SIRIS-Lab/unlabelled-sti-corpus huggingface dataset:
B25Tr - new and innovative turbocharged engine

B25Tr is a new and innovative turbocharged engine. The B25Tr will be proposed to the LSA and GA markets. To
realize this product, it is necessary to upgrade the aspirated engine to a turbo-charged engine.
The world of LSA manufacturers and that of aircraft engine manufacturers have advanced at two different
speeds: the aircrafts have advanced rapidly and with obvious innovative transformations, while the engines
have advanced slowly or almost still mainly due to the absence of competition. The LSA market is hungry for
technological innovation and is rapidly expanding worldwide and therefore it needs engines with greater
performance to better express the LSA aircraft potential. The GA market has stopped growing due to the high
costs of purchase and maintenance.
B25Tr introduces novelty and added value: it will offer the best power/weight ratio with the highest efficiency
of the market of aero engines. It will be the only engine completely water cooled, with a gear box, fuel
injection, SOHC, the crank shaft of ball bearing and connecting rod on needle bearing.
B25Tr delivers tangible and direct benefits: it allows to use the engine at Hight altitude: the LSA aircrafts will
have the possibility to use lightweight engines with more power, without loss of performance with altitude, so
will be more competitive with the actual GA aircrafts. It allows to offer a new generation engine with better
weight/power ratios and better performance. It allows to have cheaper purchase and maintenance costs. It
allows to have a reduction of fuel consumption and polluting effects with greater attention to the
environmental impact (20 litres/hour against the 40 litres/hours).
B25Tr addresses the needs of a large B2B and B2C user B25Tr addresses the needs of the LSA and GA Market,
based on aircraft characteristics. There is also the category of homebuilt aircrafts and drones used for border
control and safety control.
B25Tr’s Total Addressable Market (TAM) is 72bn EUR in EU 28.
Promoting friulian within multilingual education: a cross-country, cross-stage, cross-level comparison of friulian and basque teachers’ language attitudes and motivation in search of best practices

This project focusses on the issue of teachers’ language attitudes, motivation and practices by targeting the promotion of the Friulian minority language in education in multilingual Friuli Venezia Giulia (FVG). Although figures for speakers vary between 35% and 49% of the total population of FVG, Friulian is classified as “definitely endangered”; however, despite legislative attempts, it has still not been fully integrated in school programmes. The picture emerging from a recent survey on speakers’ habits and opinions towards Friulian is not negative, but it does not explore the school situation, i.e. how Friulian is perceived by teachers, crucial actors as far as language promotion is concerned. Addressing the issues dealt with in the two European Parliament Resolutions on multilingualism and on endangered European languages, this mixed-methods research will allow a comparison of prospective and in-service teachers’ attitudes with respect to teaching (through) minority languages, by comparing FVG and the Basque Autonomous Community in Spain, a well-known context for the success of the revitalisation of the minority language within a multilingual educational system. The research also aims at identifying examples of best practices of multilingual education to disseminate in the Friulian-speaking area. Such comparison is original and innovative as it parallels two contexts with a minority language which harbour a desire to internationalise their educational systems: it will allow to better frame and understand the weaknesses of the FVG system and identify possible steps that should be taken to promote the Friulian language, tackle the challenges of globalisation, while boosting knowledge of foreign languages and multilingualism. This fellowship will enable the ER, who specialises in the study of motivation in language education in Italy, to acquire new research and transferable skills and become an independent international researcher in Educational Linguistics.
Pietrini Daniela, La lingua infetta. L’italiano della pandemia

Pietrini Daniela, La lingua infetta. L’italiano della pandemia (Roma, Treccani, 2021, 240 pp. ISBN 978-881-200-890-2)&#x0D; di Roberto Laghi
Lomid - large cost-effective oled microdisplays and their applications

The LOMID project will define pathways to the manufacture of flexible OLED microdisplays with an exceptionally large area (16 mm x 20 mm, screen diagonal of 25.4 mm) at acceptably high yields (>65%). 

