SIRIS-Lab/unlabelled-sti-corpus huggingface dataset:
Performance evaluation of CIR based location fingerprinting

Location fingerprinting has received considerable attention as a practical solution to the indoor localization problem. Specifically Received Signal Strength (RSS) based fingerprinting has been studied extensively and some improvements in performance have been reported for certain pattern recognition algorithms. Recently channel impulse response (CIR) based fingerprinting received attention due to its potential for significant improvements in accuracy. The performance evaluation of CIR fingerprinting, however, has not been addressed adequately in literature. This paper presents the performance evaluation of CIR location fingerprinting in an indoor environment. A simulation framework has been developed using the Ray-Tracing software to emulate the indoor wireless channel. The CIR-based simulation results showed noticeable improvements in the location estimation compared to the RSS-based approach. The paper highlights new findings for some parameters that affect the performance of the CIR-based fingerprinting with respect to the system bandwidth and training point spacing.
A taxonomy of utility model patents application strategy

The utility model technology with a short life-cycle and is easy to copy characteristics grant rights without going through a substantive examination and are promoted for small and medium enterprise (SMEs) by some countries- Germany, Japan, Korea or China. The purpose of this paper is to understand how people adopted the utility model to protect their innovation by investigating the types of application strategies of 179,349 utility model patents and 16,234 technology evaluation reports during 2004 to 2011 in Taiwan. Two variables make up the construct of patent application strategy, namely and The taxonomy result identifies three categories of patent application strategy-analysis pattern, combination pattern and focus pattern by using two variables- the ratio of patent and utility model and the ratio of technology evaluation report and utility model and using three variables- the number of utility patent, the number of utility model patent and the number of technology evaluation report, to validate the naming of cluster. Besides, the results showed that although utility model have lower technical and economic value than patents, utility model still applied by many companies, especially for SMEs and personal inventors.
Working capital subsidy for the Commercial and Service Company AKCES Andrzej Czarnecki – project number RPSW.02.05.00-26-15406/20

The project concerns support to the company to provide liquidity and to support its day-to-day operations in view of the financial difficulties that have occurred in the company as a result of the COVID-19 outbreak. Financial aid under scheme SA.57015.
Process for preparing polyimides.

A process for preparing a polyimide by reaction of a diamine and a tetracarboxylic dianhydride to obtain a polyamide acid and subjecting the polyamide acid to conversion into a polyimide thermally or chemically. The reaction in the process is carried out in the presence of at least one dicarboxylic anhydride selected from the group consisting of aliphatic dicarboxylic anhydrides and aromatic dicarboxylic anhydrides, and the amount of the tetracarboxylic dianhydride is in the range of from 0.9 to 1.0 mole per mole of the diamine and the amount of the dicarboxylic anhydride is in the range of from 0.001 to 1.0 mole per mole of the diamine. The resultant polyimides exhibit good thermal stability at high temperatures and good forming processability even at low temperatures.
2D trifunctional catalysts for electrochemical energy conversion and storage

The World is currently in a state of an energy and climate crisis. The World’s fossil fuel reserves are predicted to be depleted in the next century. Due to this and the increase in global warming, EU policies have called for the decrease use of carbon-based fossil fuels and the development of alternative energy resources. Hence, it is of paramount importance to conduct research into alternative energy conversion and storage technologies now. 
Electrolytic water splitting is an attractive process for producing clean hydrogen which can be used in a fuel cell to make electricity. The electrochemical energy needed for water splitting and fuel cells could be generated by materials that can hold efficient charge in the electrochemical double layer or in Faradaic regions e.g. supercapacitor materials. Unfortunately, these technologies (electrolysers, fuel cells and supercapacitors) are still under major research as the ‘state-of-the-art’ catalysts currently used are uneconomical. 
The development and rational design of new, cheap and active electrodes as tri-functional catalysts for these three alternative energy technologies is one avenue to explore to reach the goals set out by the various EU polices. 2D Transition Metal Oxide (TMO) materials may be the answer to this problem, as when compared to their bulk counterparts, 2D materials are more conductive and exhibit interesting properties. 
Currently, in the literature there are no trifunctional catalysts for the aforementioned alternative energy applications based on 2D TMO materials (source: Scopus, terms: 2D TMO materials/water splitting/ fuel cells/ supercapacitors). Hence this fellowship will investigate just that.
The proposed multifunctional energy storage and conversion catalysts, in this fellowship, will be a first in the energy/materials field and will contribute a plethora of knowledge to current literature.  I, the applicant, along with the Nicolosi group have the combined tools and knowledge to achieve this.
A drosophila model for understanding the basis of meniere’s disease

