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Vernacular textual cultures in dante’s tuscany: education and literary practices in context (ca. 1250 - ca. 1321)

The project undertakes the first systematic investigation of the vernacular literary texts used for the intellectual education of secular people in north-western Tuscany between the half of the 13th and the first twenty years of the 14th century in order to clarify the cultural context of Dante’s formation in Florence, on which almost nothing is known yet. While the lyrical poetry in late-medieval vernacular has been much studied, the doctrinal literature (both in poetry and prose) flourished in Italy in the same years is often unpublished and almost never made the object of critical studies, nor its function was connected to the formation of secular intellectuals such as Dante. The project aims to define as accurately as possible the vernacular, namely, the non-Latin, cultural context and texts circulation in Florence and north-western Tuscany during the span of about seventy years, between the death of the empereor Frederick II (1250), which ideally marks the end of the Sicilian Poetic School and the displacement of the fulcrum of the Italian vernacular literature in the “municipal” Tuscany, and the death of Dante Alighieri (1321). The chronological limits depend on the crucial role of the Florentine poet, who within this historical context had reached the highest cultural dignity of the vernacular as the literary language of the legal-notary ruling class before Petrarch and Humanism marked a radical return to the Latin, indeed parallel to the decline of the figure of the “municipal intellectual” (Dante himself and other distinguished members of this specific secular and bourgeois environment as the mercant Chiaro Davanzati, the banker Monte Andrea, the judge Bono Giamboni, the notary Brunetto Latini, and the public officials Guido Cavalcanti and Dino Compagni).
METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PRODUCING AN OPERATIVE CONNECTION BETWEEN A CONNECTOR AND A CABLE

The invention relates to a method for producing an operative connection between a coaxial cable (1) and a coaxial connector (16). The invention further comprises a coaxial connector (16) and a coaxial cable (1). In a first step of the method according to the invention, a cable jacket (5), if present, is removed by means of a first tool (6) to a predefined first length L1. In a second step, an outer conductor (3) is removed by means of a second tool (7) to a predefined second length L2. In a third step, a dielectric (4) is removed by means of a third tool (8) to a third length L3, such that one end (15) of the inner conductor (2) is exposed. Then the end (15) of the inner cable conductor (2) is formed by means of a rotary swaging device (9), which comprises a plurality of deflectable jaws (10) rotatable circumferentially about an axis of rotation (11) and each hammering in the radial direction with at least one operative surface (14).
Nadir Hematocrit on Bypass and Rates of Acute Kidney Injury: Does Sex Matter?

Reports have associated nadir hematocrit (Hct) on cardiopulmonary bypass with the occurrence of renal dysfunction. Recent literature has suggested that women, although more often exposed to lower nadir Hct, have a lower risk of postoperative renal dysfunction. We assessed whether this relationship held across a large multicenter registry.We undertook a prospective, observational study of 15,221 nondialysis-dependent patients (10,376 male, 68.2%; 4,845 female, 31.8%) undergoing cardiac surgery between 2010 and 2014 across 26 institutions in Michigan. We calculated crude and adjusted OR between nadir Hct during cardiopulmonary bypass and stage 2 or 3 acute kidney injury (AKI), and tested the interaction of sex and nadir Hct. The predicted probability of AKI was plotted separately for men and women.Nadir Hct less than 21% occurred among 16.6% of patients, although less commonly among men (9.5%) than women (31.9%; p < 0.001). Acute kidney injury occurred among 2.7% of patients, with small absolute differences between men and women (2.6% versus 3.0%, p = 0.20). There was a significant interaction between sex and nadir Hct (p = 0.009). The effect of nadir Hct on AKI was stronger among male patients (adjusted odds ratio per 1 unit decrease in nadir Hct 1.10, 95% confidence interval: 1.05 to 1.13) than female patients (adjusted odds ratio 1.01, 95% CI: 0.96, 1.06).Lower nadir Hct was associated with an increased risk of AKI, and the effect appears to be stronger among men than women. Understanding of the mechanism underlying this association remains uncertain, although these results suggest the need to limit exposure to lower nadir Hct, especially for male patients.
Immuno-Cluster

