SIRIS-Lab/unlabelled-sti-corpus huggingface dataset:
Manufacturing of integral stiffened skin panels

MISSP (Manufacturing of Integral Stiffened Skin Panels) project aims at proposing new manufacturing concepts for metallic aircraft cargo doors. The main objective of this project will be to develop cheaper and greener structures as an alternative to CFRP doors but also applicable for any stiffened skin panel structure. This will be made possible by the use of advanced materials, manufacturing techniques and design concepts. Expensive and polluting chemical milling operations shall be replaced by flat mechanical machining, while multi-parts riveted components shall be replaced by more integrated structures reducing the number of parts and the time-consuming mechanical riveting assembly processes
The project will be divided into 3 main technical work packages, followed by a cost and performance analysis. The first work package shall focus on the manufacturing of the external door skin with the aim of replacing the chemically milled pockets by mechanically machined ones. Both stretch-forming on tailored tool blocks and high energy hydroforming alternative will be investigated. In the second work package, stringers shall be integrated to the Al-Mg-Sc 5028 skin by flat welding (FSW or LBW) followed by creep forming. Finally, the third package shall be dedicated to the manufacturing of an integral structure, drastically limiting the number of assembly operations. To this aim, an innovative solution is proposed: a plate shall be deformed by high energy hydroforming and subsequently machined into the final cargo door integral structure.
To support the advanced manufacturing technologies proposed in this challenging project, use shall be made of numerical modelling that will help designing appropriated tools and optimizing process parameters to achieve high quality demonstrators that shall be delivered to the topic manager.
Training network to advance integrated computational simulations in translational medicine, applied to intervertebral disc degeneration

The European community requires early stage researchers (ESRs) who can work across the boundaries of traditional disciplines, integrating experimental and in silico approaches to understand and manage complex multifactorial disorders. This training network utilises intervertebral disc degeneration (LDD) leading to low back pain (LBP) as a relevant application for data integration and computational simulations in translational medicine. LBP is the largest cause of morbidity worldwide, yet there remains controversy as to the specific cause leading to poor treatment options and prognosis. LDD is reported to account for 50% of LBP in young adults, but the interplay of factors from genetics, environmental, cellular responses and social and psychological factors is poorly understood. Unfortunately, the integration of such data into a holistic and rational map of degenerative processes and risk factors has not been achieved, requiring creation of professional crosscompetencies, which current training programmes fail to address. Disc4All aims to tackle this issue through collaborative expertise of clinicians; computational physicists and biologists; geneticists; computer scientists; cell and molecular biologists; microbiologists; bioinformaticians; and industrial partners. It provides interdisciplinary training in data curation and integration; experimental and theoretical/computational modelling; computer algorithm development; tool generation; and model and simulation platforms to transparently integrate primary data for enhanced clinical interpretations through models and simulations. Complementary training is offered in dissemination; project management; research integrity; ethics; regulation; policy; business strategy; and public and patient engagement. The Disc4All ESRs will provide a new generation of internationally mobile professionals with unique skill sets for the development of thriving careers in translational research applied to multifactorial disorders.
Developing and Integrating the Welfare Systems toward a Welfare Mix System Locally Managed in the Adriatic Area

