SIRIS-Lab/unlabelled-sti-corpus huggingface dataset:
A METHOD AND TOOL FOR INSTALLATION OF AN OFFSHORE WIND TURBINE

The invention relates to a method and a tool for the installation of a foundation of an offshore wind turbine, said foundation comprising a monopile that is driven into the seabed by means of a pile driving device. The foundation may also comprise a transition piece that is to be mounted on top of the monopile that has been driven into the seabed. According to the invention the method comprises, after the step of lowering a monopile and placing the monopile on the seabed by means of a crane and a upending and lifting tool attached to the lifting block of that crane, the step of connecting the upending and lifting tool, while still attached to the lifting block of the crane, to a pile driving device. The pile driving device is subsequently retained by said upending and lifting tool.
Contrats agro-environnementaux : approches comportementales et dispositifs innovants

The agri-environmental policy of the European Union strongly relies on financial incentives provided through Agri-envrionmental Schemes (AES) to stimulate farmers’ adoption of pro-environmental practices. A rational economic assumption is that farmers enroll if they are paid enough to cover their opportunity costs. However, behavioral economics consider that psychologic factors may be involved in this decision. The first aim of this thesis is to determine the role of behavioral factors in AES adoption. Chapter 1 uses a social-psychology model, the Theory of Planned Behavior, to measure the weight of behavioral factors in farmers’ decision to enroll in a pesticide-reduction AES. The survey reveals that farmers are both driven by traditional economic motivations and norms (social and personal). Chapter 2 studies in more details the role of norms. A theoretical model reveals that social norms may either hamper or facilitate the participation in AES and a web-survey, confirms the importance of social injunctive norms and personal norms. In the second part of the thesis, we analyze the performance of innovative designs and how it may be affected by behavioral factors. In chapter 3, to address cases of environmental threshold, we test with an economic experiment a contract in which payment is conditioned to collective farmers’ participation. This contract appears to be more effective and efficient than traditional AES. The two last chapters analyze a new application of AES: biodiversity offsets. Based on a survey, chapter 4 highlights factors that influence the participation in such contracts as well as issues of effectiveness and efficiency. In chapter 5, we show with a choice experiment that farmers, especially the most environmentally sensitive, are influenced by the contracts’ goal framing: they prefer contracts that aim at biodiversity conservation rather than at the compensation of biodiversity losses. We conclude by insisting on the complementarity between traditional and behavioral environmental policy instruments.
Focus on advancing spatial and temporal resolution of 3d structured illumination microscopy

FASTR 3D SIM: Focus on Advancing the Spatial and Temporal Resolution of 3D Structured Illumination Microscopy

Super-resolved structured illumination microscopy (SR-SIM) is an important method to surpass the resolution limit in fluorescence microscopy. SR-SIM is compatible with many fluorescent labels and ensures low photo-damage, making it an ideal candidate for live-cell imaging. However, to be truly applicable, very fast 3D imaging has to be realized, as the cellular structuring is 3D in nature and fast dynamics have to be captured. In addition, many biological processes occur at length scales below 100nm, beyond SR-SIMs two-fold resolution improvement.

I will develop an advanced 3D SR-SIM microscope able to capture 3D images at video rate, i.e., 25 3D images per second, 10 times quicker  than the fastest currently available systems. The extreme speed-up is achieved by a unique multi-focal optics approach available at the host institute, and will also reduce the photo-toxicity to the sample. My  SIM reconstruction code (www.fairsim.org) will be extended to 3D imaging, and include new algorithms tackling low light levels and strong out-of-focus light.

I will also develop a revolutionary combination of SIM with super-resolution optical fluctuation imaging (SOFI), a specialty of the Dedecker lab. SOFI is employed to create non-linear effects, allowing SIM to surpass its 2x resolution enhancement. This enables rapid and repeatable 3D imaging of cells with a spatial resolution approx. 60 nm in x,y and 150 nm in z.

I will apply the tools to an acute biological question, the dynamics of mitochondrial and ER interactions, used by the cell as signaling scaffolding points. Here both the temporal and spatial resolution of the proposed system is required to observe the very fast dynamics.
Are there misconceptions about the coronary system’s role in heart attacks? A novel and reproducible approach to demonstrate the anatomy of a heart attack (536.8)

