SIRIS-Lab/unlabelled-sti-corpus huggingface dataset:
Visualizing the conformational dynamics of proteins by time-resolved electron microscopy

The function of many proteins involves large-amplitude domain motions that occur on a timescale of microseconds to millisecond. In the absence of tools to directly observe these dynamics, our understanding of the function of proteins is necessarily incomplete and must frequently rely on extrapolation from known static structures. Here, the implementation of real-time imaging of single particle dynamics in liquid phase is proposed with both microsecond time resolution as well as near-atomic spatial resolution. The experimental approach builds on several recent technological advances, namely the advent of Time-Resolved (“Four-dimensional”) Electron Microscopy, graphene liquid cell technology, and direct electron detection cameras, which are combined with established single-particle reconstruction techniques in cryo-Electron Microscopy. Visualizing the conformational dynamics of proteins will fundamentally advance our understanding of these nanoscale machines and has the potential to greatly benefit biomedical applications.
Computer modelling and experimental validation of plasmas and plasma- surface interactions, for a deep insight in cryogenic etching

Microchips have caused a revolution in electronics over the last few decades. Following Moore's law, much effort has been put into continuously shrinking electronic feature dimensions. Indeed, typical feature sizes of semi-conductor decreased from 10 µm in 1971 to 14 nm in 2014. With the shrinkage of feature sizes, plasma etching plays a more and more important role due to its anisotropy during surface processing.
However, to go beyond 14 nm features, current state-of-the-art plasma processing faces significant challenges, such as plasma induced damage. Recently, one such novel process with limited plasma damage is cryogenic etching of low-k material with SF6/O2/SiF4 and CxFy plasmas.
In this project, the fundamental mechanisms of the plasma, and its interaction with the surface, for these gas mixtures, will be studied to improve cryogenic plasma etching.
For this purpose, numerical models (a hybrid Monte Carlo - fluid model and molecular dynamics model) will be employed to describe (i) the plasma behavior for SF6/O2/SiF4 and CxFy gas mixtures applied for cryogenic etching, and (ii) the surface interactions of the plasma species with the substrate during etching.
Furthermore, cryogenic etch experiments will also be conducted to validate the modeling results during the secondment. Such an interdisciplinary project, including chemistry, physics, mathematics, computer modeling and chemical engineering, will definitely widen the applicant’s expertise in different plasma investigation approaches.
(14508.17092020.172003205) AURORA

DAS AURORA-KINOTHEATER IN SCANDICCI BEFINDET SICH IN EINEM IN DEN FÜNFZIGER JAHREN ERBAUTEN ANWESEN. DAS DACH ERLITT DURCH REGENWASSERINFILTRATION SCHÄDEN, DIE DIE SICHERHEIT DES GEBÄUDES GEFÄHRDEN. IST ES DAHER NOTWENDIG GEWORDEN, DAS DACH UMZUSTRUKTURIEREN, ZU DEM DAS GRUNDSTÜCK GEHÖRT? SIE BEABSICHTIGT, RENOVIERUNGEN ZUR ENERGIEEINSPARUNG (PAAR FÜR DIE GESAMTE STRUKTUR) ZU KOMBINIEREN. WERDEN DIE GESAMTKOSTEN FÜR RENOVIERUNGEN GESCHÄTZT? 400.000 UND DIE ARBEIT BEGANN AM 14. SEPTEMBER 2020.
SWITCHING-MODE POWER SUPPLY WITH HELPER CURRENT SOURCE

Power supplies combining a switching-mode power supply in parallel with a current source can improve maximum load current capability. The current source can be turned on, or the amount of current supplied by the current source increased, when there is a heavy load current demand, for example, when the load current demand is more than the current rating of the switching-mode power supply. The duty cycle of the output stage of the switching-mode power supply can be used to determine the load current demand. The current source may increase the maximum output current of the power supply beyond the maximum output current of the switching-mode power supply. For example, the current source may add 0.5 A to the current capability of a 2.5 A switching-mode power supply.
European lexicographic infrastructure

The project proposes to integrate, extend and harmonise national and regional efforts in the field of lexicography, both modern and historical, with the goal of creating a sustainable infrastructure which will (1) enable efficient access to high quality lexical data in the digital age, and (2) bridge the gap between more advanced and lesser-resourced scholarly communities working on lexicographic resources. The need for such an infrastructure has clearly emerged out of the lexicographic community within the European Network of e-Lexicography COST Action which will end in 2017.