This will be achieved by developing a robust silicon-based chip design allowing high pixel counts (1024x1280 (SXGA)) and high spatial resolution(pixel sizes of 10 µm x 10 µm corresponding to 2000 ppi). These display innovations will be coupled to a highly reliable manufacturing of the backplane. Cheap processes (e.g. based on 0.35 µm lithography) will be developed and special attention will be given to the interface between the top metal electrode of the CMOS backplane and the subsequent OLED layers. All these developments will be done on a 200 mm wafer scale. Along with this, a new testing procedure for quality control of the CMOS wafer (prior to OLED deposition) will be developed and promoted for standardisation. 

The flexibility of the large area microdisplays will be achieved by wafer thinning to enable a bending radius of 45 mm. Along with the new functionality, the durability of the devices has to be guaranteed despite bending to be comparable to rigid devices. The project will address this by improving the OLED efficiency (e.g. operating lifetime > 15,000 hours) and by modifying the device encapsulation to both fulfil the necessary barrier requirements (WVTR < 10^-6 g/d m2) and to give sufficient mechanical protection.
The demand for and timeliness of these flexible, large area microdisplays is shown by the strong interest of industrial integrators to demonstrate the benefits of the innovative OLED microdisplays. Within the project, industrial integrators will validate the project’s microdisplays in smart glasses for virtual reality and to aid those with impaired vision.
Bio-Based smart packaging for enhanced preservation of food quality.

The BIOSMART project proposal has the ambition to develop active and smart bio-based and compostable packages addressing the needs of fresh and pretreated food applications. Moreover, the novel packaging system will form the basis for tailoring performance and functionality to specific flexible and rigid food packages in diverse market segments. A holistic ecosystem approach is pursued by offering solutions that bring enhanced performance and acceptable economics to the value chain and facilitate implementation and large-scale commercialization. Critical issues that differentiate the present packages from the future all-bio-based and compostable ones are enhanced active and smart functionalities that make possible: light weighting, reduced food residues, shelf life monitoring and longer shelf life, easier consumer waste handling, and all this at a competitive cost to the incumbent. The BIOSMART project proposal develops thus encompasses an approach for selectively integrating superhydrophobic surfaces, microencapsulated phase change materials, barrier coatings, sensoring devices, and new bio-active antimicrobial and antioxidants, into all-bio-based multilayer flexible plastic packages. Three generic packaging systems are selected with specific performance needs as defined by current multi-material (eg. pouches, terrines and cardboard/thin film tray). The associate life cycle assessments for the different possible scenarios include the economic feasibility.  Ultimately, this consolidated knowledge is captured in a material selection and packaging performance simulation App. through optimization of all possible variables to meet selected key performance indicators (KPI).
Working capital grant for MEBLE STOLRUS SP. O.O. SP.K.

The project concerns support to the entrepreneur in providing liquidity and support to day-to-day activities due to the financial difficulties that have occurred to the entrepreneur as a result of the COVID-19 outbreak. Financial assistance under scheme SA.57015 (2020/N)
INCENDI - Programme de coopération pour la gestion du risque incendie dans les territoires du bassin méditerranéen

The years 2004 and 2005 have been catastrophic with regard to forest fires around the Mediterranean.This return of serious fires makes it necessary to consider, on a Euro-Mediterranean scale, the efficiency of policies adopted and how they fit in with planning in the regional territories. These territories are increasingly exposed to the risk of fire for a number of reasons: • Development and poorly controlled development of the countryside. • The extension in both surface area and volume of woodland because of the abandonment of agriculture. • Increasing numbers of summer residents • Increasing visits to sensitive areas Overall objective / Objectif général The Incendi project aims to offer an area for experimentation and improvement of regional policies regarding forest fires, and to organise the basis for a future policy on a Mediterranean scale. It is a topic for cooperation under Structural Funds Objectives 1 and 2 because policies for managing natural risks relate to many areas that form part of these regional programmes. Expected results / Résultats attendus • A higher degree of awareness among young people and the general public about fires (education about risk). • Transfer and improved performance of tools and methods for fire prevention and fighting.• Greater knowledge of forest fire behaviour (based on experience). • Transfer and improved performance of tools and methods for restoring damaged countryside. IMPACTS: • Fewer fires, less burnt countryside and less damage. • Better policies for land planning in the Mediterranean regions. • Control of urban spread and woodland development. • Balance among cultural landscapes. • A common Mediterranean policy on fire risks. • Preservation of biodiversity.
PROBIOTICS FOR USE IN THE TREATMENT OF DIVERTICULOSIS AND DIVERTICULAR DISEASE