Data collected has shown that misconceptions of the Coronary System’s role in heart attacks exist amongst the undergraduate anatomy students surveyed. Namely demonstrated was a misunderstanding of how the heart receives its own blood for its metabolism. Understanding one of the leading causes of death in the United States, Myocardial Infarction or heart attacks, is a part of the undergraduate anatomy curriculum. While studying the anatomy and physiology of the heart, students may have focused more of their time learning about the larger vessels associated with the circulatory system, with less attention paid to the smaller coronary arteries. The purpose of this study was three-fold: 1) To assess whether there were any misconceptions about heart attacks such as the misconception that heart attacks are caused by cessation in systemic circulation (Sudden Cardiac Arrest). 2) To design the Coronary Blood Flow Bio Model (CBBM), a reproducible demonstration of the Coronary System, that is easily implemented in any class setting and is inexpensive to produce. 3) To evaluate the efficacy of the CBBM in regards to students’ understanding of the coronary arteries and their role in heart attacks. Post demonstration assessment suggests that the CBBM demonstration helped clear up misconceptions about heart attacks. The CBBM design allows for a Myocardial Infarction to be simulated by using a cut sponge for the myocardium, wrapped with vinyl tubing to represent the coronary arteries. Using a syringe filled with a red solution and a simple hemostat to simulate an occlusion, students were able to visualize the cessation of perfusion in a coronary artery, leading to cell death, and manifestation as a heart attack.
MATEO - Matching Technologies and Opportunities

MATEO deals on an inter-regional level with the problems involved in encouraging technological innovation, this being a key element for the sustainable economic development of regions and one of the main objectives of the Lisbon strategy. The infrastructure and approaches that exist on a pan-European level are often considered by local industry to be too distant. This means that organisations at the first level of innovation, such as SMEs and research centres, do not benefit fully from opportunities that arise from alliances across frontiers, and this reduces the potential for stimulating the regional economy through innovation. Such limits to the scope for taking up opportunities beyond regions create a need for the activities of MATEO, namely, the stimulation of innovation through opportunities from inter-regional cooperation. Overall objective / Objectif général The objective of MATEO is to carry out activities to encourage regional innovation through close collaboration among the partner regions. The project aims to pass on the impact in these regions to enhance European competitiveness, employment, wealth and well-being in line with the EU strategy laid down in Lisbon in 2000. MATEO will focus on two main areas: the creation of intensive knowledge on new industrial activities, and increased knowledge on existing activities. Expected results / Résultats attendus All of the activities of MATEO play a role in the project’s overall objective: the creation and implementation of sub-projects to exploit opportunities for applying the growth of knowledge in research and technological development to the creation of new industrial activities. The actions will include: 8-16 regional studies on the potential of technology in different sectors; studies to evaluate performance and look for opportunities for innovation; an individual diagnosis, listing at least 60 bodies in each region (a total of 240); the creation of a database describing the profiles of participants, to be available on the Internet; five sessions for sharing technology to achieve inter-regional harmony for participants in the sub-project with at least 80 new interregional contacts between incubators and innovative enterprises; 8-16 sub-projects to promote knowledge of industrial activities by means of technology transfers to SMEs; dissemination of the project and its results via the media. The international scope of MATEO should help to enhance its impact and the efficiency of current and future regional strategies for innovation, guaranteeing a significant long-term impact on sustainable economic development in the regions involved in the project.
Glutamate dynamics during visual stimulation and ketamine challenge in the human brain

While clinical experience confirmed ketamine, a glutamate (Glu) N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor  antagonist, as a potent therapy of treatment-resistant major depressive disorder (TRD), the exact mechanism of ketamine’s action in the brain is unclear. Thus, a method to reliably and reproducibly monitor minute changes in Glu metabolism in the human brain is urgently needed to understand ketamine dynamics in vivo. So far, the pioneering work at the Medical University Vienna (MUW) showed ketamine-induced increase of vascular and metabolic responses measured as blood oxygenation level dependent (BOLD) signals in healthy subjects in thalamus, insula and anterior cingulate cortex (ACC), while others observed elevated glucose uptake using positron emission tomography, suggesting higher energetic demands and Glu response after ketamine infusion. Yet, a reliable and non-invasive method for direct monitoring of pharmacologically-induced dynamic Glu changes is still missing. Our group at MUW has recently developed a novel ground-breaking accelerated method for ultra-short echo time MRS imaging (UTE-MRSI) providing optimal Glu measures with critical sensitivity improvements compared to conventional proton single-voxel MRS (SV-MRS) and previously utilized MRSI approaches. Our method allows monitoring of Glu responses selectively in activated voxels and overcomes low spatial resolution, and limited coverage of SV-MRS that is the current gold standard for measurement of Glu concentrations and its dynamic changes in vivo (functional SV-MRS). The further improvement of UTE-MRSI by the implementation of the novel real-time motion correction will boost its applicability in clinical human studies. Thus, our UTE-MRSI will offer image-based multi-slice measurements of baseline Glu concentrations and its responses to ketamine administration with the potential to clarify ketamine’s mechanism of action in patients with TRD, and will allow monitoring of other novel glutamatergic therapies.
Foresight analysis of tilapia supply chains (Sistema Producto) in four states in Mexico: Scenarios and strategies for 2018

