SIRIS-Lab/unlabelled-sti-corpus huggingface dataset:
Multi-scale land cover dynamics of semiarid scrubland in Baja California, Mexico

Land use and cover changes trigger multi-factorial responses with tangible and intangible effects. Driving forces governing changes are scale-, place- and time-dependent; because of their complexity, a multi-scalar analysis is required to determine conjoint causation. Studies using multi-scalar approach in semiarid scrubland ecosystems are scanty. This paper investigates land use changes on the largest semiarid scrubland ecosystem of Mexico, the Baja California Peninsula, using a multi-scalar analysis approach. It further provides insight into the likely underlying causes for land use trends. Multi-temporal databases were compiled for 1978, 1990, 2000 and 2003 from various sources; population was projected for the same years. Land cover processes were validated through intensive fieldwork. Map overlapping with the aid of geographic information systems allowed computation of land cover transformation rates. New algorithms were developed to better understand land cover trends. Multi-variate analysis was also performed to provide a synthetic statistical overview. Results showed that land cover change occurred at different times, at variable scales, due to distinct drivers. As a consequence, the current regional scenario has been shaped by distinguishable socio-economic changes. The semiarid scrubland ecosystems in the Baja California Peninsula experienced contrasting trends detectable only at site and local scales. Regionally, the replacement of original vegetation (scrubland) for other land cover category is following trends similar to those in the rest of Mexico and most semiarid ecosystems worldwide. These findings support the hypothesis that land use and cover changes must be analyzed at different times and scales to deeply understand underlying forces.
Advanced Hybrid Interpolation Based on Edge Direction Extracted from the DCT Coefficient Distribution

In these days, video technology has successfully improved creating tremendous results. As video technologies improve, multimedia devices and demands from users are diversified. Therefore, the video codec used in these devices should support various displays with different resolutions. The technology to generate a higher resolution image from the associated low-resolution image is interpolation. The interpolations are generally performed in either the spatial domain or the DCT domain. To use the advantages of both domains, we proposed advanced hybrid interpolation algorithm based on edge direction, which adaptively uses interpolation in both domains. The experimental results demonstrate that our algorithm has good performance in terms of PSNR with reducing blocking artifacts.
Airports as Drivers of Economic Success in Peripheral Regions

Dynamic territorial development depends on an optimal combination of access to services and resources. Good accessibility and connectivity is one of the most crucial factors in deciding on a location for economic activities. This leads to the fact that fast, relatively cheap, reliable but also sustainable freight and passenger transport, has become one of the essential prerequisites for the competitiveness of regions and regional economic development. This is why transport infrastructure developments and transport networks connecting Europe and its particular regions play such an important role in formulating the European policies as the Green Paper on Territorial Cohesion. This project shall strive for a comprehensive and integrated research approach, taking into account social, cultural, environmental, and economic aspects. Its aim is to deliver innovative results which can support the policy development in the field of transport and accessibility improvement, territorial development, competitiveness and cohesion. It shall support policy makers in finding trade-offs between promoting accessibility for passenger and freight transport and competitiveness, sustainability, saving energy and territorial development.
APPARATUS FOR GUIDING ARTICLES IN A CONVEYING SECTION

Apparatus for guiding articles (G) in a conveying section (F), having at least one guide surface (5) which runs longitudinally in relation to the conveying path of the articles (G), and laterally alongside the latter, and is oriented towards the articles, wherein the apparatus has at least one further, second guide surface (6) with guide properties which differ from those of a first guide surface (5), and the first guide surface (5) and/or the at least second guide surface (6) can be transferred from a standby position, in which they are/it is spaced apart from the articles (G), into an operating position, in which they are/it is in contact with the articles (G), and vice versa.
SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR ENTROPY AND STATISTICAL QUALITY METRICS