Current lexicographic resources, both modern and historical, have different levels of structuring and are not equally suitable for application in other fields, e.g. Natural Language Processing. The project will develop strategies, tools and standards for extracting, structuring and linking lexicographic resources to unlock their full potential for Linked Open Data and the Semantic Web, as well as in the context of digital humanities.

The project will help researchers create, access, share, link, analyse, and interpret heterogeneous lexicographic data across national borders, paving the way for ambitious, transnational, data-driven advancements in the field, while significantly reducing a duplication of effort across disciplinary boundaries.

ELEXIS will be carried out by a balanced consortium with distributed geographical origins. It is composed of content-holding institutions and researchers with complementary backgrounds - lexicography, digital humanities, language technology and standardisation -  a crucial feature required to address the multi-disciplinary objectives of the project. In cooperation with CLARIN and DARIAH, it will focus on defining and providing common interoperability standards, workflows, conceptual models and data services as well as training and education activities focusing on user needs and cross-disciplinary fertilisations.
MEAT CUTTER

A meat cutter, a knife head and an associated cutting knife (11, 12) are proposed, in which the outlay with respect to installation and removal and with respect to the diversity of parts and also the moment of risk during installation and removal are reduced. This is achieved according to the invention by the knife base (2) of the cutting knife (11, 12) having a toothing structure (8) which points towards the drive shaft (19) and has projections (9) and recesses (10) by means of which the cutting knife (11, 12) can be positioned in a rotationally fixed manner in a matching toothing structure (14) by pushing it on in the axial direction.
SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REMOTE CONTROLLED INTERACTIVE TRAINING AND CERTIFICATION

The present invention relates to systems and methods for training, testing and/or certifying one or more subjects (e.g., at the same time (e.g., in the use of an automated external defibrillator (AED) and/or cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR))). In particular, the present invention relates to remote bi-directional communications (e.g., data delivery, acquisition, and/or maintenance). For example, the present invention provides communication between a handheld AED simulation device (e.g., comprising a processor) and one or more simulation devices (e.g., a mannequin (e.g., comprising a processor and/or one or more sensors) connected thereto and/or components (e.g., controls and/or sensors) associated therewith. The present invention also provides a system configured to relay information (e.g., instructions and/or performance data) between one or more processors (e.g., housed on a personal computer or other device) and one or more additional processors (e.g., housed on a simulation device (e.g., a mannequin comprising one or more sensors (e.g., hall effect sensors and/or switch sensors associated therewith).
Development of an oil spill forecast system for offshore China

An oil spill forecast system for offshore China was developed based on Visual C++. The oil spill forecast system includes an ocean environmental forecast model and an oil spill model. The ocean environmental forecast model was designed to include timesaving methods, and comprised a parametrical wind wave forecast model and a sea surface current forecast model. The oil spill model was based on the “particle method” and fulfills the prediction of oil particle behavior by considering the drifting, evaporation and emulsification processes. A specific database was embedded into the oil spill forecast system, which contained fundamental information, such as the properties of oil, reserve of emergency equipment and distribution of marine petroleum platform. The oil spill forecast system was successfully applied as part of an oil spill emergency exercise, and provides an operational service in the Research and Development Center for Offshore Oil Safety and Environmental Technology.
Intentions and attitudes towards parenthood and fertility awareness among Chinese university students in Hong Kong: a comparison with Western samples

