SIRIS-Lab/unlabelled-sti-corpus huggingface dataset:
Recycling asbestos containing materials into new eco-friendly secondary raw materials for further industrial processes

The REACMIN solution developed by TIESSEPI envisions a treatment plant which will allow the thermally induced crystal-chemical transformation of 400,000 tonnes of Asbestos Containing Materials (ACM) in 5 years. TIESSEPI’s system will thus place in the market a completely transformed asbestos-free product suitable to be used as a Secondary Raw Material (SRM) for other industrial uses such as concrete production, road building or environmental restoration with a forecasted turnover of 10 million Euros in five years per each installed plant. 
Before the discovery of its high toxicity, asbestos was for a long time considered as an extremely versatile and cheap raw material for building materials, automotive parts and even textile and other domestic products. In Europe, more than 40% of residential buildings were constructed before the 1960s and in the 1990s a large boom in construction still used asbestos. Health costs for diseases related to asbestos exposure amount over M€ 1,600 per year in Europe , so it is a main target to remove all remaining ACM. Only in Italy 2 billion m2 of asbestos-cement slates still cover roofs of industrial plants and civil buildings . Moreover, yet in 2012, rather than falling, worldwide asbestos production increased. 
The most extended current process for asbestos disposal is landfill in authorized sites. Associated costs are expensive, in the range of 150-300 €/Tn and no zero risk of fibres emission can be assured in the medium-long term. Other technologies based in thermal conversion exist but the only one at commercial level is up to 13 times more expensive than REACMIN system. 
The objectives of REACMIN project are: 
Demonstrate the technology by building a pilot plant with optimal security measures and acceptable costs (< 65 €/Tn). 
Test the resulting product suitability for the industrial production of concrete tiles 
Expand business model in other real industrial processes (glass, ceramics) 
Assure Zero risk of fibres release
Caracterización del ambiente convectivo en la formación de supercélulas en España en el periodo 2017–2021

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Temporal dynamics of speech and gesture in Autism Spectrum Disorder

Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is characterized by difficulties in communication and social interaction. Abnormalities in the use of gestures or flow of conversation are frequently reported in clinical observations and contribute to a diagnosis of the disorder but the mechanisms underlying these communication difficulties remain unclear. In the present study, we examine the hypothesis that the temporal dynamics of speech and gesture production is atypical in ASD and affects the overall quality of communication. The context of a previously published study of memory in ASD (Maras et al., 2013) provided the opportunity to examine video recordings of 17 ASD and 17 TD adults attempting to recall details of a standardized event they had participated in (a first aid scenario). Results indicated no group difference in the use and coordination of speech and gesture: both groups produced the same quantity of movement over time (t(33)=−0.165, p>.8), and gestures were produced within the same time window and with a similar distribution by ASD and TD individuals (η2p=.042). Similarly, no group differences were found in the subjective ratings on the quality of communication: in both groups the use of gestures improved comprehension and engagement from the listener. Overall the current data do not suggest that ASD individuals experience more difficulties than TD participants in time processes relevant to communicating personally experienced events. However large inter-individual differences could contribute to communication difficulties in some participants. It will be important for future studies to examine the timing of communicative behaviors during reciprocal interactions, that place demands not only on coordinating speech with gesture but to coordinate one's own behavior with that of others.
Modular design of bacterial lipid mimics for next-generation antimicrobials

Antimicrobial resistance in bacteria is a growing public health crisis, as common drugs are becoming ineffective against many species of pathogenic bacteria. This research aims to devise highly specific and stable antimicrobials, which target the amphiphilic component that anchors LPS to Gram-negative bacterial membranes, “Lipid A”, for direct antimicrobial effect and to potentiate other antimicrobials.  Taking inspiration from bacterial lipids, which possess multiple tails and a polybasic headgroup, synthetic cationic lipidoids have the potential to be highly specific bacterial membrane-targeting antimicrobials. Preliminary results demonstrate that some cationic lipidoids bind and disrupt bacterial lipid assemblies, and significantly inhibit the growth of E. coli at micromolar concentrations.  However, the breadth of potential molecular structures arising from the range of available starting materials makes the search for optimum compounds an insurmountable task. This proposal outlines an innovative use of statistical software to steer modular synthetic design and expedite the identification of promising new antimicrobials. Relative to a ""one-factor-at-a-time"" approach, statistical design can quickly uncover correlations between structure and activity, and unexpected interactions between structural variables, thus accelerating the discovery of antimicrobial compounds that would not otherwise be obvious. In addition to uncovering new compounds selective to bacteria, libraries of lipidoids will be investigated to help uncover design rules for the effect of shape on membrane interactions, and generic mechanisms of membrane-targeting antimicrobial action. Results could also lead to new means to potentiate obsolete antimicrobials that are impermeable to bacterial membranes, or act as a chaperone for highly effective but relatively unstable antimicrobial peptides.
A Perception–Action Strategy for Hummingbirds