The Distribution Effect is proposed for the HELP PUF that is based on purposely introducing biases in the mean and range parameters of path delay distributions to enhance entropy. The biased distributions are then used in the bitstring construction process to introduce differences in the bit values associated with path delays that would normally remain fixed. Offsets are computed to fine tune a token's digitized path delays as a means of maximizing entropy and reproducibility in the generated bitstrings: a first population-based offset method computes median values using data from multiple tokens (i.e., the population) and a second chip-specific technique is proposed which fine tunes path delays using enrollment data from the authenticating token.
Export M&T 2018

BETTER DISSEMINATION OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL SOLUTIONS, TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF COMPANY PRODUCTS DESTINED FOR FOREIGN MARKETS, THE NEW PRODUCT CONCEPT AND THE COMPANY BRAND.
Protection against endocrine disruptors; detection, mixtures, health effects, risk assessment and communication.

PROTECTED aims to develop expertise and protective capabilities against Endocrine Disruptors (EDs). EDs and their mixtures are a modern day health concern leading to failing ecological systems, poor agricultural production and health effects such as obesity, cancer and infertility. While analytical methods have advanced enormously, focus has been mainly on synthetic chemicals, overlooking emerging EDs and real-life multiple substance exposure. A new generation of creative, entrepreneurial and innovative early-stage researchers equipped with skills to assess and understand the real-life risk of complex mixtures of EDs and trained to convert resulting knowledge and ideas into accessible tools and services for the long-term control of potential ED risk is urgently needed. The PROTECTED Innovative Training Network [ITN] proposes a holistic approach by providing 15 individual, personalised research projects with exposure to scientific, innovative and entrepreneurial training mobility across the ITN. The intersectorial network is comprised of 12 training sites at academia, research centres, a bioassay technology SME, a QSAR technology SME, water provider, and animal feed supplier. Together they cover multiple disciplines including analytical science of food, feed, and environment, epidemiology, risk assessment, social science and toxicology. This combined expertise enables a highly focused program for developing novel tools and concepts and training for the detection, analysis and improved risk assessment of EDs, especially mixture effects. Methodology will include emerging technologies; multiplexed analysis, mixture modelling, mechanistic and exposure studies, explants and cell or whole organism bioassays. The project will provide a unique and high level of training for a new generation of specialists with transferable skills and enhanced career perspectives. These specialists will ultimately aid the efficient development of future control strategies for improved health.
Developing Clinical Cancer Genetics Services in Resource-Limited Countries: The Case of Retinoblastoma in Kenya

Clinical cancer genetics is an integral part of cancer control and management, yet its development as an essential medical service has been hindered in many low-and-middle-income countries. We report our experiences in developing a clinical cancer genetics service for retinoblastoma in Kenya.A genetics task force was created from within the membership of the existing Kenyan National Retinoblastoma Strategy group. The task force engaged in multiple in-person and telephone discussions, delineating experiences, opinions and suggestions for an evidence-based, culturally sensitive retinoblastoma genetics service. Discussions were recorded and thematically categorized to develop a strategy for the design and implementation of a national retinoblastoma clinical genetics service.Discussion among the retinoblastoma genetics task force supported the development of a comprehensive genetics service that rests on 3 pillars: (1) patient and family counseling, (2) community involvement, and (3) medical education.A coordinated national retinoblastoma genetics task force led to the creation of a unique and relevant approach to delivering comprehensive and accurate genetic care to Kenyan retinoblastoma patients. The task force aims to stimulate innovative approaches in cancer genetics research, education and knowledge translation, taking advantage of unique opportunities offered in the African context.
Upgrading the fuzzy dark matter model

The project will illuminate implications for cosmic structure formation of the hypothesis that dark matter consists of ultra-light scalar particles, generically labeled as Axion-like particles (ALPs). Described as a continuous field, dark matter in this picture can be described as a self-gravitating superfluid on cosmological scales with distinct phenomenology from standard Cold Dark Matter (CDM) due to its coherent nature. The research will extend this new model of Dark Matter to include non-gravitational self-interactions and the effects of a non-condensed corpuscular component and examine their effects on the formation of gravitationally bound cosmological structures as well as the creation of quantum vorticity through numerical simulations. The project will, therefore, merge concepts from Cosmology and Cold Atom Physics to explore a most topical question in modern science.