Too little is known about the complex hearing impairments and vestibular syndromes that develop in adults during their life course; new insights and novel scientific models are required. My project focuses on Meniere’s Disease (MD), a multifactorial impairment of the inner ear characterized by varying grades of (i) adult onset sensorineural hearing loss, (ii) episodic vertigo and (iii) tinnitus. During my PhD, I devised new approaches to decipher the genetic factors contributing to MD by combining whole exome sequencing and bioinformatic analysis. I identified candidate genes for MD and validated the expression of the associated proteins in two functional domains of the human and rodent inner ear: the sensory epithelial sheets of the vestibular system and the auditory Organ of Corti. To understand the functional importance of MD candidate genes, and their interplay with environmental factors, requires an experimentally tractable in vivo model. I here propose to use the hearing and balance system of Drosophila melanogaster as an in vivo model of MD. This will involve devising and employing novel experimental tools, such as novel tests of hearing and vestibular function, genome-wide transcription studies (RNA-Seq) and bioinformatics analysis. The project will provide a better understanding of the heterogeneous landscape of adult-onset inner ear pathologies, which will inform new therapeutic and diagnostic strategies.
Uso e continuidade de cursos online na gestão do Conhecimento

RESUMO Objetivo: identificar os fatores que podem influenciar no uso e continuidade de cursos on-line abertos voltados para a capacitação e aperfeiçoamento de funcionários de uma empresa varejista da cidade de Curitiba-PR em períodos de isolamento social. Método: O estudo foi realizado utilizando-se como base uma extensão do Modelo de Aceitação da Tecnologia (TAM) com a incorporação de variáveis externas. Para a coleta de dados, utilizou-se de questionário desenvolvido por Wu e Chen (2017) que foi disponibilizado aos respondentes por meio da plataforma Google Docs, sendo a população composta de 900 funcionários com retorno de 72 respondentes. Por se tratar de uma série de relações de dependência simultâneas, o tratamento dos dados foi realizado por meio da técnica de modelagem de equações estruturais (SEM). Principais Resultados: permitem inferir que as variáveis do modelo TAM ainda continuam sendo as melhores preditoras da intenção e continuação do uso de tecnologias, enquanto as variáveis externas propostas não apresentaram efeito sobre as variáveis originais do modelo, salientando a importância da percepção da facilidade de uso e da utilidade percebida para a aceitação e continuidade do uso dessas tecnologias por parte de seus usuários. Principais Contribuições: a pesquisa contribui para o arcabouço teórico sobre fatores que podem influenciar a formação de profissionais por meio do uso de tecnologias, além de contribuir para diagnosticar esses fatores em situações práticas que apresentem o mesmo contexto. Palavras-chave: Tecnologias de informação e comunicação; Modelo de aceitação de Tecnologias; cursos on-line abertos.
WATER INTAKE SYSTEM AND FLOATING VESSEL EQUIPPED WITH SUCH A SYSTEM

A vessel (100) floating in a body of water and comprising a water intake system (10), said water intake system (10) including within the hull of the vessel an intake compartment (18) for taking in water from the body of water and a distribution compartment (20) for distributing and supplying the water to one or more consumer units within the floating vessel. The intake compartment (18) is arranged below a lowest operational draught (51) of the vessel and has an inlet (14) in a bottom region of the intake compartment. The intake compartment (18) is coupled by a conduit (27) to the distribution compartment for allowing water to flow into the distribution compartment (20). The water intake system further includes a water lift hose (12) that is connected to the inlet (14) and is extendible below the hull of the vessel.
Behavioural principles of large-scale cooperation

Global warming and Covid19 are two prime examples of problems that require cooperation at a very large scale. A failure to cooperate, that is, to act in one’s self-interest rather than the collective interest, could spell a bleak future for humanity. When are people prepared to play their part in the solution of these fundamental problems? 
Current behavioural models of cooperation from across the social sciences, including economics, are inadequate for answering this fundamental question, because they typically focus on one narrow aspect of people’s behaviour, but people might be motivated by different factors at the same time. Hence, to make progress, an integrated approach is needed.  
The major ambition of my interdisciplinary research programme is to achieve synergy by combining insights and methods from economics, sociology, and moral and social psychology into a novel experimentally tested framework thereby making a major step forward in the creation of a unified science of human cooperation. 
Rule following is the most basic behaviour to achieve large-scale cooperation. I will use it as a first step to develop, and experimentally test a comprehensive model of behavioural principles of cooperation.  Second, I will then employ the framework to systematically investigate behavioural links between previously disjointed behavioural principles as developed across the social sciences. I also use the model to provide comprehensive new behavioural analyses of the most important models of social dilemmas.  Finally, I will use the new framework in representative samples from major economies around the globe to explain people’s behaviour in relevant large-scale cooperation problems, most importantly caring for the climate, by using incentivised experiments. 
PRINCIPLES will equip researchers and policy makers across disciplines with behavioural principles, tools and data to study problems of cooperation using an interdisciplinary and experimentally tested framework.
Biopolus aero green - feasibility study

