SIRIS-Lab/unlabelled-sti-corpus huggingface dataset:
Coastal management and long-term foredune behavior: characterizing semi-natural foredune evolution

Wijnberg, K.M., Bochev-van der Burg, L.M., and Hulscher, S.J.M.H., 2011. Coastal management and long-term foredune behavior: characterizing semi-natural foredune evolution. Journal of Coastal Research, SI 64 (Proceedings of the 11th International Coastal Symposium), ��� – ���. Szczecin, Poland, ISSN 0749-0208 Management interventions applied to foredunes often aim at stabilizing the foredune, restoring a pre-storm situation or stimulating foredune growth. Whether and how the often localized and intermittent interventions may interfere with the evolution of foredune morphology over time spans of many decades, can be investigated trough comparative case studies of managed foredune behavior. At the heart of such studies are analyses of longterm monitoring data sets of foredune topography with sufficient temporal and spatial resolution. A comparative analysis of such large data sets requires a method that can be applied across data sets from different sites. In this paper we explore the use of autocorrelation to characterize spatial and temporal variability in foredune morphology. Application to a 45 year data set of annual elevation surveys across semi-natural foredunes on the island of Schiermonnikoog (The Netherlands), revealed differences between a foredune that was initiated by erecting sand fences on a beach plain (sanddrift dike) and a foredune that developed seaward of it. Differences concerned the persistence in deviations from temporal and alongshore trends in crest elevation and crest position. Besides, it was shown that the sanddrift dike had a gentler seaward facing average slope than the foredune that developed later on. The presented results indicate that autocorrelation, including a procedure to deal with missing data, can be a useful addition to characterize alongshore and temporal variability in foredune behavior.
Amine modified hydrogenation of nitrile rubber.

An improved process is provided for the hydrogenation of nitrile rubber wherein the molecular weight increase during the hydrogenation process is minimized and controlled, the improvement being that the hydrogenation is undertaken in the presence in the solution of an NH2-containing compound selected from ammonia and a C1 to C20 primary amine.
Migration impact assessment to enhance integration and local development in european rural and mountain areas

MATILDE develops a transdisciplinary conceptual and methodological framework for a multi-dimensional assessment of economic and social impacts of TCNs at different scales (from EU-aggregate, to local level). It focuses on assessing the impacts of TCNs (incl. economic, families, forced migration and vulnerable groups) on local development and on the re-distribution of resources in EU rural and mountain regions. The assessment is based on the hypothesis that TCNs are an important driver of socio-economic development and have a strong effect on the relationships between urban and rural/mountain areas and on a balanced territorial development. MATILDE uses quantitative and qualitative methods and adopts an action-research approach (through the implementation of 13 case studies throughout Europe) that emphasises the agency of migrants and the site-specific features of the regions involved. Case studies are selected based on the presence of urban poles differently interconnected with rural and mountain areas via flows of people, economic resources and cultural exchange. The action-reserach approach is built on a multi-stakeholder perspective: the two-level consortium gathers research partners and diverse local partners working in the field of TCNs’ integration. MATILDE partners will work together to co-construct the migration impact assessment in rural and mountain areas, engaging local stakeholders and beneficiaries, and to elaborate and share policy recommendations and governance solutions. Overall, the project improves knowledge on the social and economic development potential of TCNs in rural and mountain areas. It helps understanding the mechanisms behind the socio-economic integration of TCNs and it provides policy makers, practitioners and local stakeholders with analytical tools and place-based solutions/policy recommendations to counteract misperceptions and untap the migration potential in rural and mountain regions.
Allocation of the Loss-of-life Cost of In-service Distribution Cables to Network Customers

Abstract This article proposes a methodology based on the Shapley approach for the allocation of distribution cable loss-of-life cost among various groups of network customers. Different from the traditional uniform charging method adopted by many network operators, the proposed methodology reflects the true impact of customer groups on the loss of distribution cable useful life and its associated cost. The proposed methodology is applied to a realistic distribution network supplying residential customers in Iran, and the results are analyzed. The results show that the proposed Shapley approach offers a remarkable increased allocation to customers located far from the distribution substation as compared to the traditional charging method. In contrast, the cable loss-of-life cost allocated to customers near the substation exhibits a considerable decrease. These results may be important signals for network operators to design cost-causal network-use tariffs for various customer groups. They further result i...
Finding the origin of the slow solar wind

