SIRIS-Lab/unlabelled-sti-corpus huggingface dataset:
Electrification of public transport in cities

The overall aim of ELIPTIC is to develop new use concepts and business cases to optimise existing electric infrastructure and rolling stock, saving both money and energy. ELIPTIC will advocate electric public transport sector at the political level and help develop political support for the electrification of public transport across Europe. ELIPTIC looks at three thematic pillars:

• Safe integration of ebuses into existing electric PT infrastructure through (re)charging ebuses “en route”, upgrading trolleybus networks with battery buses or trolleyhybrids and automatic wiring/de-wiring technology

• upgrading and/or regenerating electric public transport systems (flywheel, reversible substations)

• Multi-purpose use of electric public transport infrastructure: safe (re)charging of non-public transport vehicles (pedelecs, electric cars/ taxis, utility trucks)

With a strong focus on end users, ELIPTIC will analyse 23 use cases within the three thematic pillars. The project will support uptake and exploitation of results by developing guidelines and tools for implementation schemes for upgrading and/or regenerating electric public transport systems. Option generator and decision-making support tools, strategies and policy recommendations will be created to foster Europe-wide take up and rollout of various development schemes. Partners and other cities will benefit from ELIPTIC's stakeholder and user forum approach.

ELIPTIC addresses the challenge of “transforming the use of conventionally fuelled vehicles in urban areas” by focusing on increasing the capacity of electric public transport, reducing the need for individual travel in urban areas and by expanding electric intermodal options (e.g. linking e-cars charging to tram infrastructure) for long-distance commuters. The project will strengthen the role of electric public transport, leading to both a significant reduction in fossil fuel consumption and to an improvement in air quality through reduced local emissions.
Our galaxy at full hd

Some astrophysical mechanisms that are crucial for the evolution of our Galaxy, and of galaxies in general, like the assemblage of the Galactic halo, the spiral arms dynamics, and the star formation processes, are poorly understood. But this research field is on the verge of an important breakthrough thanks to the ESA Gaia mission that is gathering an unprecedented census of positions, distances, velocities and stellar properties for a billion stars. Now it is time that the European scientists exploit their output data. Our Galaxy at full High Definition (Gal-HD) is a project that will use the Gaia data releases and follow-up surveys to investigate key galaxy evolution processes. We will do this by detecting the signatures that they produce in the stellar phase-space of the Galaxy. Gal-HD will pioneer in: 1) the detection of Ultra Faint Dwarf Galaxies in the halo as probes for cosmological models, 2) the investigation of the large-scale kinematics of the disk and the nature of the spiral arms, 3) the study of the nearby kinematics as tracer of the local star formation. The project combines observational and theoretical astrophysics with data mining. The Experienced Researcher (ER) has deep expertise in Galactic dynamics, analysis of kinematic data and substructure detection tools. The Host Group is expert in Galactic astronomy, coordinates the development of the novel Gaia Archive and will train the ER on the Archive mining tools required. The strong preparation for the Gaia exploitation of the ER and the Host Group puts them in clear advantage to make a substantial contribution to the field and to be in the front lead of the Gaia science. This research will bring the ER closer to her long-term career goals of being a consolidated leading researcher. Gal-HD will also participate in preserving the European leadership in Galactic astronomy and space astrometry, and contribute to the Gaia scientific harvest that Europe has planned and invested for.
Genetic dissection of innate immune sensing and signalling

