SIRIS-Lab/unlabelled-sti-corpus huggingface dataset:
Multi-Phase lattice materials

The integration of materials and architectural features at multiple scales into structural mechanics changed the way buildings were designed and gave us the Eiffel Tower, for example.  This approach led to the development of computational design approaches used in modern day construction and it is believed that similar principles can be applied to the design and manufacture of new lattice-based microstructures.  This vision, of fundamentally changing how materials are developed, is the inspiration behind this programme.  A systematic procedure for generating multi-phase lattice materials - MULTILAT - will be developed by micro-architectural design, in order to fill gaps in material property space.  New engineering devices and products frequently require materials with extreme properties, such as high strength and toughness at low density, and a systematic means of material invention is needed.  This proposal breaks much ground in developing new fundamental concepts, ranging from micro-architectured surface coatings to inter-penetrating bulk lattices of dissimilar materials.  Based on Fleck’s earlier work on the mechanics of foams and lattice materials, the unique and novel aspects of the proposed research are to design multi-phase lattice materials made from a wide range of materials, topologies and length scales.  The focus will be on 2 inter-penetrating lattices, but the topology of each can range from 1D fibres, through 2D meshes to 3D lattices and foams.  A focus will be lightweight strong and tough lattices, and surface lattices (as coatings).  Examples from Nature will be used to develop fundamental concepts, ranging from the high toughness and ductility of the root of a tree branch, to the high toughness of human skin and underlying fat. The successful project will lay scientific foundations for new engineering devices and solutions that will improve our competitiveness and quality of life.
Sustainable Mobility Behaviours in the Alpine Region

The potential of low carbon mobility is still hindered in the AS area, both in cities and rural areas, where many inhabitants are still car dependent in their daily mobility. This is mainly due to the mismatch between transport supply and mobility demand and to people’s mobility behaviour. SaMBA will promote mobility behaviour change by reducing the perceived gap between sustainable transport modes and private cars through reward/pricing policies that are equitable and directly related to the external costs of transport._x000D_
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SaMBA brings together 13 partners, 37 observers and 9 pilot cases from 5 countries, in order to develop, through a participative and cooperative approach: 1) policy impact estimation method and tool, 2) policy recommendations which consider territorial peculiarities and different needs of people, 3) handbook for policy implementation.The main AS decision makers and stakeholders will be involved throughout the project in order to ensure SAMBA’s transnational impact regarding 1) improving awareness in Public Administrations (PAs) about the potential of behaviour change policies; 2) promoting the elaboration and implementation of harmonised policies throughout the AS area and their transferability to other contexts; 3) fostering modal shift towards sustainable transport options in the pilot cases and in AS areas beyond the project._x000D_
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Citizens will be engaged through focus groups, in order to co-design, test and assess the reward/pricing policies.The monitoring and reward system will be enabled by existing open platforms (i.e. 7FP MoveUS, H2020 MUV) and its legal feasibility will be ensured building upon existing knowledge on ethics and data protection (i.e. MUV, EMPOWER). Business models will be elaborated in order to ensure the economic viability and long-term sustainability of the rewards.SaMBA has EUSALP AG4 endorsement, content and network exchange with ongoing AS projects ASTUS, E-moticon, Interreg Europe ERUDITE and H2020 MUV and LIVERUR.
Emotions as practice in the early modern jesuit missions in the asia-pacific

The project “Emotions as Practice in the early modern Jesuit missions in the Asia-Pacific” (EMOPractices) approaches the XVI-XVIII-century Asian enterprises of the Society of Jesus through the lens of emotions. Introducing the concept of the “emotional Other” (the emotional dimension of the construct of the Other), it reveals the previously disregarded role of Jesuit emotional practices and their impact on the creation of stereotypes of peoples of the Asia-Pacific region. EMOPractices thus analyses the emotional typologies used by the Jesuits to classify different Asian people; it identifies the emotional practices the missionaries used to bridge cultural divides and, at the same time, establish the domination of Asian people; and it exposes the mechanisms of the discursive creation of the emotional Other, as part of the changes in early modern European understanding of the world and humankind. In this way, EMOPractices addresses the less visible historical roots of racial and ethnic stereotyping connected to discrimination, working within the H2020 Societal Challenge “Europe in a changing world.” Supported by my experience with the early modern history of the Society of Jesus in Asia and in Europe, and with their manuscript, multi-language, ethnographical literature, EMOPractices operates at the junction of history and anthropology and addresses a gap in the historiography of early modern East-West contacts. Its expected outputs consist of two journal articles, a monograph, and a website. It will also support my career, towards a tenured position at a European university, as the MSCA training will increase both my research and my transferable skills, allowing me to engage with wider areas of research and making my profile more competitive. EMOPractices will also create new networks connecting the host and secondment universities (UNIVE, ACU, Tübingen), facilitating the circulation and growth of knowledge on the history of emotions both within Europe and globally.
SpotCheck: an efficient defense against information exposure cheats

