SIRIS-Lab/unlabelled-sti-corpus huggingface dataset:
Enhancing the innovation management capacity of smes (by een), slovenia

The EC has within its Survey of 2011, carried out on request of DG Enterprise and Industry (DG EI), realized that the main
barriers of innovation in the eyes of the SMEs, are lack of financial resources and inability to manage innovation process.
Since different understandings of the term ""Innovation Management System"" (IMS) have been noted the EC has supported
European Committee for Standardization to provide the stakeholders with a unified definition of relevant parts in the IMS.
According to this definition the most important parts of IMS include company's innovation processes from idea generation to
innovation result, but also leadership, management skills and other enabling factors, like the ability to cooperate with third
parties like RD partners, clients, and suppliers.
The objective of this project in Slovenia is to enable SMEs to bridge the knowledge gap in innovation management, get
aware of shortages and improve their internal innovation management system and/or focus on achieving market value with
their inventions. The consortium will achieve this objectives with providing:
1.) Enhancing the Innovation Management Capacity of SMEs. The beneficiaries will receive diagnostic of their innovation
system based on the standardized IMP³rove tool. This will lead to the formation of tailored action plan to improve the SME’s
capacity to better manage innovation.
2.) Key Account Managers – Facilitators for the H2020 SME Instrument. Key Account Managers will identify and source
appropriate lead coaches (from predefined pool of coaches), facilitate linking the SMEs to innovation support services and to
support the lead coach in delivering services to the SME. The SME Instrument participants will receive the most appropriate
services and support to enhance the probability of successful exploitation of the innovation project and to leave a footprint for
the future sustainable growth of these beneficiaries.
Los Escipiones visitan a Afrodita: los santuarios hispanos de la diosa en el contexto de la Segunda Guerra Púnica

Résumé Pendant la deuxième guerre punique, les commandants de la famille des Scipions ont choisi, au moins à deux reprises, des sanctuaires d’Aphrodite comme lieux de négociation avec les communautés locales hispaniques. Il s’agissait des sanctuaires de Sagunto et de Baria. Cet article vise à analyser les implications idéologiques de ces lieux sacrés. Ils ont favorisé l’interlocution politique et le consensus entre les différents acteurs, car ces scénarios étaient perçus sous le patronage d’une déesse compréhensible et respectée par toutes les parties impliquées.
Reconstructing gene family evolution in the ash genus (fraxinus

Comparisons among whole genome sequences allow us to survey differences in gene content among organisms, and hypothesise patterns of gene gain and loss through evolution. Rates of gene flux appear to be surprisingly high, and many genes are unexpectedly unique to species (“orphan” genes). In plants, increasing evidence suggests that genome evolution has been shaped by multiple rounds of whole genome duplication (WGD) after which many duplicated genes are lost, but some duplicates are retained and diverge. The extent to which novel genes arise due to WGD, tandem duplications, horizontal gene transfers, or de novo, remains an open question, especially in plants where WGD seems to be such a pervasive feature of evolution. Our knowledge is hampered by the fact that until now we have been limited to comparisons of whole genome sequences in plants that are highly diverged from one another. This means that the early consequences of gene duplication, and the early divergence of duplicated genes, have not been studied on a genomic scale. This project will use a new dataset, generated by the host lab, containing the whole genome sequence of every species within a plant genus (the genus Fraxinus – ash trees). As well as having inferred WGDs in its ancestry, this genus contains species that have undergone recent WGD. We propose to conduct a comprehensive analysis of gene and gene family evolution in this genus, compiling a major public database of Fraxinus gene families (FraxiFam). Using this data we will conduct the first genome-wide and genus-wide study of gene content evolution, allowing us to study the early stages of gene sequence and gene content divergence. We will test hypotheses about: (1) the primary drivers of gene content evolution, (2) the repeatability of patterns in gene loss and retention after WGD, and (3) the early evolution of orphan genes. This research will contribute to attempts to develop ash trees resistant to ash dieback, for EU ecological restoration.
PROTECTIVE SHIELD FOR A DISC BRAKE AND A DISC BRAKE INCLUDING SUCH A PROTECTIVE SHIELD

A protective shield (9) for a disc brake which includes a brake disc (6) attached to a wheelshaft for a vehicle, and a brake yoke (5) with a pair of brake supports (8, 8'), which protective shield (9) includes means for fitting it close to one side of, and partly covering laterally, the brake disc (6). The protective shield is distinguished by a protective plate (10) and a fastening bracket portion (11, 11') which is designed to support and fasten the latter, which fastening bracket portion is provided with end portions for fastening cooperation with fastening eyes (13, 13') in the brake supports (8, 8').
MULTIFUNCTIONAL TEMPORARY INTRA OR EXTRA-CARDIA PACEMAKER WITHOUT FLUOROSCOPY GUIDANCE FOR OPERATION