Abstract In order to increase competitiveness among individual producers and to encourage their integration, the federal government of Mexico has pursued the establishment, at both the state and national levels, of supply chains, or Sistema Producto (SP). For fisheries and aquaculture, 33 SPs exist at the state level and 7 at the national level, 1 of them for tilapia. The objective of this study is to carry out a foresight analysis (FA) of 4 tilapia SPs in Mexico—for the States of Colima, Sonora, Tabasco and Yucatan—analyzing their 2018 vision for the development of the tilapia chain. FA provides an integral vision of both the internal and external environments, identifying the key factors for each SP and helping to develop the best strategies in order to compete successfully. Sonora, Tabasco and Yucatan identify marketing aspects as key elements for their 10-year future: adding value to the product by means of new processing technologies, developing their own brand, and identifying and differentiating their product based on sanitary issues. Colima focuses its industry future success on efficiency improvements. Finally, the main technological disruptions identified by the 4 states are the incremental use of information technology, product and process certification, new hatcheries with genetically-improved fry, and new processing methodologies developed and/or applied.
PLATE ELEMENTS FOR FUEL CELL STACKS

The invention relates to a plate element for a fuel cell stack, comprising a frame region and at least one inner region which is surrounded by the frame region. Said plate element also comprises a plurality of webs which extend from the frame region into the at least one inner region and define a flow guidance structure in the at least one inner region, at least two of four bore holes in the frame region being connected to said flow guidance structure.
Sustainable plus energy neighbourhoods

Syn.ikia aims at achieving sustainable plus energy neighbourhoods with more than 100% energy savings, 90% renewable energy generation triggered, 100% GHG emission reduction, and 10% life cycle costs reduction, compared to nZEB levels. This will be achieved while ensuring high quality indoor environment and well-being.
Our main strategy for achieving these goals is to deliver a blueprint for sustainable plus energy buildings and neighbourhoods, leading the way to plus energy districts and cities, through:
I.	Demonstrating new designs and efficient operation of sustainable plus energy neighbourhoods through the balanced application of integrated energy design, energy- and cost-efficiency measures, local renewables, local storage, energy flexibility, and energy sharing and trading. This will be demonstrated in four real-life development projects with plus energy apartment blocks located in four climatic zones and representing four different types of urban development strategies.
II.	Delivering customized designs, innovative technologies, and decision support strategies and tools that enable informed decisions to be made by the key stakeholders in Europe.
III.	Encouraging community engagement and empower user’s control facilitated by digital platforms and driven by housing affordability, improved quality of life, and environmental consciousness to inform and enable behavioural change.
IV.	Unlocking the potential of neighbourhoods as flexibility providers that enable more RES to enter the system and allow for flexible management of energy demand and RES generation in neighbourhoods, to avoid costly reinforcements of distribution grids while improving the quality and reliability of supply.
V.	Providing big data based infrastructure management and smart networks that, together with new and validated construction technologies and materials, unlock the flexibility potential, enable community engagement, and provide well-managed housing for the citizens.
Deciphering cell heterogeneity in tumors using arrays of nanowires to controllably poke single cells in longitudinal studies

Cancer is responsible for 20% of all deaths in Europe. Current cancer research is based on cell ensemble measurements or on snapshot studies of individual cells. However, cancer is a systemic disease, involving many cells that interact and evolve over time in a complex manner, which cell ensemble studies and snapshot studies cannot grasp. It is therefore crucial to investigate cancer at the single cell level and in longitudinal studies (over time). Despite the recent developments in micro- and nanotechnologies, combined with live cell imaging, today, there is no method available that meets the crucial need for global monitoring of individual cell responses to stimuli/perturbation in real-time.  
This project addresses this crucial need by combining super resolution live-cell imaging and the development of sensors, as well as injection devices based on vertical nanowire arrays. The devices will penetrate multiple single cells in a fully controlled manner, with minimal invasiveness.

The objectives of the project are:
1) To develop nanowire based-tools in order to gain controlled and reliable access to the cell interior with minimal invasiveness.
2) Developing mRNA sensing and biomolecule injection capabilities based on nanowires.
3) Performing longitudinal single cell studies in tumours, including monitoring gene expression in real time, under controlled cell perturbation.