The support for the revision of the social security police framework of the Western Balkans as well as the implementation of revised social security policies was one of the key points, the IPA Multi-beneficiary programmes 2007 and 2008 focussed on. The Welfare system is one of the main differences between EU & non EU Countries in Adriatic Area. The Welfare Mix model is the main model promoted in the EU countries instead of the Welfare State. The main principles of Welfare Mix are: - Progressive devolution of powers and functions to lower institutional levels; - Recognition and appreciation of the role o f the Family as Care Giver; - Introduction of regulatory mechanisms that promote competition among providers, public or private (Profit or Non Profit). This model is the most promising in Europe and is quite new in the East Adriatic Territories. Actually the central administration plays the main role in ruling and planning the welfare system and financing it. There have been several other activities that showed the necessity of reforming the system. Actually there are reforms on going in different countries financed from Wold Bank or Ec funds. This proposal aims at valorising the existing works done and to be inserted and to be stimulate and be part of the regulatory reforms on going proposing a sustainable model of welfare. The activities will aim at preparing framework policies , make them approved for a real decentralization of the welfare system and an evolution toward an Welfare mix system. Pilot actions will implement the policies proposed and will be established a Decentralized Agency for delivering Social Services in Albania. The involvement of private actors will be stimulated and a model of Social enterprises proposed and the establishment of 15 social enterprises in the Adriatic region is foreseen. A joint Observatory on Welfare policies will be established in Croatia and a database on line published. The LB, the Municipality of Tirana, one of the biggest municipalities of the Adriatic area will be the proponent of the new model of Welfare Mix, managed at local level in joint cooperation between private and Public actors. ADRIATIC WELFARE MIX aims to create an efficient welfare system as well as to implement a model of social business, harmonizing the supply of professional jobs with the demand for social services. Furthermore project partners intend to address their local needs for youth groups in risk, in order to support their transition from the secondary school level into the labor force; increase their access to employment opportunities; and increase their inclusion in civic affairs. Added effort in key areas, such as delivery of basic employment services to the poorest, market development and education, must be forthcoming.
Gamma-ray co-irradiation induced graft polymerization of NVP and SSS onto polypropylene non-woven fabric and its blood compatibility

Sodium styrenesulfonate was grafted onto PPNWF via gamma-ray co-irradiation method with the existence of N-vinyl-2-pyrrolidone. The effect of absorbed dose, dose rate and concentration of binary monomer on the degree of grafting was investigated. The surface chemical change was characterized by attenuated total reflection Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (ATR-FTIR) and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). The wettability was characterized through the measurement of adsorption percentage of water and phosphate buffer solution (PBS). The result demonstrated that the grafted poly(NVP-co-SSS) chains can improve the hydrophilicity of PPNWF. Furthermore, the modified PPNWF has good blood compatibility, such as low hemolysis rate, low platelet adhesion and effectively extending the blood coagulation times. Consequently, hydrophilicity and hemocompatibility of PPNWF were greatly enhanced by the immobilization of poly(NVP-co-SSS) chains. (C) 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Fabric management for the software defined data centre

Fabriscale Technologies is a Norwegian software startup company aiming at becoming a leading provider of fabric and data centre management software. Our first product is the Fabriscale fabric manager (FFM), a European next-generation fabric management software system that offers more efficient and reliable operation of data centres and HPC clusters than existing solutions. This is critical for large clusters with thousands of nodes, where the consequences of downtime are that medical, industrial and societal services hosted in the cloud are interrupted.  The FFM builds on world-class research on concepts and algorithms for network management at Simula Research Laboratory. Its disruptive features outperforms existing FMs by up to 40% in terms of network throughput, and is up to several hundred times faster in terms of time of recovery from faults.

Target users are operators of large storage and computing facilities. They will experience increased network throughput by up to 40% and reduced recovery time from several minutes to less than a second. Cost savings are estimated to € 750 000 for a system with 5000 servers over a four-year period and the reduction in energy consumption is estimated to 30% if the increase in efficiency is used to decommission unneeded equipment.

Gartner estimates the global market for fabric managers to € 800 million, with a compound annual growth rate of 8.6% in 2014 - 2019. Fabriscale aims for a revenue of € 7 million for our InfiniBand/Omni-Path FM by 2020, which increases to € 80 million by 2025 with an expansion to the Ethernet segment.

During phase 1 we will complete an analysis of the worldwide market for fabric managers, finalise agreements with pilots, identify potential partners, and refine the business model for the US and European markets. During phase 2 we will pursue customer-driven product demonstration activities in the US and European markets together with the two pilot customers that we reached agreements with in phase 1
Establishing in-depth services enhancing the innovation management capacity of south west of france smes in 2020-2021

Raising the competitiveness of SMEs from South West France by offering services linked to innovation management.

