SIRIS-Lab/unlabelled-sti-corpus huggingface dataset:
Il personale degli enti territoriali. Il Mezzogiorno nel confronto con il Centro Nord. [Local Authorities Staff. The Southern Regions Compared with the North-Centre of Italy]

Italian Abstract: Il lavoro analizza i cambiamenti nel personale degli enti territoriali del Mezzogiorno nell’ultimo decennio in confronto al Centro Nord. La stringente normativa in materia di contenimento dei costi del personale e di limitazioni al turnover ha causato una forte contrazione del personale degli enti territoriali tra il 2008 (anno di massima espansione) e il 2019, più intensa nel Mezzogiorno. L’analisi mostra una convergenza tra le due macro aree in termini di dotazioni organiche e di costi; tuttavia permangono forti differenze territoriali in termini di anzianità del personale, titolo di studio, qualifiche professionali e tipologie contrattuali. Queste differenze sono principalmente dovute a un più basso turnover e a un forte ricorso alla stabilizzazione di lavoratori precari nel Mezzogiorno che hanno ritardato l’immissione di personale con titolo di studio e competenze più elevate. Le competenze possedute dal personale negli enti del Mezzogiorno risultano oggi meno adeguate rispetto al resto del Paese per fronteggiare le sfide poste dal Piano nazionale di ripresa e resilienza.English Abstract: The paper analyzes how the characteristics of the employees of the local governments in the Southern regions of Italy have changed compared to those of the North-Centre over the last decade. The implementation of rigorous legislation to contain personnel costs and limit turnover, which caused a sharp reduction in local governments’ staff between 2008 (the year of maximum expansion) and 2019, was more intense in the Southern regions. The analysis shows a convergence between the two macro areas in terms of workforce size and costs; however there are still strong regional differences in employees’ seniority, education, professional qualifications and contractual schemes. These differences are mostly due to a lower turnover and an intensive conversion of precarious work to permanent employment in the South, thus delaying the hiring of personnel with better qualifications and skills. The skill deficit of the employees of Southern local authorities render them less well equipped than those in the rest of the country to tackle the challenges posed by the National Recovery and Resilience Plan.
Sound particles - the revolution in 3d audio software

The entire entertainment industry is adopting 3D sound in their products as a better way to immerse their audiences and offer an overall superior experience. Unfortunately, all existing audio software tools continue to use a 2D approach, which is very limited for 3D audio work, because of obsolete and costly workflows which are unable to adapt to the industry’s growing need towards 3D audio. SoundParticles is a disruptive 3D audio software that uses computer graphics techniques applied to audio. Combining particle systems techniques, a 3D CGI-like engine, SoundParticles is able to generate thousands of sounds in just minutes to create complex soundscapes, enriching the audio results and achieving an unprecedented realism in the audio software sector, while increasing the productivity of audio professionals. In other words: we create sounds like never imagined before. By doing this we are able to create a new audio standard and start a revolution in audio software for Cinema/TV, Videogames, VR/AR and Music. In the future we aim to bring value to millions of audio software users, from garage bands to Hollywood sound designers, from professionals to amateurs, as we firmly believe that Native 3D audio software will revolutionize entertainment audio, the same way that computer graphics revolutionized entertainment image. For our company, We estimate, that 5 years after completion, the project will bring accumulated net profit of €100,67M, resulting in a highly profitable ROI=42 and allowing short payback time of just 2 years. We will expand our workforce from current 10 people to 107, mainly in software development and sales. In fact, our MVP has already caught the attention of all major Hollywood studios, and has been used in more than 40 blockbuster movies, including StarWars – The Last Jedi, Pixar’s Cars 3, Despicable Me 3, Batman vs Superman, Spider- Man: Homecoming, and Steven Spielberg’s Ready Player One.
MODULAR CONTAINER FOR CRYOGENIC LIQUIDS

