SIRIS-Lab/unlabelled-sti-corpus huggingface dataset:
Développement et compétitivité de BUMERA par la gestion de la conception.

Les services fournis dans le cadre du projet par le contractant sélectionné débuteront dans un délai d’un mois à compter de la signature de la convention de cofinancement du projet et comprendront: 1. Réaliser un audit de conception de BUMERA consistant en une analyse de l’activité en termes de potentiel et de besoins de conception, qui comprendra, entre autres: a) l’analyse du modèle de l’entreprise du demandeur en termes d’offre de produits, de modèle d’affaires, de technologie, de structure organisationnelle, de processus de communication, de stratégie de marketing, de définition et de caractéristiques des clients, ainsi que de la concurrence et des principales tendances de l’industrie dans le contexte du demandeur; une analyse des besoins de gestion de la conception du demandeur; C) l’analyse de l’offre en termes d’utilisation de la conception et du potentiel commercial du demandeur. Période et date de mise en œuvre des actions: 40 jours ouvrables, 18.04-14.06.2016r. Experts: J. Kępińska, J. Oziemblewska, E. Rozbicka, K. Stefaniak, T. Augustyniak 2. Élaboration d’une stratégie de conception: a) les caractéristiques générales de l’entreprise, y compris l’analyse du modèle de l’entreprise en termes de produits, de technologie, de structure organisationnelle, de processus de communication client, de stratégie marketing; une description générale de l’environnement de conception de la requérante contenant au moins des informations sur les caractéristiques des clients, une description des principaux concurrents, une description des tendances du marché; l’identification des principales tendances industrielles, sociales et technologiques dans le contexte du demandeur et présentant un fort potentiel d’impact sur le marché de la requérante; une évaluation du niveau d’utilisation du dessin ou modèle et de son potentiel à cet égard; la définition des problèmes de conception, qui peuvent concerner à la fois le produit et d’autres processus commerciaux dans l’entreprise du demandeur; D) recommandations concernant des mesures plus détaillées La période et la date de mise en œuvre des mesures: 20 jours ouvrables, 15.06-12.07.2016r. Experts: J. Kępińska, J. Oziemblewska, E. Rozbicka, K. Stefaniak, T. Augustyniak
Rapid synthesis of gold nanostructures with cyclic and linear ketones

Colloidal gold nanoparticles were synthesised in aqueous solution by reaction of chloroauric acid with a range of simple aliphatic cyclic (cyclopentanone, cyclohexanone, cycloheptanone and cyclohexanedione) and linear (acetone and 3-hexanone) ketone reagents, at room temperature. The rate of reaction and particle morphology was found to be controlled by the enol content and solubility of the ketone. Cyclohexanediones produced a variety of small 20 nm particles in under 5 minutes, or larger gold nanostars, depending on the ketone isomer. Cyclopentanone was shown to produce near monodisperse 20 nm particles after 13 hours, and cycloheptanone gave polydisperse particles, but in only 50 minutes. However the linear ketones, 3-hexanone and acetone, did not produce stable colloidal suspensions. The mechanism of gold nanoparticle formation via reaction of ketones with chloroauric acid is discussed.
A METHOD FOR SCREENING COMPOUNDS COMPRISING THE USE OF PICORNAVIRUS PROTEASE 2A

A method of screening compounds or molecules comprising the steps of: translating a sequence encoding the amino acid sequence comprising SEQ ID No. 29 in a translation system in the presence of a test compound or molecule; and analysing the translation product(s) for the presence of one or more of (a) a peptide comprising the amino acids Pro-Gly at the C terminus and a peptide comprising the amino acid Pro at the N terminus: or (b) a peptide comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID No. 29.
Analysis of EEG rhythms under local sinusoidal ELF magnetic field exposure: An approach to neurofeedback enhancement on attention performance

Although there is no consensus with respect to that if exposed Extremely Low Frequency Magnetic Field (ELF-MF) affects human brain activity for guidelines of brain management, there are some evidences related with human attention changes. Therefore, this study evaluates the effects of 45 Hz sinusoidal ELF (360 μT) at Cz regions, cantered at dominant frequency using Electroencephalogram (EEG) analysis. The purpose was to extracte transient or permanent events as an index for new neurofeedback (NF) system improvement. Twenty-four healthy volunteers aged between 20 and 28 years of age were randomly assigned to one of two groups, which differed in the type of NF training concerning the exposed and non-exposed magnetic field effect on performance in attention tests during NF. Results indicate that theta and beta EEG rhythms variations in exposed group changed more significantly in comparison of traditional NF (P
Methodology integration of EO techniques as operative tool for land degradation management and planning in Mediterranean areas