A lot of hidden information is present in client programs of most existing online multi-player games. This hidden information is necessary for clients to render a player's view of the game. However, the same hidden information can be exploited by cheaters to gain an unfair advantage over other players. Eliminating hidden information from the game client comes at a significant cost to the server, since it must now send the data required to render a client's view on-demand. Consequently, the burden of tracking a player's view shifts from the client to the server, hindering scalability and degrading game performance. We propose SpotCheck, a more scalable approach for detecting information exposure cheats. The key idea is that servers still disseminate game state information on-demand, but clients retain the burden of tracking a player's view. After each move, clients must submit a descriptor pertaining to the player's view. The server then randomly chooses to validate the descriptor and sends back relevant game state information. Our experimental results show, that SpotCheck can reduce the server CPU overhead by as much as half when compared to the alternative, while still being an effective defense against information exposure cheats.
Circular economy hubs in peripheral urban centres in Central Europe

CITYCIRCLE is improving innovation capacities of peripheral urban centers of Central Europe  by introducing the circular economy system to partner cities. Peripheral cities of Central Europe are marked by lack of innovation cooperation and lack of access to global innovation processes. Circular economy (CE) has been acknowledged as a development concept that should provide sustainable, resource efficient development and a great pool for innovation of new technologies, services, solutions and business models (EU Action Plan “Closing the loop”) to make our cities and regions better places to live and work. The main CITYCIRCLE objective is to utilize innovation potential of circular economy in cities through 1) setting-up quadruple-helix circular economy hubs in partner cities and to 2) equip them with the knowledge and tools so they will be able to design circular economy value-chains in their cities. Hubs will implement 3) pilot projects in the framework of respective S3 strategies to test developed tools, while 4) transnational value chains (supported by transnational marketplace for materials) will be defined in transnational CE strategy (transnational S3 implementation) to link local circular economy value chains and reach critical mass.
Transnational approach will provide transnational value chains, critical mass of target materials and knowledge to enable business cases for the main target groups - SMEs, industries, environmental service providers, while cities (citizens) will benefit from more efficient resource and waste management.
Deployment of circular economy system in cities is innovative approach itself as well as full circular economy package for cities provided by CITYCIRCLE - organizational structures, knowledge and tools, transnational value chains.
10 GHz channel spacing ultra-dense WDM networks transparently extended by mm-wave coherent RoF links

The extension of ultra-dense WDM passive optical networks (PONs) by millimetre-wave coherent radio-over-fiber (RoF) links is investigated. For a seamless and transparent integration of the RoF links coherent heterodyne detection is used for the generation of the wireless RF signals out of the optical baseband data signals. Simulations of the optical SIR in the PON are carried out in dependence on the WDM channel spacing. The projected impact on the transmission quality is derived and WDM CRoF experiments are performed. In the experiments three data modulated optical channels are transmitted over 10 km SMF to simulate the PON, before arriving at the E-band radio access unit (RAU). The RAU utilizes heterodyne detection with an optical LO for converting the 1 Gb/s optical baseband signal to a 75 GHz RF signal. After 40 m wireless transmission the signal is received by an antenna and downconverted to baseband using a low-cost SBD based receiver for envelope detection. The filtering of WDM channels with an optical channel spacing of down to 10 GHz showed very little penalty versus single channel transmission, relying only on the filter characteristic of the used LNAs and antennas and using no optical filters. Still the receiver's sensitivity is only −57 dBm for a bit error rate (BER) of 2·10−3, thus it is shown that an ultra-dense WDM PON can be extended wirelessly using coherent RoF techniques without the need for optical filtering.
Swivel base apparatus and method of making a swivel base

