SIRIS-Lab/unlabelled-sti-corpus huggingface dataset:
A fully-implantable mems-based autonomous cochlear implant

Sensorineural impairment, representing the majority of the profound deafness, can be restored using cochlear implants (CIs), which electrically stimulates the auditory nerve to repair hearing in people with severe-to-profound hearing loss. A conventional CI consists of an external microphone, a sound processor, a battery, an RF transceiver pair, and a cochlear electrode. The major drawback of conventional CIs is that, they replace the entire natural hearing mechanism with electronic hearing, even though most parts of the middle ear are operational. Also, the power hungry units such as microphone and RF transceiver cause limitations in continuous access to sound due to battery problems. Besides, damage risk of external components especially if exposed to water and aesthetic concerns are other critical problems. Limited volume of the middle ear is the main obstacle for developing fully implantable CIs.
FLAMENCO proposes a fully implantable, autonomous, and low-power CI, exploiting the functional parts of the middle ear and mimicking the hair cells via a set of piezoelectric cantilevers to cover the daily acoustic band. FLAMENCO has a groundbreaking nature as it revolutionizes the operation principle of CIs. The implant has five main units: i) piezoelectric transducers for sound detection and energy harvesting, ii) electronics for signal processing and battery charging, iii) an RF coil for tuning the electronics to allow customization, iv) rechargeable battery, and v) cochlear electrode for neural stimulation. The utilization of internal energy harvesting together with the elimination of continuous RF transmission, microphone, and front-end filters makes this system a perfect candidate for next generation autonomous CIs. In this project, a multi-frequency self-powered implant for in vivo operation will be implemented, and the feasibility will be proven through animal tests.
Feasibility analysis for the development and market introduction of an innovative and multi-functional façade.

Business case and Customer Pain Point: In order to fulfil all existing and upcoming EU legislation on the use of RE, rainwater retention and a minimum percentage of green areas, construction companies, architects and property developers need to use all opportunities of the building structure (roof and façades). In the last years, the use of roof areas has been developed quickly leaving the façade the last unused potential for innovations. The global vertical garden construction market is expected to growth at an annual rate > 11 %, (i.e., global market € 6.8 billion in 2017 for green roofs and façades). The green building materials market was valued at around USD 127.5 billion in 2014 and is expected to reach USD 255 billion in 2020, growing at a CAGR of around 12%. 

Taking into account the present situation, our SME Kre_Ta has successfully developed KlimaFaçade. It is a multi-functional and self-operating façade module, which gives our customers a unique flexibility to design a functional building skin. The basic structure can be combined with standard photovoltaic panels or with plant (green) modules. KlimaFaçade is certified and can be installed on all existing types of substructures. 

Road-To-Market: KlimaFaçade is currently at TRL 6. We are planning to start commercialising KlimaFaçade by 2021. Our module will be intensively tested by internal and external specialists to ensure high quality standards. Our system will be installed in three pilots and the gained knowledge will lead to the certification and IPR protection phase, prior to market entry. 

Business Model: KlimaFaçade commercialization will generate high revenues with a targeted market share of 20%. KlimaFaçade is the first smart and multi-functional façade on the market and will push and diversify our revenue streams. We expect to sell more than 35.000 m2 façade generating additional revenue streams of 18.5 M€ for our company from 2019-2025 as well as to triple our workforce by 2025.
Code clone detection experience at microsoft

Cloning source code is a common practice in the software development process. In general, the number of code clones increases in proportion to the growth of the code base. It is challenging to proactively keep clones consistent and remove unnecessary clones during the entire software development process of large-scale commercial software. In this position paper, we briefly share some typical usage scenarios of code clone detection that we collected from Microsoft engineers. We also discuss our experience on building XIAO, a code clone detection tool, and the feedback we have received from Microsoft engineers on using XIAO in real development settings.
ELECTRONICALLY MONITORED AND PORTABLE POINT-OF-CARE HAND HYGIENE DISPENSER HAVING SECURITY FEATURES

Various embodiments of a point-of-care hygiene dispenser and an electronic hand hygiene event monitoring system are disclosed. One embodiment is directed to point-of-care dispenser and a corresponding electronic monitoring system, wherein the point-of-care dispenser is movable between predetermined zones of interest. Another embodiment is directed to a secure point-of-care dispenser having corresponding dispenser cover and main body interlocks. A still further embodiment is directed to point-of-care dispensing system comprising a point-of-care dispenser having a dispenser cover and a main body, a locking mechanism configured to secure the dispenser covers with the main body in a closed condition, and a docking unit configured for mounting with the point-of-care dispenser.
Simulations of topological phases in superconducting circuits