The project MILDMAP-MEDIA is mainly addressed to the integration of different methodologies and techniques for monitoring, analysis and assessment of physical processes in order to improve the decisional chain for the control and prevention of natural hazards. The aim is to define a common decision support system and procedures to be shared and applied by the operational institution involved in the land and territory management operating in Mediterranean areas. The actions would not be restricted to the analysis. assessment and mapping of losses directly caused by natural phenomena related to land degradation, but will be extended to the analysis of functionality and vulnerability of territorial elements and their interactions. To achieve such target, a common methodology, able to synthesize and organize all information directly obtained by earth observation and remote control and/or by modelling, will be applied in order to establish the criticalities of the territorial systems and support the definition of policies, strategies and/or interventions for the land degradation control. This highlights the flexibility of the methodology that, in this way, will be applied to different contexts in each target areas afflicted by similar criticalities with respect to three pilot actions like desertification, land coverage change, soil loss, erosion an hydraulics and hydrological modelling. The main steps proposed refer to the knowledge of the state of art concerning the data availability, operational systems and networking among the involved partners. Further, with respect to the over mentioned pilot actions, data will be collected and shared as well as the modelling of some hydraulics and hydrological parameters will be carried on, in order to define a suitable data set to be used as inputs for the vulnerability modelling of the target area territories. Such model will constitute the backbone of the decision support system to be developed and applied for land degradation management and planning. Such activities will be carried on by the project partners and by the involvement of several local end-users and stakeholders (ARPAB, CNR-IMAA, ALSIA and METES) operating in the selected regions. They will provide data and tools for analyses and modelling as well as supporting the results dissemination and the training activity which represent a further pilot action to be implemented in the project. Several deliverables will be performed like reports, guideline, databases, GIS-maps, etc.
A conceptual model for compliant management systems

The dissertation specifies a Set of Concepts and a Conceptual Model for Compliant Management Systems (CMSs). The Set of Concepts is drawn from existing methodologies and the CMS Model, which is based on the Concepts, is evaluated against a compiled Set of Standard Requirements. The dissertation is analytical, conceptual and argumentative in nature.
The Model is designed to enable the future development of compliant, efficient and globally functional organisational Information Technology (IT) Systems. The Three Central Requirements of the Model – Compliance (essentially a Legal requirement), Efficiency (essentially a Business Management requirement) and Global Functionality (essentially an IT requirement) – necessitated a multi-disciplinary investigation in the Legal, Business Management and IT areas.
Compliance was the focus of the research as initial investigations showed no significant solutions existed that provided specific guidelines for the design of inherently compliant IT systems. As compliance relates to meeting regulatory requirements on a local or jurisdictional basis, whereas efficiency and global functionality favour global standards for IT systems (that enable system interoperability), the means for delivering “globally compliant” IT systems is problematic. The research therefore took the approach of “thinking globally and acting locally” by designing a Model appropriate for individual local organisations that can be used, in association with the development of appropriate regulation, as a template for globally compliant IT systems.
It was found that the issues of Privacy, Consent, and Accountability were at the core of compliance requirements and that Digital Service Contracts with systematic Authorisation mechanisms for contract parties (represented as IT System “Groups”) provided the means for assuring compliance. The Model proposes software based on Service, Group and Service Contract components – the Service Contract components fulfilling Legal requirements, the Service components fulfilling Business Management requirements and the Group components fulfilling IT requirements. The Model description in the dissertation focuses on the IT System design. Technical (software design) issues are not explored in detail, making the dissertation readable to persons with minimal IT background. The aim was to draw together existing knowledge in the Legal, Business Management and IT disciplines and to explore relationships between the fields at a high level rather than to delve in detail into any of the three disciplines. The research spans many fields within the three research disciplines, including Contract Law, Privacy Law, Company Law, Legal Consent, Franchising Systems, Business Process Management, Service Oriented Architectures, Cloud Computing, Access Control, Authorisation, Operating Systems, Data Management and Object Oriented Programming.
Services for usable, inclusive and welcoming hospitality

The aim of the SOFIA project is to increase the competitiveness and innovation of small and medium-sized enterprises in the tourism sector within the five cross-border regions, by offering them a range of INTEGRATED SERVICES (group training, individual coaching and development of local business projects), aimed at developing new expertise in the field of accessible tourism, in particular linked to overcoming the four types of barriers: physical, perceptual and orientation, communication, cultural-relational. These new skills will increase companies’ performance, allowing them to reach a broader market target represented by ‘tourists with special needs’ and their families.
 A JOINT PROTOCOL of services for businesses, initially launched by expert partners in the sector, will define the guidelines and standards relating to accessibility issues and the contents of the services themselves, which will then be provided by a multidisciplinary team of professionals. The services will be provided to around 45 tourism businesses, some of which have already been identified as part of previous projects (Tesori Nascosti, ITACA, S.MAR.TIC); these businesses are interested in adapting/improving their tourism activities and services based on the needs of people with different types of disability. Based on the requirements expressed by companies during group consultations, customised coaching sessions will be launched with professionals who are experts in the field (architects, psychologists, communication and certification experts, etc.). BUSINESS PROJECTS in pilot areas will also be developed with groups of interested companies, aimed at creating an integrated accessible hospitality system able to comprehensively meet all special needs and therefore attract many new tourists to the area.
YOUNG INCLUSION