A new type pacemaker with multifunctional pacing modes that can be used for temporary intra- or extra- single/dual chamber cardiac pacing is described. A LCD screen is integrated in this portable device to provide a real time electrocardiograph (ECG) monitoring. This device displays intra-chamber ECG that could guide physician to catheterize the heart without X-ray machine/fluoroscopy or other guiding equipment. It also can be used as an independent long-term surface ECG monitor. This device was built for the purposes of cost-effectiveness, safety, reliability and user friendliness. It is equipped with a clear-cut circuit design, a unique three level switching system for managing electrophysiological stimulation, interface of person/machine dialog, and cardiac signal recording. This multifunctional apparatus designed for multipurpose of clinical diagnosis and treatment fulfills and extends the clinical utilities of temporary cardiac pacing.
REFINING ELEMENTS

A pair of co-operating refining elements (10, 11) intended for a refiner for the working of lignocellulosic fiber material in a refining gap between two opposed refining discs rotating relative to each other. The refining elements (10, 11) are intended to be positioned directly in front of each other on opposed refining discs. The refining elements (10, 11) are further provided with a plurality of projecting working means in the form of pins (12, 13) with substantially circular cross section, where the pins on one of the refining elements are arranged to extend into interspaces between the pins on the other refining element. The refining elements further are provided with a number of flow restrictions in the form of strips (15, 16) which substantially extend in the circumferential direction.
Trust based decision support systems for social networks with uncertain knowledge

In real world decision-making, such as public security, social choice or recommender systems, we have a large body of data from various networked heterogeneous information sources or individuals that often conflict with each other and provide inconsistent knowledge. It is a challenging task to yield an optimal consensus decision, given the range of individual decisions obtained in terms of these knowledge sources. This research proposal aims to  create a novel mathematical and computational framework for trust based social choice in networks and with uncertain knowledge by merging multiple individuals’ preferences in an adaptive manner to reduce the disagreements among them, and automatically seek a decision or provide a recommendation with a maximal consensus.  To achieve our goal, we propose to bring together, for the first time, four previously disparate strands of research: social network analysis, fuzzy preference modelling, multiple attribute group decision-making and game theoretic modelling of malicious users. As a showcase the proposed framework will be incorporated to an e-health recommender platform to increase healthy lifestyle in cancer survivors. 
Both the fellow and the host researcher have extensive research experience in decision support system under uncertainty, e-health platforms and software and mobile development. With the foundational theory already in place, and given the growing interest in decision support systems and social networks, the time is right for pursuing this research. Being executable, this model will pave the way for an entirely new form of automated decision-support under uncertainty and incomplete information in dynamic environments and, at the same time will greatly expand the fellow knowledge and skill set, and help her to develop into a leading independent researcher. The proposed application has great outreach/commercialisation potential and contributes towards the H2020 Health, Demographic Change and Wellbeing challenge.
Blinded by an error

Errors are typically followed by a series of behavioural changes. Although most of these changes are well understood, accuracy changes following errors are not. A new paradigm is presented where participants performed a flanker task followed by a rapid serial visual presentation (RSVP) of numbers (1-9). In most trials, a letter was presented on three possible positions of the RSVP (1-3-6). This was done with and without immediate feedback on the flanker task. In both experiments participants had worse target detection after an error in the flanker task. These findings support non-functional accounts for error monitoring that predict decreased post-error performance (Dudschig & Jentzsch, 2009; Jentzsch & Dudschig, 2009; Notebaert et al., 2009). In a third experiment we tried to dissociate between a bottleneck and an orienting account and showed decreased target detection after irrelevant red signals, irrespective of frequency. This result is interpreted in support for the bottleneck account (Dudschig & Jentzsch, 2009; Jentzsch & Dudschig, 2009).
Exploring asgard archaea to illuminate the prokaryote-to-eukaryote transition