An apparatus which includes a swivel base formed of a first plate and a second plate. The first and second plates each have a central aperture which is defined by a hook-shaped section of the second plate which extends over an interior edge of the first plate defining the first plate's central aperture. The hook-shaped section is preferably circumferentially continuous and fixes the first and second plates together while allowing for sliding engagement between the first and second plates. Bearing members, such as circumferentially spaced ball bearings, are provided externally to the hook section and between the plates to facilitate sliding and load distribution. One of the plates includes hollow reception ports for holding the bearing circumferentially in place with respect to that plate while the opposite plate has a continuous riding ring in which the bearings are free to rotate. Each plate has an interior and exterior, preferably horizontal, plate section, and an intermediate section sloping between the adjacent, integral edges of the plate's interior and exterior sections. One manner of assembling the swivel base is described as well as an assembly including two structures to which the exterior sections of the plates are secured. In another embodiment, a swivel base features one or more ribs formed adjacent the elongated fastening holes. The invention also features a rounded edge extending about the entire periphery of a swivel base plate adjacent the fastener slots.
Structure of fish assemblages with the bioinvasion of Clarias gariepinus in a river in the Guapimirim Environmental Protection Area, southeastern Brazil.

Abstract The African sharptooth catfish ( Clarias gariepinus ) is the most important catfish species for aquaculture. It has great capacity to endure several stressing factors, such as adverse environmental conditions, as well as a broad feeding flexibility. Notwithstanding, the presence of this alien fish in the Guapimirim Environmental Preservation Area, in Southeast of Brazil, may generate negative impacts on the community of native fish. In 2018, during dry and rainy seasons, samples from the fish community were collected in thirty-two sites of the Guapi-Macacu River, and the abiotic variables (salinity, pH, temperature, turbidity, dissolved oxygen, and transparency) were assessed to diagnose which factors influence in the distribution of the alien fish along the river. Moreover, species within the ichthyofauna were evaluated as bioindicators to identify possible alterations in the community. Multivariate analyzes indicated that the African sharptooth catfish dominates the buffer zone of the environmental protection area, benefiting from higher levels of dissolved oxygen and temperature. However, C. gariepinus still do not dominate the most protected area of Guapimirim, where a higher percentage of native fish species dwell. The alterations in abiotic factors, related to the increase in the temperature, may significantly contribute to the domination of this invading alien fish in this protected area, being necessary the constant monitoring of some key species, as well as the population of the invading species in this environmental preservation area.
PILGRIM TOURISM ROUTES IN IOANNINA AND LECCE

The project aims to preserve the cultural heritage of the two participating regions, exchange architectural and historic knowledge of churches and monasteries, promote thematic tourism and exploit traditional churches for the purpose of increasing the number of visitors. The main outputs of the project will be: • A cultural and touristic portal that will host an online museum, electronic library, e-learning platform. • Research workshops that will act as a center of knowledge and research for ancient monuments • Cross-border information centers • Cross-border networking activities such as conferences, exhibitions and educational conferences • A study regarding the touristic exploitation of Byzantine churches and the preservation of the cultural and heritage of the regions involved • An informational booklet regarding “Byzantine Churches in Epirus and Apulia”
Complications lithiasiques chez les patients drépanocytaires

L’hémolyse chronique prédispose les patients drépanocytaires au développement de lithiases pigmentaires noires, à l’origine de la survenue fréquente de complications aiguës biliaires. Afin d’en éviter la survenue, une cholécystectomie à froid est recommandée, en France, chez tout patient drépanocytaire avec lithiase détectée. Cependant, toute chirurgie, notamment abdominale, entraine un risque accru de complications vaso-occlusives dans la période péri- et post-opératoire, dont la plus redoutée est le syndrome thoracique aigu. La transfusion préopératoire a démontré son intérêt dans plusieurs études afin de diminuer les complications aiguës postopératoires, mais expose à un risque d’allo-immunisation définitive, voire d’hémolyse post-transfusionnelle retardée, justifiant une tendance récente à l’économie transfusionnelle. Les conditions pour surseoir à la transfusion pour une chirurgie simple et fréquente comme la cholécystectomie reposent sur une balance bénéfices-risques, et doivent être discutées au cas par cas par le médecin spécialiste de la drépanocytose. Il semble en particulier tout à fait justifié de réaliser une transfusion prophylactique préopératoire chez les patients présentant des antécédents de crise vaso-occlusive ou de syndrome thoracique aigu récents (dans les 6 mois préopératoires), et ceux opérés en urgence, qui sont particulièrement à risque d’évènements post-opératoires. Chronic haemolysis exposes patients with sickle cell disease (SCD) to the development of black pigment gallstones, which can trigger biliary complications. In order to avoid these complications, elective cholecystectomy is recommended in France for all SCD patients with detected gallstones. However, all surgeries, and especially abdominal surgeries, entail an increased risk of vaso-occlusive complications in the peri- and post-operative periods, the most dreadful one being the acute chest syndrome. Preoperative transfusion has been shown in several studies to reduce acute postoperative complications, but exposes the patient to definitive alloimmunization, or even delayed post- transfusion haemolysis, justifying a recent trend towards transfusion sparing. The conditions for avoiding transfusion for a simple and frequent surgery such as cholecystectomy are based on a benefit- risk balance, and must be discussed on a case-by-case basis by the SCD specialist. In particular, it seems fully justified to perform prophylactic preoperative transfusion in patients with a history of recent vaso-occlusive crisis or acute chest syndrome (within 6 months preoperatively), and those operated on in an emergency setting, who are particularly at risk of postoperative events.
A force-based bilateral teleoperation framework for aerial robots in contact with the environment