The challenge of the project is the recovery and prevention of situations of severe marginalization of young people, through the construction and consolidation of community care for physically disabled by accident, women in difficult situations, girls with borderline disorder. Integrated teams of operators of the Italian and Swiss sides will work in synergy for the psychological treatment of women in the Lecco and Castellanza (VA) areas, - sharing of the GET method (Therapeutic groups) born in the OSR for the treatment of borderline disorder (TI-VA) - start-up of a center of music therapy in Valmorea (CO) with Swiss specialists.
Electronic flash device

In an electronic flash device for use in a still camera, a calculation circuit means calculates a ratio of the amounts of light to be emitted by a plurality of flash light tubes on the basis of color temperature information and control circuit means controls the emission of light of the respective flash light tubes in such a manner that the ratio of light amount emitted from the respective flash light tubes corresponds to the ratio calculated by the calculation circuit means.
From correlations to explanations: towards a new european prehistory

The study of the past is undergoing a dramatic transformation: researchers in the fields of archaeology, genetics, linguistics, history and archaeometry are blurring the lines delimiting their respective fields, and working in increasingly collaborative efforts to understand how history and prehistory unfolded. Recent debates stress the need for new explanatory models which integrate both micro- and macro-level historical processes, and diverse types of datasets. We approach this challenge by applying novel modelling approaches allowing us to move from correlations to explanations of how changes have been shaped by the dynamic interaction of cultural innovation, migration, admixture, population growth and collapse, landscape transformation, dietary change, biological adaptation, social structure, and the emergence of new diseases. To achieve this overall goal the project is built upon four specific aims, which translates into four work packages: WP1: Database for C14, cultural and subsistence (including isotope) data, ancient genomes, eDNA sites, fossil pollen datasets and strontium samples WP2: Environmental DNA and high- resolution local environments,WP3 Exploratory analyses and discriminative models, WP4 Generative models and explanations. Our findings will serve to determine what the impact of the movement of people was on the European landscape, simultaneously on multiple scales: continental, regional and local, providing a research program defying the boundaries of archaeology, genetics and mathematical modelling.Thus, by identifying prehistoric regularities in the interactions of human biology, social and economic organisation, and demography we will be able to compare them to anthropological and historical models of such processes in recent times, to form a more comprehensive understanding of the nature of migration, integration and cultural change, then and now.
THERMOCHROMIC MICRO PARTICLES AND THERMOCHROMIC INK COMPOSITION, WRITING APPARATUS AND SMART WINDOW USING THE SAME

The present invention relates to thermochromic micro particles capable of stably implementing a high chromogenic property and a decolorization property and having an improved erasing property, thermal resistance, and chemical resistance, and a thermochromic ink composition, a writing apparatus, and a smart window using the same. The thermochromic micro particles comprise a core part including a phase change material, a dye, and a developer, the phase change material including at least one selected from the group consisting of at least one chain hydrocarbon having a carbon number of 8 or more, a hydrated inorganic salt, alcohol having a carbon number of 3 or more, and polyalkyleneglycol; and a shell layer including a polymer resin.
Functional separator consisted of polyimide nonwoven fabrics and polyethylene coating layer for lithium-ion batteries

Abstract In this paper, a composite membrane with nonwoven polyimide (PI) membrane as structural support and polyethylene (PE) particles coating layer as a thermal shutdown layer, is fabricated as the separator for lithium-ion battery. Different from PI nonwoven membrane, the PE coating PI nonwoven composite membrane (PE–PI–S) not only shows excellent thermal shutdown function, similar to traditional multilayer PP/PE/PP separator, but also exhibits much higher thermal stability, better wettability to the polar electrolyte and lower internal resistance than the PP/PE/PP separator. The electrolyte uptake and ionic conductivity of PE–PI–S increase from 58%, 0.84 mS cm −1 to 400%, 1.34 mS cm −1 , respectively. Furthermore, the thermal shutdown function of PE–PI–S can be controlled widely in the temperature range from 120 °C to more than 200 °C while the multilayer PP/PE/PP separator only with a shutdown temperature range from 130 °C to 160 °C. Lithium ion battery with PE–PI–S nonwoven separator also shows excellent stable cycling and good rate performance.
INTRAOPERATIVE IMAGE NAVIGATION: EXPERIMENTAL STUDY OF THE FEASIBILITY AND SURGEON PREFERENCE BETWEEN A STERILE ENCASED NINTENDO WIITMREMOTE AND STANDARD WIRELESS COMPUTER MOUSE

