SIRIS-Lab/unlabelled-sti-corpus huggingface dataset:
Advanced Channel Analysis Method using Channel Quality Comparison and Design of Experiments

The design phases of a sever product are often very long. It often takes average one and half years from feasibility study phase to mass production. The layout period is also usually at least one month due to larger board size and routing complexity. Although layout period is long, the arranged design review time is still limited. SI simulation and analysis method plays the important role in the design review phase.Channel Quality Check (CQC) is Intel channel analysis method with very high accuracy from PCB. CQC [1] [2] [3] is well-adopted by Intel customers during their high speed differential buses and memory channel designs. CQC can help system designers to check their channel designs are better or worse than a reference design or a specification from Intel. With just a few simulation cases in CQC methodology, OEM/ODM SI engineers can save tremendous simulation time in doing risk assessment of their designs but still keeping high simulation confidence level. However, CQC won’t give too much channel manufacture variation information.Units per Million (UPM) is also Intel channel analysis method. UPM first uses Design of Experiment (DOE) to scan manufacture variation and Response Surface Modeling (RSM) to form models of manufacture variation. UPM can be obtained by millions simulations using the models. UPM can provide vast information regarding all manufacture variations. The information may help engineers to make go/no go decision based on their own experience and engineering judgement. So some OEM/ODM SI engineers also use this method to do hundred to thousand SI simulations for their critical or challengeable products although it will spend much simulation time.However, comparing with PCB variables, the accuracy of variables of silicon and package designs are much less accurate due to extremely complicated silicon design. Therefore PCB board designers prefer to focus on the analysis of PCB variables rather than considering inaccurate silicon variables as well if possible.
Promoting Re-use from the Public Policies

Europe needs to accelerate its entry into the era of reuse. The old linear economy equation “produce, use and throw away” is not valid anymore. However, a significant part of reusable home appliances, books, clothes, WEEEs, furniture and food are still being wasted and landfilled. 

Despite of the waste hierarchy approach in force – Reduce, Reuse and Recycle- and the fact that cities and regions are backing some reuse initiatives, reuse could be much further developed: waste programmes in force include reuse but prioritise recycle, even if reuse is more environmentally and socially friendly. 

Thus, the project is meant to be an instrument that will help to boost reuse from the public policies, formally shaping an activity that is usually undertaken marginally and partially, and that, properly managed, can promote environmental sustainability as well as employment and solidarity.

Unlike previous waste prevention projects, 2LIFES focuses exclusively on reuse and more specifically on reuse promoted by public administrations- something pending as this is usually promoted by the third sector.
The project brings together advanced cities and regions in the political backing of reuse in addition to others that are in the process of doing so. The problem of masses of reusable goods prematurely recycled or even landfilled is cross-cutting in the whole of Europe. 

The main results expected are the development of new channels, infrastructures and protocols for reuse through the instruments in force as well as the awareness-raising of households, businesses and administrations regarding the need to change the consumption patterns. Green jobs around reuse initiatives can also be expected. 

Interreg Europe framework for stakeholders’ involvement is excellent for 2LIFES, since reuse initiatives require the collaboration of municipal waste services with SMEs, civil society, NGOs, social enterprises and training and employment services.
Electron-scale dynamics of the diffusion region during symmetric magnetic reconnection in space

Reconnection in Earth's magnetotail Magnetic fields in plasmas can rapidly rearrange themselves in a process known as magnetic reconnection, which releases energy and accelerates particles. Torbert et al. used the Magnetospheric Multiscale (MMS) mission to probe a reconnection event in Earth's magnetotail—the region of plasma downstream from the planet as it moves through the solar wind. MMS has previously studied reconnection in the upstream magnetopause, but a different orbit was used to study the magnetotail, where the symmetry of the process is different. The authors measured plasma properties on scales of the electron dynamics, leading to insights that will apply in other regions where magnetic reconnection occurs. Science , this issue p. 1391
New clinical endpoints in primary sjögren’s syndrome: an interventional trial based on stratifying patients

