SIRIS-Lab/unlabelled-sti-corpus huggingface dataset:
Der neue Rechtspopulismus in Lateinamerika aus typologischer Perspektive

Angesichts des Erfolgs rechtspopulistischer Parteien und Kandidaten in einigen lateinamerikanischen Ländern wird bereits von einer Welle des Rechtspopulismus in der Region gesprochen. Thomas Kestler und Silvana Krause greifen diese Beobachtung auf. Dabei schließen sie an Arbeiten von Hans-Joachim Lauth zur Systematik von Typologien an, indem sie vier Fälle von Rechtspopulismus hinsichtlich ihrer typologischen Merkmale untersuchen und auf ihre Übereinstimmung mit dem von Cas Mudde beschriebenen Typus des radikalen Rechtspopulismus hin überprüfen. Sie stellen fest, dass in der Tat von einer rechtspopulistischen Welle in der Region gesprochen werden kann, allerdings mit gewissen Einschränkungen, da sich die untersuchten Fälle signifikant voneinander unterscheiden und auch gegenüber dem europäischen Rechtspopulismus einige Spezifika aufweisen.
The origin of cosmic dust in galaxies

Dust pervades the Universe; it is responsible for the obscuration of 50% of starlight, for the formation of molecular hydrogen, for the cooling of clouds collapsing to form stars, and for radiative feedback processes capable of driving massive galactic outflows. Due to the unknown origin of dust, cosmological simulations lack detailed dust physics, which will affect the outcome of galaxy evolution models.   Current work by myself and collaborators have delivered observational evidence for the efficient condensation of dust in supernova remnants (SNRs). Up to now, grain growth is assumed to be the dominant dust source, but a viable chemical route for growing grains in the ISM has yet to be found. Current dust destruction efficiencies have been overestimated due to the neglect of inhomogeneous cloud structures. With Herschel's legacy of dust in the nearby Universe and ALMA's capabilities to detect the first infrared light of galaxies, this is an opportune time to re-evaluate the origin of dust.   Building upon my expertise in dust in both SNRs and nearby galaxies, I will re-evaluate net SN dust production rates by inferring the composition and grain size of SN dust based on my own dust polarimetric data of Galactic SNRs. With my collaborators from LERMA, I will exploit a new experimental technique to simultaneously infer adsorption and diffusion energies; these laboratory measurements will allow me to assess whether grain growth can provide a viable mechanism for dust formation. My Dust and Element evolUtion modelS (DEUS) will be expanded to include a 3D inhomogeneous ISM structure, and will be exploited to model the destruction of dust by shocks in a realistic multi-phase ISM. Finally, the evolution of dust and metals will be modelled in a statistical sample of low- and high-redshift galaxies to infer the dominant dust sources. The three pillars (observations, modelling and laboratory experiments) of my ERC project are essential to solve the origin of dust problem.
Identifying and engineering the ideal microbial terpenoid production host

More than 70,000 different terpenoid structures are known so far; many of them offer highly interesting applications as pharmaceuticals, flavors and fragrances, or biofuels. Extraction of these compounds from their natural sources or chemical synthesis is-in many cases-technically challenging with low or moderate yields while wasting valuable resources. Microbial production of terpenoids offers a sustainable and environment-friendly alternative starting from simple carbon sources and, frequently, safeguards high product specificity. Here, we provide an overview on employing recombinant bacteria and yeasts for heterologous de novo production of terpenoids. Currently, Escherichia coli and Saccharomyces cerevisiae are the two best-established production hosts for terpenoids. An increasing number of studies have been successful in engineering alternative microorganisms for terpenoid biosynthesis, which we intend to highlight in this review. Moreover, we discuss the specific engineering challenges as well as recent advances for microbial production of different classes of terpenoids. Rationalizing the current stages of development for different terpenoid production hosts as well as future prospects shall provide a valuable decision basis for the selection and engineering of the cell factory(ies) for industrial production of terpenoid target molecules.
Enhancing excellence and innovation capacity in sustainable transport interchanges