Autologous immuno-hybridoma have been applied to treat prostate cancer resistant castration revealing that this approach is a safe, non-toxic significant immunity response to significantly prolong the time to secondary therapy. The aim of the project is to create a Cross-border Immuno-Cluster through a clinical experimentation for the treatment of the triple negative breast carcinoma, an aggressive cancer not yet treatable, by an autologous vaccine of cellular immunohybridoma, whose production will be made scalable to meet product needs. The project will be an excellence to put together cutting-edge hospitals, pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, universities and research centers, which are all relevant European and global players. Activities of partners will be synchronized, bringing them together in an innovative approach with a strong impact in immunotherapy breast cancer clinic. Project partners will achieve two parallel objectives: a) introduce a safe and effective approach to treat triple negative breast cancer (clinical protocol) still missing today, and b) develop a set of common goods (qualified personnel, infrastructure, know-how) on which hospitals, universities, SMEs, start-ups and investors will be able to build their own offers.
Values and preferences influencing willingness to change red and processed meat consumption in response to evidence-based information: a mixed methods study

Abstract Objectives: The aim of the study is (1) to assess the extent to which omnivores are willing to stop or reduce their consumption of red and processed meat in response to evidence-based information regarding the possible reduction of cancer mortality and incidence achieved by dietary modification; (2) to identify socio-demographic categories associated with higher willingness to change meat consumption and (3) to understand the motives facilitating and hindering such a change. Design: During an initial computer-assisted web interview, respondents were presented with scenarios containing the estimates of the absolute risk reduction in overall cancer incidence and mortality tailored to their declared level of red and processed meat consumption. Respondents were asked whether they would stop or reduce their average meat consumption based on the information provided. Their dietary choices were assessed at 6-month follow-up. Additionally, we conducted semi-structured interviews to better understand the rationale for dietary practices and the perception of health information. Participants: The study was conducted among students and staff of three universities in Krakow, Poland. Results: Most of the 513 respondents were unwilling to change their consumption habits. We found gender to be a significant predictor of the willingness. Finally, we identified four themes reflecting key motives that determined meat consumption preferences: the importance of taste and texture, health consciousness, the habitual nature of cooking and persistence of omnivorous habits. Conclusions: When faced with health information about the uncertain reduction in the risk of cancer mortality and incidence, the vast majority of study participants were unwilling to introduce changes in their consumption habits.
Gameyourself - create a virtual 3d model of a person’s face based on a short video taken with any smartphone cam.

GameYourself is a High-Tech Spin-Off company of the Humboldt University of Berlin specialized in the field of computer vision. The company developed a novel technology for 3D face reconstruction and face representation by combining and further developing the latest results of Prof. Peter Eisert’s research group. The developed method relies on image-based systems for context and information acquisition and it significantly outperforms the current state of the art solutions.
Our automated method is capable of creating a virtual 3D model of a person’s face based on a (a) short video of it taken by a regular smartphone. With our method we made it possible for the first time to create a highly realistic 3D model of a real face based on a video recorded by a regular smartphone. The result is available within a couple of minutes without manual editing.
Video game players usually spend hours a day in a game and are willing to pay for virtual tools and items. Individualizing their character (changing hair, clothes, colors etc.) plays a very important role, especially in social online games like Second Life. From the industry point of view one of the most important factors which contributes to the overall success of a particular game is the amount of the average time the users spend playing it. Hence it is in the interest of the game companies to engage their users more in their games and to gain advantage over their competitors by offering a technology that brings high value to their fanbase. 
The business model of GameYourself is simple: Users pay per scanned face that is integrated into a game. Furthermore the technology can be licensed to game publishers as a white label solution.
It has to be mentioned that the opportunities of the GameYourself technology are much broader: It can be used in different industries such as e.g. the cosmetic industry, personalized marketing or surgery.
Researcher'S night: meeting science and your next door scientist