The origins and release mechanisms of stellar winds are long-lasting open challenges in astrophysics. Stellar winds play a fundamental role in the long-term evolution of stars and the habitability of their orbiting planets.  In the solar case, the wind is observed in at least two states, fast and slow winds, that differ in their bulk properties and composition, pointing to different coronal origins. A theoretical explanation for the slow wind must explain both its variable bulk properties and its peculiar composition. This includes the measured high charge states of minor ions, the abundance variation of Helium during the solar cycle and the high abundance of elements with low first ionisation potential (so called FIP effect) reaching four times the photospheric abundance. SLOW_SOURCE is a comprehensive research project that will use current and upcoming observations as well as completely novel models of the solar atmosphere to determine the origin of the slow wind. We will develop plasma transport models coupling major and all known important minor constituents along realistic coronal magnetic field lines. This model will be the first of its kind producing modelled observations (spectroscopy, imagery) and expected in situ signatures directly from the modelled minor constituents.  Combined with data from space and ground-based observatories, our new multi-species, multi-temperature 3-dimensional modelling of coronal plasma will provide new ways to infer the properties of stellar winds and tools to study the fundamental transport and heating processes of stellar plasmas. Determining the enigmatic release mechanism(s) of the slow solar wind constitutes a key objective of the upcoming Parker Solar Probe mission that will obtain radically new observations right from the start of the project. The project (2019-2024) will also be an excellent preparation for the Solar Orbiter mission that should obtain its first data during the second half of the project (2022-2024).
Gn4-2 research and education networking - géant

GN4-2 is the proposed project for the second Specific Grant Agreement under the 68-month Framework Partnership Agreement (FPA) established between the GÉANT Consortium and the European Commission in April 2015.This second phase of implementing the FPA will raise European research to the next level by promoting scientific excellence, access and re-use of research data. It will also drive European-wide cost efficiencies in scientific infrastructure by promoting interoperability with other e-infrastructures on an unprecedented scale.
The FPA objective for the GÉANT Partnership is to contribute to effective European research by making Europe the best-connected region in the world. GÉANT must offer European researchers the network, communications facilities and application access that ensure the digital continuum necessary to conduct world-class research in collaboration with their peers, regardless of geographical location.
GÉANT will maintain the operational excellence of the established GÉANT services, while achieving economies on the costs of the backbone network. The reliable, secure and state-of-the-art network services offered to researchers and other network users across Europe will remain exceptional. Massive data-transfer capacities required by extreme-scale instruments and by the penetration of big data in many areas of science will be prototyped with due consideration to the specific security and deployment challenges. 
Trust and identity is also prioritised with the introduction of a scalable operational model and with user requirements addressed in close concertation with the AARC and proposed AARC2 projects.
GN4-2 developments are also guided by the vision of a future where a set of coherent and integrated European e-infrastructure services will offer convenient, seamless access for end-users through a common service catalogue, and facilitating the adoption of services offered by new e-infrastructure developments, such as the European Open Science Cloud.
The pricing efficiency of exchange-traded commodities

Exchange-traded commodities (ETCs) open the commodity markets to both private and institutional investors. This paper is the first to examine the pricing efficiency and potential determinants of price deviations of this new class of derivatives based on daily data of 237 ETCs traded on the German market from 2006 to 2012. Given the unique size of the sample, we employ the premium/discount analysis, quadratic and linear pricing methods, as well as regression models. We find that the ETCs incur, on average, price deviations in their daily trading and are more likely to trade at a premium from their net asset values than at a discount. In addition, we examine the influence of certain factors such as management fees, commodity sectors, issuers, spread, assets under management, investment strategies, replication and collateralization methods on quadratic and linear price deviations.
La mediación: cumplimiento voluntario y ejecución de los acuerdos de mediación

Over time in all societies have emerged different conflicts that have attempted to give one or another solution, from the most violent to the most peaceful. One of this solution is the mediation that it has become very important in the last year. The enactment and entry into force of the Law 5/2012, of 6 July, mediation in civil and commercial matters was a major improvement on existing legislation previously in Spain, it only had developed at the regional level to be confined mainly the civil scope. One of the most important aspects to be regulated is the formalization of the mediation agreement on Enforcement, which would allow it purchased enforceability and, therefore, could be enforced covenants contained there in before the breach by any of the parts.
Automatic Web services composition algorithm based on optimal matching

A novel layered method was proposed to solve the problem of Web services composition. In this method, services composition problem was formally transformed into the optimal matching problem of every layer, then optimal matching problem was modeled based on the hypergraph theory, and solved by computing the minimal transversals of the hypergraph. Meanwhile, two optimization algorithms were designed to discard some useless states at the intermediary steps of the composition algorithm. The effectiveness of the composition method was tested by a set of experiments, in addition, an example regarding the travel services composition was also given. The experimental results show that this method not only can automatically generate composition tree whose leaf nodes correspond to services composition solutions, but also has better performance on execution time and solution quality by adopting two proposed optimization algorithms.
Network of Theatres for the valorization of Cultural and Natural Heritage to develop a Sustainable Tourism

NeTT project aims to create a network between the Theatres Institutions of Puglia and Region of Western Greece, with the local economic stakeholders, that work in the field of cultural and natural heritage management.