The objective of the innovation project is to bring to market a high-yield, highly automated aeroponic plant cultivation system suitable for resource efficient, high quality vegetable and fruit production in a limited physical footprint. This core technology and the associated supporting services are expected to be enablers of the widespread appearance of urban farms.
The system lessens agricultural land use. Moving production closer to the place of consumption enables reduction in transportation needs, emissions and food waste production. The aeroponic technology produces very high yields while using the fraction of water. The system has the following main economic benefits for the users:
• year-round crop production
• no weather-related crop failures
• no use of pesticides, herbicides
• use of 75-95 % less water than the same productive  technologies
• greatly reduced food-miles
• higher food security and safety
• high yield in crop production
User needs met by the system: demand for products with trustworthy proof of socially and environmentally responsible business practices, demand for chemical-free food products.
Targeted users are those SMEs and farmers who produce indoor, and those restaurants and supermarkets where day-to-day fresh fruits and vegetables are important.
Economic benefits and ecological impact are the main appeals of the technology. The feasibility assessment’s goal is to quantify these advantages which are major milestones toward successful commercialization.
Phase 2 plans are a first demonstration facility and building out full capacity of manufacturing.
European dimension: Flagship sustainable biological technologies like Biopolus Aero Green system can help the EU secure its leading position to address ecological challenges and achieve economic growth.
Global dimension: BAG system enables food production in urbanized areas and lessens dependence on outside sources and imported foods.
Bodies and Agentic Practice in Young Women’s Sexual and Intimate Relationships

This article contributes to theorizations of agency through a focus on how understandings of power within young women’s sexual and intimate relationships connect with their descriptions of feeling, reacting and sensuous bodies, to suggest why and how agentic practice takes place. Drawing on the narratives of 54 young women aged 16–18 years in one secondary school in England, findings concur with other literature which suggests that sensations experienced on or within the body can instigate (agentic) practice. Significantly, however, both physical and verbal practices are drawn on during agentic moments. Young women who discursively position themselves as ‘powerful’ integrate their bodies within such an understanding, using this integration to shore up the possibilities for agentic practice. Moving away from an understanding of practice as ‘accommodating’ and/or ‘resisting’ norms and inequalities, this article identifies four strategies described by the young women (assertive, refusing, proactive and interrogative) for facilitating more sustained agency.
An innovative e-park solution for ticketless and contactless entry, payment and exit from parking lots equipped with parking facilities of any manufacturers, consisting of a mobile application for parking customers and a management module for operators/owners of parking lots.

e-Parkuj gives you the opportunity to enter any car park equipped with devices of any manufacturer using a single application and the dissemination of information about the possibility of charging electric vehicles is in line with the trend of environmental policy in modern cities, striving to minimise costs generated by consumables, maintenance of equipment and service. There is a chance that the solution will be recommended for use by e.g. cities, airports, investors in chains of shopping malls, hotels, hospitals, owners of smaller parking lots. It can be possible to plan trips also for electric cars, to calculate the cost of parking and distance. The evolution of the product towards a planner of short trips, booking parking spaces, renting places after working hours, can allow the startup to enter new markets and integrate the product into existing applications. An important element is the use of NFC technology, which allows the user to pay for parking using the application and, on the other hand, it gives the possibility to owners and managers of car parks to greatly simplify the use of their facilities while significantly reducing the cost of materials, service and service. A comprehensive and cost-effective solution for managing parking infrastructure in car parks equipped with control systems offering functions such as remote management of parking access and the possibility to enter the parking lot without the need to collect a paper ticket, collect payments for charging and parking, inform drivers about available charging stations and parking spaces – E-park. Such a solution will be operated automatically without the need for ongoing involvement of employees in its service and service. This is particularly important in view of rising labour costs. It will also provide a lower risk of COVID-19 infection.
Enhancing the lutein content of marigold

Hudson River Biotechnology (HRB) aims to disrupt the global market for purified lutein. Marigold is the crop used to produce 95% of global pure lutein and we will significantly increase lutein content of this crop through manipulation of gene expression, based on an existing proof of concept. The technical feasibility of modulating gene expression in marigold (stable lines that can be regenerated) has been demonstrated. In this phase 1 project, HRB will further research the feasibility of this business case, with a focus on complying with relevant international regulatory aspects. In addition, we have a collaboration with Wageningen University, among the world’s foremost agricultural research institutes, to work towards a major technical milestone: proof of concept that manipulating gene expression in marigold results in significantly increased lutein yields. Both the technical feasibility and interest from the market are independently confirmed in attached letters of recommendation. One recommendation is from one of the largest commercial players in this market, who will also serve as an advisor to this project. As such, even though HRB is currently in startup phase, the project is well de-risked.
Effectiveness of Environmental Urban policies to improve Resources Efficiency