Primary Sjögren’s syndrome (pSS) is a systemic autoimmune disease (AID) involving 0.5 to 3/1000 persons. The disease affects exocrine glands leading to dryness of the eyes and the mouth and is associated with fatigue and limb pain. In 30% to 50% of the patients, systemic and extra-glandular manifestations may develop. The spectrum of extra-glandular manifestations in pSS is broad and includes vasculitis, peripheral neuropathy, synovitis, kidney involvement and interstitial lung disease.  Moreover, pSS patients have a 10 to 20-fold higher risk of developing B cell lymphomas, conferring shorter lifetime expectancy to these patients. 
Whereas 10 new targeted-immunomodulatory treatments have been marketed for rheumatoid arthritis in the past 20 years, only one drug has been licensed for other systemic AIDs, such as pSS and systemic erythematous lupus in the same period. There are several factors that may hamper the development of successful drugs for AID. Being multi-organ, these AIDs are considerably heterogeneous among individuals both in terms of clinical manifestations and biological disturbances, with, as a consequence, a great difficulty to set-up accurate composite clinical end-points sensitive to change and usable in clinical trials. In this project, our objectives are:

• To develop and assess sensitive clinical endpoints, for use in future clinical trials, able to evaluate response to drug treatments in patients with pSS with high disease burden and/or systemic involvement,

• To identify and evaluate discriminative biomarkers for stratification of pSS patients predictive of organ involvement and disease progression and thus available for inclusion in clinical trials,

• To set-up and perform an original multi-arm multi-stage clinical trial to validate the newly defined pSS endpoints and the identified biomarkers, by maximizing the chance of finding a difference between the placebo arm and the treated arm.
Investigation of boundary layers in internal combustion engines using a hybrid algorithm of high speed micro-PIV and PTV

Heat transfer properties vary locally and temporally in internal combustion engines due to variations in the boundary layer flow. In order to characterize the dynamics in the boundary layer, crank-angle resolved high-speed micro particle image velocimetry (μPIV) and particle tracking velocimetry (PTV) have been used for near-wall velocity measurements in a spark-ignition direct-injection single cylinder engine. A 527-nm dual cavity green Nd:YLF laser was used for velocity measurements near the cylinder head wall between the intake and exhaust valves in the tumble mean flow plane parallel to the cylinder axis. A long-distance microscope was used to obtain a spatial resolution of 45 μm. Flow fields were determined from 180 to 490 CAD in the compression and expansion strokes. The data show significant variation in the flow during the compression and expansion strokes and from cycle to cycle. Flow deceleration was observed during the end of the compression that continued during the expansion stroke until 400 CAD when the flow direction reverses. Sub-millimeter-sized vortical structures were observed within the boundary layer over extended periods of time.
Dynamics Modeling and Resonance Analysis of Anti-Backlash Gear Transmission System Based on Harmonic Balance Method

Anti-backlash gear system is applied widely in precision mechanisms, and it is important to research its dynamic characteristics for improving the dynamic accuracy of system. The nonlinear dynamics equivalent model of an anti-backlash gear system in a servomechanism with time-varying mesh stiffness and gear side clearance is proposed. The dynamic transmission error of system is calculated by HBM and numerical computation method (NCM). Based on this, the effect of different parameters on resonance frequency of system is analyzed deeply. The results show that the resonance frequency is higher, when the mesh stiffness is increasing; proper preload force and gear side clearance can make the amplitude of resonance peak lower, which is useful to void more damages to mechanism when resonance comes up.
METHOD OF PREPARING A DROSERA BASED FEED ADDITIVE

The scope of this invention is a way for preparing a feed additive based on in vitro obtained Drosera plants that comprise of the following steps: a. Cultivation of Drosera sp. plants in vitro cultures. b. Solvent extraction of secondary metabolites present in the plant tissue with the ethanol-water mixture. c. Dilution of the extract with water to the desired concentration.
Characteristics of Sandstone Reservoir in Xujiahe Formation of Well PL-1 in Puguang Gas Field

