SIRIS-Lab/unlabelled-sti-corpus huggingface dataset:
Monolithic optoelectronic devices on silicon

Nowadays, microelectronics set the pace for the whole knowledge-based economy and society in terms of the ever rising demand for mobile devices and the exponentially growing internet data transfer. However, the widening gap between the increasing number of transistors on a single Si chip and the delivered performance indicates the approaching limits of classical device scaling. Additionally, this miniaturization results in severe energy dissipation in the interconnection of devices. A smart way to overcome this emerging power consumption crisis is to avoid heating by replacing the on-chip and/or chip-to-chip electrical interconnects with optical interconnects. Due to their direct bandgap, III-V compounds are ideal for the integration of photonics with Si-based electronics on the very same chip. This would enable large-scale optoelectronics integration hindered so far by coupling- and overlay issues introduced by state-of-the-art III-V bonding on Silicon. 
MODES will develop and investigate a novel approach for self-aligned monolithic integration of active and passive III-V optoelectronic devices on a Silicon platform. It focuses on the optimization of GaAs- and InP-based III-V growth within customized oxide templates. Moreover, this research aims at designing and fabricating doped, defect-free III-V heterostructures for electrically-driven optoelectronic devices integrated on Si. 
Owing to his experience in epitaxy as well as fabrication and characterization of group IV photonics, i.e. laser devices, the fellow complements ideally the competences of the group in III-V epitaxy and fabrication as well as knowledge of design and characterization of optoelectronic devices. 
Three objectives will be pursued: 1) Growth and integration of III-V material with Si-on-insulator waveguides 2) Design and fabrication of passive and active photonic devices based on integrated III-V materials and Si waveguides 3) Optical and electrical characterization of the photonic components.
Accelerate and promote the Alpine Start-up Ecosystem

Although including top innovative areas in EU, AS innovation capabilities and overall competitiveness lag behind those of key EU hubs.There is great potential to grow innovative entrepreneurship but few dynamic connections boost fast growing alpine ventures today. An AS Start up ecosystem boost needs to be implemented. Finance is not the top issue for scaling business,it’s about finding the talent, skilled workforce, building leadership and getting access to markets. Alpine fast growing SMEs account for a large share of employment expansion. _x000D_
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4)design & test innovative public-private support schemes, corporate and capital matching, talent attraction, open market access improving innovation within entrepreneurial life cycle. _x000D_
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Project innovative integrated approach derives from START UP GENOME and lean start up methodology to scale ventures, applied on local mapping & action plan developed by Piemonte stakeholders shared with project partners; a dedicated cooperative, participatory inclusive workflow based on EU Start up Manifesto declined in AS open webplatform; policy piloting exercise focusing talent attractiveness and scale up. Transnational approach value: sharing methods, peer quality reviews, knowledge and resources network, economies of scale in launching & communicating AS to target groups, easy to achieve project sustainability and execution plan.EEN and EUSALP relevant action group will be involved to spread and scale up project results at territorial and EU level.
Lamotrigine rechallenge after a skin rash. A combined study of open cases and a meta-analysis

Abstract Objective To determine the safety of lamotrigine rechallenge after a first episode of skin rash in bipolar patients. Method An open cases prospective study was conducted with patients, who developed a skin rash when first treated with lamotrigine, were refractory to other treatments, and were offered lamotrigine rechallenge using a different dose titration. Additionally a review was performed on previous skin rash management strategies and lamotrigine rechallenge reports. Results Every 3 out of 10 lamotrigine rechallenge patients required drug interruption due to persistent rash. One of them was potentially serious and resolved by stopping the lamotrigine. The review of available literature identified several lamotrigine rechallenge studies with rates of positive results varying between 70% and 87% depending on the study. No patient developed Stevens–Johnson syndrome or toxic epidermal necrolysis after rechallenge. The rate of rash was higher when rechallenge began between 4 weeks from initial rash (19% vs 7%, P = .001) and decreased when first rash showed no potentially serious signs (0% vs 19%, P = .01). Conclusions Rechallenge is a viable option after a benign lamotrigine-induced rash, and can even be rechallenged after rash with greater precautions when there exists one or two potentially serious signs. In cases of more serious rash there are no reliable data available on rechallenge safety and it may pose a significant risk. In those cases rechallenge should better be avoided between 4 weeks from first rash.
INTEGRIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONISTS

The present invention relates to compounds and derivatives thereof, their synthesis, and their use as integrin receptor antagonists. More particularly, the compounds of the present invention are antagonists of the integrin receptors alpha v beta 3, alpha v beta 5 and/or alpha v DOLLAR (b)6 and are useful for inhibiting bone resorption, treating and preventing osteoporosis, and inhibiting vascular restenosis, diabetic retinopathy, macular degeneration, angiogenesis, atherosclerosis, inflammation, inflammatory arthritis, viral disease, and tumor growth and metastasis.
MODIFIED POLYOLEFIN SURFACES

Surface modifieable polyolefins are disclosed that allow for the covalent attachment of further chemical entities. The surface modification does not leach from the polyolefin. Example embodiments include the covalent bonding of antimicrobial chemical entities to the modified surfaces to provide antimicrobial polyolefin films and fibres for use in packaging and non- wovens.
Role of metal 3D printing to increase quality and resource-efficiency in the construction sector

Demand for the construction of new structures is increasing all over the world. Since the construction sector dominates the global carbon footprint, new construction methods are needed with reduced embodied carbon and high resource efficiency to realize a sustainable future. In this direction, Metal Additive Manufacturing, also known as metal 3D printing, can be an opportunity. Many studies are underway to answer open questions about the metal 3D printing processes and products for high-tech industries. The construction sector must join the metal 3D printing research more actively to enrich the knowledge and experience on this technology, and correctly adapt the process parameters suitable to the construction sector requirements. This paper states the opinion of a research group composed of academics and practitioners from Europe, the US, Japan, and South Africa on how metal 3D printing can be a complementary tool/technology to conventional manufacturing to increase productivity rates, and reduce the costs and CO2 emissions in the construction industry.
Organic semiconductors interfaced with biological environments

Transducing information to and from biological environments is essential for bioresearch, neuroscience and healthcare. There has been recent focus on using organic semiconductors to interface the living world, since their structural similarity to bio-macromolecules strongly favours their biological integration. Either water-soluble conjugated polyelectrolytes are dissolved in the biological medium, or solid-state organic thin films are incorporated into bioelectronic devices. Proof-of-concept of versatile applications has been demonstrated – sensing, neural stimulation, transduction of brain activity, and photo-stimulation of cells. However, progress in the organic biosensing and bioelectronics field is limited by poor understanding of the underlying fundamental working principles. Given the complexity of the disordered, hybrid solid-liquid systems of interest, gaining mechanistic knowledge presents a considerable scientific challenge. The objective of OSIRIS is to overcome this challenge with a high-end spectroscopic approach, at present essentially missing from the field. We will address: 1) The nature of the interface at molecular and macroscopic level (assembly of polyelectrolytes with bio-molecules, interfacial properties of immersed organic thin films). 2) How the optoelectronics of organic semiconductors are affected upon exposure to aqueous environments containing electrolytes, biomolecules and cells. 3) How information is transduced across the interface (optical signals, thermal effects, charge transfer, electric fields, interplay of electronic/ionic transport). Via spectroscopy, we will target relevant optoelectronic processes with ultrafast time-resolution, structurally characterize the solid-liquid interface using non-linear sum-frequency generation, exploit Stark shifts related to interfacial fields, determine nanoscale charge mobility using terahertz spectroscopy in attenuated total reflection geometry, and simultaneously measure ionic transport.
Critical Zone Science in the Anthropocene: Opportunities for biogeographic and ecological theory and praxis to drive earth science integration

Critical Zone Science (CZS) represents a powerful confluence of research agendas, tools, and techniques for examining the complex interactions between biotic and abiotic factors located at the interface of the Earth’s surface and shallow subsurface. Earth’s Critical Zone houses and sustains terrestrial life, and its interacting subsystems drive macroecological patterns and processes at a variety of spatial scales. Despite the analytical power of CZS to understand and characterize complicated rate-dependent processes, CZS has done less to capture the effects of disturbance and anthropogenic influences on Critical Zone processes, although some Critical Zone Observatories focus on disturbance and regeneration. Methodological approaches from biogeography and ecology show promise for providing Critical Zone researchers with tools for incorporating the effects of ecological and anthropogenic disturbance into fine-grained studies of important Earth processes. Similarly, mechanistic insights from CZS can inform biogeographical and ecological interpretations of pattern and process that operate over extensive spatial and temporal scales. In this paper, we illustrate the potential for productive nexus opportunities between CZS, biogeography, and ecology through use of an integrated model of energy and mass flow through various subsystems of the Earth’s Critical Zone. As human-induced effects on biotic and abiotic components of global ecosystems accelerate in the Anthropocene, we argue that the long temporal and broad spatial scales traditionally studied in biogeography can be constructively combined with the quantifiable processes of energy and mass transfer through the Critical Zone to answer pressing questions about future trajectories of land cover change, post-disturbance recovery, climate change impacts, and urban hydrology and ecology.
Gender, Conversation Analysis, and the Anatomy of Membership Categorization Practices