The project involves 3 partners of the Enterprise Europe Network South West France consortium which covers the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine and the Midi-Pyrénées territory. The general objective is to contribute to raise the competitiveness of SMEs from this area by offering support services in the area of innovation management. The project will also contribute to develop more efficient and more effective innovation processes and higher quality innovation management capacity assessment and support services. 

The support will be delivered as service packages to 2 groups of SMEs:
a) Beneficiaries of the Horizon 2020 SME Instrument phase 2, Fast Track to Innovation and Future Emerging Technologies Open: to enhance the probability of a successful exploitation of the innovation project results and lead to the sustainable growth of the beneficiary beyond the participation in Horizon 2020. The support service will pinpoint weaknesses in the innovation capacities of the beneficiary, select suitable coaches to address the identified weaknesses and monitor the coach-client relationship and to accompany the beneficiary through their European project.
b) SMEs with significant innovation activities and a high potential for internationalisation: to enhance their innovation management capacities to be able to gain new international markets and leaderships. The support service will consist in an in-depth innovation assessment in order to develop and implement a tailored action plan to improve the SMEs capacity to manage innovation processes. The partners will use dedicated assessment tools: IMP3rove, Check’Innov, Innovation Way and CCI MAP.

The project will last 24 months and will provide 109 support service packages.
Imaging performance of phase-contrast breast computed tomography with synchrotron radiation and a CdTe photon-counting detector

Within the SYRMA-CT collaboration based at the ELETTRA synchrotron radiation (SR) facility the authors investigated the imaging performance of the phase-contrast computed tomography (CT) system dedicated to monochromatic in vivo 3D imaging of the female breast, for breast cancer diagnosis.Test objects were imaged at 38keV using monochromatic SR and a high-resolution CdTe photon-counting detector. Signal and noise performance were evaluated using modulation transfer function (MTF) and noise power spectrum. The analysis was performed on the images obtained with the application of a phase retrieval algorithm as well as on those obtained without phase retrieval. The contrast to noise ratio (CNR) and the capability of detecting test microcalcification clusters and soft masses were investigated.For a voxel size of (60μm)(3), images without phase retrieval showed higher spatial resolution (6.7mm(-1) at 10% MTF) than corresponding images with phase retrieval (2.5mm(-1)). Phase retrieval produced a reduction of the noise level and an increase of the CNR by more than one order of magnitude, compared to raw phase-contrast images. Microcalcifications with a diameter down to 130μm could be detected in both types of images.The investigation on test objects indicates that breast CT with a monochromatic SR source is technically feasible in terms of spatial resolution, image noise and contrast, for in vivo 3D imaging with a dose comparable to that of two-view mammography. Images obtained with the phase retrieval algorithm showed the best performance in the trade-off between spatial resolution and image noise.
Evidence-Based Exercise Prescription for Balance and Falls Prevention

Falls are the leading cause of emergency department visits, hospital admissions, and unintentional death for older adults. Balance and strength impairments are common falls risk factors for community-dwelling older adults. Though physical therapists commonly treat balance and strength, standardized falls screening has not been fully incorporated into physical therapy practice and there is much variation in the frequency, intensity, and duration of therapy prescribed to achieve optimal results. For community-dwelling older adults, a progressive exercise program that focuses on moderate to high-intensity balance exercises appears to be one of the most effective interventions to prevent falls. For more frail older adults in institutional settings, exercise programs in addition to multifactorial interventions appear to show promise as effective falls prevention interventions. The minimum dose of exercise to protect an older adult against falls is 50 hours. This article describes the current best practices for physical therapists to effectively improve balance and manage falls risk in patients. The unique challenges and opportunities for physical therapists to incorporate evidence-based fall-prevention strategies are discussed. Innovative practice models incorporating evidence-based fall-prevention programs and partnerships with public health and aging service providers to create a continuum of care and achieve the optimal dose of balance training are presented.
MyDayLight : How to design a light system for people with Autism Spectrum Disorder that supports them in self-reliance?