The experienced researcher, Dr I-Kang Liu will move from Taiwan to the UK to join the School of Mathematics, Statistics and Physics at the University of Newcastle as a member of a team of cosmologists with strong links to a team of cold atom physicists. A cold atom physicist by training, with an extended network of European and international collaborators in his research field, he will extend his knowledge to a new field, cosmological structure formation, while bringing in his considerable numerical skills to the existing groups to perform the demanding simulations required to fully understand the process of structure formation in this cosmological model.
Modes of genome evolution during major metazoan transitions

Our understanding of how genomic changes translate into organismal novelties is often confounded by the complexity of the underlying genome architecture. My previous studies revealed a complex interplay between several levels of genomic organization during major metazoan evolutionary transitions, ranging from modifications of regulatory elements to the gene order on the chromosomal scale. A major gap in our understanding is the extent to which those different genomic scales are evolutionarily linked and reflect an inherent functional property or mode of genome evolution. In this proposal, I focus on the emerging model system within the highly advanced clade of cephalopod molluscs, the Hawaiian bobtail squid Euprymna scolopes, to study how changes in the mode of metazoan genome evolution have yielded unique cephalopod innovations (e.g., the largest invertebrate brain). To address this question, I will (1) take a novel global pan-metazoan comparative genomics approach to test and reveal the extent of genomic character co-evolution, identifying, for the first time, modes of genome evolution. I will then (2) test whether co-evolving characters form inherent regulatory units in metazoan genomes by an in-depth characterization using emerging and available regulatory genomic data. Finally, using latest molecular approaches, I will (3) study the regulatory composition of co-evolving character units associated with cephalopod brain development and functionally test their organismal impact. This proposal will develop a novel and holistic approach to study genome evolution, constituting a departure from the previous analyses based on individual genomic characters. It will link genomic evolutionary units to their function, revealing the genomic changes behind major innovations (cephalopod brain). Finally, this project will develop predictive models that use evolutionary data to identify novel regulatory units aiding both biological and biomedical applications.
STEERING WHEEL FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE

A steering wheel for a motor vehicle is described, with a gripping force sensor, with an optical fibre (3), which is arranged along the periphery of the steering wheel rim (2), as part of a fibre optic sensor, and with an optoelectronic device which detects a deformation of the optical fibre (3) that is caused by an application of force, wherein at least one profiled groove (4) which runs in the peripheral direction and in which an optical fibre (3) is guided is formed in the steering wheel rim (2), and wherein a profiled body (9) is arranged in the profiled groove (4), the profiled body having a ribbed profile which acts on the optical fibre (3) when force is applied to the steering wheel rim (2).
METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETECTING A DEVICE IN A WIRELESS POWER TRANSMISSION SYSTEM

A method of detecting a receiver (214) by a transmitter and a transmitter for detecting a receiver are provided. The transmitter is intended to transmit power inductively to the receiver (214). The transmitter comprising a first transmission coil as a first electrode (204) and a second electrode (206). The first electrode (204) and the second electrode (206) form a capacitor (202). The method comprises the steps of applying a voltage (216) to any one of the electrodes (204, 206) and detecting a capacitance change of the capacitor (202).
Switching error concealment algorithm based on optimal decisions for performance and complexity

