SIRIS-Lab/unlabelled-sti-corpus huggingface dataset:
Europe’S regional partnership for gender equality in the digital age

Progress towards gender equality in Europe is moving slowly, and key dimensions have worsened.  The EU’s Gender Equality Strategy 2020-2025 calls for a Europe where women and men, girls and boys, are equal, where diversity is a recognized asset to the economy and society, and where women have equal opportunities to participate and thrive in society. The EU has committed to improving the structural inequality between men and women, and empowering and promoting the social, economic and political inclusion of women and girls. However, a conclusive strategy for eliminating gender inequality and reshaping institutionalized stereotypes and discriminatory practices has yet to emerge. EQUALS-EU aims to promote gender equity in social innovation by: 1) Building capacity through multilateral partnerships that strengthen existing and formalize new networks for in social innovation and entrepreneurship; 2) Creating smart, sustainable, and inclusive social innovation ecosystems in local communities and cities in Europe and in non-European countries in the Global North and South. In pursuit of these objectives, EQUALS-EU is structured around an ambitious work programme based on targeted measures to achieve gender equality combined with strengthened gender mainstreaming efforts. It comprises six work packages: WP1: Appraise Gender Equity Social Innovation Ecosystems, WP2: Create New Solutions for Gender Equity and Digital Inclusion, WP3: Transform Gender Inequity into Sustainable Social Impact, WP4: Exchange Knowledge and Transfer Technology for Gender Equity, WP5: Communication, Dissemination and Exploitation, and WP6: Management and Coordination. The full scope of EQUALS-EU network activities cover 29 EU Members States and Associated Countries and nine non-European countries in both the Global North and Global South.
STORAGE BATTERY ARRANGEMENT

A storage battery arrangement (1) comprising a plurality of battery cells (2) having a cell housing (8) and cell terminals (11a, 11 b) protruding from the cell housing (8), and a plurality of control units (3) comprising a control unit housing (6) and electronic circuitry (10) inside the control unit housing (6) provided for monitoring and controlling the battery cells status is disclosed. The control units (3) comprises control terminals (5a, 5b) extending to the outside of the control unit housing (6), said control terminals (5a, 5b) being electrically connected to the electronic circuitry (10). The shape of the control unit housings (6) are adapted to the shape of the cell housings (8) so, that the control units (3) can be arranged side by side to the battery cells (2) according to the battery cells (2) and electrically connected the same way than the battery cells (2).
A paradigm shift in reactor safety with the molten salt fast reactor

Imagine an inherently safe reactor that produces all electricity world-wide for thousands of years, and recycles all actinides until fission.

The Molten Salt Fast Reactor (MSFR) can reach this goal. The cylindrical reactor core contains actinide-fluorides mixed in lithium-fluoride. The liquid salt is at ambient pressure and can freely expand upon heating, giving a strong negative reactivity feedback. The core is in its most reactive state and any geometrical change lead to lower reactivity. In case of hypothetical accidents, the fuel salt will automatically be drained via freeze plugs into fail-safe tanks. The fuel salt is continuously cleaned and controlled in an integrated chemical plant. The MSFR can operate as a breeder reactor in the thorium fuel cycle or as a burner reactor fuelled with plutonium and minor actinides. In short: the MSFR excels in safety, sustainability and optimal waste management.
Within SAMOFAR we will perform advanced experiments to proof the key safety features:
• The freeze plug and draining of the fuel salt
• Measurement of safety-related data of the fuel salt
• New coatings to structural materials like Ni-based alloys
• The dynamics of natural circulation of (internally heated) fuel salts
• The reductive processes to extract lanthanides and actinides from the fuel salt

Furthermore, we will build a software simulator to demonstrate the operational transients, and we will show the mild responses of the MSFR to transients and accident scenarios, using new leading-edge multi-physics simulation tools including uncertainty quantification. All experimental and numerical results will be incorporated into the new reactor design, which will be subjected to a new integral safety assessment method.

The goal of SAMOFAR is to deliver indisputable evidence of the excellent safety features of the MSFR, and to enable a consortium of important stakeholders like TSO’s and industry, to advance with the MSFR up to the Demonstration phase.
Contamination of raw milk with Bacillus cereus from farm to retail in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire and possible health implications