This paper uses reservoir lithology and mineral analysis technique and combines with log data to study the rock characteristics,pore type and physical property of Well PL-1 and performs a comprehensive evaluation of reservoirs.The results indicate that the physical property of sandstone reservoir is low porosity and permeability,extreme-low porosity and permeability;the reservoir pore type of the sandstone mainly is secondary pore,structural fractures are well developed,but they are filled by calcite and quartz.The reservoir mainly develops 2 types of good reservoirs and 3 types of poor reservoirs,early compactions on reservoirs,original pores are hard to be preserved,fluid mobility caused by blockage of pore constriction slows down the speed of dissolution,which are the reasons of tight reservoirs.
A radial velocity survey of the Carina Nebula's O-type stars

We have obtained multi-epoch observations of 31 O-type stars in the Carina Nebula using the CHIRON spectrograph on the CTIO/SMARTS 1.5-m telescope. We measure their radial velocities to 1--2 km s$^{-1}$ precision and present new or updated orbital solutions for the binary systems HD 92607, HD 93576, HDE 303312, and HDE 305536. We also compile radial velocities from the literature for 32 additional O-type and evolved massive stars in the region. The combined data set shows a mean heliocentric radial velocity of 0.6 km s$^{-1}$. We calculate a velocity dispersion of $\le9.1$ km s$^{-1}$, consistent with an unbound, substructured OB association. The Tr 14 cluster shows a marginally significant 5 km s$^{-1}$ radial velocity offset from its neighbor Tr 16, but there are otherwise no correlations between stellar position and velocity. The O-type stars in Cr 228 and the South Pillars region have a lower velocity dispersion than the region as a whole, supporting a model of distributed massive-star formation rather than migration from the central clusters. We compare our stellar velocities to the Carina Nebula's molecular gas and find that Tr 14 shows a close kinematic association with the Northern Cloud. In contrast, Tr 16 has accelerated the Southern Cloud by 10--15 km s$^{-1}$, possibly triggering further massive-star formation. The expansion of the surrounding H II region is not symmetric about the O-type stars in radial velocity space, indicating that the ionized gas is constrained by denser material on the far side.
Dynamically reconfigurable optical-wireless backhaul/fronthaul with cognitive control plane for small cells and cloud-rans

Small Cells, Cloud-Radio Access Networks (C-RAN), Software Defined Networks (SDN) and Network Function Virtualization (NVF) are key enablers to address the demand for broadband connectivity with low cost and flexible implementations. Small Cells, in conjunction with C-RAN, SDN, NVF pose very stringent requirements on the transport network. Here flexible wireless solutions are required for dynamic backhaul and fronthaul architectures alongside very high capacity optical interconnects. However, there is no consensus on how both technologies can be most efficiently combined.
5G-XHaul proposes a converged optical and wireless network solution able to flexibly connect Small Cells to the core network. Exploiting user mobility, our solution allows the dynamic allocation of network resources to predicted and actual hotspots. To support these novel concepts, we will develop:
1) Dynamically programmable, high capacity, low latency, point-to-multipoint mm-Wave transceivers, cooperating with sub-6-GHz systems;
2) A Time Shared Optical Network offering elastic and fine granular bandwidth allocation, cooperating with advanced passive optical networks;
3) A software-defined cognitive control plane, able to forecast traffic demand in time and space, and the ability to reconfigure network components.
The well balanced 5G-XHaul consortium of industrial and research partners with unique expertise and skills across the constituent domains of communication systems and networks will create impact through:
a) Developing novel converged optical/wireless architectures and network management algorithms for mobile scenarios;
b) Introduce advanced mm-Wave and optical transceivers and control functions;
c) Support the development of international standards through technical and techno-economic contributions.
5G-XHaul technologies will be integrated in a city-wide testbed in Bristol (UK). This will uniquely support the evaluation of novel optical and wireless elements and end-to-end performance.
MULTILINGUAL SPEECH SYNTHESIS AND CROSS-LANGUAGE VOICE CLONING

