SIRIS-Lab/unlabelled-sti-corpus huggingface dataset:
Sunoyster cooling (socool)

„SunOyster cooling – SOcool“ has the starting point that cooling and refrigeration cause 7% of the worldwide greenhouse gas emissions. With alone 100 million air conditioners sold every year, they will cause 13% in 2030. As cooling is mainly required when the sun is shining, it is our aim to use solar energy to generate cold.
We plan to develop three solar cooling packages consisting of the SunOyster – a disruptive concentrating solar technology for the co-generation of electricity and heat with a total efficiency of 75% – and of selected thermal chillers to create standardized packages for the supply of electricity, cold and heat. We are focusing on three applications which have shown in a SME Phase 1 project their attractiveness:

- SOcool P3 Hotel for hotels, hospitals and large apartment houses;
- SOcool P2 Office for offices and other commercial buildings and
- SOcool P1 Pool for family houses with pool.

SunOyster has reached TRL 7, is protected by IP rights and has the advantages of secure storm position, lower costs of energy, higher output temperatures and bigger energy generation in relation to the roof surface. For the first time, a CPV system supplies heat for thermal cooling.

In the 66 bn € market for air-conditioning equipment, users will be located mainly in Southern Europe and in the sun belt of the world who will enjoy more comfort and better work performance through the cooling of commercial and residential buildings. Compared to grid-powered chillers, the three packages promise a profitability of up to 40% and a payback of 1.5 years.

SunOyster Systems will build up a pilot production, test and certify the SOcool packages, execute demonstration projects, strengthen the industrial value chain and start commercializing SOcool. Until 2024, the annual installation of SOcool products shall rise to 50 MW electric plus 75 MW thermal capacity p.a., corresponding to 10,000 SunOysters per year, generating 66 million € turnover and creating 140 green jobs in EU.
Thoracic ultrasound for TB diagnosis in adults and children

Thoracic ultrasound is an appealing alternative to chest radiography for the diagnosis of TB. Based on research experience conducting thoracic ultrasound for adults and children in South Africa, three key considerations for potential scale-up were identified. First, thoracic ultrasound requires a comprehensive training programme for novice users; artificial intelligence may be used to simplify training and interpretation. Second, a robust ultrasound device is needed with good subpleural resolution and a probe suitable for children. Third, comprehensive scanning of the lungs is time-intensive, and shorter scanning protocols may be more feasible in clinical practice.L’échographie thoracique est une alternative attrayante à la radiographie pulmonaire pour le diagnostic de la TB. En prenant appui sur l’expérience acquise lors d’études ayant utilisé l’échographie thoracique chez l’adulte et l’enfant en Afrique du Sud, trois considérations clés pour une éventuelle utilisation accrue de cet outil ont été identifiées. Premièrement, tout nouvel utilisateur d’un échographe thoracique doit suivre un programme de formation exhaustif. L’intelligence artificielle pourrait être utilisée pour simplifier la formation et l’interprétation des résultats. Deuxièmement, un échographe de qualité est nécessaire, avec une bonne résolution sous-pleurale et une sonde adaptée à l’enfant. Troisièmement, une scannographie exhaustive des poumons est chronophage ; des protocoles de scannographie plus courts pourraient être plus faciles en pratique clinique.
Forecasting cyclic coastal erosion on a multi-annual to multi-decadal scale: Southeast African coast

