SIRIS-Lab/unlabelled-sti-corpus huggingface dataset:
3D geological modelling and uncertainty analysis for 3D targeting in Shanggong gold deposit (China)

Abstract Three dimensional (3D) deposit-scale modelling was used to identify exploration targets at depth and evaluation of mineral resources including 3D geometry and attribute models. Constructing 3D deposit-scale model need to combine exploration boreholes, cross-sections, and geochemistry assays additional mining dataset. The Shanggong gold deposit is a magmatic hydrothermal deposit with an orogenic setting, and it is located in the south margin of North China Craton. On basis of the geological features of the Shanggong gold deposit, the 3D geology model and attribute modelling aims at potential targets identification and mineral resource estimation adopting different mining and exploration datasets and uncertainty analysis in 3D space. The methodology is summarized as follows: 1) the 3D geological bodies, such as stratum, fault, ore bodies model, constructed using GoCAD software, an initial range of 3D model is 15 × 13 × 3 km3; 2) Ordinary Kriging and discrete smooth interpolation (DSI) methods were used to analyze and identify the trend of the mineralization (Au) features in 3D space combined boreholes and the primary geochemical haloes dataset, and the Au/Pb ratio model is constructed using primary geochemical haloes data with DSI interpolation method; 3) the grade simulation modelling and assessing the uncertainty of the geometry and feature models using the geostatistical method. The results show as follows: 1) the high gold grade value zones are associated with intrusion and NE-trending and NNE-trending cross fault structures; 2) the high gold grade value blocks of Au/Pb ratio can be used to depict mineralization zones; 3) Ordinary Kriging and DSI methods can show the trend of the attribute model; 4) the simulation results can characterize the uncertainty of the 3D model through uncertainty analysis.
Sharpening the Norm Bound in the Subspace Perturbation Theory

Let A be a self-adjoint operator on a Hilbert space H. Assume that {\sigma} is an isolated component of the spectrum of A, i.e. dist({\sigma},{\Sigma})=d>0 where {\Sigma}=spec(A)\{\sigma}. Suppose that V is a bounded self-adjoint operator on H such that ||V||<d/2 and let L=A+V. Denote by P the spectral projection of A associated with the spectral set {\sigma} and let Q be the spectral projection of L corresponding to the closed ||V||-neighborhood of {\sigma}. We prove a bound of the form arcsin(||P-Q||)\leq M(||V||/d), M: [0,1/2)-->R^+, that is essentially stronger than the previously known estimates for ||P-Q||. In particular, the bound obtained ensures that ||P-Q||<1 and, thus, that the spectral subspaces Ran(P) and Ran(Q) are in the acute-angle case whenever ||V||<cd with c=0.454169... (the precise expression for c is also given). Our proof of the above results is based on using the triangle inequality for the maximal angle between subspaces and on employing the a priori generic \sin2\theta estimate for the variation of a spectral subspace. As an example, the boundedly perturbed quantum harmonic oscillator is discussed.
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More electric, advanced hydromechanics propeller control components.

The project proposal is aimed in category of Business Aviation/Short Range turboprop engines. The baseline core of ARDIDEN3 will be improved with focus, first of all upon combustion chamber for higher altitude operation, specific turbine and propulsive exhaust and specific control system. This way it will better fit with turboprop application. For this purpose the ARDIDEN3 core will be integrated with an innovative gear box, air inlet and advanced more electric propeller control system.
Objective of the project proposal is to research, design, manufacture test and verify a new advanced, more electric propeller control system consisting of Propeller Control Unit, Overspeed Governor and Auxiliary Oil Pump, useful for operational conditions of the improved Turboprop engine developed by Turbomeca. 
The objective will be achieved by the following steps:
1. Definition of propeller control system design specifications with respect to the increased level of power influences due to the specific characteristic of the improved Turboprop engine.
2. Design of the Propeller Control Unit, Overspeed Governor and Auxiliary Oil Pump.
3. Production of the Propeller Control System equipment.
4. Testing of the Propeller Control Unit, Overspeed Governor and Auxiliary Oil Pump within internal testing procedures, and validation within environmental external testing and verification directly on the Turboprop engine demonstrator, in order to demonstrate the achievements.
Based on the dynamic modeling, research and verification the new technical specifications will be established. Based on them a suitable, advanced more electric propeller control system will be designed, produced and tested.