A diverse team of experts in scientific research and science communication from leading Research Institutes and Educational Organizations located in the Athens Metropolitan area is formed to organize the Researcher's Night activities for the years 2014 and 2015. By adopting the concept “Science invites People”, we propose a large scale REN, in 2014, at NCSR Demokritos, the largest Science Research campus in Attica, and a similar event in 2015, at IME a multiplex where science meets entertainment and exploration, organized by the National Observatory of Athens . 
Based on past experience, we plan activities for an expected attendance of several thousand visitors. Our proposal involves activities from several scientific domains exemplifying in many cases the benefits of Interdisciplinarity. The activities will include the organization of pre-events, as part of the awareness campaign, as well as parallel events at three regions throughout Greece including Rodos, Corinth and Pylos, where parτicipating Institutions have satellite installations, so as to maximize impact and reach. Researcher's Night 2015 events will be linked with another major Researcher's Night event planned to take place in Rome, through the support of the local establishment of the European Space Agency (ESA). 
The purpose of the project is to convey to the general public the ideas that Research is a necessary ingredient for progress, the Researchers are an integral part of the community and their profession is both fun, challenging, interesting and worth pursuing. The presentation of the work of the scientists to the Greek public will showcase the need of scientific and technological breakthroughs leading to inventions and opportunities that benefit society in many ways.


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PROCESS FOR CONTINUOUS DYEING OF A TEXTILE FILAMENT, AND INSTALLATION FOR IMPLEMENTING THE PROCESS

The aim of the invention is to perfect a process for continuous dyeing of a textile filament by impregnation under pressure, followed by pneumatic drying. The dye solution is applied to the filament (1) in an impregnation enclosure (4). The filament then passes into a pneumatic drying enclosure (5) in which the liquid is recovered for regeneration and reuse as a dye. A regeneration enclosure (14) is connected to an automatic colour analyser (34) and to a calculating unit (34') which controls the dye dosers (86).
Neo-Missionaries and the Polemics of Helping

Despite the existence of extreme wealth on our planet, billions of persons remain desperately poor. Almost half of humanity – over 3 billion people – lives on less than US$2.50 a day. Nearly half of the world’s 2.2 billion children live in poverty. According to the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), 22,000 children under the age of five die each day due to poverty-related conditions. One-quarter of the world’s population lacks electricity, and water problems affect half of the people on Earth. 1 Women suffer a disproportionate share of the burdens of poverty. Hundreds of millions of women are living in peril. Women lack access to healthcare. The United Nations estimates that providing reproductive healthcare globally would cost about US$12 billion (less than the amount spent on pet food in the US and Europe), yet funding is lacking, and women continue to die from preventable diseases and circumstances associated with pregnancy and childbirth. Widespread and systematic discrimination against women contributes to the occurrence of domestic violence and its associated damages. The fate of humanity and the protection of the environment are intimately linked to the health and strength of women, and yet hundreds of millions of women live in embattled circumstances. That so many women are in trouble means we all are. Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn’s Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide focuses on the plight of women and calls for action “to battle gender inequity around the world and to push for education and opportunities for girls around the world” (Kristof and WuDunn 2009, 233). While their missive on the struggles women face is informative and important, the prescriptions Kristof and WuDunn preach are counter-productive. In short, Kristof and WuDunn get the problem right but the solution wrong. The strength of this work is its careful attention to the (largely preventable) harsh and often lethal conditions women face. Its crucial weakness is the call for individual, charitable cash contributions. This is a significant error. Examining the ways in which Kristof and WuDunn succeed in discussing the problem, but ultimately proscribe the wrong solution, is a useful strategy to interrogate the broader polemics of humanitarianism in the era of neoliberalism. Kristof and WuDunn have ample empirical evidence to discuss suffering. In chapter after chapter, each rich in anecdotes of specific women and their problems, the authors illuminate the struggles women face to survive. Kristof and WuDunn’s narratives offer a useful education on the hardships women face. Inadequate healthcare means women die from otherwise preventable diseases. As they note, it is important to know that “MMR”
THE COMPANY INTENDS TO RENEW ITS EQUIPMENT AND MAKE USE OF NEW IT SYSTEMS AND MACHINES THAT ALLOW THE MAXIMUM FLESSIBILITIESÂ AND PRECISION IN THE DESIGN AND THEN IN THE REALISATION OF ITS LIFTING PLATFORMS, LOAD LIFTS AND M