In vertebrates, a receptor-based, innate sensing machinery is used to detect the presence of microbederived molecules or the perturbation microbial infection causes within the host. In the context of viral infection, non-self nucleic acids are sensed by a set of intracellular receptors that upon activation initiate broad antiviral effector responses to eliminate the imminent threat. Over the past years our understanding of these processes has considerably grown, mainly by employing murine knockout models.
Recent advances in genome engineering now provide the opportunity to knockout genes or even to perform functional genetic screens in human cells, providing a powerful means to validate and generate hypotheses. We have developed a high-throughput genome targeting and validation platform that allows us to tackle large-scale loss-of-function studies both at a polyclonal as well as an arrayed format. In addition, we have invested considerable efforts to render this technology applicable to study innate immune sensing and signalling pathways in the human system. GENESIS will combine these efforts to tackle pertinent questions in this field that could not have been addressed before: We will systematically dissect known nucleic acid sensing pathways in the human system to explore their unique roles, cooperativity or redundancy in detecting non-self nucleic acids. We will perform polyclonal, genome-wide loss-of-function screens to elucidate signalling
events downstream of intracellular DNA and RNA sensing pathways and their roles in orchestrating antiviral effector mechanisms. Moreover, in a large-scale perturbation study, we will specifically address the role of the kinome in antiviral innate immune signalling pathways, exploring the role of its individual members and their epistatic relationships in orchestrating gene expression. Altogether, these studies will allow us to obtain insight into innate immune signalling pathways at unprecedented precision, depth and breadth.
[Misophonia or aversion to human sound: a clinical illustration].

Misophonia, meaning hatred of sound, is a cluster of symptoms which is not completely included in anxiety disorders category as obsessive compulsive or as an impulsivity disorder. It is described as a chronic condition characterized by reactions, aversion to specific sounds that result in subsequent emotional. Indeed, this condition is relatively unknown and few psychiatrists have already faced this disorder causing in some individuals severe impairment. The investigation of a patient suffering of misophonia with severe impairment that we took into care in an outpatient psychiatric clinic in Geneva contributes to a better understanding of this condition and indicates potential factors that may co-occur and influence the clinical presentation. The good response in psychotherapy, has led us to carry out a brief review of the literature in order to better define and identify this disorder.
Quantum Adiabatic Theorem for Chemical Reactions and Systems with Time-Dependent Orthogonalization

A general quantum adiabatic theorem with and without the time-dependent orthogonalization is proven, which can be applied to understand the origin of activation energies in chemical reactions. Further proofs are also developed for the oscillating Schwinger Hamiltonian to establish the relationship between the internal (due to time-dependent eigenfunctions) and external (due to time-dependent Hamiltonian) time scales. We prove that this relationship needs to be taken as an independent quantum adiabatic approximation criterion. We give four examples, including logical expositions based on the spin-1/2 two-level system to address the gapped and gapless (due to energy level crossings) systems, as well as to understand how does this theorem allows one to study dynamical systems such as chemical reactions.
Visualization for Secure Coding in C

This paper describes a pedagogical system to visualize program execution.1 The visualization is designed to help students understand how to develop more secure and robust C programs. The system provides several perspectives on the execution including: the values of registers and the logical address space, a call graph, the file descriptor and inode tables, and the handling of sensitive data like passwords and keys. These visualizations are designed to help students understand fundamental concepts such as: buffer overflows, integer overflows, proper handling of sensitive data and application of the principle of least privilege in several contexts including file operations, secure SUID programming, and use and management of the process environment.
Learning to Be Green: Robust Energy Efficiency Maximization in Dynamic MIMO–OFDM Systems

In this paper, we examine the maximization of energy efficiency (EE) in next-generation multiuser MIMO–OFDM networks that vary dynamically over time—e.g., due to user mobility, fluctuations in the wireless medium, modulations in the users’ load, etc. Contrary to the static/stationary regime, the system may evolve in an arbitrary manner, so users must adjust “on the fly,” without being able to predict the state of the system in advance. To tackle these issues, we propose a simple and distributed online optimization policy that leads to no regret , i.e., it allows users to match (and typically outperform) even the best fixed transmit policy in hindsight, irrespective of how the system varies with time. Moreover, to account for the scarcity of perfect channel state information (CSI) in massive MIMO systems, we also study the algorithm’s robustness in the presence of measurement errors and observation noise. Importantly, the proposed policy retains its no-regret properties under very mild assumptions on the error statistics: on average, it enjoys the same performance guarantees as in the noiseless deterministic case. Our analysis is supplemented by extensive numerical simulations, which show that, in realistic network environments, users track their individually optimum transmit profile even under rapidly changing channel conditions, achieving gains of up to 600% in energy efficiency over uniform power allocation policies.
Sustainable enterprise: development of a shared culture and tools for the competitiveness, responsibility and sustainability of businesses and territories.