The present invention relates to the use of probiotics to control the inflammatory process of the colon in subjects with structural modifications of the colon wall, preferably in subjects with diverticulosis, and affected by diverticular disease.
Multiscale modeling and simulation approaches for biomedical ultrasonic applications

Ultrasound-guided drug and gene delivery (USDG) enables controlled and spatially precise delivery of drugs and macromolecules, encapsulated in microbubbles (MBs) and submicron gas vesicles (GVs), to target areas such as cancer tumors. It is a non-invasive, high precision, low toxicity process with drastically reduced drug dosage. These advantages open doors to numerous biomedical applications, from sonothrombolysis to blood–brain barrier opening. However, the progress and deployment of this technology is subject to extensive experimentation and heuristics. The proposal aims to develop a virtual environment to quantify and optimize USDG and in particular the MBs and GVs utilized as drug carriers and contrast agents. Their type and concentration, and interface with ultrasound (US) are critical to the success and efficiency of USDG. State-of-the-art USDG systems operate in a narrow range of empirically-tuned US parameters. This empiricism entails severe risks and limitations for clinical applications and delays the adoption of this potent technology. I propose a computational framework that would allow for controlled testing, data-driven quantification of uncertainties, and a rational optimization of experimental US parameters. The framework will rely on submicron resolution modeling and simulation of cavitating MBs and GVs interacting with US. Limitations of existing models based on continuum theory preclude an accurate description of cavitation, drastically degrading the prediction of drug delivery outcomes. I will develop new, data-informed mesoscopic models of US contrast agents, capturing their rheological and acoustic behavior. Specific interactions of US and agents at a submicron level will be included by harnessing novel multiscale methods that enable seamless propagation of US from the macro to microscopic level. The proposed framework will be integrated with experimental efforts to advance USDG across biomedical applications.
Unveiling the temporally contingent role of codification in alliance success

While prior research highlights the importance of codifying alliance experience to achieve alliance success, it is unclear whether codification is equally useful in the different phases of an alliance. Based on a sample of 192 technology firms that report on over 3,400 strategic alliances, we find that in the partner selection and termination phases, reliance on codified knowledge is useful. However, in the partner management phase, reliance on codified knowledge is less beneficial and can be even negatively related to performance. Our findings have implications for the tension between flexibility and efficiency and the relationship between structure and performance. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
3D reconstruction of marble shipwreck cargoes based on underwater multi-image photogrammetry

Abstract Acquisition and processing of point clouds, allowing the high dimensional accuracy that is an essential prerequisite for good documentation, are widely used today for cultural heritage surveys. In recent years, manual and direct surveys in archaeological survey campaigns have been replaced by digital image processing and laser-scanning. Multi-image photogrammetry has proven to be valuable for underwater archaeology. A topographical survey is always necessary to guarantee dimensional accuracy, and is necessary for geo-referencing all the finds in the same reference system. The need for low costs and rapid solutions, combined with the necessity of producing three-dimensional surveys with the same accuracy as classical terrestrial surveying, led the researchers to test and apply image-based techniques. Ca' Foscari and IUAV University of Venice are conducting research into integrated techniques for the accurate documentation of underwater surveys. Survey design, image acquisition, topographical measurements and data processing of two Roman shipwrecks in southern Sicily are presented in this paper. Photogrammetric and topographical surveys were organized using two distinct methods, due to the different characteristics of the cargoes of huge marble blocks, their depth and their distribution on the seabed. The results of the survey are two 3D polygonal-textured models of the sites, which can be easily used for various analyses and trial reconstructions, opening new possibilities for producing documentation for both specialists and the wider public. Furthermore, 3D models are the geometrical basis for making 2D orthophotos and cross-sections. The paper illustrates all the phases of the survey's design, acquisition and preparation, and the data processing to obtain final 2D and 3D representations.
Extrapulmonary tuberculosis: importance of differential diagnosis