This bachelor thesis tries to further the research and development of the project MyDayLight. MyDayLight is an ongoing project since 2014 part of Powertools. It has been done in collaboration with the Philadelphia Care Institute, University of Twente and the University of Applied Science of Utrecht.

MyDayLight helps empower adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder by giving them a tool to help them motivate themselves to do and organize household tasks. The product consists of lamps that work as alarms in light form. The user can place one of these lamps in the area where the task should happen, this way they will know which task they need to do depending on the location. They can also input their mood about doing the task. This gives them a moment to reflect on their day and the information will, later on, be used to get feedback from their caretakers.
This graduation report shows literature research on making persuasive health technology for people with Autism Spectrum Disorder as well as the process of building a working prototype for MyDayLight. Finally, this report shows the expert review done to the prototype.

The conclusion of the project is that to design a light system for people with Autism Spectrum Disorder to support them in self-reliance it is important to make the system customizable and take into account the senses sensibility of the users.

Key Words: Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), empowerment, caregivers, Persuasive Health Technology
The effects of a passive exoskeleton on muscle activity, discomfort and endurance time in forward bending work

Exoskeletons may form a new strategy to reduce the risk of developing low back pain in stressful jobs. In the present study we examined the potential of a so-called passive exoskeleton on muscle activity, discomfort and endurance time in prolonged forward-bended working postures. Eighteen subjects performed two tasks: a simulated assembly task with the trunk in a forward-bended position and static holding of the same trunk position without further activity. We measured the electromyography for muscles in the back, abdomen and legs. We also measured the perceived local discomfort. In the static holding task we determined the endurance, defined as the time that people could continue without passing a specified discomfort threshold. In the assembly task we found lower muscle activity (by 35-38%) and lower discomfort in the low back when wearing the exoskeleton. Additionally, the hip extensor activity was reduced. The exoskeleton led to more discomfort in the chest region. In the task of static holding, we observed that exoskeleton use led to an increase in endurance time from 3.2 to 9.7 min, on average. The results illustrate the good potential of this passive exoskeleton to reduce the internal muscle forces and (reactive) spinal forces in the lumbar region. However, the adoption of an over-extended knee position might be, among others, one of the concerns when using the exoskeleton.
Roles of larval sea urchin spicule SM50 domains in organic matrix self-assembly and calcium carbonate mineralization

The larval spicule matrix protein SM50 is the most abundant occluded matrix protein present in the mineralized larval sea urchin spicule. Recent evidence implicates SM50 in the stabilization of amorphous calcium carbonate (ACC). Here, we investigate the molecular interactions of SM50 and CaCO3 by investigating the function of three major domains of SM50 as small ubiquitin-like modifier (SUMO) fusion proteins - a C-type lectin domain (CTL), a glycine rich region (GRR) and a proline rich region (PRR). Under various mineralization conditions, we find that SUMO-CTL is monomeric and influences CaCO3 mineralization, SUMO-GRR aggregates into large protein superstructures and SUMO-PRR modifies the early CaCO3 mineralization stages as well as growth. The combination of these mineralization and self-assembly properties of the major domains synergistically enable the full-length SM50 to fulfill functions of constructing the organic spicule matrix as well as performing necessary mineralization activities such as Ca(2+) ion recruitment and organization to allow for proper growth and development of the mineralized larval sea urchin spicule.
METHOD FOR PURIFYING CONTAMINATED POLYMERS

A method for purifying a reclaimed polymer, such as a polymer reclaimed from post-consumer use or post-industrial use, is disclosed. The method involves obtaining the reclaimed polymer and contacting it at an elevated temperature and pressure with a fluid solvent to produce an extracted reclaimed polymer. The extracted reclaimed polymer is dissolved in a solvent at an elevated temperature and pressure to produce a polymer solution. A polymer is then separated from the polymer solution.
The chronology of planetary embryos