JIHOSTROJ is a company experienced and approved for design and production of propeller governors. 
VZLU is a research and testing establishment with more than 90 years of experience and tradition in aerospace activities.
No association of single nucleotide polymorphisms involved in GHRL and GHSR with cancer risk: A meta-analysis

Ghrelin was associated with several of cancers. The conflict results of SNPs with GHRL and GHSR gene were demonstrated in different studies. Thus, this meta-analysis is to evaluate the associations.Systematic literature search was done on PubMed database up to October 2013. We used odds ratios (ORs) with 95% confidence intervals (CIs) to assess the strength of the association by a fixed-effect model and a random-effect model.A total of 7 studies, which included 3 studies for breast cancer, 2 for colorectal cancer, 1 for hepatocellular carcinoma, 1 for esophageal cancer and 1 for Non-Hodgkin lymphoma. When analyzed all the GHRL SNPs with all kinds of cancers, there was significantly difference with cancer patients compared with controls (Recessive model: OR 0.938, 95% CI 0.890-0.989, p=0.017), while no significant difference was existed in the additive model (OR 0.9903, 95% CI 0.957-1.024, p=0.558) and dominant model (OR 1.014, 95% CI 0.970-1.061, p=0.536). When analyzed all the GHSR SNPs with all kinds of cancers, no significant difference was observed.Our results suggest that the SNP with GHRL and GHSR might be weaker association with cancer risk, especially with breast cancer risk.
HEIGHT AND AZIMUTH ADJUSTABLE CONTAINERS

An airport inset light adjustable alignment container set provides a light fixture and support for airport runway, taxiway, or other aircraft ground traffic areas and variable length extension means for rotatably adjusting height by plus or minus 0.4 millimeter or more and azimuth alignment by about plus or minus one degree or more. For previously installed, old airport inset lights, a variable length extension assembly of the present invention can be connected to a fixed connecting flange for rotatably adjusting the height and azimuth alignment of a conventional, prior art airport inset light, e.g., one which has been previously installed without the benefit of the present invention. An overlay protection plate protects against paving material entering the light fixture support during airport paving operations and locates the light fixture support after the airport paving operations have covered it. The overlay protection plate is firmly held bolt-free on the light fixture support, and the pavement cover is removed in substantially one piece.
Crying on the knee

The project will build a smart road on a 2.7-kilometre section of Põlva County’s capital city of Põlva. The core of the Smart Road solution is a medium speed measurement system, supported by pedestrian crossings that monitor the traffic behaviour of all road users and signs showing feedback to drivers about traffic behaviour. Smart Road improves road safety through the development of drivers’ mobility habits.
Migration-Related risks caused by misconceptions of opportunities and requirement

The perception of Europe and individual European countries has a high impact on expectations and decisions of citizens from outside Europe (considering) coming to Europe, especially from countries of origin (COO) for migration. Misperceptions and targeted misinformation campaigns can lead to security threats. It is therefore crucial for border control and other relevant security agencies and policy makers to better understand how Europe is perceived abroad, detect discrepancies between image and reality, spot instances of media manipulation, and develop their abilities for counteracting such misconceptions and the security threats resulting from them.

The goal of the MIRROR project is to develop an integrated platform, a set of tools on top of this platform, as well as a systematic methodology for the comprehensive intermedia analysis of the perception of Europe, the detection of discrepancies between perception of and reality in Europe, and the creation of awareness for the impact of such misconceptions and the resulting threats, including hybrid threats. In a process driven by perception-specific threat analysis, the MIRROR project will combine methods of automated text, multimedia and social network analysis for various types of media (including social media) with empirical studies for creating a substantiated picture of the perception of Europe and for combining evidences from different sources.  Solutions developed in the project, including technology and actionable insights, will be thoroughly validated with border agencies and policy makers, e.g. via pilots. 

For achieving its goals, MIRROR brings together a strong multidisciplinary consortium combining research excellence experts in text and multimedia analysis, social network analysis, security research, social science, in particular communication science, law and ethics, gender research with commercial partners and border agencies as well as civil society organizations.
Social jet lag: avian solutions to misalignment between circadian clocks and social cues

Organisms and their cells exhibit alternating phases of activity and inactivity that are regulated by internal ~24h (circadian) clocks. These clocks synchronize to natural fluctuations in day-light, but also likely respond to other factors including the activity of the social group.