Patients with tuberculosis (TB) typically present with pulmonary TB, but extrapulmonary TB is also an important clinical problem. In particular, osteoarticular TB has a great morbidity and its diagnosis gold-standard includes culture and histopathology of the infected area. The present case study describes a 53-year-old female Portuguese farmer who had initial clinical and imaging features suggestive of tuberculous osteomyelitis. However, she denied any TB contacts and the tuberculin skin-test and interferon-γ release assay result were negative. Brucella melitensis was isolated from a tissue biopsy cultural examination, and treatment for brucellosis was started, yielding a favourable outcome. In similar circumstances, a precise diagnosis, that considers the epidemiological context, is crucially important for adequate treatment and reduction of morbidity.
Effects of heme oxygenase-1 on bacterial antigen-induced articular chondrocyte catabolism in vitro

This study tested the hypothesis that heme oxygenase-1 (HO-1) expression counteracts bacterial antigen-induced catabolic metabolism in human articular chondrocytes. HO-1 expression was induced in chondrocytes by the iron-containing porphoryin, hemin. Anti-catabolic and anti-apoptotic effects of HO-1 expression were evaluated following bacterial antigen (lipopolysaccharides, LPS) activation of chondrocytes by quantification of cytokine and cartilage matrix protein expression. Effects of HO-1 over-expression on chondrocyte matrix metabolism were evaluated using plasmid-driven protein synthesis. Hemin increased HO-1 expression and LPS increased interleukin-1beta and interleukin-6 gene and protein expression in chondrocytes. Hemin-induced HO-1 decreased LPS-induced interleukin-1beta and interleukin-6 gene and protein expression. Increased HO-1 expression partially reversed LPS-suppression of aggrecan and type II collagen gene expression and suppressed LPS-induced gene expression of IL-6, inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS), matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs), and IL-1beta. HO-1 induction was inversely correlated with LPS-induced chondrocyte apoptosis. HO-1 over-expression in chondrocytes decreased matrix protein gene expression. With LPS activation, increased HO-1 expression decreased chondrocyte catabolism, partially reversed LPS-dependent inhibition of cartilage matrix protein expression and protected against apoptosis. Without LPS, hemin-induced HO-1 and plasmid-based over-expression of HO-1 inhibited cartilage matrix gene expression. The results suggest that elevated HO-1 expression in chondrocytes is protective of cartilage in inflamed joints but may otherwise suppress matrix turn over.
Progress towards federated logistics through the integration of ten-t into a global trade network