Many human and animal tasks are thought to be controlled with the τ informational variable. It is widely accepted that controlling the rate of change of τ (tau) during decelerative tasks, such as when braking or landing, is one common perceptual control strategy. However, many tasks require accelerating before decelerating to a goal, such as reaching. An advancement of τ theory shows how a single action formula may be used to control the full action unit from initiation to peak velocity, and to rest at the goal, with the same perceptual τ information as before and accounting for the same decelerative kinematics as before. Here, we test the theory against data from high-speed video of a hummingbird flying to its flower feeder. We find that the theory accounts for 97% of the variance in the data, and thus supports it.
Fatigue crack growth in solder joints at high strain rate

Chapter 9 investigates the fatigue resistance of solder joints through fatigue crack growth. While the expression of fatigue resistance in the form of strain-life facilitates fatigue design, the study of fatigue crack growth in solder joints provides valuable insights that could aid in the robust design of solder joints. Through the use of a sophisticatedly designed test vehicle and delicate instrumentation, the electronic resistance across a critical solder joint could be monitored to a nano-ohm resolution, which translates to a micrometer resolution for fatigue crack growth. Fatigue crack in the solder joint has been observed to form within a single board-level drop-shock without a period of crack initiation. When cycled at constant strain range at an elevated strain rate, the fatigue crack path in most solder joints tends to cut through a mixture of bulk solder and intermetallic compounds, resulting in a mix-mode fracture, although the ductile–brittle mixity differs between solder joints of different material system. Significantly lower fatigue crack growth rate (d a /d N ) was observed when the crack propagated within the ductile bulk solder; solder joints with higher fatigue resistance generally have longer fatigue crack propagation path within the bulk solder. The rate of fatigue crack growth (d a /d N ) increased at small crack lengths and reached a peak before declining gradually. Using three-dimensional fracture mechanics, the magnitude of the J-integral around the crack tip was found to correspond with the observed rate of fatigue crack growth. The declining J-integral at longer fatigue crack lengths is attributable to the increased compliance of the solder joint. Thus, the fatigue resistance of a solder joint can be improved by increasing the compliance of critical solder joints.
Kipling and the Sea: Voyages and Discoveries from North Atlantic to South Pacific

Acknowledgements Introduction: Poseidon's Law Kipling and the Sea A Letter or Bill of Instruction Poseidon's Law The Gift of the Sea The Coastwise Lights Big Steamers The Liner She's a Lady The Junk and the Dhow McAndrew's Hymn The Mary Gloster Tin Fish Mine Sweepers Something of Myself From Sea to Sea The Ballad of the Clampherdown The Rhyme of the three Captains The Ballad of the Bolivar Something of Myself Judson and the Empire Something of Myself The Sea-Wife The Deep-Sea Cables The Merchantmen The White Seal The Ship that Found Herself Captains Courageous The Devil and the Deep Sea A Fleet on Being: Notes of Two Trips with the Channel Squadron Cruisers The Dykes Song of Diego Valdez The Sea and the Hills Their Lawful Occasions China-going P&O's I've Never Sailed the Amazon Song of the Red War-Boat Speech Given at a Naval Club, October 1908: The Spirit of the Navy Egypt of the Magicians The Fringes of the Fleet Tales of the Trade The Destroyers at Jutland Speech to Some Junior Naval Officers of an East Coast Patrol, 1918: The First Sailor Brazilian Sketches Epitaphs of the War The Manner of Men Letters The King and the Sea
Ghana’s ‘new path’ for handling oil revenue

When the oil rigs started pumping crude off the coast of Ghana’s Western Region in December 2009, many people hoped for better living standards and development. But some worried that the country did not have the necessary laws to properly manage the new revenues. They wondered whether Ghana would be able to break the “curse” that has often marked Africa’s oil and mining industries: decades of extraction that often saw only a few getting richer but the majority getting poorer, economic distortions caused by improperly managed resource wealth and hardly any money set aside for times when commodity prices dip or the wells dry up.
Cooperation of bioeconomy clusters for bio-based knowledge transfer via innovative dissemination techniques in the primary production sector