The scope of ALLIANCE is the enabling of stimulating and strengthening the scientific and technological capacity of Latvia and the raising of the profile of the research staff and their institution, by providing knowledge in the field of smart interconnecting sustainable transport networks. This knowledge transfer will build the grounds for a common understanding of the main components affecting sustainable intermodality and support the selection and management of the most optimal and applicable solutions for transport interchanges. It will also facilitate stakeholder collaboration and the development of strong linkage among education, research and industry. The objective of the project is to have advanced research and higher education institution in the field of transport in Latvia by linking TTI with two internationally recognized research entities – UTH and Fraunhofer. Close collaboration of TTI with UTH and Fraunhofer will help to achieve the goals through the following activities: Organization of young researchers’ seminars; Organization of workshops; Organization of summer schools for trainers and young researchers; Development of educational programme for graduate and post-graduate students; Development of training programme for trainers and practitioners; Provision of grants for participation as authors in per reviewed conferences; Facilitation of Short-Term Staff Exchanges (STSEs) with the aim of international collaboration, mainly publications; Establishment of a guidance strategy for preparing scientific publications; Creation of an educational forum as on-line tool for distance learning and knowledge sharing. Research activities related to multimodal transport networks will be enhanced in TTI, which will also push forward the institute’s scientific visibility and enlarge the region’s researchers’ and professionals’ horizons towards intermodality.
PAN-TILT CAMERA

The present invention relates to a pan-tilt camera comprising a camera head (102), a stationary unit (106), an intermediate member (104) arranged between the camera head (102) and the stationary unit (106), a first rotary joint (108) rotatably connecting the camera head (102) to the intermediate member (104), a second rotary joint (112) rotatably connecting the intermediate member (104) to the stationary unit (106), a communication path between the camera head (102) and the stationary unit (106), the communication path including an optical waveguide (116) arranged between the camera head (102) and the stationary unit (106), the optical waveguide (116) having a first end (118) and a second end (120), the first end (118) being positioned at the first rotary joint (108) and being arranged to receive light from the camera head (102) through said first rotary joint (108), and the second end (120) being positioned at the second rotary joint (112) and being arranged to send light to the stationary unit (106) through said second rotary joint (112). Further, the pan-tilt camera includes an image processing unit (314) arranged in the stationary unit (106), said image processing unit including a color interpolator (330) arranged to perform a first color interpolation of the image data from the image sensor (304).
PHY CLOCK SYNCHRONIZATION IN A BPL NETWORK

A method and a communication modem for broadband communication over power transmission lines. The modem includes a coarse level synchronization mapping unit which maintains a regularly updated coarse level clock synchronization map of neighboring communication units with which it is likely to exchange communications; and a second level synchronization unit which utilizes session handshakes and session data capacity to increase the synchronization level with a neighboring communication unit to allow a communication session to be held at a higher modulation level than the coarse level synchronization is able to support.
DITHIO-CONTAINING ANTI-YELLOWING AGENTS FOR PULP AND PAPER

Novel substantially odour-free polymeric thiol-containing antioxidant compounds suitable for preventing light induced brightness reversion or yellowing of pulps and papers are described. The novel compounds are based on a polymeric backbone having thiolactate or thioglycolate groups grafted onto the ends thereof and are soluble in water or alcohol.
Fremgangsmåte for å regulere eller bekjempe festing av groingsorganismer påen undervannsflate, fremgangsmåte for beskyttelse av envannkonstruksjon mot groing og marint eller ferskvannsantigroingspreparat

Det beskrives en fremgangsmåte for å regulere eller bekjempe at en groings-organisme fester seg til en undervannsflate, som omfatter å bringe organismen i kontakt med en antigroingseffektiv mengde av en 2-arylpyrrolforbindelse. En fremgangsmåte for å beskytte akvatiske konstruksjoner mot groing som skyldes en marin eller ferskvannsgroingsorganisme, samt antigroingspreparater for dette formål, beskrives også.
La formazione iniziale degli insegnanti di scuola: verso un modello sostenibile