By enabling global, long term monitoring of individual tumour cells submitted to controlled stimuli, the project will open up new horizons in Biology and in Medical Research. It will enable ground-breaking discoveries in understanding the complexity of molecular events underlying the disease. This cross-disciplinary project will lead to paradigm-shifting research, which will enable the development of optimal treatment strategies. This will be applicable, not only for cancer, but also for a broad range of diseases, such as diabetes and neurodegenerative diseases.
Electrochromic element, materials for use in such element, processes for making such element and such materials and use of such element in an electrochromic glass device

PCT No. PCT/US90/03873 Sec. 371 Date Mar. 12, 1992 Sec. 102(e) Date Mar. 12, 1992 PCT Filed Jul. 13, 1990 PCT Pub. No. WO91/01510 PCT Pub. Date Feb. 7, 1991.An electrochromic element useful in an electrochromic glass or mirror device and a process for making such element. The element is a five-layered structure including an electrolyte ion conducting layer interposed between first and second inorganic electrochromic layers which are interposed between a pair of conductive electrodes. The second inorganic electrochromic layer is amorphous. The first and second inorganic electrochromic layers are different and are capable of exhibiting color-forming properties complementary to one another upon the incorporation of at least one H, Li, Na, K, Ag, Cu or Tl ion. The electrolyte ion conducting layer may be a copolymer of ethylene oxide, butylene oxide or methyl glycidyl ether, and optionally a small amount of allyl glycidyl ether, along with an ionizable salt, or may be a polyurethane gel formed by reacting the copolymer with triisocyanate, along with an ionizable salt. The second inorganic electrochromic layer comprises a transition element chalconide or halide which exhibits a color change when shifting between the +2 and +3 valence states or between the +3 and +4 valence states. The second inorganic electrochromic layer may be produced by an electrochemical process, a chemical process, a physical process or by a solid state process. The electrochromic element may also comprise a plurality of five-layer structures in tandem, each pair separated by a substrate. The electrochromic element of the invention is also useful as a supercapacitor.
Fully integrated solution to both monitor and control indoor air quality thanks to a network of inbuilt sensors array combined with an ai driven management of the hvac system

We spend 90% of our time in enclosed environments. Indoor air quality can be up to 5 times more polluted than outside, caused by factors such as the emission of Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs), Particulate Matter (PM), Carbon Dioxide (CO2), carbon monoxide (CO), Nitrogen dioxide (NO2), ozone (O3), etc. Indoor air management is responsible for 30% to 50% of building energy costs. It is often difficult for facility managers who control ventilation inside buildings to obtain real-time indoor air quality (IAQ) data, and hence resort to overventilation to ensure safe levels of pollutants in their buildings. Current solutions are only solving part of the problem: They process air treatment but they have no feedback loop. Many technologies are available for air purification (e.g. Plasma Air purification, Electrostatic filtration, UV) but they do not provide any air monitoring to assess the quality of the air, thus they are always turned on which result in high energy costs. Some stand-alone air purifiers exist to monitor and control air quality, but the monitoring is very basic, the control of air treatment system very limited and energy consumption remain high. SAB is the first fully integrated solution to both monitor air quality and control air treatment systems thanks to its inbuilt multiple sensors combined with AI driven data processing which 1) reduce up to 50% the HVAC energy cost, 2) Improve the air quality by up to 15% (especially for the parameters PM 1, 2.5 and 10, tVOC, CO2, CO, NO2, O3), 3) improve comfort by fine tuning temperature on a pro-active mode, 4) offer an excellent return on investment (less than 3 years) and reduce maintenance up to 30%. AIRBOXLAB S.A. is a well-established engineering SME created in 2013 with an annual turnover around 3M€ and 16 full time employees. We already sold 15,000 units worlwide of our star product Foobot (ranked “best connected air monitor” by Berkeley Laboratory).
Advanced system for foreign object debris, drone and bird-aircraft strike avoidance

The aviation sector is increasingly facing various safety threats to passengers, crews and aircraft caused by foreign object debris (FOD) as well as birds and the growing number of drones on runways and surrounding airport areas. Given the high impact of potential accidents and incidents – damage to aircraft and potential loss of lives – there is a continuous adoption of best practices and technologies to mitigate these risks. Today, all airports rely on periodic vehicle patrols for runway inspections, but such procedures have several limitations. Alternative technological approaches are expensive and only detect FOD. Thus, today’s approaches have not been effective, and the aviation sector experiences costs that are estimated in $13Bn/year due to FOD and bird-aircraft strikes.

MS3E aims to seize a major market opportunity, offering an innovative solution – FODBASA - that has been specifically developed to overcome limitations of existing solutions and to meet the demand for safer solutions for the aviation sector. FODBASA is an autonomous radar-camera-based system designed for simultaneous detection of FOD, birds and drones.  Our system provides cost-effective, accurate real-time FOD, birds and drone detection on runways and within a 10-km radius of the airport. 

FODBASA project goal is to complete the development cycle of the FODBASA, performed during the EUROSTARS project and implement the necessary activities to overcome the remaining barriers related to market entry through refinement, scale-up and demonstration activities at Billund (DK) and London Stansted (UK) airports. 
 
FODBASA is a cost-efficient solution, triggering an attractive business case for any airport with more than 10k movements/year. FODBASA is expected to generate €78.5 million in revenue and €33.8 million in gross profit, in 5-years post-project.