Abstract Coastal erosion on the southeast African coastline shows an apparent 18 year cycle which last peaked in 2006. It is in phase with the longshore sediment transport cycle. Both these cycles appear to be in phase with the Lunar Nodal Cycle (LNC). However, the dominant tidal erosion driver on this coast appears to be the 4.4 year Lunar Perigean Subharmonic (LPS). We suggest that the apparent 18 year coastal erosion and longshore sediment budget cycle is a response to the 18 year Mean Annual Precipitation Cycle. This cycle is 180° out of phase with the apparent coastal erosion- and longshore sediment transport- cycles. The summer rainfall areas, of southeastern Africa show an 18 year MAP cyclicity, which drives river runoff and hence controls sediment input to the coast and nearshore environment. The MAP cycle dominates the coastal sediment budget during the LNC trough and suppresses the LPS coastal erosion cycle during this time. This explains why LPS coastal erosion occurs close to the LNC peak. Thus although the LPS cycle dominates the coastline, it is masked during the wet portion of the 18 year MAP cycle. It seems very likely that the LNC drives the MAP cycle in some way but this process is not known. Nevertheless, these relationships can be used to predict, in a general way, both cyclic coastal erosion and the longshore sediment volume fluctuation. This can be translated into a vital coastal planning tool which has the potential to forecast cyclic coastal erosion and hence significantly reduce the sea-defense expenditure bill. Based on this, severe cyclic coastal erosion is anticipated in 2023 and 2024.
Enhanced mechanical properties of thermosensitive chitosan hydrogel by silk fibers for cartilage tissue engineering

Articular cartilage has limited repair capability following traumatic injuries and current methods of treatment remain inefficient. Reconstructing cartilage provides a new way for cartilage repair and natural polymers are often used as scaffold because of their biocompatibility and biofunctionality. In this study, we added degummed chopped silk fibers and electrospun silk fibers to the thermosensitive chitosan/glycerophosphate hydrogels to reinforce two hydrogel constructs which were used as scaffold for hyaline cartilage regeneration. The gelation temperature and gelation time of hydrogel were analyzed by the rheometer and vial tilting method. Mechanical characterization was measured by uniaxial compression, indentation and dynamic mechanical analysis assay. Chondrocytes were then harvested from the knee joint of the New Zealand white rabbits and cultured in constructs. The cell proliferation, viability, production of glycosaminoglycans and collagen type II were assessed. The results showed that mechanical properties of the hydrogel were significantly enhanced when a hybrid with two layers of electrospun silk fibers was made. The results of GAG and collagen type II in cell-seeded scaffolds indicate support of the chondrogenic phenotype for chondrocytes with a significant increase in degummed silk fiber-hydrogel composite for GAG content and in two-layer electrospun fiber-hydrogel composite for Col II. It was concluded that these two modified scaffolds could be employed for cartilage tissue engineering.
Semiconducting memory device on substrate - contains voltage supply converter, bias voltage generator drive by external or internal supply depending on memory state

The device contains a converter (2) of an external supplyvoltage (Vcc) to a lower internal supply voltage (IVcc), a memory device (1) supplied by the internal voltage for storing data, a substrate bias voltage generator (3) for holding the substrate (CH) at a constant voltage and a switching device. The bias voltage generator is driven by the external or internal supply voltage. The switching device changes from one supply to the other according to whether the memory device is active or not. USE/ADVANTAGE - For a semiconducting memory device on a substrate. The current consumption of the substrate bias voltage generator device is reduced.
Unravelling early chelicerate evolution and the origin of the sea spiders combining high quality paleontological and genomic data

Arthropoda (e.g. insects, crustaceans, spiders and centipedes) comprises the majority of animal biodiversity and includes model organisms like the fruitfly Drosophila melanogaster.  A rich fossil record, abundant genomic information, high morphological disparity, and unparallelled diversity, have  made arthropods a key model system for macroevolution. Yet, our understanding of arthropod evolution remains incomplete. In part, this is because alternative interpretations of their morphology support different evolutionary hypotheses. For example, the phylogeny of total-group Chelicerata (i.e. the living chelicerates – e.g. sea spiders, horseshoe crabs, spiders and scorpions – and all fossils more closely related to these than to any other arthropod) depends on alternative interpretations for the origin of the chelicerae. These pincer-like first head appendages are found in all living chelicerates, but it is unclear whether they are primitive, derived, or converging characters. Central to this debate are the sea spiders (Pycnogonida), a poorly-understood, marine, chelicerae-bearing lineage, dissimilar in many respects to other chelicerates. It has been suggested that pycnogonids might not be chelicerates and that chelicerae might be convergent or a primitive trait for Arthropoda, which would necessitate a reassessment of early arthropod evolution. Here, I will use a cutting edge computed tomography approach to provide the first detailed study of fossil pycnogonid morphology, and to generate a new morphological dataset spanning all key arthropod taxa. Bayesian and Maximum Likelihood-based total evidence approaches will then be used to combine the new morphological dataset with genomic data and test hypotheses of (1) chelicerate and arthropod relationships, (2) the evolution of the arthropod body plan, (3) the origin and diversification rate of the highly divergent Pycnogonida, and (4) to estimate an evolutionary timescale for Pycnogonida and Chelicerata.
Childbearing dynamics among married women of reproductive age in Nigeria: re-affirming the role of education