A method (300) includes receiving an input text sequence (114) to be synthesized into speech (150) in a first language and obtaining a speaker embedding (116a), the speaker embedding specifying specific voice characteristics of a target speaker (10) for synthesizing the input text sequence into speech that clones a voice of the target speaker. The target speaker includes a native speaker of a second language different than the first language. The method also includes generating, using a text-to-speech (TTS) model (100), an output audio feature representation (119) of the input text sequence by processing the input text sequence and the speaker embedding. The output audio feature representation includes the voice characteristics of the target speaker specified by the speaker embedding.
Recording the Ambiguity

In this paper we draw upon important distinctions suggested by classics of anthropology in order to develop a theoretical approach to the phenomenon of debt. Building on the opposition between the logic of the gift and that of the market, we elucidate moral tensions that call debt relations into being. However, instead of reducing debt to either of these rival principles, we interpret it as a combination of both that allows for mediating between them in a highly ambiguous moral context. Using evidence from a small Russian town, we analyse how interest-free debt functions within face-to-face interactions in local shops and how it structures the ordinary lives of shopkeepers, salespeople and consumers in the community. We discuss a moral situation that turns the framing of everyday purchases into a problem and demonstrate how a material device – a debt book – enters into a transaction in order to resolve it. A debt book turns out to be a specific graphic technology, a destructive device that subverts both m...
Hybrid location determination techniques in heterogeneous network

Heterogeneous networks are developed to allow communication devices to access the wireless network using different access technologies. In heterogeneous networks, group of networks can be used to provide particular services. Every service can be delivered to the user using the optimum network for that service. Mobile positioning is an important service that can be offered by heterogeneous networks by using the resources of the cellular system to determine the location of a mobile station. However, the accuracy of the localization is subjected to the Location Determination Techniques (LDT) adopted such as Time-of-Arrival (TOA), Time Difference-of-Arrival (TDOA) and Enhanced Observed-Time-Difference (E-OTD), and signal hearability. This work analyzes appropriate LDT and proposing a hybrid algorithm under low hearability condition for heterogeneous network. Two simulations have been implemented for these purposes, the first one is single layer cellular network system which is used to evaluate and compare various LDT techniques under different mobility models. The second simulation has been implemented to evaluate the proposed hybrid algorithm and compare it with several LDT techniques considering the accuracy of location measurements. The results show that the LDT error for hybrid technique is better as compare to TDOA and E-OTD at 67% and 95% of the cumulative density functions (CDF).
Coatings with hydrophobic and/or omniphobic properties against insect contamination.

The aircraft industry has long been concerned with the increase of drag impacting directly the fuel consumption of airplanes. Different researches have shown that the insect sticking causes a surface roughness disrupting the laminar flow. Several methods have been used to solve the problem and the most important parameter playing a role in the reduction of insect adhesion on aircraft wings is the surface energy. Indeed, during the last 60 years different modifications of the wing leading edges such as elastic surfaces, soluble films or fluid covers have been proposed. The use of coatings to mitigate the insect contamination shows great potential but critical issues still remain due to lack of durability. The objectives of CHOPIN are the development of highly durable hydrophobic coatings which can be applied to micro-perforated surfaces typically used for drag reduction and the validation of the technology and the coating process proposed by using tests clearly assessing the mitigation of insect contamination under realistic conditions. Different technologies are considered in the project which presently allows to obtain hydrophobic surfaces : wet-chemistry deposition and dry technologies (plasma and spray). 
To meet the application requirement these coatings will be optimized. Furthermore, the application process needs to preserve the holes and keep the efficiency of the HLFC leading edges. The efficiency of the proposed technologies will be compared to the commercial products and the coatings will be characterized by lab and simulated tests. Indeed, firstly, a classification considering the adherence to the substrates, the hardness, the flexibility, UV resistance, rain and sand erosion resistance and the resistance to aircrafts liquids will be done.
The insect contamination and cleaning behaviour of the best coatings will be then demonstrated both, during simulated environment and during representative environment. Test under real condition will be done using drones which will allow a statistical evaluation of the insect impact and contamination behaviour of typical A/C leading edges under realistic A/C environment during take-off, landing and flight.
Efficacy Assessment of Newly Developed Open-Window Intervention Needles for the Treatment of Cystic Thyroid Nodules That Cannot Be Aspirated