Planetary Formation
Protoplanets, or early planetary embryos such as iron meteorite parent bodies, formed in the early protoplanetary disk from dust, debris, and planetesimals. Defining the precise chronology of accretion and differentiation—including core formation—of these planetary embryos will aid in a richer understanding of the chemical evolution of the solar system. Through high-precision tungsten isotope measurements, Kruijer et al. show that the timing of accretion and core formation for iron meteorite groups falls within 0.6 to 2 million years of the age of the solar system (see the Perspective by Elliott). Differences of timing within this group are probably a function of volatile contents of the parent bodies or spatial and chemical heterogeneity within the protoplanetary disk.

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A HIGH THROUGHPUT ASSAY FOR IDENTIFICATION OF GENE EXPRESSION MODIFIERS

The present invention provides a method for screening of a large number of compounds for their ability to modulate the expression of genes. The method uses gene trap technology and comprises the steps of transfecting a population of cells with a gene-trap vector, sorting cells according to their level of fluorescence, distributing sorted cells into pools and expanding the pools to obtain a sufficient number of cells representing each trapped gene to permit distinction of the effect of a test compound over controls, exposing the cells to the test compounds and identifying compounds which alter the fluorescence distribution pattern of cells using FACS analysis.
INTEGRATED TECHNOLOGIES FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF NEW PRODUCTION PROCESSES

L — COMPANY AIMS TO IMPLEMENT NEW SERVICES AND TECHNOLOGIES WITH THE AIM OF:  — INTERNALISING SOME SPECIFIC ACTIVITIES — OFFERING THE CUSTOMER INTEGRATED SERVICES — OPTIMISING THEIR PRODUCTION PROCESSES — IMPROVING THE QUALITY STANDARDS OF THEIR WORK — ACQUIRING ORDERS WITH A HIGHER COMPLEXITY AND HIGHER ADDED VALUE EXPECTED RESULT IS THE — INCREASE IN COMPETITIVENESS IN THE SUPERVISED MARKETS, THE — ACQUISITION OF NEW MARKETS, THE — INCREASE IN PROFITABILITY AND A BETTER AND MORE EFFICIENT MANAGEMENT OF ORDERS WITH REDUCTION OF CROSSING TIMES AND A SIGNIFICANT REDUCTION OF TIME BETWEEN DESIGN AND REALISATION.  L — INVESTMENT REFERS TO A MACHINING CENTRE FOR L — ELECTRO-EROSION AND DRILLING OF MECHANICAL COMPONENTS; A COMBINED AND INTEGRATED SYSTEM WITH HIGH AUTOMATION, WHICH IS PART OF THE 4.0 INDUSTRY MODEL AND THAT WILL ALLOW TO OPTIMISE PRODUCTION, MANAGE THE PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT DIRECTLY FROM THE DESIGN, INTERCON
Analysis of defects and geometric characteristics in terms of geometric and stamina optimisation of structures in additive technologies.

This project concerns the extension of the offer of the Applicant to new research and measurement services using the computerised tomography method, related to the analysis of the image obtained after the X-ray passed through the analysed object.The following product indicators will be realised as a result of the project:- L. companies receiving support – 1 pieces- L.pres. receiving grants – 1 pcs- Private investments supplementing public support for pres. (dotations) – 370 040,00 PLN- L.pres. supported in the field of R & D works – 1 pieces- L.pres. incurring investment outlays for R & D activities – 1pcs.- L.pres. co-operation with research centres – 1 items – investment outlays for the purchase of research and research equipment – 1 043 040,00 PLN- L. It will increase the potential of the Innovative Applicant, as it will allow the implementation of research, which will result in innovative services, with practical and cost-effective use. As a result of the project, the R & D cell will also be developed.The project will start in September 2018 and will end in September 2019. The project will be implemented in the Applicant’s seat – Skórzewo, ul. Poznańska 104.