L’Università degli Studi di Milano è tradizionalmente impegnata nelle attività di formazione degli insegnanti e, perquanto attiene alla formazione iniziale, ha partecipato con puntuale dedizione alle attività richieste dai vari governiche si sono succeduti nel tempo. E non solo. Il Comitato per la Formazione degli insegnanti, attivo da tempo in senoall’Ateneo lombardo, ha contribuito in modo proattivo alla definizione di modelli di formazione e ha partecipato aidibattiti che si sono sviluppati sia all’interno dell’Accademia italiana che negli ambienti ministeriali, scolastici,sindacali. Tutto ciò è avvenuto per una ragione principale: la possibilità di sfruttare vere e proprie economie di retepositive connesse con la dimensione e, quindi, l’eterogeneità di un ateneo di grandi dimensioni.In questo lavoro, in particolare, verrà presentata l’esperienza dell’Università degli Studi in relazioneall’ottenimento della certificazione prevista dal Decreto Legislativo n.59 del 2017: attraverso i dati raccoltiattraverso quest’ultima esperienza, sarà infatti possibile proporre una serie di considerazioni circa i più differentiprofili dei candidati all’insegnamento nei prossimi anni per giungere una proposta di un modello di formazioneiniziale degli insegnanti efficiente, efficace e sostenibile.
Identifying subtype specific networks involved in sensory representation in mouse primary visual cortex

To produce relevant behaviors, the brain integrates and processes sensory information. Neurons in the primary visual cortex extract sensory information by responding preferentially to certain visual features. This feature preference, or tuning, is thought to arise from structured connections established between cortical neurons. Accordingly, it was found that connected neurons in the cerebral cortex share similar tuning properties. Interestingly, the neurons populating the cerebral cortex correspond to numerous neuronal subpopulations, involved in different functions. However, the functional involvement of this large neuronal diversity in cortical computation has been so far studied for a few broad neuronal subpopulations, leaving the fine subpopulations mainly unexplored. Do these poorly studied neuronal subpopulations share similar tuning properties? Is the structured connectivity giving rise to tuning subpopulation specific? I will use a new technique referred as in situ transcriptomics to study the tuning properties and locomotor modulation of the diverse neuronal subpopulations in the mouse primary visual cortex. This technique provides high throughput identification of neuronal subpopulations on fixed tissue based on the transcriptomic signature of neurons. I will thus determine the identity of in vivo recorded neurons a posteriori and decipher the relationships between cell identity and responses to visual stimuli. Combining this approach with single cell initiated monosynaptic tracing, I will then explore the link between subpopulation specific connectivity and tuning properties. This project will greatly contribute to the understanding of how cortical neuronal subpopulations interact to encode sensory information. I will perform these experiments in the Cortical Processing Laboratory at University College London, led by Professors Kenneth Harris and Matteo Carandini.
Will Hydrogen Be Able to Become the Fuel of the Future?

The results of exploring the prospects of hydrogen economy are presented. The complete production chains are investigated considering various technologies of production, storage, and subsequent utilization of hydrogen in transportation and electric power generation. Comparative analysis of the economic competitiveness of these chains with each other and with solutions based on the use of alternative fuels has been performed. Potential segments for the commercial application of the technologies and the conditions required have been evaluated. The analysis has established the most promising directions in the development of hydrogen economy. They primarily include the use of hydrogen in the defense industry and power supply of critical facilities, where the energy generation costs are not a determining factor. To be competitive in the civil consumption sectors, such as transportation and the power industry, hydrogen technologies have to become significantly less expensive or to receive the corresponding regulatory support. In many countries, the environmental sustainability of hydrogen production will have great significance. The authors conclude that hydrogen can become one of the fuels of the future; to effect this, however, we will have to tread a difficult path of technological progress under stiff competition with continuously developing alternative power-generation methods.
Microalgae protein ingredients for the food and feed of the future