Nigeria ranks among the high-fertility countries in sub-Saharan Africa. Studies that examine relationship between fertility dynamics and education are important to improving maternal and child health. This study uses 2008 NDHS dataset on births history of married women of childbearing age. Data were analysed using ANOVA, Kaplan-Meier and Cox-proportional hazard models. Mean CEB were 6.72 and 4.31 among women with no formal education and higher education respectively. Majority (38.6%) of the women left 24-35 months births-interval. Women with lower education exhibited shorter births-interval and higher completed fertility than more educated women. The Births Progression Hazard Rate from marriage to 1 birth was higher among highly educated women than those with no education, but reverse pattern was observed at higher order births. This pattern barely changes after controlling for other socio-demographic variables. Education remains an important factor in fertility dynamics in Nigeria; therefore, existing policies addressing female education should be sustained.
Financial Instruments for Energy Renovation Policies

PROBLEM:
Up-scaling investments in energy efficiency and renewable energy for buildings is a major challenge to meet European Union targets for 2030. Most of ERDF incentives used non-returnable grant systems for promoting energy investment, but due to deficit restriction in EC Stability and Growth Pact (SGP) the investment has been decelerated. Grant method is showing important weakness in relation to other methods such as Financial Instruments (FIs), so regional authorities have a key role to play in creating new policies in this field.
The use of Cohesion Funds, especially ERDF, in the generation of new Financial Instruments (FIs) is a main challenge for the coming period 2014-2020, especially when combined with EC funding initiatives.

OBJECTIVE:
The overall objective is to promote new policies, or improvement of existing policies, aimed to the creation of funding instruments, especially Financial Instruments (FIs) supported by ERDF funds and integrated with EC funding initiatives, such as EFSI (Juncker Plan 06/2015), tools from the European Investment Bank EIB (ELENA, Margarite Funds) or even from public-private partnerships.

OUTPUTS:
The outputs will be the improvement of specific regional policies and ERDF OP in 7 EU regions, involving 5 Managing Authorities with competences in ERDF for EE and RES projects. 
The improvement will allow the implementation of FIs and energy investment in the phase 2, thanks to changes of strategic focus in 6 ERDF policies and 2 existing FIs.

Other important outputs are:
>3,8M€ of ERDF and >2,65M€ of FIs funds influenced. 
120 people increasing professional capacity attending interregional events. 

 - 28 stakeholder events, including: 
14 interregional events with more than 330 stakeholders attendants. 
14 local stakeholder meetings with more than 200 attendants. 

- 140 best practices produced and displayed in a geo-referenced map (FIener-map tool) and an online database both placed in the website.
MULTI-COMPONENT ENCAPSULATED REACTIVE FORMULATIONS

The present invention provides a multi-component encapsulated reactive formulation comprising a mixture of two or more dry powder components, where each dry powder component is formed from a phase inversion process involving vigorous mixing. The dry powder is stabilized by hydrophobic colloidal particles, which assist in generating stable "dry water" microdroplets. One dry powder component comprises hydrophobic colloidal particles encapsulating microdroplets comprising an aqueous solution of one reactant, and the at least one other dry powder component comprises hydrophobic colloidal particles encapsulating microdroplets comprising an aqueous solution of another reactant. When the encapsulated formulation is agitated such that the encapsulates are broken, the encapsulates rupture and the two aqueous solutions undergo a reaction upon contact.
Strengthening the company’s innovative potential through the development of the R & D department in Ethifarm Sp. z o.o. Sp. z o.o. K.