The SMART project aims to align the sustainability actions of companies with the specific territorial policies; to transform sustainability into a factor of corporate and local competitiveness; to provide companies with tools for implementing sustainability. Expected result is the development of a shared culture on the theme of sustainability that favors the creation of shared projects for the solution of social and environmental problems of the territory. The main products produced for the benefit of businesses and the territory will be: presentation of research results, training courses, web-platform, events, workshops, corporate sustainability check-ups and improvements in the companies involved. A systemic approach to sustainability will be adopted, comparing the good practices of Lombardy and Canton Ticino with common features, but different optics.
High quality production - improvement and enhancement through a common route for typical and traditional local agri-food products in the cross-border areas

The project at issue is part of the improvement, enhancement and promotion of two specific geographic areas: the Venetian province and the Slovenian territory. This initiative takes up the opportunity of a future European certification of high quality products in the two areas, and the potential definition of one or more rural and/or agrifood districts connected with typical, traditional and organic products. In the first stage, the activities to be carried out and the requirements envisaged by the production regulation for the PDO (protected designation of origin), PGI (protected geographical indication) and ORGANIC European certifications will be defined. Then the results of the study will be gathered and published with the technical specifications of the most interesting products; for Italy - vegetables, wine and traditional food products, for the Republic of Slovenia - wine, cheese and prepared meats; finally, wine and foodtasting routes will be outlined. The publication “Enhancement of agri-food products” will contain a detailed mapping of high quality products which will be listed in data sheets; it will be translated into English and Slovene and provided with a CD-Rom containing the production regulation and all reference rules. The volume will also enclose a map showing the farmhouse accommodation and the organic farms in the province of Venice and promoting some typical products of the Gorizia and Karst areas (Tolmino cheese, Gorizia cherries, Karst ham). The project includes the organization of several informative initiatives (both promotional and technical initiatives) such as two seminars introducing and discussing the production regulation. The promotional events held in Mirano and Izola - Isola have fostered the promotion of the agri-food products of the two geographic areas concerned, even through the distribution of the publication, the food and wine tasting events and the direct sales of products.
Data Envelopment Analysis to Evaluate the Reliance and Engagement of Florida Communities on Gulf of Mexico Commercial Red Snapper Fisheries

ABSTRACT The red snapper fishery is impacted by the individual fishing quotas (IFQ) program, which is considered a new paradigm for the red snapper fishery in the Gulf of Mexico. The commercial red snapper fishery is one of the essential fishing industries in Florida, and its management is crucial to maintain healthy, sustainable communities. To determine the involvement of Florida Gulf Coast communities in the commercial red snapper fishery and thus the potential extent of fishery-related decisions, this study made use of data envelopment analysis (DEA), an estimation performance technique. Some of the most interesting findings of this study show that larger communities tended to be more engaged in the fishery than they were reliant on it, whereas smaller communities with populations of 5,000 people or fewer tended to exhibit more reliance on the fishery than larger or even mid-sized communities.
CIVITAS

The working group focused on identifying keys for success
in the planning, management and implementation of urban
renewal policies at a supra-local level, identifying how supralocal
policies can improve local action by offering support
(technical, organisational or financial) and removing
institutional obstacles that could prevent an optimum
development of urban renewal programmes.
With this aim, the working group tackled the exchange
of experiences between partners of different nature, functions
and territorial scopes, belonging to different member states.
The working group aimed to contribute to cohesion by
improving deprived urban areas through the identification of
the best way in which regional and other supra-local agencies
can contribute to optimize the collective action in planning
and management of urban renewal policies.
The group met 4 times including the final conference which
The CIVITAS working group set out to discuss and exchange was held in May 2007.
Comparative cellular responses in susceptible and resistant soybean cultivars infected by Meloidogyne incognita