The proposed paper discusses two switching error concealment algorithms: SECA (Switching Error Concealment Algorithm) and OSECA (Optimal Switching Error Concealment Algorithm) to efficiently switch among three existing error concealment methods for optimal performance and complexity tradeoff. SECA uses the motion vector statistics in the neighborhood of the lost MB (Macro Block) to make the switching decision. SECA is better than the best-PSNR method by 0.14 dB in PSNR and better than the best-win-rate method by 1.49 % in win rate, with 63 % time complexity reduction. OSECA further considers the correlation between surrounding pixels of the lost MB and the pixels in the reference frame. An optimization problem is formulated to derive the optimal decision thresholds. For OSECA, the PSNR performance is further improved by 0.24 dB from SECA and the time complexity reduction from the existing work can increase to 69 %. On different testing sets of the lost MBs, the proposed SECA and OSECA perform consistently against existing methods. Compared to SECA in the testing sets, OSECA has larger PSNR improvement (by up to 0.23 dB) against the best-PSNR method, and has larger time complexity reduction (by up to 71 %) against existing method.
The aggregation of multiple three-way decision spaces

Based on the theory of three-way decisions proposed by Yao, Hu established three-way decision spaces on fuzzy lattices and partially ordered sets. At the same time, multiple three-way decision spaces and its corresponding three-way decisions were also established. How to choose a method for the transformation from multiple three-way decision spaces to a single three-way decision space? This is one of the main problems on multiple three-way decision spaces. In connection with the transformation question on multiple three-way decision spaces, this paper gives out an aggregation method from multiple three-way decision spaces to a single three-way decision space through an axiomatic complement-preserving aggregation function. These aggregation methods in the partially set 0,1 contain the weighted average three-way decisions, max-min average three-way decisions and median three-way decisions etc. These methods are generalized to three-way decisions over two groups of multiple three-way decision spaces. At last we illustrate aggregation methods of multiple three-way decision spaces through a practical example.
Institut pasteur international docotal program

PASTEURDOC is an advanced educational and research program, hosted by the Institut Pasteur in Paris. Its goal is to train junior investigators possessing medical and/or scientific educational backgrounds to become future leaders in academic education and research institutions, international organizations, private companies, or administration. PASTEURDOC is intended to co-fund and advance the already well-established and very successful Pasteur Paris University International Doctoral Program, in operation since 2009 in partnership with three renowned Parisian universities. PASTEURDOC will enhance the host capacity to train young researchers, while strengthening the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions recommendations for professional development of early-stage researchers. 

The PASTEURDOC objectives are the following:
1) To provide the highest scientific education by proposing a large panoply of multidisciplinary research projects and scientific approaches. These will encompass an array of biomedical research fields crucial for human health, and lead to an internationally recognized Doctorate diploma. 
2) To provide an exceptional nurturing environment combining practical research, scientific and transferrable skills training and educational follow up, by a well established Teaching Department running and International Doctoral Program. 
3) To provide the early-stage researchers with a large international and multicultural network of fellows and institutions, in both developed and developing countries, and within the academic and the private sectors. 
4) Two calls will be launched during the 60 months program, in order to train 30 early-stage researchers, recruited for 36 months. PASTEURDOC will significantly enhance the international visibility and the training capacity of the Pasteur International Doctoral program.
Honourable Businessmen: Respectability and ‘Gentlemanly Capitalism’ in Spain, 1840–1880

Abstract Revolution can lead to the complete political and social reconfiguration of a society. Such readjustment is often especially significant amongst the society's elites, as when ancient aristocrats had to converge with a newly emerging bourgeoisie. This article argues that over the course of the nineteenth century there was a steady process of negotiation that saw the evolution of a new form of elite, one defined by a new characteristic: respectability. This change saw successful businessmen, particularly magnates or tycoons, climbing to the top of the social ladder, as the culmination of a process that began in the eighteenth century. To illustrate this thesis, I discuss the case of Spain. I draw upon the lives of a large and diverse range of great Spanish bankers, industrialists, and businessmen. Traditionally, historiography has studied such men individually and from an economic history perspective. Here, a global, cultural approach is adopted. The chronology of the events described is not straightforward. Although the men studied are not all from a single birth cohort or even the same generation, I consider that they lived through the same social processes. The years between 1840 and 1880 were a period of intense industrial and business development in Spain during which modern economic practices were introduced. For the purposes of this article, I first situate the concept of respectability within the Spanish historiographical context, before analysing the discursive strategies that Spanish business magnates used to turn themselves into legitimate members of the county's new social elite. Finally, I study the three main symbolic tools that they employed to demonstrate their respectability and prove their status.
Transnational Action to advance SKills and competences FOR COmmunity engagement and social Migrants Entrepreneurship initiatives in the Central Europe