Here, we propose to investigate how individuals cope with misalignment between their circadian clock and social time (“social jet lag”) – a phenomenon studied in only few species (mainly humans and other mammals) and rarely tested in groups of more than two individuals. Specifically, we will investigate how groups achieve collective synchrony when their members have circadian clocks with different periods or entrained to different environmental cues. Multidisciplinary investigations (physiological, behavioural, and ecological) will be conducted on groups of Red Knots (Calidris canutus islandica) - the hosts’ well established avian model. The project will combine the applicant’s expertise in collecting and analysing extensive circadian datasets, the hosts’ experimental set up in the world’s only tidal aviaries, and the partner’s expertise on an array of circadian clock measurement tools, including a novel molecular method never experimentally applied in birds before.

This unique investigation of social jet lag in a non-human social animal will have three main implications. First, it will test the applicability of a new method to quantify circadian clocks for avian research in general. Second, it will reveal how individuals cope with social jet lag and synchronize to the timing of their group – an important topic in the field of ‘time research’ which, according to the recent “foresight” study, is one of six fields of key importance for scientific and technological development. Third, it will help us understand whether and how individuals, in a particular social setting, cope with fast environmental changes of the kind increasingly generated by human modification of habitat.
Pushing the limits of analytical characterization tools: How much is too much?

Abstract The world of nanotechnology would not exist without representative nanomaterials whose unique and extraordinary properties have opened a new dimension of research. Research activity in nanotechnology includes processing and/or fabrication, characterization, modeling studies, etc. Characterization/analytical tools are of pivotal importance for understanding the impact of nanomaterials on their properties, applications, and performance in nanotechnology. A plethora of analytical tools is in use today for characterization; each one has its strengths and limitations. However, it is important to realize that the relevance of any given analytical tool depends on certain parameters, e.g., length scale (dimension) of the material, its shape and form, simulated conditions (if any) needed for measurements, etc. Otherwise, analyses may become pointless with irrelevant or erroneous information. In this chapter, we aim to address such issues (along with representative cases) where a cautious understanding is sought for making researchers aware of the potential analytical errors/misjudgments. Efforts have been made to elucidate with different case studies specific examples of structural and thermal characterization techniques; X-ray diffraction and differential scanning calorimetry have been the two chosen analytical tools. Case studies will involve selected phenomena that are frequently used for analytical characterization purposes using these two tools. The analyses involving the selected characterization technique are aimed at revealing the risks of errors, different pathways of analyzing the same case, cautions needed for carrying out such tests at different length scales, etc. A whole range of materials, e.g., metal (and alloys), ceramic, polymer, protein, composites, etc., have been used (at various length scales) as examples to highlight the fact that the changes in the system of materials can also push analytical tools to their limits.
Aerobiological territorial mediterranean-oriental systemic network

The main goal of the ATMOSnet project is to improve and support the forecasting of draughts and desertification due to climate change in the Eastern Mediterranean area by transnational cooperation in monitoring and elaboration of pollen concentration in five municipalities and universities in Greece, Malta and South Italy. Southern European areas are predicted to become much drier with facing the risk of draughts and desertification. This might have significant consequences far agriculture, forestry, water supplies and tourism. Monitoring climate change can contribute to a further understanding of the phenomena and its impacts and serves as a basis far decision-makers far mitigation or adaptation measures. Monitoring the concentration of pollens in the atmosphere is a valid bio indicator far studying effects of draughts and desertification due to climate change. In general the increase of temperature which characterized the recent years has determined the modification on the timing of flowering in many herbaceous and arboreal plants. Many scientific works reported the relationships between the climatic changes and the pollen release in the atmosphere. In general in whole Continental Europe, as in the world, these phenological changes have been proved by airborne pollen monitoring: as examples in the United Kingdom (J.Embertin, et al., 2002), in The Netherlands (A.J.H. Van Vliet et al. 2002) in Austria (S.Jager et al. 1996) and in Italy (G. Frenguelli et al. 2002.) If monitored over time pollen concentration delivers detailed information on draughts and desertification in the monitored area. The change in pollen concentration of an important plant for the specific area over time makes it possible to predict the further distribution of the plant (reduction, extinction, overpopulation). Therefore risk analysis on the future development of the surrounding ecosystems are possible, e.g. Mediterranean "macchia", vegetation of dunes or wetlands, as well as extrapolations for areas with similar geographical, climate and soil conditions.
Artificial intelligence supporting cancer patients across europe