The invention relates to a container for cryogenic fuel, which has a flat construction and which is surrounded by super insulation. The aim of the invention is to produce a container which can be adapted automatically and in an economical manner to various vehicle models and/or installation situations and can resist mechanical as well as thermal loads. As a result, it is composed of several similar straight and closed profiles (4, 5) which are arranged adjacent to each other in various configurations, said profiles being straight profiles which are arranged in a parallel manner in relation to each other, whereby the at least one external defining wall (14, 15, 16, 17) maintains a functional distance in relation to an external defining wall (18) of an adjacent profile and a common closure is embodied as a common connection chamber of the profile (6, 7) which is closed on the open end thereof (28, 29) on both sides. The reinforcements (24, 25) are, preferably, symmetrical to the sides of the external walls thereof (14, 15, 16, 17) in rectangular profiles.
The role of osteopontin in the pulmonary fibrosis caused by acute lung injury induced by lipopolysaccharide in rats

This work was supported by International cooperation and exchange program of Sichuan science and technology department (No. 2009HH0032): Background: In the later stage of acute lung injury (ALI), lung fibrosis is a common sequel. It results in damage of lung function. But we know little about its pathogenesis. Objective: To investigate the role of osteopontin (OPN) in the pulmonary fibrosis caused by lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced ALI. Methods: 120 rats were randomly divided into control group ( n = 40), ALI group ( n = 40), and intervention group ( n = 40). ALI was induced by intraperitoneal injection with LPS on day 0,1 and 2 in ALI group and intervention group. Also, the rats in intervention group were treated with Anti-OPN antibody by intraperitoneal injection after LPS injection. Then10 rats in each group were randomly sacrificed on the 7th, 14th and 28th day. Histological examination and the expression of OPN in the lung tissue were determined. Hydroxyproline and the mRNA levels of type I and IIIcollagen in the lung tissue were measured. Results: Compared with control group, the expression of OPN in ALI group was remarkably higher on 7th,14th and 28th day respectively ( P P P Conclusions: The expression of OPN in the lung tissue of pulmonary fibrosis caused by LPS-induced ALI in rats was increased. OPN could promote the development of lung fibrosis in ALI rats.
Cytotoxic effects of ivermectin on human trophoblast cells

The aim of this study was to develop a PCR test to detect chromosomal differences between epidemic multidrug resistant (epi-MDR) strains of Salmonella enterica serovar Newport (S. Newport) and non-epi-MDR strains of S. Newport that are endemic to the United Kingdom (UK). Sequence analysis of the biofilm-associated protein A gene (bapA) showed that epi-MDR strains of S. Newport from the United States of America (USA) had a deletion of 309 bp, which was not present in non-epi-MDR strains of S. Newport from the UK. A PCR test was developed using primers designed to target this difference and was applied to a panel of S. Newport isolates comprising of strains from the UK (n = 20, non-epi-MDR), from the USA (n = 10, epi-MDR) and from Canada (n = 7). A second panel of isolates (n = 73) was used to assess the test specificity, and these isolates consisted of non-Newport Salmonella serovars (n = 25), and other epidemic serovars (n = 48). Epi-MDR S. Newport isolates produced a characteristic 505 bp amplicon, whereas non-epi-MDR S. Newport isolates produced an 814 bp amplicon. The bapA PCR has potential to discriminate between these S. Newport strains irrespective of their carrying resistance genes.
Researchers' night: it's your friday to discover!