TASKFORCOME tackles 2 of the major CHALLENGES of Europe today: the labour and social integration of an unprecedented presence of Migrants and the systematic realisation of Social Innovation as a powerful engine for social and economic development. A further defy is to develop Ecosystems for Inclusion and Social Innovation, where key actors work in new ways to provide services for citizens and possibilities for entrepreneurial business, together with universities, NGOs, public bodies and citizens, to create the conditions for innovation and development.
Main OBJECTIVE is to develop Local Action Plans and Transnational Blueprint to growth the Migrant and Social Entrepreneurship as channel of Social Innovation in involved regions, through: engagement and commitment of key actors, improvement of skills of migrant and social entrepreneurs, development of a one-stop-shop of targeted  support for migrant and social entrepreneurs, elaboration of policy frameworks and related funding instruments, able to sustain the co-creation/co-management of local Ecosystems for Inclusion and Social Innovation, changing the bottom-up perspective of cohesive and economic development in CE regions.
OUTPUTS are learning tools, training packages, one-stop-shops piloted and strategies targeting migrants and entrepreneurs, enabling them to act as drivers of social innovation in CE.
Its INNOVATIVE APPROACH relies in the creation of Community and Social Hubs where bottom-up initiatives of Inclusive Entrepreneurship are co-developed (e.g. Community Social Business); it relies also in the commitment of a partnership representing the main operating arms of an ecosystem: policy-making, migrants, business, education.
The TRANSNATIONAL ADDED VALUE is achieved with policy schemes targeted to migrant entrepreneurs, acting at country level and able to support the development of a unitary framework in CE in which different regional micro-programs can be aggregated and capitalise.
DISPOSITIVO PARA TRATAR CON LIQUIDO UNA BANDA DE GENERO TEXTIL.

EL DISPOSITIVO (100) PARA EL TRATAMIENTO LIQUIDO DE UNA BANDA DE GENERO TEXTIL COMPRENDE POR LO MENOS UN CILINDRO DE ENROLLADO MOTORIZADO (10, 20) SOBRE EL CUAL SE PUEDE ENROLLAR LA BANDA DE GENERO (11), Y UNA CUBETA (13, 14) SITUADA DEBAJO DEL CILINDRO DE ENROLLADO (10, 20) Y QUE SE EXTIENDE EN TODA SU LONGITUD, QUE PUEDE LLENARSE CON LIQUIDO DE TRATAMIENTO, DONDE ESTA SITUADO POR LO MENOS UN CILINDRO DE REENVIO (15, 16) PARA LA BANDA DE GENERO (11). ESTA PREVISTO ADEMAS UN CILINDRO CONDUCTOR (50, 50'') PARA LA BANDA DE GENERO (11), SITUADO PARALELO AL EJE DEL CILINDRO DE ENROLLADO (10, 20) EN TODO EL ANCHO DE LA BANDA DE GENERO (11), Y APOYANDOSE POR DEBAJO SOBRE EL ROLLO (10'') QUE SE VA FORMANDO SOBRE EL CILINDRO DE ENROLLADO, Y QUE EN TODO SU PERIMETRO CILINDRICO (55'') PRESENTA UNOS ORIFICIOS (60, 60'', 60"), QUE ESTAN UNIFORMEMENTE DISTRIBUIDOS EN EL PERIMETRO (55''), EVITANDO LAS ZONAS SIN ORIFICIOS QUE SE EXTIENDEN EN DIRECCION PERIFERICA.