ProFuture will set the basis for market uptake of innovative, healthy and sustainable food and feed products, reformulated with protein-rich ingredients from Spirulina, Lemon/lightly/Chlorella vulgaris, Tetraselmis chuii and Nannochloropsis oceanica. Multi-factors approach and LCA/LCC will boost sustainability of the microalgal biomass production and processing, by reducing energy/water consumption and the carbon footprint. Implementation of innovative technologies will increase the efficiency and decrease the production costs of biomass, ingredients and foods/feeds. Optimized workflows will be tested at pilot plant, as part of a biorefinery process, to produce single-cell proteins and protein isolates, which will be characterized for their nutritional, safety, techno-functional and organoleptic properties as well as for economic viability & sustainability. Food and feed will be formulated with the novel ingredients at pilot plant level in collaboration with SME and large companies. Single-cell proteins will be incorporated in foods (n=6) and feeds (n=5) which will be produced at industrial scale. The food/feed microalgae value chain in EU will be analysed and improvements will be proposed to increase the economic viability and the communication between actors. Social and economic benefits of innovative food and feed products will be demonstrated by: i) supporting the authorization of novel microalgae protein ingredients for food and/or feed applications in the EU, ii) assessing consumer acceptance of and preference for microalgae protein-based products, iii) preparing a successful market implementation and exploitation of the project results and iv) devising a dissemination and communication plan for maximum outreach to all relevant stakeholders. ProFuture consortium (8 RTDs, 16 SMEs, 8 large industries and 1 association) brings together expertise with a clear market orientation to increase the competitiveness of the EU microalgae value chain.
Towards immunisations that last: the immunology and gerontology of helper t cells

A major accomplishment of modern society is the extension of human life expectancy.  However, this creates a new challenge for medical science, to facilitate healthy ageing. With age, the function of the immune system declines, rendering older people more susceptible to infections and less able to benefit from vaccination. Indeed, improving vaccine efficacy is key to reducing infection-related morbidity in older people.  To date, the complexity of the ageing process has hindered attempts to fulfil this ambition, and thus innovative approaches are required to better understand the underlying biology.

Vaccination creates protective immunity by inducing the germinal centre (GC) response, an intricate process that generates memory B cells and long-lived antibody-secreting plasma cells.  However, the GC response declines with age.  Strikingly, it is not B cells that are responsible for the age-dependent decline in the GC response, but the CD4+ T cells and the microenvironment of older individuals. The cellular and molecular mechanisms responsible, however, remain unknown. In the GC there are two subsets of specialised CD4+ T cells, T follicular helper (Tfh) and T follicular regulatory (Tfr) cells, which act in opposition to promote and suppress the response, respectively. I hypothesise that aberrant formation and/or function of Tfh and Tfr cells contribute to impaired GC responses during ageing, and that these cells could be targeted to improve vaccine efficacy.  Furthermore, the most prominent age-dependent change in secondary lymphoid tissues is the accumulation of senescent cells, which can modify immune function and tissue structure. I hypothesise that accumulation of senescent cells alters this microenvironment, impairing the response to vaccination. I will test these hypotheses using new mouse models and innovative approaches to human research, in the expectation that the knowledge obtained will promote healthy ageing and uncover novel aspects of GC biology.
Integrated self-assembled switchable systems and materials: towards responsive organic electronics – a multi-site innovative training action