In Africa, milk and dairy products play an important role in human nutrition but could represent a risk to human health, due to poor hygiene throughout the production chain. This study aimed firstly to assess the contamination of raw milk produced in traditional dairy farms in Abidjan with Bacillus cereus from farm to retail and secondly to assess the associated health risk for consumers in informal markets using a participatory approach. In total, 320 samples including 150 milk samples were collected in 15 purposively selected traditional dairy farms from four sites of Abidjan and analysed according to EN ISO 7932:2004 with slight modification. In addition, a survey was conducted in the three informal markets with 188 individuals who bought milk. B. cereus was found in 27% of the udder milk samples while 41% of the samples taken from seller’s pooled milk contained B. cereus. Out of the 183 milk consumers, 14% reported daily consumption of unheated milk, indicating the high probability of exposure to B. cereus and other foodborne illnesses. After milk consumption, 13% of consumers reported that they contracted a foodborne illness. In conclusion, milk produced and sold in informal markets in Abidjan represents a risk for consumers’ health and B. cereus is one possible cause. Milk quality could be improved by good hygiene practices, strengthening and targeting educational interventions and effective monitoring throughout the production and delivery chain.
METHOD FOR PRODUCING MULTIPLE FIBER STRIPS IN PARALLEL AND APPARATUS FOR EXECUTING SAID METHOD

The invention relates to methods for simultaneously producing crimped fiber strips in parallel, in particular filter tow strips, in a crimping machine (KM) having an inlet region (3), a squeezing zone (6) formed between two transport rollers (4, 5), and a compression channel (7), comprising the following steps: a) simultaneously feeding in parallel a plurality of fiber strips (1, 2) via the inlet region (3), wherein the fiber strips are guided separately in the inlet region (3), using a first separating device (31), b) simultaneously transporting and compacting in parallel the fiber strips in the squeezing zone (6) by way of the two transport rollers (4, 5), and c) simultaneously crimping in parallel the fiber strips in the compression channel (7), wherein the fiber strips are guided separately in method step b) by using a second separating device (61) and in method step c) by using a third separating device (71), and wherein the first, second and third separating devices (31, 61, 71) are designed such that the separate guidance in parallel of the fiber strips takes place from the inlet region (3) through the squeezing zone (6) into the compression channel (7) without interruption. Moreover, the invention relates to an apparatus for executing said method. The invention enables the simultaneous formation of a plurality of separate, crimped fiber strips, having a substantially constant and symmetric crimping characteristic over the respective entire fiber strip cross-section, and in particular also cost-effective production of crimped filter tow strips, having a low overall titer, by avoiding the phenomenon of the split-off edge, by way of a conventional spinning and crimping machine.
The use of poly-aluminum chloride and alum for the treatment of partially stabilized leachate: A comparative study

Abstract Coagulation–flocculation as a relatively simple physical–chemical technique was applied in this work. Polymeric forms of metal coagulants which are increasingly applied in water treatment are not well documented in leachate treatment. This study examined poly-aluminum chloride (PAC) and aluminum sulfate (alum) in treating a partially stabilized leachate, and compared attained results in respect to the removal of chemical oxygen demand (COD), turbidity, color and total suspended solid (TSS). Series of coagulation–flocculation tests were carried out to optimize the coagulant dose, pH, and operating conditions (speed and time for rapid and slow mixing). Optimum coagulant dose (OpCD) and pH were respectively found at 1.9 g/L and 7.5 for PAC, and 9.4 g/L and 7 for alum. A concurrent optimization of speed and time of mixing resulted in a considerable enhancement in COD removal: 84.50% and 56.76% for alum and PAC, respectively. Using PAC, almost complete removals for physical parameters of leachate (turbidity: 99.18%, color: 97.26%, and TSS: 99.22%) were achieved; whereas alum showed inferior removal (turbidity 94.82%, color 92.23%, and TSS 95.92%). However, results revealed PAC is not as efficient as alum for COD elimination, where the alum dose (9.4 g/L) was about fivefold that of PAC (1.9 g/L).
The Effect of Bank Specific and Macroeconomic Determinants of Banking Profitability: A Study on Bangladesh

The study designed to investigate bank specific and macroeconomic determinants of profitability considering 299 observations of 35 banks in Bangladesh during 2003 to 2013. The investigation process considers all types of local Bangladeshi banks, OLS fixed effect and two step system GMM model. The results report that credit risk, cost efficiency, GDP growth and real interest rate effects profitability negatively; and capital adequacy, liquidity, size, inflation and stock market turnover effect profitability positively. The results further find that both development banks and private commercial banks are more profitable than public commercial banks in Bangladesh. Furthermore, the study finds that ROAA is most preferred measure of profitability. The study formulates some significant policy implications for improving the profitability of the banking sector of Bangladesh.
Real-Time tracking of whisker kinematics for closed-loop neuroscientific experiments