This paper describes and illustrates recent developments in the study of identity using membership categorization and conversation analysis. It focuses particularly on identifying and unpacking some practices through which people construct gender-based categorial phrases and formulations, and how these practices are put to use to accomplish social actions including accounting, complaining, or denying. Drawing on data from a variety of interactional sites, I show how speakers build different categorial practices from particular component features, within or across a sequence of turns, and how they work to formulate idiomatic-style phrases that ‘package’ cultural knowledge (e.g., “that’s lads for you”, “I would never hit a woman”). When speakers produce such phrases, they invite recipients to display recognition of, or collaboratively develop, the construction of a cultures categories, as the basis for moving through courses of action.
Strip, bind, and search

A typical large building contains thousands of sensors, monitoring the HVAC system, lighting, and other operational sub-systems. With the increased push for operational efficiency, operators are relying more on historical data processing to uncover opportunities for energy-savings. However, they are overwhelmed with the deluge of data and seek more efficient ways to identify potential problems. In this paper, we present a new approach called the Strip, Bind and Search (SBS); a method for uncovering abnormal equipment behavior and in-concert usage patterns. SBS uncovers relationships between devices and constructs a model for their usage pattern relative to other devices. It then flags deviations from the model. We run SBS on a set of building sensor traces; each containing hundred sensors reporting data flows over 18 weeks from two separate buildings with fundamentally different infrastructures. We demonstrate that, in many cases, SBS uncovers misbehavior corresponding to inefficient device usage that leads to energy waste. The average waste uncovered is as high as 2500~kWh per device.
STABLE FREE RADICAL–ASSISTED MECHANICAL DEVULCANIZATION OF CARBON BLACK–FILLED NATURAL RUBBER VULCANIZATES

ABSTRACT The issue of recombining of the radicals formed from cross-link scission and the consequent reformation of once-cleaved cross-links during mechanical devulcanization of carbon black–filled NR vulcanizates was investigated in a two-roll mill by the addition of the stable free radical 4-hydroxy-TEMPO (4HT), formerly 4-hydroxy-2, 2, 6, 6-tetramethylpiperidine-N-oxyl free radical. The effect of concentration of 4HT (0–6 pounds per hundred of rubber [phr]) and the effect of cure system, that is, conventional, semi-efficient (EV), and EV, used for vulcanization of the original sample on the efficiency of devulcanization were determined from the residual cross-link density of the gel part of the devulcanized rubber and the percent devulcanization, and further from revulcanizate properties. Chemical probe analysis of the devulcanized sample disclosed that (i) mechanical shearing predominantly breaks the majority cross-link type that decides the associated percent devulcanization; (ii) shear-induced chain-shortening reactions of polysulfidic cross-links occur at ambient conditions, increasing the absolute value of monosulfidic links irrespective of the significant reduction in total cross-link density due to cross-link scission; (iii) re–cross-linking of once cleaved bonds is being arrested in the presence of 4HT, thereby increasing the percent devulcanization. Both the bond energy of the cross-link type to be cleaved and the recombining capacity of the broken cross-links seem to play a decisive role in percent devulcanization, and the probable mechanism involved is suggested.
Grandi eventi e rigenerazione urbana negli anni della grande trasformazione di Genova: 1992-2004

Great events have played a crucial role in the urban transformations that have been taken place in Genoa over the past 20 years, both for the huge investments they required and for the way they have redefined the city image. Urban transformation, upgrading and maintenance, all of which have affected the historical centre and the waterfront, have contributed decisively to reversing the process of physical, economic and social degradation which was devouring many parts of the city centre. The great operation of urban transformation, re-qualification and maintenance which saw as protagonists the historical centre of Genoa and the waterfront of the Porto Antico (ancient harbour), began in 1992 in the year of the Columbus Expo, celebration the 500 th anniversary of the discover of America, and was later continued and evolved by the G8 Summit, held in Genoa July 2001, and by Genoa European Capital of Culture in 2004. These great events have contributed, in a decisive way, to trigger processes of reversing the trends of declining physical, economic and social, which were acting in many parts of the central area of the city, allowing, through the creation of a new waterfront space open at the city, the connection between the historic port basin and the ancient nucleus of the city. The binomial waterfront-historical centre, characterised all the more substantial urban policies decisions in the 1990s and the first few years of the 2000, likewise catalysing the greatest interest and most of the financing, so consequently, the interest in this area has progressively grown to the value representative of the whole city.
Promotion of the Polish brand of clothing company “Barbaras” – a Polish producer of branded children’s hats and accessories for each season, through participation in promotional activities provided for in the programme of promotion of the MODA POLSKA industry.