The project concerns the purchase of innovative laboratory equipment enabling R & D work on a new medicinal product at the Ethifarm Pharmaceutical Plant. As part of the project, the applicant plans to purchase fixed assets:(a) a device for testing the release of x2b) liquid chromatography apparatus (HPLC) together with softwaremc (gas chromatography apparatus together with softwaremd) viscosemeter The aim of the project is to carry out R & D work on the development of a generic drug for the medicinal product Praxilene (100 mg capsules) produced by the laboratories Merck Sante S.A.A. The active substance of the indicated product is naphthidrofuryl hydrogen olate, which is a serotonin receptor inhibitor. The drug is classified as a so-called drug. ‘metabolisers’ and is used for problems with blood circulation and treatment of peripheral vascular disorders. Ethifarm Sp. z o.o. Sp. K. will introduce on the Polish market generic of the above preparation NAFTIL (capsules 100 mg). Currently, naphthidrofuryl hydrogen oxalate is not available in Poland as an active substance. Praxilene together with Cilostazol is a medicine of choice used to treat chronic insufficiency of the lower limbs. It is used in the United States, the United Kingdom and most Western countries. It is worth noting that Praxilene in relation to Cilostazol exhibits a better safety profile and a lower cost of therapy.The project shows signs of product innovation (development of a new drug), process (implementation of new analytical techniques) and non-technological (organisation) on a national scale.Number of companies receiving support: 1 units Number of companies receiving grants: Private investment complementing public support to enterprises (grants): 260 150,000 plnNumber of research laboratories supported: 1 pcs.Investment outlays for the purchase of research equipment: 744 150,00 pln
Preparation and Performance of Highly Efficient Au Nanoparticles Electrocatalyst for the Direct Borohydride Fuel Cell

Au nanoparticles supported on Vulcan XC-72R carbon were prepared by a modified NaBH4 method in aqueous solution and employed as electrocatalyst of oxidation for the direct borohydride fuel cell (DBFC). The morphology and structure of as-prepared particles were examined by transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and X-ray diffraction (XRD). It was found that Au nanoparticles were mainly about 3.0 ± 0.5 nm in size and uniformly distributed on the surface of Vulcan XC-72R carbon. The electrooxidation behaviors of and fuel cell performances using carbon-supported Au nanoparticles as catalysts were investigated. Compared with Au/C prepared by conventional reduction method, the kinetics of oxidation on as-prepared carbon supported 3.0 ± 0.5 nm Au nanoparticles were significantly improved. The DBFC employing carbon supported 3.0 ± 0.5 nm Au nanoparticles showed a maximum power density of 85.3 mW cm–2 at 60 °C.
Cationic Phenoxyimine Complexes of Yttrium: Synthesis, Characterization, and Living Polymerization of Isoprene

come from teaching and research institutions in France or abroad, or from public or private research centers.L'archive ouverte pluridisciplinaire HAL, est destinée au dépôt et à la diffusion de documents scientifiques de niveau recherche, publiés ou non, émanant des établissements d'enseignement et de recherche français ou étrangers, des laboratoires publics ou privés.
Modelling optimization of energy efficiency in buildings for urban sustainability

MOEEBIUS introduces a Holistic Energy Performance Optimization Framework that enhances current (passive and active building elements) modelling approaches and delivers innovative simulation tools which (i) deeply grasp and describe real-life building operation complexities in accurate simulation predictions that significantly reduce the “performance gap” and, (ii) enhance multi-fold, continuous optimization of building energy performance as a means to further mitigate and reduce the identified “performance gap” in real-time or through retrofitting. 
The MOEEBIUS Framework comprises the configuration and integration of an innovative suite of end-user tools and applications enabling (i) Improved Building Energy Performance Assessment on the basis of enhanced BEPS models that allow for more accurate representation of the real-life complexities of the building, (ii) Precise allocation of detailed performance contributions of critical building components, for directly assessing actual performance against predicted values and easily identifying performance deviations and further optimization needs, (iii) Real-time building performance optimization (during the operation and maintenance phase) including advanced simulation-based control and real-time self-diagnosis features, (iv) Optimized retrofitting decision making on the basis of improved and accurate LCA/ LCC-based performance predictions, and (v) Real-time peak-load management optimization at the district level.
Through the provision of a robust technological framework MOEEBIUS will enable the creation of attractive business opportunities for the MOEEBIUS end-users (ESCOs, Aggregators, Maintenance Companies and Facility Managers) in evolving and highly competitive energy services markets. The MOEEBIUS framework will be validated in 3 large-scale pilot sites, located in Portugal, UK and Serbia, incorporating diverse building typologies, heterogeneous energy systems and spanning diverse climatic conditions.
White-matter microstructure and language lateralization in left-handers: A whole-brain MRI analysis