The LT2016 Researchers’ Night projects for 2016 and 2017 will take place in major Lithuanian cities, i.e. Vilnius, Kaunas, Klaipeda, Siauliai and Moletai, as well as in rural areas. The project aims to enhance public recognition of researchers and their work through bringing scientists and public closer to one another and thus increasing an understanding of the impact of researchers' work on citizen's daily life as well as encouraging young people to choose careers in science and research. Both events will offer a broad range of varied activities addressing all categories of the public at large, regardless of age and scientific background, i.e. notably: Meetings and activities together with researchers; Lectures, discussions; Visits to open laboratories; Real life observations and experiments; European corners; Various contests, games, exhibitions, movie and online broadcast watching. All the activities planned will actively involve researchers and will offer a balanced combination of ""serious"" activities and funny ones to be attractive for the general public. Activities will be hosted in labs, lecture halls, meeting places, cafes, while in the rural areas they will take place in schools or public spaces. Some activities conducted in the main sites will be broadcasted online. Common concept for the Night in 2016 and 2017 will be Learning about Technology Futures. Therefore activities of Researchers’ Night projects in 2016 will be organised with focus on Virtual Reality thus building foundations for the Night in 2017 which will focus of ""science futurity"" or Futures of technologies. Both events will be finalised with the grand event unifying different fields - music, science and cinema. We expect at least 500.000 people made aware of the Researchers' Night and its objectives through the awareness campaign and 11.500 direct attendees to the various events planned in 2016 as well as in 2017.
An Improvement in the Appointment Scheduling in Primary Health Care Centers Using Data Mining

An optimal resource management in health care centers implies the use of an appropriate timetabling scheme to schedule appointments. Timetables of health centers are usually divided into time slots whose duration is equal to time required for clinical attendance. However doctors perform a series of tasks that are not always clinical in nature: issuing prescriptions or prescribing sick leave certificates. In this sense the time spent in attending a clinical or an administrative matter is different. This last required less time to attend the patient. This study is focused in the administrative task. A predictive model is generated to provide daily information on how many patients will go to the health center for an administrative issue. The accuracy of the model is less than 4,6 % absolute error and the improvement in scheduling appointments is a time saving of 21,73 %.
Drop test of pear fruit: Experimental measurement and finite element modelling

Pear fruit has a soft tissue that must be protected against mechanical bruises. In this paper, the bruised area of pear fruit was determined by experimental dropping tests and then was predicted by the Finite Element Method (FEM). Three dropping heights (200, 500 and 1000 mm), two impact surfaces (steel and wood) and two fruit orientations (vertical and horizontal) were studied. In order to simulate the fruit in the ANSYS 14 software, volume, density and elasticity modulus of unripe, ripe and overripe fruits were determined experimentally using standard methods. The minimum bruised area was occurred for unripe pear falling on the wood surface at vertical orientation and 200 mm dropping height whereas the maximum value was obtained for overripe pear falling on the steel surface at horizontal orientation and 1000 mm dropping height. The minimum and maximum error for prediction of bruised area by finite element modelling was 0.00 and −60.50%, respectively.
Foundations of perception engineering

Virtual reality (VR) technology has enormous potential to transform society, especially as the world faces unprecedented challenges of remote work and social distancing brought on by COVID 19. Through telepresence it uniquely enhanced health care, collaborative design, education, and social interaction, all from a distance. Further benefits arise by incorporating synthetic models, which advance computer interfaces, data visualization, and immersive storytelling.

In spite of its potential, the VR industry has struggled through hype cycles as devices built from co-opted component technologies fail to meet the expectations of each generation. As an industry leader in Huawei and early Oculus VR, I concluded that the struggle is largely due to the lack of a rigorous foundation that draws from scientific disciplines of perceptual psychology, neuroscience, and human physiology. I propose to reduce the gap between engineering and these human-centered sciences by developing a new field of perception engineering. In this pioneering view, the object being engineered is the illusion itself, and the physical devices that achieve it are auxiliary.

This project focuses on developing mathematical foundations for VR that unify engineering concepts from robotics and control theory with their biological-system counterparts, especially predictive coding and the free energy principle. A cornerstone is von Neumann-Morgenstern information spaces, introduced for games with hidden information, which I have leveraged for fundamental problems in robotics throughout my research career. Our team will include experts from VR, neuroscience, perceptual psychology, robotics, control theory, and pure mathematics. The work will lay a foundation for principled engineering approaches to design, simulation, prediction, and analysis of sustained, targeted perceptual illusions. This would offer valuable guidance and deeper insights into VR, robotics, and possibly the sciences that study perception.
Da moeda metálica à moeda fiduciária: as transformações do meio circulante na construção do Império do Brasil (1808-1840)