In this paper a novel teleoperation framework for aerial robots that physically interact with the environment is presented. This framework allows to teleoperate the robot both in contact-free flight and in physical contact with the environment in order, e.g., to apply desired forces on objects of the environment. The framework is build upon an impedance-like indirect interaction force controller that allows to use standard underactuated aerial robots as force effectors. Haptic feedback from the master side enables the user to feel the contact forces exerted by the robot. An automatic potential field-based slowing-down policy is used by the robot to ensure a smooth transition between the contact-free motion phase and the force interaction phase. The effectiveness of the approach has been shown in extensive human-in-the-loop simulations including remote pressing of buttons on a surface and pushing a cart until it touches a wall.
On the Efficiency of the Hamming C-Centerstring Problems

AbstractThe Consensus String Problem is that of finding a string, such that the maximum Hamming distance from it to a given set of strings of the same length is minimized. However, a generalization is necessary for clustering. One needs to consider a partition into a number of sets, each with a distinct centerstring. In this paper we define two natural versions of the consensus problem for c centerstrings. We analyse the hardness and fixed parameter tractability of these problems and provide approximation algorithms.KeywordsPolynomial TimeClose StringVertex CoverPotential CenterMaximal MatchThese keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves.
RMediation: An R package for mediation analysis confidence intervals

This article describes the RMediation package,which offers various methods for building confidence intervals (CIs) for mediated effects. The mediated effect is the product of two regression coefficients. The distribution-of-the-product method has the best statistical performance of existing methods for building CIs for the mediated effect. RMediation produces CIs using methods based on the distribution of product, Monte Carlo simulations, and an asymptotic normal distribution. Furthermore, RMediation generates percentiles, quantiles, and the plot of the distribution and CI for the mediated effect. An existing program, called PRODCLIN, published in Behavior Research Methods, has been widely cited and used by researchers to build accurate CIs. PRODCLIN has several limitations: The program is somewhat cumbersome to access and yields no result for several cases. RMediation described herein is based on the widely available R software, includes several capabilities not available in PRODCLIN, and provides accurate results that PRODCLIN could not.
Enhancing the capacity and competitiveness of Vertiko

The problem of society is the space (reduced capacity) in which training, spent and outdated equipment is maintained, a lack of human resources. Overall objective: To boost the competitiveness of SMEs, develop new competences and reduce unemployment. Specific objective: To increase the competitiveness of the Vertika Business by constructing a new site, introducing a new service and raising the level of equipment of the polygon. Target groups are socially responsible and public institutions, legal entities, students and other interested public.
CARPET TILE

An improved carpet tile for commercial, industrial or home use is disclosed. The carpet tile includes a carpet pile yarn facing portion including a stiffening and stabilizing layer (e.g., glass fiber layer). The backing portion also includes a stiffening and stabilizing layer (e.g., glass fiber layer). Interposed between the facing and backing portions is a stabilizing layer of a mixture of from about 70 to about 90 weight percent non-woven glass fibers and from about 30 to about 10 weight percent of a polyester. The resulting unitary carpet tile shows surprising dimensional stability, stiffness and floor hugging properties even during periods of concentrated stress, and passes rigorous flame retardancy and smoke emission tests.
Super-Twisting Algorithm approach to control tumors growth

This work is about computing the robust control for tumors growth. This control law is developed using the Super-Twisting Algorithm. It is based on the sliding modes approach, with appropriate choices for the control law expressions. As an improved version of the Twisting algorithm, it has been introduced in order to minimize the shattering phenomenon, to allow the outputs to converge in a reasonable amount of time. It also deals with the need of some data that are hard to obtain in practice. The mathematical model of the tumor, as we refer to it as the system, is based on the phases of the cell cycle, where three compartments are considered. The control law is computed and simulated using real data. The system responded in a robust way regarding the modeling and the measurements errors, and the cells concentrations decreased considerably, according to the simulations results.