PLANET addresses the challenges of assessing the impact of emerging global trade corridors on the TEN-T network and ensuring effective integration of the European to the Global Network by focusing in two key R&D pillars:  • A Geo-economics approach, modelling and specifying the dynamics of new trade routes and its impacts on logistics infrastructure & operations, with specific reference to TEN-T, including peripheral regions and landlocked developing countries;  • An EU-Global network enablement through disruptive concepts and technologies (IoT, Blockchain and PI, 5G, 3D printing, autonomous vehicles /automation, hyperloop) which can shape its future and address its shortcomings, aligned to the DTLF concept of a federated network of T&L platforms. PLANET goes beyond strategic transport studies, and ICT for transport research, by rigorously modelling, analysing, demonstrating & assessing their interactions and dynamics thus, providing a more realistic view of the emerging T&L environment. The project employs 3 EU-global real-world corridor Living Labs including sea and rail for intercontinental connection and provides the experimentation environment for designing and exploiting future PI-oriented Integrated Green EU-Global T&L Networks [EGTN]. To facilitate this process, PLANET delivers a Symbiotic Digital Clone for EGTNs, as an open collaborative planning tool for TEN-T Corridor participants, infrastructure planners, and industry/technology strategists. PLANET also delivers an Active Blueprint and Road Map, providing guidance and building public & private actor capacity towards the realisation of EGTNs, and facilitating the development of disadvantaged regions. The project engages major T&L stakeholders, contributing to both strategy and technology and (importantly) has the industry weight and influence to create industry momentum in Federated Logistics and TEN-T’s integration into the Global Network.
Unlocking the entire wood matrix for the next generation of carbon fibers

WoCaFi envisions a game-changing approach for the production of bio-based carbon fibers in which the drawbacks of traditional cellulose and lignin fibers are entirely bypassed by a new type of hybrid precursor fibers containing simultaneously all wood biopolymers cellulose, hemicellulose and lignin.
These unique fully wood-based multi-component filaments are accessible via a novel ionic liquid-based dry-jet wet spinning technique. The process provides the possibility to orientate lignin and hemicellulose embedded in a cellulose matrix. The special morphology of the resulting composite filaments is envisioned to increase the mechanical properties of thereof derived carbon fibers significantly, targeting 2000 MPa tensile strength and 200 GPa tensile modulus. These bio-based, low cost carbon fibers will reduce the dependency on non-renewable petroleum-based feedstocks and are highly suitable for lightweight applications in the automotive, sports and leisure sectors.
Most distinctively, our technique also enables us to spin wood almost in its native form. Thus, the pretreatment steps and intensity can be reduced drastically and pronounced synergistic effects between the bio-polymers are created. This will lead to higher carbon yields and a significantly enhanced graphitization. In very recent initial trials on a continuous single tow carbonization line we found indicators that the oxidation step, typically accounting for almost 50% of the carbonization heating energy costs, can be reduced or omitted completely depending on the lignin content of the precursor fiber.
This – in combination with activated wood as low cost raw material – would be the absolute game changer in developing low-cost, bio-based carbon fibers.

In this project the PI, who has developed the spinning technique and a strong background in organic chemistry and spinning physics, will lead a group of 2 PhD students and 1 Postdoc. The Postdoc will complement the team with enhanced spectroscopic knowledge.
<i> <scp>COX</scp> ‐2 </i> gene polymorphisms and risk of chronic periodontitis: a case–control study and meta‐analysis

Cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) enzyme is a major mediator of inflammation in periodontitis, leading to loss of gingival tissues and alveolar bone supporting the teeth. Previous studies have explored the role of COX-2 polymorphisms with the risk of periodontitis in different ethnic groups; however, findings are inconsistent. So, we aimed to investigate the association of COX-2 polymorphisms (rs20417, rs689466, and rs5275) in susceptibility to chronic periodontitis (CP) in northern Indian population. Meta-analysis was also carried out to precisely estimate the effect of COX-2 polymorphisms in CP.Genotyping of COX-2 polymorphisms was carried out through PCR-RFLP in 200 CP cases and 200 controls. For risk estimation, binary logistic regression was applied using SPSS, version 15.0, while meta-analysis was carried using MIX 2.0 software.None of the COX-2 polymorphisms independently were associated with the risk of CP. Meta-analysis suggested a significant reduced risk of CP with rs5275+8473 C allele and rs20417 in Chinese population.No association was observed in any of the studied COX-2 polymorphisms with CP in North India. But, the study should be replicated in larger sample size to arrive at a definitive conclusion. Meta-analysis suggested a role of rs5275 COX-2 polymorphisms in susceptibility to overall CP, and on ethnic basis, rs20417 showed reduced risk of CP in Chinese population.