iSwitch will offer top-level multi-disciplinary and supra-sectorial training to a pool of talented young researchers, involving contributions from different scientific and technological fields such as, supramolecular chemistry, materials, nanoscience, physics and engineering. iSwitch’s appointees will be trained through lecture courses, dedicated international schools and workshops, topical conferences, secondments to other consortium nodes and an ambitious and carefully planned research activities benefiting from the expertise of world-leading senior PIs and of younger but well-established PIs with outstanding track records in training and research. Additionally, iSwitch will generate new ground-breaking S&T knowledge needed to obtain efficient and fast switching in supramolecular electro- and opto-active materials as a response to external stimuli. This will be accomplished via controlled self-assembly of multicomponent architectures incorporating molecular switches, for fabricating responsive and multifunctional optoelectronic supramolecular devices. We are particularly interested in developing nano- and macro-scale switchable transistors and light-emitting devices as new solutions to (nanoscale) multifunctional organic-based logics.
The specific training and research objectives are:
- Design and synthesis of a (macro)molecular toolbox including electroactive and responsive systems as well as semiconducting and metallic nanostructures
- Controlled interfaces of switches on (non)planar surfaces
- Self-assembly of multicomponent systems into multifunctional architectures and materials
- Multiscale structural, optical and electrical characterization of systems including Scanning Probe studies and time-resolved spectroscopy
- Fabrication and characterization of switchable devices, i.e., transistors for “logics” and light-emitting devices for photonics, and related applications (optical illumination, optical filtering/landscaping, optical sensors, photovoltaics, etc.)
A SHUTTER BLOCK USED IN A METHOD OF CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION

A shutter block, the shutter block including two regularly spaced shutter walls (1, 2), each shutter wall has a continuous ridge (9) on its top and a continuous recess (10) in its bottom, webs (3) are used to connect the shutter walls, and the webs are adapted to hold reinforcing rods relative to either the top and/or the bottom of the web. One or more dividers (13) can be used to close the, or any, open ends of the shutter blocks or can be used to create sections within the shutter block. The placement of one or more individual shutter blocks together will form larger shutter walls, joined by one or more webs adapted to hold reinforcing rods relative to the top and bottom of a web.
Late Ediacaran magnetostratigraphy of Baltica: Evidence for Magnetic Field Hyperactivity?

Abstract Long-term changes in characteristics of the geomagnetic field may signal evolutionary changes within the Earth's interior. Among these long-term variations, the magnetic field reversal rate is probably the best known and most frequently used parameter to evaluate concomitant changes in the Earth's core. Although the reversal rate is well known for the last 150 Ma and reasonably constrained back to 300 Ma, knowledge of the early Paleozoic and earlier times is limited. Hence, the haunting question is whether the reversal pattern for the last 300 Myr is a good representation of the field behavior over a much longer interval. A paleomagnetic study of Upper Ediacaran sediments from the Zigan Fm. (Baltica in the western South Urals) revealed a high-temperature, dual-polarity component that is of primary origin ( Levashova et al., 2013 ). In this paper, we present the results of a magnetostratigraphic study from the same sections that can be summed up as follows: 1) >30 magnetozones are found in the ca. 110 meters thick composite section of the Zigan Fm.; 2) A similar reversal pattern was reported from Upper Ediacaran sediments from the White Sea coast (North Russia) and SW Siberia but has never been found in clastic rocks of any other age; 3) The reversal pattern in three remote Ediacaran sections could not result from remagnetization or extremely slow sedimentation; 4) The reversal rate in the Late Ediacaran exceeded 20 reversals per million years; 5) The field appears to behave in a bipolar fashion during the period of hyperactivity.
ULTRA-WIDE BANDWIDTH FIBER BASED OPTICAL AMPLIFIER

An ultra-wide bandwidth optical amplifier (10) for the 1550nm optical band divides the 1520nm-1610nm bandwidth into three narrow bandwidths, i.e. C1(1520nm-1541nm), C2(1541nm-1565nm) and L(1565nm-1610nm), and uses three separate erbium doped fiber amplifier blocks (12, 14, 16), configured in parallel relation and individually optimized to separately amplify the respective bandwidth. Multipath interference is controlled by constructing all three amplifier blocks with the same optical transmission length. The C1 and C2 band amplifier blocks (12, 14), which include shorter erbium doped fibers (44, 52) than the L band amplifier block (16), are physically lengthened using lengths of single mode fiber (70, 72) so that the optical transmission path of each amplifier block is generally equal. Amplifier blocks (12, 16) further include delay control devices (74, 76) which selectively delay signals passing through the respective amplifier block (12, 16) to provide fine adjustment to signal recombination.