The discovery of topological order characterising novel exotic phases of matter has generated a breakthrough in the comprehension of complex condensed matter phases. Topological invariants entirely determine the behaviour of certain observables and confer to the systems a strong robustness to perturbations. Going beyond condensed matter states, topological order can be engineered in different setups that can benefit form it and represent alternative platform for the simulation of exotic topological phases. One of the most promising candidate for such a plan is represented by superconducting circuits based on the Josephson effect. The present proposal aims at studying the interconnections between the topological notion and the Josephson effect and to propose superconducting circuits as a platform for the simulation and manipulation of novel topological phases of matter.
Social@Risk™ - a tool for predicting and mitigating human rights violations in global supply chains

One of the most pervasive problems in global supply chains is the violation of labour and other human rights in developing countries. The two most common ways to mitigate these risks are social audits and the use of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) data. None of these methods accounts for systemic labour and human rights violations as the bottom line for social risk assessments. Globalworks’ ambition is to bring a game-changing innovation to the market with a real impact on the SDGs promoting decent work as well as sustainable consumption and production. To this end we developed an alternative, big-data driven approach that makes use of information accessible on the Internet. Everyday workers and other stakeholders in developing countries write about their grievances on social media in order to protest, reach out for help, seek advice, or share experiences. Our tool social@risk collects these voices. social@risk represents an intelligent, fully transparent system where experts and stakeholders of an issue inform the algorithms that facilitate data structuring and analysis. In the future social@risk will use millions of posts from tens of thousands of factory sites as the basis for predicting social risks associated with a supplier, industry, and/or location. social
Upgrading the internal ICT processes in Informel d.o.o.

We want to tackle the problem of piecemeal business management in sales, finance, marketing and task management. By automating a solution and special modules, we will automate the sale stages, systematise the design and delivery system, create a central client base to which offers to communicate through the marketing module and the customer central communication module. We will optimise the whole process of managing and awarding tasks within the company. Non-systematic management of customers and complete business processes will advance by integrating the central CRM with those modules that will form the main business management system.
Interactions between automated energy systems and flexibilities brought by energy market players

Five DSOs (CEZ distribuce, ERDF, EON, Enexis, Avacon) associated with power system manufacturers, electricity retailers and power system experts, propose a set of six demonstrations for 12 to 24 months.  Within three years, they aim at validating the enabling role of DSOs in calling for flexibility sources according to local, time-varying merit orders. Demonstrations are designed to run 18 separate use cases involving one or several of the levers increasing the local energy system flexibility: energy storage technologies (electricity, heat, cold), demand response schemes with two coupling of networks (electricity and gas, electricity and heat/cold), the integration of grid users owning electric vehicles, and the further automation of grid operations including contributions of micro-grids.  The use cases are clustered into three groups. Three use cases in Sweden and the Czech Republic address the enhancement of the distribution network flexibility itself. Five use cases in France, Germany and Sweden demonstrate the role of IT solutions to increase drastically the speed of automation of the distribution networks, which can then make the best use of either local single or aggregated flexibilities. Ten use cases in Czech Republic, France, The Netherlands and Sweden combine an increased network automation and an increased level of aggregation to validate the plausibility of local flexibility markets where both distributed generation and controllable loads can be valued. Replicability of the results is studied by the DSOs and industry with an in-depth analysis of the interchangeability and interoperability of the tested critical technology components. Dissemination targeting the European DSOs and all the stakeholders of the electricity value chain will be addressed by deployment roadmaps for the most promising use cases, thus nourishing the preparation of the practical implementation of the future electricity market design, the draft of which is expected by end of 2016.
Automated system for real time tree canopy contact with canopy shakers