The urban dimension of the cohesion policy has been considerably reinforced for the period 14-20, recognising the relevant role of cities in the application of the Europe 2020 Strategy. This is particularly evident, once according to article 7.4 of its Regulation, Member States must allocate at least 5% of their national ERDF, within the framework of the investment for growth & job objective, to the support of sustainable urban development integrated strategies. These strategies are especially relevant for the improvement of urban environment quality and efficiency of the environmental management of EU urban areas. Thus, EURE proposes the exchange of experiences among managing authorities and local authorities (including their representatives/associations) of the policy instruments addressed by them to the development of ERDF Article 7, about the different ways they articulate the above mentioned 5%, for the improvement of environmental performance management of EU urban spaces, including the urban areas of low population density.

EURE main output are:
- Joint report about how the funds allocated by article 7 of the ERDF Regulation for the development of urban policies are being used for
- Thematic seminars about how the funds allocated by the ERDF article 7 for the development of urban policies are being used in the partners territories
- Action plans for improving the policy instruments addressed by the project.
Its main beneficiaries will be:
- Managing authorities responsible for the policy instruments that apply the article 7 of the ERDF Regulation funds – that will have structured and consensual measures to improve the efficiency of the application of those funds
- EU urban areas – that will have support to implement more resource-efficient urban policies and to improve their environmental performance management
- Citizens – that will enjoy of a better urban environment thanks to the new measures implemente
A independência do Brasil na historiografia escolar portuguesa (1880-1960)

RESUMO A historiografia escolar portuguesa buscou gerar certos consensos acerca da separação entre Brasil e Portugal. Objetivando revelá-los, consultamos um universo de 61 livros didáticos dirigidos às distintas fases da formação escolar lusitana de aquém e além-mar, publicados entre 1880-1960. O exame deste material demonstrará a sutileza das manobras analíticas em torno do melindroso tópico, as quais, via de regra, pretendiam minimizar o foco na ruptura histórica e em suas nefastas consequências para o Império português. Não obstante, o assunto também suscitou silêncios estratégicos, quando não a formulação de resumos superficiais, visando evitar que o episódio brasileiro se tornasse um paradigma de inspiração independentista em mãos de estudantes das escolas ultramarinas, que adotavam manuais elaborados na metrópole. Simultaneamente, discutiremos as transformações político-ideológicas e historiográficas que moldaram as abordagens escolares ao processo de autonomização do Brasil dentro do recorte cronológico proposto.
A Low Latency Decoder Architecture for Short Polar Codes

This paper presents a study on the complexity and performance of a decoder architecture for polar codes, which are relevant in the implementation of the 5G New Radio. Considering the importance of low latency communications in some 5G application scenarios, we propose an architecture based on non-binary belief propagation, as this kind of decoding technique is suited to a high level of parallelization w.r.t. standard decoders for this class of codes. Therefore, this architecture con be considered appropriate for the practical implementation of decoders characterized by low latency since it can achieve gains around 50% in the processing time for short codewords (256 bits).
Abnormal development of the cerebral cortex and cerebellum in the setting of lamin B2 deficiency

Nuclear lamins are components of the nuclear lamina, a structural scaffolding for the cell nucleus. Defects in lamins A and C cause an array of human diseases, including muscular dystrophy, lipodystrophy, and progeria, but no diseases have been linked to the loss of lamins B1 or B2. To explore the functional relevance of lamin B2, we generated lamin B2-deficient mice and found that they have severe brain abnormalities resembling lissencephaly, with abnormal layering of neurons in the cerebral cortex and cerebellum. This neuronal layering abnormality is due to defective neuronal migration, a process that is dependent on the organized movement of the nucleus within the cell. These studies establish an essential function for lamin B2 in neuronal migration and brain development.
Soil Types Extraction Based on MODIS Image

Abstract In the 1990s, the emergence of MODIS has caused to try new something in soil. This paper explores the soil extraction of secondary classification and accuracy based on computer supervised classification with MOIDIS data, topographic map and soil map data in fuyu country, heilongjiang province. The research indicates it's effective for using MODIS to extract soil speies classification and the extraction of homogeneous dividation can be realized and cultivates high accuracy, which indicates that MODIS spectral differences on soil target faint dividation have certain inversion ability and soil information extraction can be attained certain value of the classification results based on the spectral characteristics and auxiliary knowledge. It is a useful supplement for black soils secondary classification based on MODIS data and it is an effective means for black soil monitoring and protection.