THE COMPANY INTENDS TO RENEW ITS EQUIPMENT AND MAKE USE OF NEW IT SYSTEMS AND MACHINES THAT ALLOW THE MAXIMUM FLESSIBILITIESÂ AND PRECISION IN THE DESIGN AND THEN IN THE REALISATION OF ITS LIFTING PLATFORMS, LOAD LIFTS AND M
Dna damage and repair and its impact on healthy ageing

We pioneered an initially highly controversial connection between DNA damage and (accelerated) aging. In the previous ERC grant ‘DamAge’ we reached the stage that (segmental) aging in DNA repair-deficient mice can be largely controlled. The severity of the repair defect determines the rate of segmental aging; the repair pathways affected influence which organs age fast; conditional repair mutants allow targeting accelerated aging to any organ. Importantly, we found that dietary restriction (DR), the only universal intervention known to delay aging, extends remaining life- and healthspan in progeroid Ercc1Δ/- mutants by 200% (see Vermeij et al., Nature 2016 and fig.2). Also Xpg-/- progeroid repair mice strongly benefit from DR, generalizing this finding. The prominent Alzheimer- and Parkinson-like neurodegeneration is even retarded up to 30-fold(!) disclosing powerful untapped reserves unleashed by 30% less food, with enormous clinical potential. Also we discovered that in accelerated and normal aging gene expression declines due to accumulating stochastic transcription-blocking lesions and that DR counteracts genomic dysfunction. In Dam2Age we will focus on the cross-talk between DNA damage, aging and DR with emphasis on the relevance for normal aging, elucidate underlying mechanisms and use our unique -for DR research superior- mouse models and a variety of novel assays to search for effective nutritional-pharmacological DR mimetics. This serves as a stepping stone towards potent universal therapy for a range of repair-deficient progeroid syndromes and prevention of many aging-related diseases, most urgently dementia’s, to promote sustained health.
Tecnologia Ferbo ITI

O projeto está focado na aquisição de tecnologia de produção moderna — um centro de fresagem e perfuração de ponta, que ampliará significativamente a gama de produtos oferecidos. Além disso, foram adquiridos módulos específicos para o sistema ABRA ERP, que expandirão o SW existente com diversas funcionalidades e conectarão a tecnologia adquirida ao sistema ABRA.
Survey of poliovirus antibodies in Kano, Northern Nigeria

In 1988, the World Health Assembly resolved to eradicate poliomyelitis. Since then, much progress towards this goal has been made, but three countries including Nigeria remain polio-endemic as of end 2012. To assess the immunity level against poliomyelitis in young children in Northern Nigeria, we conducted a seroprevalence survey in the Kano Metropolitan Area (KMA) in May 2011.Parents or guardians of infants aged 6-9months or children aged 36-47months presenting to the outpatient department of Murtala Mohammad Specialist Hospital were approached for participation, screened for eligibility and were asked to provide informed consent. After that, a questionnaire was administered and blood was collected for neutralization assay.A total of 327 subjects were enrolled. Of these, 313 (96%) met the study requirements and were analyzed (161 [51%] aged 6-9months and 152 [49%] aged 36-47months). Among subjects aged 6-9months, seroprevalence was 81% (95% confidence interval [CI] 75-87%) to poliovirus type 1, 76% (95% CI 68-81%) to poliovirus type 2, and 73% (95% CI 67-80%) to poliovirus type 3. Among subjects aged 36-47months, the seroprevalence was 91% (95% CI 86-95%) to poliovirus type 1, 87% (95% CI 82-92%) for poliovirus type 2, and 86% (95% CI 80-91%) to poliovirus type 3. Seroprevalence was associated with history of oral poliovirus vaccine (OPV) doses, maternal education and gender.Seroprevalence is lower than required levels for poliovirus interruption in the KMA. Persistence of immunity gaps in the 36-47months group is a big concern. Since higher number of vaccine doses is associated with higher seroprevalence, it implies that failure-to-vaccinate and not vaccine failure accounts for the suboptimal seroprevalence. Intensified efforts are necessary to administer polio vaccines to all target children and surpass the threshold levels for herd immunity.
Improving the orientation-dependent statistical potential using a reference state