Thanks to this project, greek and italian institutions in cooperation with the local enterprises that work in the fields of culture, creative industry, local typical handcraft and agro-food products, will implement a crossborder network in order to improve the areas’ attractiveness through innovative and sustainable touristic packages.

The Apulian Public Theatre – Regional Consortium for Arts and Culture – is the lead beneficiary of this project, in cooperation with one Italian partner, the Petruzzelli Opera House and Theatres of Bari Foundation and three Greek partners, the Municipal and Regional Theatre of Corfù, the Municipal and Regional Theatre of Patras and the Chamber of Commerce of Achaia. Moreover, Regione Puglia – Department for Tourism and Culture takes part in the project as associated partner.
NATURAL COMPOSITION BASED ON POLYMERS TO BE ELECTROSPUN, AND METHOD TO PREPARE THE SAME

The invention concerns a composition to be electrospun comprising a first compound to be electrospun, an electrospinning promoter and at least one active ingredient, as well as a method to prepare it. This composition allows to obtain electrospun nanometric fibers with good structural and absorption properties.
Working capital – Iwona Powązka Mała Gastronomy

The project concerns support for working capital of a company in the event of a decline in turnover (sales revenue) caused by the negative effects of the COVID-19 outbreak.
Rethinking peace-building: women, revolution, exile and conflict resolution in yemen

This project proposes an analysis of the role of Yemeni female activists and refugees in conflict resolution and peace-building. The research objectives are: 1) to explore Yemeni female refugees’ and activists’ efforts and actions in conflict management and peace-building between 2015-2021 to rethink women’s role in peace processes; 2) to document their experiences to understand how the post-revolutionary violence and conflict situation in the country affected and re-shaped their political participation, and how Yemeni women resisted their marginalization and dealt with their disadvantaged position in and outside the country; 3) to contribute to the conceptual development of women and revolution theory by articulating an intricate interplay of revolution, forced migration, conflict and peace-building; 4) to analyse possible contributions from Yemeni female activists and refugees with the objective to identify practical ways to develop peace-building and conflict prevention strategies; 5) to link research findings to relevant policy makers and put forward gender-sensitive policy recommendations on the Yemeni peace-building. The methodology is based on a literature review and empirical research associated with anthropology, political science, migration, gender and peace studies. Ethnographic fieldwork will be carried out with Yemeni activists and refugees in the Netherlands, Germany and Jordan. The results will be put in a broader perspective which links warfare and state formation with the previous research on women and revolution in Yemen. It will be the first full-length and multi-site study of women, revolution, forced migration and peace-building in Yemen and beyond. The project will make a significative contribution not only to theory but also to practice and policy development on women, conflict and peace-building. Moreover, the experience gained from the host and secondment institution will enable the fellow to achieve the academic position of high quality.
A Multi-Weights Map Matching algorithm used in GPS system for vehicle navigation application

Map Matching (MM) is an important part of Intelligent Transportation System (ITS). GPS fusing electronic map model is frequently used for vehicle navigation application. While most of the existing solutions fail to provide trustworthy trajectory when the situation is ambiguous (U-turn, road intersections …). Azimuth Angle of GPS point (AZP) started to be utilized as a new feature in Map Matching. This method can enhance the matching accuracy of GPS points around the intersections. This paper proposes an improved Map Matching algorithm based on Multi-Weights. Through integrating these Multi-Weights to search the optimal road among many candidates for GPS point. The navigation solution was tested in urban area by mounting the navigation system on a land vehicle. The assessment of the Multi-Weights algorithm is based on comparing the trajectory after Map Matching with the GPS-Only trajectory and the reference trajectory, obtained with higher grade sensors, through which the proposed algorithm provides a significant enhancement in the positional accuracy.
Physical Inspection metering and evaluation of HVAC systems efficiency in tertiary buildings