What are the levels of awareness regarding female fertility and the intentions and attitudes towards parenthood among Chinese university students in Hong Kong compared with their counterparts in the West?Chinese university students in Hong Kong were similarly over-optimistic about the age-related fertility decline, although they were less inclined to have children and undergo fertility treatment compared with their Western counterparts.Past studies of highly educated young adults in Europe and the USA have found that they are not sufficiently aware of the age-related decline in female fertility, and falsely believe that advanced reproductive treatments such as IVF will overcome fertility problems associated with age. Little is known about the perceptions of Chinese students in Hong Kong, a modernized Chinese city where the fertility rate is among the lowest in the world.An online cross-sectional survey of Chinese university students in Hong Kong was conducted in 2013. Results were compared with two similar studies in Sweden and the USA.A total of 367 university students in Hong Kong (275 female, 92 male; mean age 23) responded to an e-mail invitation to participate in an online survey. Intentions and attitudes towards parenthood and awareness regarding female fertility were assessed using the Swedish Fertility Awareness Questionnaire.Like their Western counterparts, a large proportion of Chinese university students underestimated the age-related fertility decline (92%) and overestimated the fertility treatment success rate (66%). However, they were less inclined to have children, were more aware of and less concerned with infertility and were less motivated to seek solutions in the event of a fertility problem. These comparisons were significant at P < 0.05.Self-selection bias was inevitable in the questionnaire survey, and the anonymous nature of the survey did not permit the collection of characteristics of non-responders. International comparisons warrant caution because the Hong Kong sample was older than the US sample (mean age 20), but not older than the Sweden sample (mean age 24).While this study was consistent with past Western studies on the lack of fertility awareness among highly educated young people, the findings reveal significant cultural differences in family planning and responses to infertility between Asia and the West.
Low Molecular Weight Poly(Lactide-&amp;lt;i&amp;gt;co&amp;lt;/i&amp;gt;-Caprolactone) for Tissue Adhesion and Tetracycline Hydrochloride Controlled Release in Wound Management

The use of biopolymers as bioadhesives for human tissue is becoming a preferred alternative to suturing due to their superior adhesive, biocompatible, and biodegradable properties. In this work, low molecular weight poly(L-lactide-co-ε-caprolactone) (P(LA-co-CL) was synthesized to achieve the glass transition temperature (Tg) of the copolymer at ambient temperature so that during application on the skin, the copolymer when combined with chitosan (CHI) into the CHI/P(LA-co-CL) film could provide the strong support at the injury site. Using alcohols with different numbers of hydroxyl groups as the co-initiator in polymerization provided the distinctive characteristics of copolymers. Among all copolymers synthesized, P(LA-co-CL) copolymer using pentaerythritol as the co-initiator when combined with CHI at the ratio of copolymer/CHI at 70/30 yielded the good film properties in tissue adhesion and tetracycline hydrochloride release.
Will Wilson: Toward a Critical Indigenous Photographic Exchange