Meloidogyne incognita , a predominant nematode parasite of soybean in South Africa, increasingly threatens production of the crop as it is expanding to maize-producing areas infected by this nematode. The parasitic relationship between M. incognita and soybean were compared on a susceptible and a resistant cultivar in terms of nematode penetration, development, reproduction and fecundity as well as histopathology studies. Second-stage juveniles (J2) of M. incognita were inoculated on roots of a resistant (LS5995) and a susceptible (Prima2000) cultivar in three concurrent but separate glasshouse trials. For pre-infectional studies, root systems of plants were harvested 2, 4, 10, 16 and 20 DAI. Sampling times for the post-infectional experiment were 4, 10, 20 and 30 DAI, whilst those for the histopathology experiment were 2, 4, 10, 20 and 30 DAI. J2 penetrated roots of both cultivars in comparable numbers 2 DAI but vermiform J2 numbers were significantly lower in roots of LS5995 at 4, 16 and 20 DAI. Final (Pf) J2 population density (vermiform plus swollen individuals) in roots of Prima2000 was significantly higher at all sampling times than those in roots of LS5995. Development of M. incognita J2 to third- (J3) and fourth-stage juveniles (J4) was significantly affected by cultivar susceptibility and time, being slower in LS5995. Development of J2 to J3 and J4 or into mature females was also consistently slower in LS5995 for the duration of this experiment. Adult females in roots of Prima2000 produced significantly more (98%) eggs per egg mass and also maintained significantly more egg and J2 numbers (98.5%) per root system 30 DAI than those in roots of LS5995. Histopathological observations showed that J2 penetrated roots of both soybean cultivars and migrated intercellularly to undifferentiated provascular tissue 2 and 4 DAI, with pronounced cellular changes taking place. A hypersensitive reaction was observed 2 DAI in roots of the resistant cultivar. From 10 to 30 DAI giant cell formation in the differentiated vascular tissue in the roots of LS5995 differed substantially from those in roots of Prima2000. Giant cells that developed in roots of the LS5995 were smaller and fewer compared to those in Prima2000. Giant cells in roots of LS5995 also contained empty as well as sub-optimal giant cells with thicker cell walls than those reported for resistant soybean cultivars in earlier studies. The induction, development and maintenance of giant cells in LS5995 proved to be typically retarded.
Study of the transport properties of organic semiconductors based on europium diphthalocyanine and bi-tris-phthalocyanine complexes with ortho-bis(oxymethyl)phenyl bridge and based on erbium and europium dinaphthalocyanine complexes

The transport properties of organic semiconductors based on europium diphthalocyanine and bitris-phthalocyanine complexes with ortho-bis(oxymethyl)phenyl bridge and based on europium and erbium dinaphthalocyanine are studied. The temperature dependences of the dc conductivity for all types of the structures under study are obtained; it is shown that all dependences include two activation portions. For high-temperature portions, the activation energies are determined as 0.85 eV for europium diphthalocyanine with the ortho-bis(oxymethyl)phenyl bridge, 1.135 eV for europium bi-tris-phthalocyanine with the orthobis(oxymethyl)phenyl bridge, 0.98 eV for europium dinaphthalocyanine, and 1.18 eV for erbium dinaphthalocyanine. For the low-temperature activation portion, it is shown that lanthanide ions and their bond with a ligand make the dominant contribution to the conductivity of the structures under study.
Utilizing an innovative chemical platform to defeat antimicrobial resistance