Since twenty years European Union produces Directive to decrease energy consumption. The building sector is one of the most affected, since the buildings we live and work are responsible of about one third of global European energy consumption. Heating, Ventilation and air conditioning systems (HVAC systems) are often unknown by end-users. Also building owner and manager do not know deeply how the systems is composed. In the present work the writer found numerous specific diagnosis and intervention on HVAC system to dramatically decrease energy consumption. Incredible energy savings are possible by simply check and set up the right schedule and set up of HVAC system. Numerous European funded project demonstrated the effectiveness of such approach. Two European project results are described: Harmonac and iSERVcmb. Harmonac set up standards for HVAC systems inspections, the main findings are related to: general lack of information about system/components effectively installed in a building, HVAC inspections needing of a specific knowledge, not available in the market, lack of knowledge on control system by maintenance service companies, general over sizing of Heating power, Cooling power and water flow, scarce availability of logged data concerning energy consumption. BMS (Building Management System), if properly designed and installed could decrease inspection time and increase energy efficiency. Nevertheless, the inspections carried out in those years show that few BMS were able to log energy data. With a correctly installed BMS data of consumption the strategy and schedule of HVAC system should be understand, and also pointed the major energy savings opportunities. Buildings long term metering shown that HVAC inspection is fundamental to ensure efficiency of systems and, a result, the best performance in terms of energy savings and comfort. BMS system should help in this issue, but they have to be originally designed for this purpose. Short term metering demonstrated that such approach could be a low cost solution to understand system behaviour and potential improvement. Building owner approach to system inspection shown clearly that there is a common under estimation of energy savings that could be reached by simply control strategy management. Since is necessary to demonstrate to building owner how much energy (and money) is possible to save with metering and operation control, the writer believe that the next step is to provide robust benchmark for the most common activities. With benchmark data will be easier to understand the potential of energy savings that is possible to achieve in buildings. That will convince building owner and/or financial bodies and ESCO to invest in big refurbishment of existent building stock, that are just operated as usual.
Warming and nitrogen fertilization effects on winter wheat yields in northern China varied between four years

Abstract Global warming is expected to affect wheat productivity significantly, but with large regional differences depending on current climatic conditions. We conducted a study that aimed to investigate how wheat growth and development as well as yield and yield components respond to warming combined with nitrogen fertilization. Infrared heaters were applied above the crop and soil to provide a warming of around 2 °C at 5 cm soil depth during the whole winter wheat growing season from 2008 to 2012 at a site near Shijiazhuang in the North China Plain. Two temperature levels (warming and ambient) for winter wheat were compared in a factorial combination with (N2, 240 kg N ha−1 y−1) and without nitrogen fertilizer (N1) in a field experiment. Measurements showed that the infrared heater increased soil temperature by 1.6 to 2.2 °C in N2 and by 1.3 to 2.0 °C in N1 depending on soil depth (0.05 to 0.40 m). The volumetric water content decreased significantly before heading by 9.3, 3.9, 2.4 and 1.2 vol% in the soil depth of 0.10, 0.20, 0.40, 0.60 m in N2 and by 5.9, 1.4, 1.3 and 1.2 vol% in N1 from heating compared with no heating. The duration of the entire growth period was shortened by on average 7 days in the warming compared with control treatment. The early growth stages before re-greening in spring were shortened by 12 to 18 days, whereas the later stages were prolonged by up to 6 days. Warming reduced grain yield by 36%, 39% (P
Metal-Foldamer porous frameworks

The design and precise construction of protein-inspired nanostructures through folding and metal-directed self-assembly is a challenging yet potentially rewarding endeavor for the development of new classes of functional materials. Peptides have been well established as flexible starting points for the construction of bioinspired architectures with a high level of sophistication and precise control over morphologies and functions. Concurrently, the power of metal coordination to drive assembly has been extensively explored to design functionally versatile metal-organic frameworks (MOFs). Yet, the synthesis of such coordination networks by a process that would combine folding, self-assembly and metal coordination in aqueous media is still partially unaccomplished. Foldamers - artificial synthetic folded oligomers - possess the advantages of structural robustness and high programmability which bodes well for their use in the construction of well-defined higher-order nanostructures. The project will move a step forward towards the design, synthesis and structural characterization of metal-foldamer porous frameworks and will focus on foldamer sequence evolution and metal variation to influence the main features of the assembly (shape and catalytic property). The applicant has been trained in peptide synthesis and has acquired a high level of expertise in the design and structural characterization of peptide-based assemblies and advanced materials. He will join and bring his expertise to a host laboratory that has pioneered the design of oligourea-based foldamers as peptide mimics. Secondment in an internationally renowned group in the chemistry of metalloenzyme active sites and the design of bio-inspired catalysts will provide the appropriate combination of knowledge required for this multidisciplinary study. This project represents a significant leap forward in the creation of a whole new range of fully synthetic and functional higher-order foldamer nanostructures.