A selection of digital prints from Will Wilson's ongoing project Critical Indigenous Photographic Exchange (CIPX) recently filled the Davis Gallery at Hobart and William Smith Colleges. Known for his uncanny vision of environmental apocalypse in his series Auto Immune Response (2005--ongoing), Wilson's turn to studio portraiture marks a career development. More broadly, by highlighting the collaboration between photographer and subject required to produce a portrait, CIPX critically advances Native American photography. Using a I40-year-old Gasc & Charconnet lens, an Eastman View No. 2 camera, and the wet-plate collodion process, Wilson (Dine, or Navajo) photographs strangers and friends. After exposing, developing, and fixing a plate, Wilson gives the tintype to the sitter. Trading the photograph itself for permission to use a digital image scanned from it, the artist folds a nineteenth-century technique into current imaging practices. Wilson's digital prints record an exchange between the photographer and the people he meets through residencies and 'vorkshops. The prints capture what the artist describes as the layers of the intimate that accrue in the process of making a portrait.' More than expressing an interpersonal encounter, though, Wilson's prints intervene in historical representations of Native Americans. In works such as his portrait of John Gritts, Wilson evokes the texture of historic photographic practices. High tonal contrast, lifting of emulsion, and rich detail denote the collodion process. A participant in Wilson's residency at the Denver Art Museum, Gritts has worked for over forty years to promote American Indian education. In addition to educators, Wilson photographs leaders of tribal government, Native artists and dancers, curators of Native art, museum visitors, students and, periodically, himself. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] As with almost all of the sitters involved with CIPX, John Gritts faces the camera directly. Like others who pose with significant objects, Gritts displays a charcoal drawing of his great-great-grandmother Dockie Livers, a Cherokee woman who lived through the Trail of Tears. Proudly holding the image, Gritts carries forward a family lineage that survived forced removal from Georgia. Compoundiiig such eighteenth- and nineteenth-century experiences of geographical exile, many critics contend settler representations of Native peoples repeat this sense of dislocation in the visual field. The work of photographers such as Edward Curtis tends to remove Native peoples from American modernity. Employing a wet-plate process differently, Wilson's photographs bring the agency and experiences of sitters into the frame. When discussing CIPX, Wilson often mentions Curtis's legacy. The American photographer famously crisscrossed the United States from 1907 to 1930, photographing people from over eighty groups west of the Mississippi for his twenty-volume book and folio series The North American Indian, making some of the most haunting images of Native America in the process. …
Promoting multi-stakeholder contributions to international cooperation on sustainable solutions for aquaculture development in south-east asia

EURASTIP will evaluate and prepare for the launch of an international multi-stakeholder platform (MSP), so as to provide a new mechanism to create and reinforce international cooperation on sustainable aquaculture between Europe and South-East Asia and will focus on actions that will provide mutual benefit to both regions. EURASTIP, headed by the European Aquaculture Technology and Innovation Platform (EATiP) will create and support 3 National Pilot multi-stakeholder Platforms (NPPs) in major aquaculture producing countries (Thailand, Vietnam and Bangladesh) and develop road-map models for others in the region, providing the foundation for an international MSP. It will create, develop and reinforce the networking needed for the promotion of B2B partnerships, using European and SE Asian networks, realising international brokerage events and promoting cooperation. EURASTIP will identify and address common standards for aquaculture site planning, animal health, food product safety and farm governance, supporting sustainable aquaculture development. Focus is given to reinforcing professional skills and competences in industry and research, using European and SE Asian education networks and industrial apprenticeship opportunities. The NPPs will develop vision documents, strategic research and innovation agendas (SRIAs), priorities and proposed actions; these will feed into EURASTIP impact measurement and including influence on national and regional policies. Attention is given to widespread dissemination actions, promoting EURASTIP in SE Asia and in Europe, encouraging a strong legacy position. URASTIP will provide recommendations and a plan for the establishment of an international MSP, covering its scope and operation further to the project timeline, leading to reinforced long-term international cooperation efforts and opportunities.
Realistic reference adult and paediatric phantom series for internal and external dosimetry

A new generation of realistic, image-based anthropomorphic phantoms has been developed based on the reference masses and organ definitions given in the International Commission on Radiological Protection Publication 89. Specific absorbed fractions for internal radiation sources have been calculated for photon and electron sources for many body organs. Values are similar to those from the previous generation of 'stylized' (mathematical equation-based) models, but some differences are seen, particularly at low particle or photon energies, due to the more realistic organ geometries, with organs generally being closer together, and with some touching and overlapping. Extension of this work, to use these phantoms in Monte Carlo radiation transport simulation codes with external radiation sources, is an important area of investigation that should be undertaken.
Scalable HEVC over layered division multiplexing for the next generation terrestrial broadcasting