Bioeconomy starts on the fields, yet meaningful participation of the primary sector in the bioeconomy is currently challenged, especially due to:
(i) poor cooperation and knowledge transfer between relevant stakeholders,
(ii) limited support to invest in R&D of new value chains.
To answer this challenge, the COOPID project proposes an effective strategy to mobilise primary producers and stimulate the uptake of inclusive and sustainable bio-based business models in the European primary production sector, considering regional & sectorial conditions.
To do so, a network of COOPID Bioeconomy Clusters from 10 European countries has been created ad-hoc, involving a range of stakeholders: (a) primary producers, in cooperatives or associations, within agriculture, forestry & aquaculture, (b) industry, (c) public sector, (d) research & academia. We have already the commitment to participate of 73 entities.
We will foster the deployment of innovative bio-based business models in the primary production based on a four-level knowledge transfer approach:
-Selecting “Success Story Showcases” across different EU countries among the network which will be visited in person by the participants from the network - “COOPID ambassadors”- (level 1),
-Organising workshops to be done by the “COOPID ambassadors” for sharing main highlights of their visit to the “success story” among their peer primary producers (level 2),
-Carrying out interactive dissemination & communication engaging other target audiences (levels 3&4).
Focus will be put on mobilisation of female and young producers as having a great potential to innovate yet being underrepresented in the primary production sector.
Recommendations for primary producers, policy-makers and academia & research will be elaborated, fostering better understanding of different perspectives on bioeconomy, having a significant impact on a wide bioeconomy deployment in primary production, reaching a broad audience (estimated at 9,500 stakeholders).
Disentangling political and institutional determinants of budget forecast errors: A comparative approach

Abstract This paper provides a unique comparison between French and Portuguese local governments with respect to the nature and determinants of budget forecast errors. It starts by documenting and comparing their statistical properties. The results point at biased and inefficient budget forecasts, which seem to have been more cautious in French departments than in Portuguese municipalities. Second, we examine the political, institutional and economic determinants of forecast biases. Overall, we find that they are essentially driven by electoral motivations and by institutional differences across the two countries. In particular, opportunistic forecasting is more prevalent where governments enjoy greater margin of maneuver, and there is evidence of conservatism in French departments where fiscal autonomy is greater.
America in Time: Aphoristic Writing in Jean Baudrillard's America

This article, focusing on America (1986), analyses the way in which Baudrillard uses aphoristic statements in order to propose a response, in the form of parody both of America and of its mediatization, to the proliferation of signs and loss of referentiality which characterize hyperreality. The text in question might be among the most controversial by its author due partly to its non-discursive style and the way in which it offers a punchy critique of America. It raises the question of legitimacy that the aphorism bears at its heart as a self-sufficient authoritative statement, as well as the use of irony. This article analyses the way in which Baudrillard's use of the name ‘America’ both refers to a place and functions as the title of a book. This allows us to question the notion of identity both in terms of identification and of sharing, thereby enabling us to reconsider the notion of contemporaneity.
Improvement of the production capacity in MASTER Ltd.

Master OOD has the activity “Manufacture of other general purpose machinery, not elsewhere classified” with code according to KID-2008-28.29 and specialises in the production of general purpose machinery. The applicant needs to meet the increased consumer demand with full production capacity as well as to increase the quality and competitiveness of its production and to expand its position on national and international markets. The company operates old technologies and equipment for carrying out the production processes that lead to low productivity, high production costs, unsatisfactory quality of the products produced, the need for optimisation of the production process, and lack of sufficient production capacity to meet the market volumes of demand.To meet these needs, the project is aimed at implementing activity to improve the production capacity of the enterprise, through investments in high-tech production equipment, namely the purchase of 1 Hydraulic Guillotine (DMA No 1), 1 piece Hydraulic Abkant (DMA No 2), the expected results of the project are related to improving the production capacity and competitiveness of the enterprise, increasing its export potential by achieving higher productivity and increasing the volume of production produced, optimising the production process, reducing the production costs per unit of production, and improving the quality of the products offered. The project focuses directly on equality and non-discrimination, as well as sustainable development.
SYNCHRONIZATION SIGNAL DESIGN FOR DEVICE TO DEVICE OPERATION

Various communication systems may benefit from appropriate synchronization signal design. For example, third generation partnership project (3GPP) long term evolution advanced (LTE-A) releases 12 and 13 (Rel 12/13) may benefit from such design for device to device (D2D) communications. In particular, synchronization signals may be designed to benefit proximity services (ProSe)/D2D discovery and communication. A method can include transmitting a cellular synchronization signal on a first resource. The method can also include transmitting a device to device synchronization signal on a second resource. The first resource can be different from the second resource. The cellular synchronization signal and the device to device synchronization signal can share a same base sequence.
Combining ER and GPR surveys for evidence of prehistoric landscape construction: case study at Mound City, Ohio, USA