A passagem de um sistema monetário baseado em moeda metálica para um sistema de moeda fiduciária ocorreu na Europa e nas Américas em diferentes velocidades. No Brasil, tal processo foi particularmente rápido: no breve período entre a transferência da Corte portuguesa e o fim do Primeiro Reinado, o papel-moeda inconversível substituiu a moeda metálica como meio circulante. Este artigo discute as causas dessa substituição, que parte da historiografia atribui a “vícios” do sistema monetário herdado do período colonial e a equívocos na condução da política econômica – em particular, às alterações no valor da moeda metálica e às emissões de papel-moeda pelo Banco do Brasil. Sugerimos que a saída de metais decorreu de déficits no balanço de pagamentos e que o acesso a novas formas de senhoriagem pelo poder central mostrou-se um expediente necessário para o financiamento das despesas gerais e militares nos primeiros estágios da construção do Império do Brasil.
Compulsive drug use and its neural substrates

Drug addiction is a chronic relapsing brain disease, characterized by compulsive drug use. Despite the fact that drug addiction affects millions of people worldwide, treatments for this disorder are limited in number and efficacy. In our opinion, understanding the neural underpinnings of drug addiction would open new avenues for the development of innovative treatments for this disorder. Based on an awareness that drug use and drug reward do not equal drug addiction, there has been increasing interest in developing animal models of addiction that mimick the loss of control over drug use more closely than existing models aimed at studying drug reward. The present review provides an overview of animal studies of compulsive drug use and the neural mechanisms involved. First, the employed models are summarized, with a particular emphasis on models of escalation of drug use and resistance to punishment. Next, we discuss mechanisms within the (ventral and dorsal) striatum and (central) amygdala that have recently been implicated in the compulsive seeking and taking of alcohol and cocaine. The studies discussed here provide a promising line of research that will advance our knowledge of the neural circuits involved in the self-destructive behavior that characterizes drug addiction.
A survey of influence of electrics vehicle charging on power grid

Electric vehicle (EV) industry gets into fast growth period in China, so that charging of large scale of EV will pose inevitable impacts on power grid in the future. In this article, the main factors and modeling methods of EV charging load are analyzed; The literature reviews are carried out on EV integration and impacts on power grids, including grid access capability, power quality, power economy and environment; Additionally, the benefits and realization methods of smart charging strategy are discussed. The current research on V2G (vehicle to grid) operation are summarized as well. Finally, the unresolved problems and possible future research areas are presented.
P774Detailed assessment of cardiac anatomy, myofiber structure and vasculature of rodent hearts using X-ray phase-contrast synchrotron radiation-based micro-CT

Background: While cardiomyocytes have a limited ability to shorten, the heart efficiently pumps a large volume-fraction thanks to a complex cell organisation in a 3D fibre structure. Such information is essential to understand diseases. CT/MRI provide structural information, however, their resolution is too low to study cellular mechanics in detail. Microscopy provides sufficient detail, but 3D imaging of whole hearts often results in distortions of detailed geometry and fibres. Therefore we developed a novel approach to study heart in great detail, but on the whole organ scale.

Methods: A rat heart was formalin-fixed, ethanol-dehydrated and embedded in agarose. X-ray phase-contrast synchrotron radiation-based micro-CT was performed at 7.43 μm resolution (ESRF-ID19). The heart was rotated over 360°. Five acquisitions were necessary to cover the whole heart along its long axis. The series were reconstructed using state-of-the-art filtered backprojection.

Results: Fig 1A shows a longitudinal reslicing of a dataset. The cardiac structures can be clearly differentiated (atria, ventricles, great vessels and valves). When using volume rendering, the architecture of the tricuspid valve (Fig 1B) and aortic valve (Fig 1C) can be observed in great detail. Details of local complexity of the walls and part of the vasculature are visible (Fig 1D,E). Fiber orientation can be recognised as well in the ventricular walls. The coronary vessels tree can also be segmented.