The purpose of this study was to develop a novel open-window needle aspiration method and evaluate its efficacy in drainage and sclerotherapy of cystic thyroid nodules that cannot be aspirated with an 18-gauge needle.Two rectangular windows 5.0 mm in length and 1.0 mm wide were placed at the end of the percutaneous transhepatic cholangiography (PTCA) needle trocar to develop a new open-window intervention needle. The efficiency of the open-window intervention needle was compared either to a porous interventional needle or to an ordinary PTCA needle by assessing the aspiration efficiency. The efficacy of the modified open-window approach was tested by carrying out sclerotherapy and drainage on 21 thyroid cystic nodules that could not be aspirated with an 18-gauge needle and comparing it to aspiration with an 18-gauge PTCA needle of 50 cystic thyroid nodules.The efficacy of aspirating coupling agents of various specifications using the new open-window intervention was superior to aspiration using the PTCA trocar needle or a porous needle (p<0.05). Ethanol ablation efficacy in the treatment of 21 cystic thyroid nodules that could not be aspirated with an 18-gauge needle and the aspiration efficacy of 50 cystic thyroid nodules with an 18-gauge PTCA needle were not significantly different (p>0.05).The new open-window intervention needle approach was highly effective in conducting ethanol ablation of cystic thyroid nodules that could not be aspirated using conventional methodologies.
RAPALLO SERVICE SRL

LA SOCIETA' RAPALLO SERVICE SRL E' STATA COSTITUITA NEL 2012 DALLE DUE SORELLE MICHELA E FEDERICA OLCESE. L'AZIENDA SI OCCUPA PREVALENTEMENTE DI RISTRUTTURAZIONE DI CORNICIONI, GRONDAIE E TERRAZZE, INSTALLAZIONE DI IMPIANTI ELETTRICI, LAVAGGIO DI FACCIATE. NOLEGGIO DI PIATTAFORME AEREE. SI AVVALE DI DUE DIPENDENTI FULL TIME. ILSERVIZIOM E' RIVOLTOM PRINCIPALMENTE VERSO CLIENTI PRIVATI, CONDOMINI, ALL'OCCORRENZA ANCHE VERSO IL COMUNE DI RAPALLO. PER LO SVOLGIMENTO DELL'ATTIVITA' RAPALLO SERVICE SI AVVALE DI TRE PIATTAFORME AEREE, UN CAMION, TRE FURGONI.
RETINOL-BASED COMPOSITION

The present invention relates to a composition, notably a cosmetic composition, in particular for making up and/or caring for keratin materials, comprising at least retinol, di-t-butyl pentaerythrityl tetrahydroxycinnamate, an ethylenediaminedisuccinic acid salt, and at least one compound chosen from ascorbic acid or an analog thereof, and/or tocopherol or a derivative thereof.
Provisioning of requests for virtual machine sets with placement constraints in IaaS clouds

We study the problem of optimising the provisioning of collections of virtual machines (VMs) having different placement constraints (e.g., security and anti-collocation) and characteristics (e.g., memory and disk capacity), given a set of physical machines (PMs) with known specifications, in order to achieve the objective of maximising an IaaS cloud provider's revenue. We propose two approaches. The first is based on the formulation of the problem as an integer linear programming (ILP) problem, the solution to which provides an optimal VM placement. The second approach is a heuristic based on classifying the requests into different categories and satisfying the constraints in a particular order using a first lit decreasing (FFD) algorithm for multi-dimensional vector bin packing problem. Given a model of VM placement constraints, offered resources and requests with multiple VM types, both approaches devise a placement plan in a way that maximizes revenue, having due regard both to customer requirements and PM capacities. We evaluate the relative performance of the solutions by means of numerical experiments. The results suggest the optimal solution is not practical for medium to large problems, but it is encouraging that the placement plans of the heuristic are close to those of the optimal solution for smaller problem sizes. We use the heuristic to generate results for large scale placement problems; experiments suggest that it is practical in terms of its runtime efficiency and can provide an effective means of online VM-to-PM mapping.