We study the sensorimotor adaptation in the cerebellum with the whiskers of the mouse as a model system. The whiskers are a sophisticated sensorimotor apparatus with which the mouse actively profiles its immediate 3D environment by swiftly whisking. To estimate distances, orientation and texture of its surroundings, the mouse uses a ‘maximum contact, minimum penetration’ scheme, with sensorimotor decisions taking place within as little as 10 ms. This scheme imposes the main experimental challenge to whisker-based studies: hair-like structures moving at high speeds need to be tracked accurately to ascribe whisker motion to cerebellar function. In order to capture the motion of the whiskers accurately, high-speed image acquisition at high frame rates (ca. 1000 fps) is required. On account of the paradigms developed to relate neural activity to whisker behavior, high-throughput and real-time whisker tracking are required. We have evaluated all presently available whisker-tracking tools that delivered the desired kinematics of whisker behavior. However, all have failed in terms of computational time and/or acquisition frequency, which rendered them unsuited both for offline use and for real-time applications. To address these limitations, we propose the commercialization of WhiskTrackGP, a high-performance image-acquisition and -processing platform for bleeding-edge neuroscientific experiments on behavior. WhiskTrackGP is a hardware-software platform that can recognize the kinematics of multiple whiskers simultaneously with minimal intervention from the experimenter. It is realized as powerful whisker-tracking software ported on a special hardware platform based on NVidia GP-GPUs and Maxeler Dataflow-Engines. We demonstrate accelerated offline video analysis in the order of 10000x (from an original processing time of 9.4 sec down to 0.9 msec). WhiskTrackGP comprises a “one-stop shop” solution for labs and companies active in the field of behavioral studies.
Green efficient outboards

Cimco Marine AB aims to pursue a major business opportunity by commercializing an innovative diesel outboard series, named “OXE” with superior USPs and high ROI. The product is based on an efficient automotive motor in combination with a revolutionary patented “Belt Propulsor Unit”, curbing the diesel motor´s torque (not possible before).

The main advantages of OXE are: 30-45% fuel savings (cheaper operation, less emission and increased range); reliability (less break-downs) and durability (20 times longer life-expectancy). With no similar products on the market the primary goal for OXE is to replace current fuel consuming, high emission gasoline outboards (150-400 HP) in the governmental, commercial and recreational craft marine market world-wide.120 000 outboard units are sold annually (€ 1,5 billion). Cimco´s goal is to supply 10% of the commercial market by 2020. A moderate estimation due to the expected demand and benefits.

The project is a perfect match to IT-2014/15 as it addresses challenges such as improving transportation, mobility and environment in parallel with accelerating growth, leadership and creating new job in Europe. The overall objective of the GEO (Green Efficient Outboard) project is to overcome pre-commercial barriers in order to launch OXE in 2017.

The objectives in this feasibility study will include e.g. improved business plan, IP strategy, distributor and production partner evaluation, technology risk reduction and a project plan to complete and demonstrate OXE (in phase 2). Cimco will execute the project in cooperation with their active owners (having vast expertise in expanding SME´s and Marine transport) and chosen 3rd parties well suited to support this project in a successful way.
A real-time answer to environmental heavy metal contamination

Heavy metals such as lead, cadmium, arsenic and mercury are toxic, causing neurological and kidney damage in humans, and can be lethal in high doses. Exposure to these metals is most commonly via a contaminated food-chain resulting from air, water and soil pollution caused by industries. The greatest hazard to human health is aquatic pollution as waterways allow for contaminant mobility facilitating entry into the food-chain through drinking water and the fishing industry. The EU restricts heavy metal emissions and thus waste water streams require regular testing. Currently, quantitative and accurate heavy metal water and wet soil testing is carried out using expensive lab-based chemical or spectroscopic techniques. These techniques require high levels of expertise and maintenance and do not allow real-time field testing, thus creating long waiting times for results, which can not only be costly but also allow for unchecked heavy metal leaching into the environment. This has created a need for rapid, efficient, accurate, field-adapted and affordable identification of heavy metal content in waterways and wet soil. Our company, Envic-Sense, founded by engineers Eva-Lena and Peter Gårdhagen in 2006, have developed FREEDD, a portable, fast, accurate and quantitative instrument that tackles these challenges and revolutionises how pollutants in the environment are measured. Our patented field-adapted alternative, based on quartz crystal microbalance technology, can accurately measure heavy metals in water in real-time in concentrations as low as 5 ng/l (cadmium), 0.1 g/l (mercury), 0.17 g/l (arsenic) and 20 g/l (lead).  We aim to revolutionise how pollutants in the environment are measured delivering a fast, reliable and quantitative results with uncompromising accuracy, enabling rapid pollutant containment and remediation. With FREEDD, Envic-Sense will triple in size over the next five years, create a new value chain and potentially hundreds of jobs.
IMPROVED PROCESS FOR MANUFACTURE OF LIQUID FUEL COMPONENTS FROM RENEWABLE SOURCES