Abstract Mound City, located at the Hopewell Culture National Historical Park in south-central Ohio, USA, is a prehistoric earthwork (200 BC–500 AD) that consists of 24 mounds enclosed in a square embankment wall and is surrounded by eight pits. Recent excavation of two of these pits resulted in the discovery of a clay loam liner that appears to have been placed on the floor of the pits by a prehistoric society known as the Hopewell. The aim of this study was to determine the spatial pattern of this liner in one of the pits using non-invasive geophysical techniques, specifically electrical resistivity and ground-penetrating radar. Minimally invasive soil augers and a test trench yielded information that was used to corroborate interpretations of the geophysical data. The geophysical methods proved to be useful in locating and defining the remnants of the prehistoric clay loam liner, and the results of our investigation indicate that almost 50% of the liner still remains in the pit today. This discovery supports a new interpretation that the Hopewell excavated and preserved the pits at the Mound City site because they served as cultural landscape features.
Noradrenergic mechanism involved in the nociceptive modulation of hippocampal CA3 region of normal rats

Norepinephrine (NE) is an important neurotransmitter in the brain, and regulates antinociception. However, the mechanism of action of NE on pain-related neurons in the hippocampal CA3 region is not clear. This study examines the effects of NE, phentolamine on the electrical activities of pain-excited neurons (PENs) and pain-inhibited neurons (PINs) in the hippocampal CA3 region of rats. Trains of electric impulses applied to the right sciatic nerve were used as noxious stimulation. The electrical activities of PENs or PINs in the hippocampal CA3 region were recorded by using a glass microelectrode. Our results revealed that, in the hippocampal CA3 region, the intra-CA3 region microinjection of NE decreased the pain-evoked discharged frequency and prolonged the discharged latency of PEN, and increased the pain-evoked discharged frequency and shortened discharged inhibitory duration (ID) of PIN, exhibiting the specific analgesic effect of NE. While intra-CA3 region microinjection of phentolamine produced the opposite response. It implies that phentolamine can block the effect of endogenous NE to cause the enhanced response of PEN and PIN to noxious stimulation. On the basis of above findings we can deduce that NE, phentolamine and alpha-adrenoceptor are involved in the modulation of nociceptive information transmission in the hippocampal CA3 region.
O BRINCAR NA EDUCAÇÃO INFANTIL: UMA REVISÃO SISTEMÁTICA

Este artigo tem como objetivo investigar o papel do brincar como direito fundamental na educação infantil. As motivações que levaram ao interesse pelo tema buscaram analisar o brincar como atividade primária na infância e o papel da pré-escola na promoção do brincar. Nesse sentido, colocou-se a questão de pesquisa: Como o brincar facilita o processo de humanização em idade pré-escolar? Trata-se de um estudo bibliográfico do tipo revisão sistemática baseado em trabalhos publicados na Biblioteca Digital Brasileira de Teses e Dissertações, em diálogo com Costa (2017); Couto (2013); Graciliano (2014); Leontiev (2010); entre outros, o artigo tenta compreender o desenvolvimento infantil a partir de teorias históricas e culturais. Com base em argumentos da teoria histórico-cultural, reafirmamos a importância fundamental da educação para o desenvolvimento infantil. Assim, este trabalho destaca o papel do brincar e suas possibilidades na infância.
Progressing a non-antibiotic antimicrobial treatment for bovine mastitis towards market - panamast

The world is facing an antibiotics crisis, with resistant bacteria rendering current treatments ineffective. Novel, effective solutions are urgently required for this $40bn global market. Westway Health (WWH) is based in Galway, Ireland, and is on track to become a leading veterinary antimicrobials company in the EU. It has developed an innovative, non-antibiotic technology, effective at killing all bacteria, including antibiotic-resistant bacteria like MRSA, while not inducing resistance. WWH’s lead product in development is PanaMastTM LC, a breakthrough treatment of bovine mastitis, the most economically important infectious disease affecting the dairy industry. PanaMastTM LC will represent a step change in the way that dairy farmers manage mastitis, which affects 30% of the herd annually. It will: 1. Be the world’s first non-antibiotic medicine for mastitis, offering superior clinical outcomes and significant financial gains to end-users (€150/case); 2. Reduce wastage of milk and culling of cows; (3) Improve profitability and environmental performance on European farms and dairy processing sites. The innovation directly addresses the major global problem of antibiotic resistance, while providing a sustainable animal health solution that supports production of safe and high quality food. The Phase 1 PanaMast project was successfully completed ahead of schedule and on budget. It allowed WWH to: 1. Develop a regulatory roadmap detailing all steps required to progress from current stage of development (TRL7) to first sale of commercial product (TRL8); 2. Develop a robust commercial exploitation plan for PanaMastTM LC in EU and global markets; 3. Establish key strategic relationships to assist commercialisation of PanaMastTM LC
The Phase 1 results underpin this proposed project. The Phase 2 activities (pre-commercialisation/product development/product launch and commercialisation) are designed to ensure market launch and sale of PanaMastTM LC in the EU at TRL8 by 2020