Abstract Most crops destined for industrial transformation employ mechanical harvesters that have been developed satisfactorily by adapting the tree to the machine features. Not all fruit trees can be adapted, and this is the case in traditional olive orchards, where canopies are very irregular and a complex harvesting system is necessary to adapt to different tree geometries and sizes. Lateral canopy shakers have arisen as an alternative system, the use of which is spreading as they allow continuous integral harvesting of several crops such as citrus fruit or, more recently, the olive. Contact between the shaker and the canopy is a key harvesting factor that must be studied. Manually positioning several shaker heads at different heights to follow the tree contour during continuous harvesting is a tedious task for an operator and may decrease potential efficiency. However, automation of shaker contact with the canopy may increase harvester efficiency. Two automatic systems composed of several electronic devices were developed and incorporated into a harvester with several shaker heads. The first system controlled canopy contact based on measuring the distance between the shaker and the tree contour. The second system measured the variation of the shaker mechanism’s hydraulic pressure in order to adjust the position of each head relative to the canopy. Both systems were compared to manual control by studying removal efficiency, harvesting efficiency, debris production and percentage of shaking time within the control intervals. Results determined the suitability of automatic harvesting systems with an increase of 5.9% in removal efficiency based on the criterion of tree resistance to shaking, with no significant differences in tree damage and an increase in field capacity ha h-1 person-1. Laser LED may be a valid technology for measuring the distance to canopy in real time and gave satisfactory results but a decrease of 7.9% in removal efficiency compared to manual sighting. The bottom, middle and top of the tree present different patterns in the harvesting process, and as resistance mode adjusts control intervals to the different patterns, it may provide a closer fit to follow than distance mode. Further improvements are required to enhance harvesting efficiency by connecting automation between the removal system and the catch frame.
Creations - developing an engaging science classroom

The CREATIONS coordination action aims to demonstrate innovative approaches and activities that involve teachers and students in Scientific Research through creative ways that are based on Art and focus on the development of effective links and synergies between schools and research infrastructures in order to spark young people’s interest in science and in following scientific careers. It aims to support policy development by a) demonstrating effective community building between researchers, teachers and students and empowering the latter to use, share and exploit in an innovative the collective power of unique scientific resources (research facilities, scientific instruments, advanced ICT tools, simulation and visualisation applications and scientific databases) in meaningful educational activities that build on the strengths of formal (educational field trips, virtual visits, school based masterclasses) and informal (games and student generated apps, webfests and hangouts, related artworks like science theatre or student generated exhibits, debates in the framework of junior science cafes) learning, that promote creative inquiry-based learning and appreciation of how science works, b) demonstrating effective integration of science education with infrastructures through monitored-for-impact innovative activities, which will provide feedback for the take-up of such interventions at large scale in Europe and c) documenting the whole process through the development of a roadmap that will include guidelines for the design and implementation of  innovative educational and outreach activities that could act as a reference to be adapted for stakeholders in both scientific research outreach and science education policy.
Dalla voce alla carta: l’esperienza dei collettivi femministi nelle pagine di «Differenze»

Nel corso degli anni Settanta in Italia nascono numerose riviste legate a vario titolo al movimento delle donne. Una delle più originali è «Differenze», pubblicata a Roma tra il 1976 e il 1982 e redatta a turno da donne di diversi collettivi femministi. Si tratta dunque di un periodico che dà voce e diffusione alle pratiche politiche dei gruppi che animano il movimento delle donne della Capitale; separatismo, autonomia e autocoscienza sono i tre denominatori comuni delle diverse realtà collettive che curano ciascuna un fascicolo della rivista. L'idea era quella, infatti, di dare spazio alle differenze di pratiche femministe che nel 1976 erano diventate una realtà del movimento, differenze che al tempo stesso avrebbero potuto essere una sua potenziale ricchezza e un fattore di disgregazione. La rivista nasce con la volontà di fungere da struttura elastica per lo scambio di informazioni e documenti, e si configura come uno strumento in grado di adattarsi alle esigenze di ciascun collettivo e di mantenere la circolarità tipica dello scambio femminista del piccolo gruppo. Ne vengono dati alle stampe dodici numeri con una cadenza irregolare che riflette in parte le dinamiche del movimento e le sue diverse fasi. Oggi «Differenze» rappresenta una fonte storica fondamentale per conoscere le realtà che hanno attraversato il femminismo romano, una miniera di documenti e di testimonianze, voci che dialogano e contribuiscono a raccontare la storia dei femminismi italiani.
Study on water pollution along the Kukshet Lakes of Nerul, Navi Mumbai, India with special reference to pollution due to heavy metals

Monitoring and assessment of fresh water has become an environmental concern due to the contamination by human kind, thereby decreasing the suitability of the fresh water. The Kukshet Lake, which is the study area of the present investigation receives domestic raw sewage from surrounding habitation; so also the activities like cattle washing, cloth washing, bathing, religious activities like idol immersion, etc., paves the way for high concentration of harmful chemicals in the lake water. The study was carried out to understand the various physico-chemical parameters as well as to estimate the concentration of heavy metals in lake water. It was found that the concentration of the heavy metals in the lake water substantially increased after the religious activities around September to October. These heavy metals have a marked effect on the aquatic flora and fauna which through bio-magnification enter the food chain and ultimately affect human beings as well.
Petrology and geochemistry of Early Permian volcanic rocks in South Tian Shan, NW China: implications for the tectonic evolution and Phanerozoic continental growth