The present invention related to a method for producing liquid fuel components from renewable oil. In this method a fresh feedstock comprising saturated fatty acids is subjected to dilution by an organic lipophilic solvent. The solvent has a low phosphorus and metal impurity content, less than 5 ppm and less than 10 ppm, respectively. Dilution is performed before and/or during purification by at least one pretreatment process for removal of phosphorus and metal impurities. Subsequently, the resulting purified feedstock is fed into at least one post- treatment process suitable for producing liquid fuel components.
Structural dynamics of protein complexes by solid-state nmr

Multidrug resistant bacteria that render worthless the current arsenal of antibiotics are a growing global problem. This grave challenge could be tackled by polyketide synthases (PKSs), which are gigantic modular enzymatic assembly lines for natural products. PKSs could be developed for industry to produce chemically difficult to synthesize drugs, but cannot be harnessed until we understand how they work on the molecular level. However, such understanding is missing because we cannot easily investigate large complexes with current structural biology and modeling methods. A key puzzle is how the function of these multicomponent systems emerges from atomic-scale interactions of their parts. Solving this puzzle requires a holistic approach involving measuring and modeling the relevant interacting parts together. 
Our goal is to develop a multidisciplinary approach rooted in solid and solution state NMR that will make possible studies of complexes from PKSs. The two main challenges for the NMR of PKSs are increasing sensitivity and resolution. Recent innovations from our lab allow application of solid-state to study large complexes in 2–10 nanomole quantities. Building on this approach, with a protein-antibody complex as a test case, we will develop new NMR methods that will enable a study of structure and motions of domains in complexes. We will probe, for the first time, the structural dynamics of PKSs of enacyloxin and gladiolin, which are antibiotics against life-threatening multidrug resistant hospital-acquired Acinetobacter baumannii infections and tuberculosis. These studies will guide rational engineering of the PKSs to enable synthetic biology approaches to produce new antibiotics. 
If successful, this project will go beyond the state of the art by: enabling studies of unknown proteins in large complexes and providing unique insights into novel mechanisms for controlling biosynthesis in PKSs, turning them into truly programmable synthetic biology devices.
Türkiye’de Seçilmiş Bazı İllerde Arı Ürünlerinin Tüketim Alışkanlıklarının ve Farkındalık Düzeylerinin Belirlenmesi

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the factors affecting the consumption of bee products and honey and also determine consumption habits and awareness of bee products in some selected province in Turkey. The main material of the study was formed by the original survey data which were collected from randomly selected 1112 people from Batman, Bursa, Diyarbakır, Erzincan, Kayseri, Kırşehir, Mersin, Muğla, Muş, Ordu, and Samsun as random provinces in 2014. The data in the study were examined in two parts. The first part consisted of the consumption habits and awareness of honey, whereas the preferences of individuals usage of bee product such as pollen, propolis, royal jelly and bee venom were examined in the second part. Multivariate logistic regression model was applied for each section including variables data for bee products. According to the survey, it was found that 39.6% of consumers consumed honey between 0-500 grams on a monthly basis. 51.2% of consumers bought honey from beekeepers, and 41% of them stated that they received from the market and bazaar. 5.9% of consumers believe the advertisement on television about bee product. 45.8% of consumers using honey stated that they could understand the quality of the honey. The proportion of consumers who kept a trademark for bee products was determined as 52.7%. Age of the consumer, honey that where consumers bought, honey brand preference and convincing of honey advertisement were significant for P
Fostering institutional transformation of r&i policies in european universities

Since its inception, the European University Network FORTHEM has boosted cooperation between its participating institutions. With this proposal, FORTHEM plans to intensify common R&I activities, promote joint concepts and strategies, foster the co-creation of science, and reduce inequalities between members by sharing good practices and resources, both technological and human. FIT FORTHEM will build up knowledge and structures, including a virtual joint support centre, leading to an efficient pooling of resources and providing a home for FORTHEM’s activities in R&I and social, cultural and entrepreneurial interaction. A dedicated WP will nurture a deep mutual understanding between all actors, and another WP will ensure mutual exchange both internally and with external stakeholders. We will develop common agendas for R&I activities including a joint open science policy, plan the efficient use of common or shared resources, and reinforce a lively intersectoral exchange. In doing so, the specificities of each member will be taken into account to receive tailored support. Activities will be supported by seven FORTHEM Labs, designed to advance collaborative research and establish new forms of cooperation. These co-creation labs will formulate needs and test new models and be the incubators of transformation in FIT FORTHEM.  As a result, FIT FORTHEM will significantly contribute to making FORTHEM a united entity with strong higher education and R&I strategies and tight links to its socio-economic environment. It will promote well-functioning living FORTHEM Labs that excel in research and breed a solid innovative and entrepreneurial spirit. FIT FORTHEM will join forces with local, regional, and European networks, and current and future alliances in order to maximize this effect. Since FORTHEM is potentially representative of around 90% of universities in Europe, FIT FORTHEM can provide reproducible models in the upcoming transformation processes faced by all universities.