Conclusions: We have obtained novel, high resolution, datasets of a whole heart at myofiber resolution, providing structural information on microscopic level without the need of slicing. This opens up a new range of exciting possibilities for a systems approach towards cardiac function, providing fast acquisition of the whole heart. 

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Laughing in an emergency: humour, cultural resilience and contemporary art

In the wake of the Charlie Hebdo attacks in 2015, humour has been regarded as serious, incendiary, and potentially fatal business. A curious phenomenon has simultaneously occurred in contemporary art, as artists located around the world have turned to humorous aesthetic strategies in order to document and re-assess global politics, experiences of crisis and collective trauma. In spite of this turn, and although the politics of humour has attracted recent attention, leading scholars across the social sciences and humanities continually lament the lack of scholarly analysis on the subject. In this context, the main objectives of LIAE are 1) to develop a conceptual framework and gather empirical information to account for the impetus behind the emergence of humour in art from contemporary sites of ‘crisis’; 2) to develop a novel framework of how humour advances the social function of art by operating as a vital agent of cultural resilience in three keys ways: re-enforcing connection to place, coalescing collective identity, and by subverting oppressive authority structures; 3) to develop a conceptual framework that accounts for how ‘high art’ settings radically differs to that of ‘viral’ or ‘demotic’ forms (cartoons, memes and street art). To achieve this, LIAE is informed by a comparative study of 3 key case studies, each legislatively recognized as sites of crisis, and each emblematic of particular forms of contemporary ‘emergency’: economic/refugee crisis (Greece), indigenous sovereignty/endemic disadvantage (Australia) and military conflict/occupation (Palestine). Employing an adaptive form of visual culture research (discourse analysis, fieldwork, in-situ visual analysis, archival and primary research) refined through a training program and expert supervision at UNIMAN, LIAE produces innovative research on the social function of humour, unpacking the capacity for art to act as tool of cultural resilience for disadvantaged, marginalised and vulnerable groups.
Impermeability Rate Analysis for In-Line Detention Reservoirs—Introducing Multiple-Use Green Reservoir in the Urban Environment of São Paulo, Brazil

The watershed of Verde Stream, located in São Paulo, Brazil, is the object of projects that aim to minimize flood events’ damage, due to high slopes, consolidated urbanization, and few available areas for detention reservoirs. A locally well-known alternative for minimizing flood impacts is the Abegoária Reservoir. Despite its hydraulic benefits, population is resistant to its construction, allegedly associated with the imperviousness of green areas and the loss of space for social interaction. This study considers a new reservation approach that preserves permeability and multiple use of space, serving as both flood control system during rainy season and recreational area during dry periods. The average imperviousness rates were evaluated for the current scenario and two other reservoir conceptions, considering different types of ground coverage. Results showed that the presented reservoir would promote an increase in permeable surfaces by 35%. Average impermeability would only be increased if an impermeable underground reservoir was implemented.
STIMULATED SCINTILLATION EMISSION DEPLETION (SSED) FOR HIGH-RESOLUTION QUANTITATIVE X-RAY NANOIMAGING

The present invention suggests a new method for generating high spatial resolution X-ray images of an object. Differently than other existing X-ray imaging setups, our configuration employs stimulated scintillation emission depletion and improves the spatial resolution beyond the diffraction limit of conventional scintillation emission. In our new method, X-rays (2) passing through an object (3) are partially absorbed by a luminescence screen (5). The emission of the luminescence screen (5) generates an image of the object (3). A de-excitation light (8) comprising zero-intensity point in at least one focal area is applied to the luminescence screen (5). This light de-excites the excited luminescence centers leaving sub-diffraction sized spots of the spontaneously emitted scintillation. The image of the object (3) in the luminescence screen (5) is scanned, and a two-dimensional X-ray image of one projection is reconstructed. By measuring different two-dimensional projections, a three-dimensional image of the object (3) is reconstructed.