Diagnostic imaging plays an important role in the operating room, providing surgeons with a reference and surgical plan. Surgeon autonomy in the operating room has been suggested to decrease errors that stem from communication mistakes. A standard computer mouse was compared to a wireless remote-control style controller for computer game consoles (Wiimote) for the navigation of diagnostic imaging studies by sterile personnel in this prospective survey study. Participants were recruited from a cohort of residents and faculty that use the surgical suites at our institution. Outcome assessments were based on survey data completed by study participants following each use of either the mouse or Wiimote, and compared using an analysis of variance. The mouse was significantly preferred by the study participants in the categories of handling, accuracy and efficiency, and overall satisfaction (P <0.05). The mouse was preferred to both the Wiimote and to no device, when participants were asked to rank options for image navigation. This indicates the need for the implementation of intraoperative image navigation devices, to increase surgeon autonomy in the operating room.
Reconnaissance SHRIMP U–Pb zircon geochronology of the Tanzania Craton: Evidence for Neoarchean granitoid–greenstone belts in the Central Tanzania Region and the Southern East African Orogen

Abstract Reconnaissance U–Pb sensitive high-resolution ion microprobe (SHRIMP) zircon dating of gneisses, granitoids and greenstones from well-documented study areas within the Tanzania Craton indicates that: (1) ∼2815–2691 Ma greenschist-amphibolite facies greenstones and associated granitoids are confined within extensive >3600 Ma granitoid–gneisses in the Central Tanzania Region; (2) greenschist-amphibolite facies greenstone rocks from the Singida-Mayamaya Terrane in the south-eastern Lake Nyanza Superterrane, Lake Victoria Region are older than 2681 Ma; (3) greenschist to lower-granulite facies granitoid–greenstone belts from the Kilindi-Handeni Superterrane, within the largely Neoproterozoic Southern East African Orogen are older than 2670 Ma; and (4) the granitoid–greenstone belts within the Dodoma Basement Superterrane, Central Tanzania Region and Kilindi-Handeni Superterrane, Southern East African Orogen are broadly coeval with ∼2823–2671 Ma granitoid–greenstone belts in the Lake Nyanza Superterrane, in the Lake Victoria Region. The basement to juvenile greenstone rocks in the Central Tanzania Region includes E-W-trending orthogneisses. These comprise largely >3140 Ma diorite to granodiorite gneisses with rafts and/or tectonic enclaves of supracrustal rocks, including ∼3600 Ma fuchsitic sericite quartzite, which forms part of the ∼25 km by 5 km Simba-Nguru Hills in the Undewa-Ilangali Terrane. This quartzite contains detrital 4013–3600 Ma zircons that define ancestral cycles of protracted magmatism in their as yet undetected source terranes. In addition to the ∼2815–2670 Ma granitoids and greenstones in the >3000 Ma gneisses and granitoids within the widely accepted marginal zone of the Tanzania Craton, the Lake Nyanza Superterrane extends east into the Kilindi-Handeni Superterrane, in the largely Neoproterozoic Southern East African Orogen. In this Superterrane, Neoarchean igneous and sedimentary rocks in the Mkurumu-Magamba Terrane record ∼620–603 Ma amphibolite-granulite facies metamorphism, ∼585–575 Ma partial-melting, and emplacement of enderbitic-charnockitic granitoids. They also record a short-lived, but significant, 570–560 Ma period of exhumation and emplacement of high-grade metamorphic rocks on to basement rocks of the proto-Archean craton within the Central Tectonic Zone in the Southern East African Orogen.
SUBSEA PLOUGH AND PLOUGHING

A subsea plough (100) for providing a subsea channel and a method of using the plough are disclosed. The plough comprises a plough share member (140) extending substantially perpendicular to a plough chassis (350), a pivotable guide member (130) comprising an open mouth (135) at a first end region of the guide member and a support surface for guiding bending of a flexible elongate element (200). The guide member is pivotable about a guide pivot axis (340), at a further end region of the guide member, into a position in which the guide member is inclined above a plane (C-C) of the chassis.
The effects of owner identity and external governance systems on R&amp;D investments: A study of Western European firms

Abstract This paper builds on agency and institutional theory to extend the analysis of the effects of ownership and control on R&D investments by considering the influence of different types of ownership and of institutional corporate governance systems. Our empirical analysis is based on a unique dataset of 1000 firms publicly-traded in six European countries (France, Germany, Italy, Norway, Sweden and the UK). Controlling for industry- and firm-level effects, our findings show that higher shareholding by families is negatively associated with R&D investment. Moreover, widely-held firms invest less in R&D in the United Kingdom than in Continental European countries, thus suggesting the existence of a greater pressure towards the reduction of R&D in market-based governance systems. The results are robust against possible sample selection biases due to firms’ discretional R&D disclosure.