The origin of the eukaryotic cell, with its complex structural features, marks one of the prime hallmarks in the evolution of life on Earth. Still, the events that led to the emergence of cellular complexity in eukaryotic cells are a matter of hot debate. Current data supports scenarios in which an archaeal host cell and an alphaproteobacterial (mitochondrial) endosymbiont merged, triggering the emergence of the first eukaryotic cell. The host cell was recently shown to share a common ancestry with the Asgard archaea, an archaeal superphylum uniquely displaying a number of eukaryotic features. However, important details about the nature of the archaeal host and the presumed syntrophic interaction between this host and the alleged mitochondrial endosymbiont remain elusive, limiting our current understanding about the early stages of eukaryogenesis. In the current proposal, I aim to gain new insights in the emergence of eukaryotic cellular complexity by focusing on the newly discovered Asgard archaea. First, I will acquire and screen numerous environmental samples and employ state-of-the-art genome-resolved metagenomics approaches to lay out the diversity of the Asgard superphylum at the genomic level. By performing in-depth phylogenomic analyses of the newly generated genomic data, I will pinpoint the position of eukaryotes in the Tree of Life, and reconstruct the evolutionary history of eukaryotic genome content using advanced ancestral genome reconstruction algorithms. Next, I will develop in situ culturing and innovative cell extraction techniques that allow me to determine metabolic and syntrophic properties of Asgard archaeal cells, and to study their cells in ultra-high resolution. Altogether, the proposed research will provide novel insights into the genomic and cell-biological identity and nature of our closest prokaryotic relatives, and reveal, in more detail than ever before, the events that led to the emergence of complex cell types on Earth.
Plan de creación de una empresa de fabricación de madera plástica a base de productos del reciclaje plástico

Ecoarq is a plastic sheet manufacturing company which uses recycling and postindustrial plastic materials such as waste such as packaging, cutting of cable, insulating materials, bags, etc for its product. This document presents the details of the creation plan of the company.This document begins by presenting the structure and justification of the idea to assess it as viable or not. We concluded that the addition of a natural wood substitute product in the building and furniture manufacturing market has a good potential because is a poorly exploited market segment. ECOARQ´s objectives target annual sales of 700 million pesos in the first three years; other objectives are to expand the industrial factory, expand the range of products and have the best service in the sector ECOARQ will be positioned among the leaders in the plastic sheet manufacturing sector.
Vascular Tree Segmentation in Medical Images Using Hessian-Based Multiscale Filtering and Level Set Method

Vascular segmentation plays an important role in medical image analysis. A novel technique for the automatic extraction of vascular trees from 2D medical images is presented, which combines Hessian-based multiscale filtering and a modified level set method. In the proposed algorithm, the morphological top-hat transformation is firstly adopted to attenuate background. Then Hessian-based multiscale filtering is used to enhance vascular structures by combining Hessian matrix with Gaussian convolution to tune the filtering response to the specific scales. Because Gaussian convolution tends to blur vessel boundaries, which makes scale selection inaccurate, an improved level set method is finally proposed to extract vascular structures by introducing an external constrained term related to the standard deviation of Gaussian function into the traditional level set. Our approach was tested on synthetic images with vascular-like structures and 2D slices extracted from real 3D abdomen magnetic resonance angiography (MRA) images along the coronal plane. The segmentation rates for synthetic images are above 95%. The results for MRA images demonstrate that the proposed method can extract most of the vascular structures successfully and accurately in visualization. Therefore, the proposed method is effective for the vascular tree extraction in medical images.
Cross-Border Labor Market and Network of Employment Services

Employment is one of the tangible aspects of a country’s economy that most affects the lives of individuals. Although the GDP may be perceived as something abstract, employment loss or uncertainty is felt immediately. The inclusive growth of the area appears to be threatened by a persisting economic crisis and job loss, especially in the Italian and island regions, but also, increasingly, the NUTS 3 of the PACA Region. With this scenario, and based on the cooperation experiences of the MA.RE Maritime programme, this project intends to contribute to the cross-border labour market by creating joint services to support the matching of employment supply and demand and a network of those responsible for employment services and the actors involved in matching supply and demand (Chamber of Commerce, union representatives and workers). The cross-border network of employment services, the development of joint services to facilitate the matching of supply and demand and cross-border mobility, the definition of joint professional profiles and validation processes of shared skills are the main outcomes of this project. Students, workers and the unemployed of the maritime area will benefit from expanded job search opportunities. A strategic action is planned to influence Regional Operational and Cross-Border Cooperation Programmes and facilitate the sustainability of the results and their capitalisation. The plan is to involve the EURES network for cross-border mobility.
Identification of potential plant extracts for anti-tick activity against acaricide resistant cattle ticks, Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus (Acari: Ixodidae)

To develop an eco-friendly tick control method, seven plant extracts were prepared using 50 and 95% ethanol and evaluated for acaricidal activity against cattle tick, Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus. The adult immersion test was adopted for testing different extracts. Based on 72 h screening criterion, 95% ethanolic extracts of Datura metel fruits and Argemone mexicana whole plant were found effective showing more than 50% mortality of treated ticks. The 95% ethanolic extracts of D. metel fruits and A. mexicana whole plant exhibited acaricidal and reproductive inhibitory effects on treated ticks. The LC90 values of D. metel and A. mexicana extracts were determined as 7.13 and 11.3%, respectively. However, although both the extracts were found efficacious against deltamethrin-resistant IVRI-4 and multi-acaricide resistant IVRI-5 lines of R. (B.) microplus, they caused less mortality than treated ticks of the reference IVRI-I line. Phytochemical studies indicated the presence of alkaloids and glucosides in D. metel fruits and alkaloids, terpenoids, flavonoids and phenolics in A. mexicana whole plant extracts. The results indicated that these botanicals may play an important role in reducing the use of chemicals for tick control and possibly to manage resistant tick population in environment friendly manner.
Automated retinal scans for early detection of diabetic eye diseases through use of artificial intelligence