We tackle the challenges posed by the emergence of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) with a conceptually new approach. We have established a scalable chemical platform for the development of novel antibiotic resistance breakers (ARBs). Our compounds sensitize the pathogen and restore the effectiveness of standard-of-care antibiotics. By circumventing the painstaking process of discovering and developing new antibiotics, we bring forth a more cost-effective approach to confront the emergence of AMR. Allowing pharmaceutical companies to protect decades worth of R&D efforts and billions of euros in development costs, we present them with an attractive value proposition. Our platform enables the fast, high-yield production of ARBs against gram-positive bacteria (GmPcides). Our compounds have displayed effectiveness against two of the most threatening drug-resistant pathogens MRSA and VRE. Moreover, the compounds exhibit a strong in vivo synergy with two of the world’s most essential antibiotics Gentamicin and Vancomycin.
40 hz masked light: a new venture to slow the progression of alzheimer’s disease

While Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) is a global pandemic, it has been estimated that a five-year delay in the disease onset could reduce the disease prevalence – and its costs – by up to 33% over the next decades, representing potential savings over €100bn in EU alone. However, there are still significant roadblocks ahead as current drugs do not untap sizeable improvements in AD patients. This is primarily due to the challenge of minimizing the impact of irreversible brain damage in later dementia stages, which accentuates the need for early intervention. However, recent evidence shows that  non-invasive flashing (stroboscopic) light at the appropriate frequency (40 Hz) promotes clearance of beta-amyloid – whose accumulation is believe to be one of the key triggers to the neurodegenerative cascade leading to dementia states.

Instead of using fadigue-inducing stroboscopic flashing light (i.e. on-off), the founding members of OptoCeutics have devised a unique, patent-protected method to stimulate the human visual receptors and processing cortex through alternating white light composed of different wavelengths.  The two variants of the white light are formed by different combinations of coloured LEDs. When flickering between the two LED sets, the colours fusion together and appear as one, resulting in approximately the same white colour, avoiding experiencing light flashing, but the brain is capturing the blue component flashing with 40 Hz – thus still promoting neuro-protective beta-amyloid clearance.

OptoCeutics will leverage from BRIGHT as a vital stepping stone to prepare the company’s business strategy, serving also to significantly de-risk its route-to-market by enabling to liaise with major industrial and clinical players to define both the optimal productization and maturation of Optoceutics core technology, as well as the setup for its full-scale demonstration and certification, prior market roll-out.
CANDELS: THE COSMIC ASSEMBLY NEAR-INFRARED DEEP EXTRAGALACTIC LEGACY SURVEY

The Cosmic Assembly Near-infrared Deep Extragalactic Legacy Survey (CANDELS) is designed to document the first third of galactic evolution, over the approximate redshift (z) range 8--1.5. It will image >250,000 distant galaxies using three separate cameras on the Hubble Space Telescope, from the mid-ultraviolet to the near-infrared, and will find and measure Type Ia supernovae at z>1.5 to test their accuracy as standardizable candles for cosmology. Five premier multi-wavelength sky regions are selected, each with extensive ancillary data. The use of five widely separated fields mitigates cosmic variance and yields statistically robust and complete samples of galaxies down to a stellar mass of 10^9 M_\odot to z \approx 2, reaching the knee of the ultraviolet luminosity function (UVLF) of galaxies to z \approx 8. The survey covers approximately 800 arcmin^2 and is divided into two parts. The CANDELS/Deep survey (5\sigma\ point-source limit H=27.7 mag) covers \sim 125 arcmin^2 within GOODS-N and GOODS-S. The CANDELS/Wide survey includes GOODS and three additional fields (EGS, COSMOS, and UDS) and covers the full area to a 5\sigma\ point-source limit of H \gtrsim 27.0 mag. Together with the Hubble Ultra Deep Fields, the strategy creates a three-tiered "wedding cake" approach that has proven efficient for extragalactic surveys. Data from the survey are nonproprietary and are useful for a wide variety of science investigations. In this paper, we describe the basic motivations for the survey, the CANDELS team science goals and the resulting observational requirements, the field selection and geometry, and the observing design. The Hubble data processing and products are described in a companion paper.