Most people are left-hemisphere dominant for language. However the neuroanatomy of language lateralization is not fully understood. By combining functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) and diffusion tensor imaging (DTI), we studied whether language lateralization is associated with cerebral white-matter (WM) microstructure. Sixteen healthy, left-handed women aged 20-25 were included in the study. Left-handers were targeted in order to increase the chances of involving subjects with atypical language lateralization. Language lateralization was determined by fMRI using a verbal fluency paradigm. Tract-based spatial statistics analysis of DTI data was applied to test for WM microstructural correlates of language lateralization across the whole brain. Fractional anisotropy and mean diffusivity were used as indicators of WM microstructural organization. Right-hemispheric language dominance was associated with reduced microstructural integrity of the left superior longitudinal fasciculus and left-sided parietal lobe WM. In left-handed women, reduced integrity of the left-sided language related tracts may be closely linked to the development of right hemispheric language dominance. Our results may offer new insights into language lateralization and structure-function relationships in human language system.
Comparing the copperbelt: political culture and knowledge production in central africa

This project provides the first comparative historical analysis – local, national and transnational - of the Central African copperbelt. This globally strategic mineral region is central to the history of two nation-states (Zambia and Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)), as well as wider debates about the role of mineral wealth in development. The project has three interrelated and comparative objectives. First, it will examine the copperbelt as a single region divided by a (post-)colonial border, across which flowed minerals, peoples, and ideas about the relationship between them. Political economy created the circumstances in which distinct political cultures of mining communities developed, but this also involved a process of imagination, drawing on ‘modern’ notions such as national development, but also morally framed ideas about the societies and land from which minerals are extracted. The project will explain the relationship between minerals and African polities, economies, societies and ideas. Second, it will analyse how ‘top-down’ knowledge production processes of Anglo-American and Belgian academies shaped understanding of these societies. Explaining how social scientists imagined and constructed copperbelt society will enable a new understanding of the relationship between mining societies and academic knowledge production. Third, it will explore the interaction between these intellectual constructions and the copperbelt’s political culture, exploring the interchange between academic and popular perceptions. This project will investigate the hypothesis that the resultant understanding of this region is the result of a long unequal interaction of definition and determination between western observers and African participants that has only a partial relationship to the reality of mineral extraction, filtered as it has been through successive sedimentations of imagining and representation laid down over nearly a century of urban life in central Africa.
Enhanced Morphological and Thermal Stabilities of Nickel Germanide with an Ultrathin Tantalum Layer Studied by Ex Situ and In Situ Transmission Electron Microscopy

Abstract The formation and morphological evolution of germanides formed in a ternary Ni/Ta-interlayer/Ge system were examined by ex situ and in situ annealing experiments. The Ni germanide film formed in the Ni/Ta-interlayer/Ge system maintained continuity up to 550°C, whereas agglomeration of the Ni germanide occurred in the Ni/Ge system without Ta-interlayer. Through microstructural and chemical analysis of the Ni/Ta-interlayer/Ge system during and after in situ annealing in a transmission electron microscope, it was confirmed that the Ta atoms remained uniformly on the top of the newly formed Ni germanide layer during the diffusion reaction. Consequently, the agglomeration of the Ni germanide film was retarded and the thermal stability was improved by the Ta incorporation.