The latest cancer statistics highlight encouraging advances in decreasing cancer-related mortality. However, given that one in two people will be diagnosed with cancer in their lifetime, and due to the growing and ageing population, the absolute number of people living with cancer is set to keep increasing substantially in the near future. 
The main objective of ASCAPE is to take advantage of the recent ICT advances in Big Data, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning to support cancer patients’ quality of life and health status. To achieve its objective, ASCAPE will create an open AI infrastructure that will enable health stakeholders (hospitals, research institutions, companies, etc.) to deploy and execute its AI algorithms locally on their private data. Any new knowledge produced by this process will be sent back to the open AI infrastructure. This way the knowledge will be shared among everyone while the medical data will still remain private. The services to be designed, piloted and deployed inside this project will include intelligent interventions for physiological and psychological support, improved patient and family counselling and guidance, early diagnosis and forecasts of ill-health, identification of disease trajectories and relapse, improved health literacy etc. ASCAPE will focus the training of the AI in two types of cancer, breast and prostate. This way, it will achieve sufficient coverage across genders as well as age groups, hence facilitating its ongoing improvements and applicability towards any type of cancer in the future. 
The ASCAPE project will be developed in 36 months by a competitive consortium of 15 partners from 7 countries, which corresponds to a well-balanced structure, involving big companies, SMEs, research centres and universities. Despite the great diversity of entities within the proposal, ASCAPE partners bring state-of-the-art complementary skills ensuring the ability of the consortium to develop the proposed solutions.
Integrating multimodal connections in the Adriatic-Ionian region PLUS

Analysing and better understanding the physical and non-physical barriers limiting the sustainable development of multimodal transport in the Adriatic Ionian region, developing ICT applications and elaborating and adopting a transnational strategy for the improvement of multimodal transport in ADRION were at the core of the ADRIPASS project. Regional cooperation, border crossing facilitation, dematerialization of processes exploiting the potential of ICT applications as well as stakeholders structured involvement and cooperation have represented a key element, not only to overcome the pre-existing bottlenecks facilitating multimodality in the area, but also to partially face the unprecedented challenges caused by the COVID 19 pandemic.
Building on the positive results achieved within ADRIPASS and considering the importance of capitalizing and further developing sustainable solutions for improving multimodal freight transport in the region, the ADRIPASS PLUS project will focus on:
a) promoting stakeholders’ involvement to update the ADRIPASS transnational strategy, with a special focus on ensuring its resilience to COVID-19 and the consequent economic crisis;
b) capitalizing, upgrading and enhancing already developed ICT platforms (Port Community Systems and similar ICT Applications) as a powerful and cost-effective tool to support dematerialization of processes in the Ports, improving ports efficiency with positive and concrete impacts on the efficiency of maritime-hinterland connectivity;
c) further disseminating project results at regional, national and transnational level increasing awareness of the solutions developed within European Territorial Cooperation projects among transport stakeholders, regional and national authorities.
Through the results of the ADRIPASS PLUS Project and in particular thanks to the institutional dialogue promoted in the framework of the already set ADRIPASS Transnational Cooperation Network, the transnational strategy for the enhancement of multimodal transport in the ADRION region will be updated taking into account the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic and the point of view of transport stakeholders, national and European policy makers (Ministries of Transport, Transport Community, European Commission).
Optical crossbar switch

A free space all-optical crossbar switches light from a plurality of sources onto a plurality of receivers, in any arbitrary permutation or combination (including one-to-one and many-to-one permutations). The sources and receivers may, for example, be single mode optical fibers. The polarization of the light from each source is controlled by a series of polarization control devices associated with the source so as to obtain desired angular deflections through a series of polarization-dependent angular deflectors in a first deflection unit. A lens may then direct the light from each source towards its desired receiver. An optional second deflection unit containing polarization control devices associated with individual receivers redirects the light so that it is incident normally on the receivers, an advantage if the receivers are single mode optical fibers. Alternative embodiments are described to reduce the number of optical components and to provide uninterrupted high speed data flow.
Investigations into Improving Dewaterability at a Bio‐P/Anaerobic Digestion Plant

Metropolitan Council Environmental Services has observed poorer than expected dewatering performance at its Empire Plant. This plant has both anaerobic digestion and enhanced biological phosphorus removal in its treatment train. A research program using pilot-scale anaerobic digesters investigated potential solutions to the plant's poor dewaterability. The dewaterability goal was to increase the cake solids from 12% total solids (TS) to 16% TS or higher. This research investigated 20 different reactor conditions including chemical, feed sludge, and digested sludge treatments. At the pilot scale, unaerated storage of waste activated sludge prior to thickening and addition of ferric chloride to digestion was found to achieve dewatered cake solids of nearly 17% TS with the added benefit of reducing polymer demand. Issues including the amount of chemical required and the resulting volatile solids destruction influence the viability of the process change, so a full-scale pilot and financial analysis is recommended before making permanent process changes.