numbers of N. californic...
BabelNet and Friends: A manifesto for multilingual semantic processing

Semantic processing is one of the most compelling and ambitious objectives in today's Natural Language Processing. Beingabletoprocessandunderstandtextatthemachinelevelcanpotentiallyenablepowerfulapplicationslikesemantically-aware statistical machine translation and semantic information retrieval, thereby having the potential to change the lives of everyday computer users. In this paper I present a manifesto for the multilingual semantic processing of text. I illustrate the research vision that is pursued in my research group at the Sapienza University of Rome and describe the most recent results obtained. In the last part of the paper I outline a likely future for multilingual semantic processing focusing on the current directions and successes and highlighting on the major obstacles that make this task so hard.
Community assembly on islands: a phylogenetic bayesian approach

Biologists have sought to understand geographic patterns of species distribution for centuries. The process of community assembly, which determines how species integrate and maintain in local assemblages, is key to understanding the factors underlying species distribution. However, the extreme complexity of ecosystems has prevented the development of a general theory of biogeography and community ecology. This is exemplified by the current schism between ecological and historical biogeography. Historically, short-time, ecological explanations such as species interactions with the environment, have dominated the field. Only recently has it been acknowledged that community composition must also be determined by historical factors, and as such the future of community ecology and biogeography must bridge ecological and historical paradigms. To this end, BAYESLAND will analyse biogeographical patterns in islands by combining ecological and historical approaches. This will be done by developing new biogeographic models using Bayesian inference for estimating historical processes of community assembly, while also accounting for (i) ecological differences among lineages, and (ii) the influence of ecological factors on historical processes. This project is expected to result in novel cutting-edge analytical techniques in biogeography. In addition, the application of these new tools to extensive molecular datasets from the Canary Islands is likely to offer new predictions on community assembly. BAYESLAND will transfer to the fellow the host's strong experience in analytical biogeography and macro-ecology, complementing his experience in eco-evolutionary studies of island communities. The fellow will develop skills in method development, NGS, theoretical knowledge and project management, which will be paramount to his career development.
SOFT STRONG TOWEL AND TISSUE PAPER

Disclosed is a method for producing an absorbent creped cellulosic sheet having a high level of surface-perceived softness that comprises continuously forming a web of cellulosic papermaking fibers, adhering said web to a thermal drying means, treating said adhered web with an amido amine salt derived from a partially acid-neutralized amine, and creping said treated web from said thermal drying means.
RUISNET - Regional University-Industry Strategies Network

Considering the importance of regional aspects in collaboration between universities and business and the relevance of the latter for regional development, the improvement, promotion and consolidation of relations and collaboration in the regional framework are shared essentials for partners in the project. The partners will provide information and experience to determine the limits and barriers to collaboration, the rationale behind it and the assistance available so that comparisons can be made, enriching their experiences and receiving guidance. Overall objective / Objectif général * To promote recognition of relations between universities and business. * To take advantage of accumulated experience (RIS/RITTS) * To identify good practice that can improve regional development in three sectors: innovation, SMEs and territory; permanent training and the labour market; entrepreneurial spirit and technological enterprises * To create a forum for adopting a common approach with extensive participation and dissemination of models and systems for university / business relations, and creation of an association to give continuity to a project with a large number of members. Expected results / Résultats attendus A joint view of university / industry relations in the participating regions will be drawn from projects and the identification of good practices with a shared methodological basis, meetings, working groups, seminars, conventions, etc. By the end of the project, a virtual community will have been created which will be open to interregional debate and to professional sectors. There will also be a structure for an observatory with a methodology for research, selection and drafting. Projection at social and professional level of the importance of collaboration between universities and industry for regional development should be one of the results of this project, which is to be implemented via the portal and through promotion and communication. During the project, the first European competition for university / industry cooperation will take place, and the basis will be established for consolidating a European Association.
Addressing joint Agro-and Aqua-Biodiversity pressures Enhancing SuSTainable Rural Development

BEST objective is to protect natural and cultural heritage, to restore biodiversity, natural, rural and coastal habitats in the interested Regions, to involve local stakeholders in cross-border activities and community pilot actions through the use of new technologies with a low environmental footprint, and the creation of new politics, products and services, thereby improving quality of life for citizens. Public administrations, businesses, research institutes and Universities, professional bodies, farmers and fishermen, environmentalists, parks, small and medium size tourist agencies (SMEs), down to individual citizens by means of their daily choices. Everyone is called upon to make their contribution towards development based on respect and caring for biodiversity.