In this paper, we present an efficient transmission method of multiple broadcasting services using Layered Division Multiplexing (LDM) and Scalable High Efficiency Video Coding (SHVC) for the next generation terrestrial digital broadcasting such as Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC) 3.0. Based on a two-layer LDM technology, each Physical Layer Pipe (PLP) carries each of Base Layer and Enhancement Layer video streams of SHVC, in order to maximize channel utilization when multiple broadcasting services are delivered in a single radio frequency (RF) channel. A performance analysis is conducted when the proposed combination of LDM and SHVC is compared with other combinations such as Time Division Multiplexing (TDM) and/or HEVC simulcast broadcasting. A constant quality measurement is introduced to evaluate the performance of video codec in conjunction with a physical layer system. The proposed combination of LDM and SHVC is implemented in hardware and verified in a real field environment.
Very efficient deep learning in iot

The ever increasing performance of computer systems in general and IoT systems, in particular, delivers the capability to solve increasingly challenging problems, pushing automation to improve the quality of our life. This triggers the need for a next-generation IoT architecture, satisfying the demand for key sectors like transportation (e.g. self-driving cars), industry (e.g. robotization or predictive maintenance), and our homes (e.g. assisted living). Such applications require building systems of enormous complexity, so that traditional approaches start to fail. The amount of data collected and processed is huge, the computational power required is very high, and the algorithms are too complex allowing for the computation of solutions within the tight time constraints. In addition, security, privacy, or robustness for such systems becomes a critical challenge.
An enabler that aims at delivering the required keystone is VEDLIoT, a Very Efficient Deep Learning IoT platform. Instead of traditional algorithms, artificial intelligence (AI) and deep learning (DL) are used to handle the large complexity. Due to the distributed approach, VEDLIoT allows dividing the application into smaller and more efficient components and work together in large collaborative systems in the Internet of Things (IoT), enabling AI-based algorithms that are distributed over IoT devices from edge to cloud.
In terms of hardware, VEDLIoT offers a platform, the Cognitive IoT platform, leveraging European technology, which can be easily configured to be placed at any level of the compute continuum starting from the sensor nodes and then edge to cloud. Driven by use cases in the key sectors of automotive, industrial, and smart homes, the platform is supported by cross-cutting aspects satisfying  security and robustness. Overall, VEDLIoT offers a framework for the Next Generation Internet based on IoT devices required for collaboratively solving complex DL applications across a distributed system.
Renewable Energy for the Optimization of Resources in Industrial Areas

Nowadays, climate change represents one of the most serious global challenges, requiring urgent energy-efficiency plans and actions through combined efforts from local, national and international authorities from all around the world. In particular, at industrial level, one of the main needs is to satisfy the lack of knowledge and concrete actions in terms of renewable energy. Local industrial bodies are at the forefront of implementing ambitious policies but still need to be empowered with adequate know-how and means to participate in the definition of energy and climate international plans, which would enable them to make a concrete contribution. The project Re-sources will tackle this challenge in the Southern Adriatic area, with the objective to promote the sustainable energy efficiency and optimization of resources related to the Industry 4.0 at cross-border level, also through the energy re-use. In particular, the project will fulfill this objective through the organization of two workshops, one in Puglia and one in Albania in order to mutually exchange knowledge and experience in this concern, with the expected result of disseminating the current solutions related to the optimization of energy systems in the smart industry in the Programme area. These two outputs will be followed by an international incoming event organized in Italy, in order to concretely show the results experimented and promoted by Consortium ASI of Brindisi in the Apulian industrial area of Brindisi. In general, not only policymakers and stakeholders involved in the industrial sector will directly benefit from these outputs, but also local communities who will indirectly take advantage of the sustainable energy systems adopted at local level. Finally, the project Re-source will adopt a cross-border and partecipative approach aimed to open a constructive debate and create a network on new methods of energy re-use and optimization in the Progamme area.