Oivi’s mission is to provide affordable eye care for all. Our vision is to eliminate unnecessary blindness by providing a lowcost camera for retinal (fundus) photography, with fully automated image capture and diagnostics. Our goal is for Oivi to become the point-of-care device for preventative eye screening, with diabetic retinopathy (DR) as our first area of focus. DR affects >160 million people worldwide and is the most common cause of blindness among people with diabetes. However, early detection and intervention can successfully prevent vision-loss from DR in 95% of the cases. A major financial and social burden is caused by DR, and these costs can be vastly reduced through a solution like Oivi.

Current solutions for DR screening are often expensive and require extensive training, limiting accessibility for patients, especially in developing countries. Oivi’s device is a unique combination of automated, easy-to-use, low-cost and integrated AI diagnostics solutions in a highly portable design. These features will allow healthcare professionals and pharmacists to carry out screening anywhere with no training and address the unmet need for early screening in primary care.

Oivi will be particularly relevant for low- and middle-income countries like India, but also for the European market. Oivi envisions to move the standard of care of diagnosis of DR from the ophthalmologists office to primary care level. This leads to a smooth patient flow between primary care and specialists and reduces patient fall out. Also, pharmacies provide excellent coverage and can make DR screening as common as blood glucose tests.

Oivi will use the iScan project as a vital step to prepare the company’s business strategy and mature the device and its diagnostic functionalities and to align it with end-user needs, regulatory standards and IP strategy. The iScan project is expected to untap a large business opportunity for Oivi, in the first application – DR screening and diagnosis.
Money Demand and Inflation: Evidence from Iran

This study examines money demand and inflation dynamics in the Islamic Republic of Iran using data for the period 1990-2001and tests whether the disinflation during 2000-2001 represents a structural break in the data. A long-run money market equilibrium condition is identified and the short-run behavior of the inflation, measured in terms of non-administered component of the consumer price index (CPI) is modeled conditional on the disequilibria in the money market. Estimation results indicate that the stabilization of the exchange rate on account of strong oil revenues during 2000-2001 buoyed the demand for domestic money and contributed to the decline in inflation. Tests of model stability do not point to a structural shift in the inflation equation during the period of analysis. JEL Classification: C51, E31, E41. Keywords : Iran, Inflation, Money Demand, Exchange Rate
Recurrence‐Based Quantification of Dynamical Complexity in the Earth's Magnetosphere at Geospace Storm Timescales

Magnetic storms are the most prominent global manifestations of out-of-equilibrium magnetospheric dynamics. Investigating the dynamical complexity exhibited by geomagnetic observables can provide valuable insights into relevant physical processes as well as temporal scales associated with this phenomenon. In this work, we utilize several innovative data analysis techniques enabling a quantitative nonlinear analysis of the nonstationary behavior of the disturbance storm time (Dst) index together with some of the main drivers of its temporal variability, the $VB_{South}$ electric field component, the vertical component of the interplanetary magnetic field, $B_z$, and the dynamic pressure of the solar wind, $P_{dyn}$. Using recurrence quantification analysis (RQA) and recurrence network analysis (RNA), we obtain several complementary complexity measures that serve as markers of different physical processes underlying quiet and storm time magnetospheric dynamics. Specifically, our approach discriminates the magnetospheric activity in response to external (solar wind) forcing from primarily internal variability and provides a physically meaningful classification of magnetic storm periods based on observations made at the Earth's surface. In this regard, the proposed methodology could provide a relevant step towards future improved space weather and magnetic storm forecasts.
Coastal extreme sea levels in the Caribbean Sea induced by tropical cyclones

Abstract. Every year the Caribbean Sea faces the passage of several tropical cyclones that generate coastal extreme sea levels with potential strong and hazardous impacts. In this work we simulate the storm surges and wind-waves induced by a set of 1000 tropical cyclones over the Caribbean Sea that are representative of the present-day climate. These events have been extracted from a global database of synthetic hurricanes spanning a 10,000-year period. The atmospheric forcing fields, associated to the set of tropical cyclones, are used to feed a coupled hydrodynamic-wave model with high resolution (~2 km) along the continental and islands coasts. Given the large number of events modeled, our results allow detailed statistical analyses of the magnitude and mechanisms of coastal extreme sea levels as well as the identification of most exposed areas to both storm surges and extreme wind-waves.