Situated in the southwest of the Central Asian
Orogenic Belt (CAOB), the South Tian Shan (STS) Block
is a key area for understanding the final accretion of the
CAOB. A suite of volcanic rocks interbedded with continental
sediments from the Xiaotikanlike Formation lies
along the southwestern edge of the Tian Shan orogen.
Laser-ablation-inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometer
U–Pb dating provided a crystallization age of
295.0 ± 2.8 Ma (MSWD = 1.3), suggesting an Early
Permian magmatic event. The volcanic rocks show a variable
composition, with dominant rhyolites and dacites,
subordinate basaltic andesites and few basalts. The felsic
rocks are enriched in K and exhibit remarkably negative
anomalies in Ba, Sr, Eu, P and Ti. These anomalies associated
with their high negative !Nd(t) values and old Nd
model ages suggest that they are most likely sourced from
ancient lower crustal rocks. The mafic rocks are characterized
by high Mg#, Cr, Ni contents, negative Nb, Ta
anomalies and pronounced enrichment in light rare earth elements as well as mild enrichment in large-ion lithophile
elements. The mafic rocks are thus inferred to derive
from enriched subcontinental lithospheric mantle. The
petrographic and geochemical characteristics of the Xiaotikanlike
Formation volcanic rocks indicate that they were
generated under a post-collisional regime. Therefore, the
final collision between the Tarim Craton and the Kazakhstan–
Yili terrane took place before Early Permian, most
probably at Late Carboniferous. Differing from other
tectonic units of the CAOB, the recycling of ancient lithospheric
crust played a significant role in the continental
growth of the STS Block.
Controlling triplet excitons in organic semiconductors

The urgent need to reduce carbon emissions in order to mitigate climate change requires the development of clean, renewable energy sources. Solar power offers a virtually unlimited supply of energy, providing it can be harnessed efficiently. Traditional silicon solar cells demonstrate high performance (~20%) but their required method of manufacture prohibits large area production rendering them too expensive to be used on a global scale. Organic solar cells (made from conjugated polymers and fullerenes) have the potential to be fabricated by low cost printing methods allowing for large scale modules to be produced cheaply. Conventional organic solar cells function by generating charge from a singlet excited state. In order to achieve optimum performance the precise morphology of polymer and fullerene must be controlled which can be extremely challenging. These devices however, have attained good efficiencies (10%) but are hampered by severe loss mechanisms which generally involve the formation of a lower energy triplet excited state. 

We propose to develop novel materials for organic solar cells which will instead utilise this triplet excited state to generate charges. This will enable us to not only eliminate this loss mechanism but due to the unique properties of the triplet excited state will allow for numerous benefits. Firstly, the long lifetime of the triplet excited state will be exploited to allow for a simpler organic solar cell where precise morphological control is not required. Secondly, the proposed new materials will allow for the utilisation of near-IR light which is typically wasted in ALL current solar cell devices. Thirdly, exploiting a unique photophysical process we will produce materials capable of delivering efficiencies in excess of the theoretical limit available to conventional solar cells. Thus we propose that utilisation of triplet excitons is the required step-change to allow for organic solar cells to achieve their ultimate efficiencies
Accurate Extraction of Large Electromechanical Coupling in Piezoelectric MEMS Resonators

Recent advancements in the field of piezoelectric micro-resonators have produced devices, such as lithium niobate laterally vibrating resonators, with very high electromechanical coupling factors ( $k_{t}^{2}$ ) and respectable quality factors ( ${Q}$ ). As a result, the records of the figure of merit (FoM) for radio-frequency MEMS resonators have been broken several times in the past five years. As exciting as these high FoMs are, they impose unique caveats in accurately extracting the electromechanical coupling often due to the presence of spurious modes. It is a less noted issue for micro-resonators with moderate ${k} _{t}^{2}$ , as spurious modes either are absent or do not significantly affect the common extraction technique based on identifying resonances and anti-resonances. This paper will first theoretically analyze how disregarding spurious modes can potentially lead to inaccurate extraction of ${k} _{t}^{2}$ of the intended mode and then offer a framework that accounts for spurious modes and accurately extracts electromechanical coupling using a multi-resonance recursive fitting. [2018-0209]
Working capital grant for Individual Specialised Medicine Practice Maciej Szczukocki

The project concerns support to the company to provide liquidity and to support its day-to-day operations in view of the financial difficulties that have occurred in the company as a result of the COVID-19 outbreak. Financial aid under scheme SA.57015.