Reference number of the aid programme: SA 42799(2015/X) Purpose of public aid:_Art.19 The project will consist of participation in the programme of promotion of the MODA POLSKA industry, within the PKD resulting from CEIDG of the company, as well as those indicated in this programme, i.e. 14.19.Z – Manufacture of other clothing and clothing accessories. The scope of the project will concern promotional activities specified in the MODA POLSKA industry programme and will be implemented in accordance with the deadlines specified therein. Barbaras is a Polish manufacturer of children’s hats and accessories for them. As part of the project, it will promote its products on foreign markets, through participation in six trade fair events as an exhibitor in selected locations, indicated in the industry promotion programme, i.e. CJF Moscow (September 2017 and 2018), Pitti Immagine Bimbo Florence (January 2018 and 2019) MAGIC Las Vegas (February 2018) and CPM Moscow (February 2019). Exhibition stands and information and promotional materials will be prepared for the fair. In addition, within the framework of the industry programme, it is planned to purchase advisory and training services in the field of internationalisation in the prospective market. Among the prospective markets identified in the programme, the company chose Russia. In recent years, the economic crisis has led to a decline in exports to Russia. As the company on the Russian market has a good reputation, it has a great chance of increasing its presence again even in difficult conditions of crisis. However, this requires new expert preparation, the purchase of advisory and training services, participation in trade fairs and marketing activities. The company needs to market a new more accessible product. With expert assistance, a new offer will be prepared to increase the share in the Russian markets. In addition, an incoming economic mission will be organised. The project will be financed with own resources so as to maintain liquidity guarantee
Big data in chemistry

The advent of the big data era in chemistry and the life sciences requires the development of new computational analysis methods, which are not only of scientific, but also economic relevance. Currently, the international data market already grows six times faster than the entire IT sector, and growth rates further increase. Achieving and sustaining a leadership positions in the big data arena represent critically important challenges for the EU. The economic developments in the emerging big data field are science-driven. Due to complexity and heterogeneity of biochemical and biomedical data, large-scale data exploration and exploitation are intrinsically interdisciplinary tasks. BIGCHEM positions itself at interfaces between chemistry, computer science, and the life science to provide well-structured multidisciplinary training and educate high-in-demand computational specialists capable of operating in interdisciplinary and international research and business settings. Cornerstones of BIGCHEM’s curriculum include on-line lectures and periodic schools taught by internationally leading experts in chemical and life science informatics, a balanced consortium of academia, SMEs, and large industry, and an unprecedented symbiosis of academic and industrial training and application components. Accordingly, BIGCHEM is well positioned to boost multilateral collaborations between academia and industry and train scientists who are highly competitive in the international big data market. In BIGCHEM’s R&D and training activities, the development and evaluation of conceptually novel methods for large-scale data analysis, knowledge extraction, and information sharing with demonstrated practical application potential take center stage. The network has a clearly defined policy for exploitation of new IP through wide involvement of target users, SMEs, and large industry facilitated by the experienced technology transfer department of the coordinator's team.
Boosting agricultural insurance based on earth observation data

To objective of the BEACON project is to develop a commercial service package that will enable insurance companies to exploit the untapped market potential of Agricultural Insurance, taking advantage of innovations in Earth Observation, weather intelligence and ICT / blockchain technology. BEACON will enable insurance companies to alleviate the effect of weather uncertainty when estimating risk for Agricultural Insurance products, reduce the number of on-site visits for claim verification, reduce operational and administrative costs for monitoring of insured indexes and contract handling, and design more accurate and personalized contracts. Through an early warning service they will be able to inform their customers (farmers) for potential crop risks related with weather conditions, and advise them to take all the necessary actions to mitigate the impact of weather in their crops. EO data derived by Copernicus Sentinel missions as well as by missions contributing to Copernicus will be used to develop the data products that will act as a complementary source to the information used by insurance companies to design their products and assess natural disasters. Weather intelligence based on data assimilation, numerical weather prediction and ensemble seasonal forecasting will be used to verify the occurrence of a catastrophic weather event and to predict future perils. ICT / blockchain technology will be used for the smart contract service, to provide insurance companies with an automated method for paying out damages to insured parties. The BEACON services will be deployed in the operational environment of more than 10 companies in the insurance sector, openly demonstrating and validating its value proposition and acceptance as a marketable commercial solution. A business model will be developed and validated using the Lean Start-up methodology, and a global roll-out of BEACON will be designed.