Statistical potentials are frequently engaged in the protein structural prediction and protein folding for conformational evaluation. Theoretically, to describe the many-body effect, pairwise interaction between two atom groups should be corrected by their relative geometric orientation. The potential functions developed by this means are called orientation-dependent statistical potentials and have exhibited substantially improved performance. However, none of the currently available orientation-dependent statistical potentials use any reference state, which has been proven to greatly enhance the power of distance-dependent statistical potentials in numerous previous studies. In this work, we designed a reasonable reference state for the orientation-dependent statistical potentials: using the average geometric relationship between atom pairs in known structures by neglecting their residue identities. The statistical potential developed using this reference state (called ORDER_AVE) prevails most available rival potentials in a series of tests on the decoy sets, although the information of side chain atoms (except the β-carbon) is absent in its construction.
NEW USE FOR JNK INHIBITOR MOLECULES FOR TREATMENT OF VARIOUS DISEASES

The present invention relates to the use of novel JNK inhibitor molecules and their use in a method of treatment of the human or animal body by therapy.
The cumulative capability ‘sand cone’ model revisited: a new perspective for manufacturing strategy

The cumulative capability or the ‘sand cone’ model (Ferdows and De Meyer 1990, Lasting improvements in manufacturing performance: in search of a new theory. Journal of Operations Management, 9(2), 168–184) has been central in the debate on relations among dimensions of manufacturing performance. The central thesis of this model is that manufacturing performance is cumulative and sequential, with quality performance forming the foundation. An implicit assumption underlying the model is that the indirect effects of quality leading to delivery, then to flexibility and finally cost are stronger than direct effects among these same performance dimensions. Despite its frequent use, the sand cone model has not been empirically tested for direct and indirect effects or for the sequence of effects. Most tests have used correlations or regression relationships that only establish positive relationships among dimensions, not the specific sand cone sequence. We conduct two new tests of the actual sequence of the sand...
A novel approach to non-invasive and personalized skin cancer diagnosis

French SME-company DAMAE Medical is facing skin cancer worldwide issue by developing the OCTAV Project, a new approach to
dermatological diagnostic based on a disruptive Line-field Confocal Optical Coherence Tomography (LC-OCT) technology, in a novel
hand-held imaging device.
OCTAV is designed to capture in situ images of the skin layers with a cellular resolution. It is used in conjunction with dermoscopy to
provide more accurate diagnosis, leading to fewer biopsies of benign lesions and earlier detection of melanoma (clinical use 1) and
non-melanoma skin cancers (clinical use 2). It may also guide the surgery to provide more accurate presurgical margins (clinical use
3), preventing unnecessarily large scars and reducing the risk of recurrence.
Correlatively, DAMAE is developing a full software solution, based on a data storage cloud-platform, a computer-aided software
designed to assist dermatologists with OCTAV image interpretation, as well as telepathology and patient services.
OCTAV device will initially be used by clinicians as a routine easy-handling diagnostic device in public practices (market segment 1).
Implementation of OCTAV software will enable its adoption by a much larger market, consisting of private practices dermatologists
(market segment 2). The approach will contribute to the development of skin cancer risk patient awareness, while changing the
current paradigm through a timely, performant, and non-invasive approach, and releasing the financial burden on the healthcare
system.
Project OCTAV has successfully completed in 2017 a feasibility phase covered by the SME Instrument Phase 1, resulting in a TRL6
prototype of the technology and a first consolidated atlas of skin cancer clinical images. The main objective of this Phase2 is to
scaleup
the OCTAV solution to TRL9 through industrialization activities and by achieving a definitive market assessment, the clinical
validation and the regulatory approval, before deploying the approach worldwide.