SIRIS-Lab/unlabelled-sti-corpus huggingface dataset:
Extending Data and Services for Safer Navigation & Marine Protection

CALYPSO SOUTH addresses the challenges of safer marine transportation, protection of human lives at sea, and the safeguarding of marine and coastal resources from irreversible damages. It is a commitment to put technological advancement and scientific endeavour at the service of humanitarian responses, reducing risks in sea faring, and protecting the marine environment. 
CALYPSO SOUTH follows the trail of the previous CALYPSO and CALYPSO FOLLOW ON initiatives, with the overall objectives of i) extending the CALYPSO HF radar network coverage to the western part of the Malta-Sicily Channel and the southern approaches to the Maltese archipelago, ii) developing new monitoring and forecasting tools, and iii) delivering tailored operational downstream services to assist national responsible entities in their maritime security, rescue and emergency response commitments. The expected changes comprise intelligent ICT support to responsible entities to limit intervention times and narrow down search areas. 
Main outputs consist of weather stations for integrated port safety applications, additional HF radar stations to improve the coverage, quality and availability of data for targeted downstream services. 
Beneficiary responsible entities include the Armed Forces of Malta, Transport Malta, Civil Protection Departments (Malta/Sicily), Italian Coast Guard, and Marina Militare Italiana with the improvement of the efficiency, range and reliability of their operations in favour of superior security and safety at sea.
In CALYPSO SOUTH a synergistic approach between Maltese and Sicilian partners is mandatory since the project objectives can be exclusively achieved through a cross-border approach due to the inherent and borderless characteristics of the topic. Indeed, the observed patterns of variability of sea currents and wind suggest that a hazard triggered in a site could threat the counterpart site; moreover security at sea largely involves trans-boundary waters. The proposed ICT network requires HF stations to be installed on both the Malta and Sicily sides.
The project is a further building block towards the phased creation of permanent structures encompassing a comprehensive Marine Electronic Highway in the area
Mediterranean SME working together to make cities smarter

As cities continue to grow, so is the number of challenges they are facing. Environmental, economic or social emerging issues call for new and unproven urban solutions. The increasing need for urban innovation will result in the development of a significant number of smart cities initiatives, creating new business opportunities for Mediterranean SMEs. If we want our cities to be efficiently managed and more livable for communities, public authorities and SMEs have to work together to come up with the best technological solutions. SME4SMARTCITIES will make this collaboration possible by reinforcing the capacities of Mediterranean cities and SMEs. On the one the hand, the project will help cities to be the front-runners of innovation, in particular through the use of Public Procurement of Innovative solutions. On the other hand, the project will support Mediterranean SMEs in order to guarantee that their products and services meet the expectations and needs of smart cities.
Durable, environmentally friendly and high-quality leather alternative

Materiko is an Italian company specialising in the manufacture of revolutionary artificial high quality textiles. Due to the flexibility, and high-quality afforded by genuine leather, compared to conventional textiles, it has been used for centuries as material in several industries. However, leather is prone to scratching, water damage and UV damage which can limit its uses, particularly in external applications. Furthermore, the way in which leather is produced presents a huge environmental problem. The tanning process for genuine leather uses on average 360 L of water per m2 and over 50 L of that needs to be processing by wastewater treatment plants for chromium waste considered to be hugely toxic by the EU. To alleviate these environmental problems as well as consumer movement towards non-animal origin products a range of artificial leathers have been developed such as PVC and polyurethane (PU) based faux leathers and natural plant based options. PVC and PU based artificial leather have their own environmental problems including similarly high water usage, use of toxic chemicals and poor recyclability. Both plastic based and plant based leather alternatives have durability and quality issues when replicating genuine leather. The need for a high-quality, more durable, weather-proof leather like material which eliminates animal cruelty, water usage and toxic wastage associated with the genuine leather industry is clear and one for which Materiko have developed an innovative solution. Our EcoLeather is a novel material manufactured using an innovative semi-automatic manufacturing technique which produces a water and chemical free leather alternative which improves upon the physical properties of genuine, such as durability, scratch and weather resistance. With the high-end leather goods market worth an estimated €45 bn globally there is a huge demand for a leather alternative with improved physical properties.
Modelling procedures for non-linear analysis of metallic structuctrual components

This thesis describes the experimental testing and a numerical study of extruded aluminum components subjected to three different loading scenarios; three point bending with and without a notch and acompression test. The components are of the same AA6xxx-T6 alloy and have the same nominal crosssectional measurements. The material is modeled using a metal model that includes fracture modeling, isotropic work hardening and the YLD-2004-18P anisotropic yield surface applicable to full stress states. The numerical study focuses on investigating the capabilities and limitations of large (3-5 mm) reduced integrated shell elements which is the present industry standard for large scale simulations. The performance of the shell element simulations is evaluated by comparing them to simulations using small solid elements. The comparison also reveals which phenomena the shell elements describe poorly. The calibration of the material model was done using simple material tests cut from the aluminum component. The calibration of the yield surface was validated by the good compliance between the results from a simulation and test data for a plain strain tension test. Material failure was modeled with both the Bressan-Williams-Hill (BWH) instability criterion and the Cockcroft & Latham (CL) criterion. The CL criterion gave reasonable results when used in component simulations. Component simulations employing the BWH criterion strongly indicated that the current implementation of the criterion was unsuited for modeling failure inthe components and load situations in this thesis. The comparative study of speed optimized shell elements and solid elements revealed several weaknesses for the use of fast shell elements. A general trend was that the shell element simulations predicted a conservative load capacity. This is thought to be related to the assumption of plane stress used in most shell element formulations. Difficulties were also shown for the use of shell elements when modeling components where folding dominated the deformation. The predicted folding pattern when using shell elements was shown to be highly dependent on simulation parameters. This was not observed when using solid elements.There were also shown some difficulties for the description of frictionless sliding parallel to the shell plane.These difficulties seemed to be related to the use of reduced integration, and where not present in fully integrated solid elements.
RAPID NON-INVASIVE BLOOD PRESSURE MEASURING DEVICE

A blood pressure can be obtained by supplying an external pressure to a portion of an artery. The external pressure is preferably between the systolic and diastolic pressure. An event which occurs at least once a cycle can then be identified. This event can be, for example, a peak in the arterial compliance that occurs at a transmural pressure approximately equal to zero. A pair of signals, one that is an arterial volume-indicating signal, and one that is an arterial pressure-indicating signal can be used to identify this event. Alternately, a small signal high-frequency exciter component can be placed upon the pressure or volume of the artery and detected to determine the time that the transmural pressure is equal to zero.
Utilization of photovoltaic for broadband satellite communications in rural area of Thailand

ABSTRACT Electricity, Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) are very important not only in urban areas but also in rural areas. To provide ICTs service in rural areas, sources of electricity and communication infrastructures must be implemented. Electricity is a major condition due to the fact that all electronic devices needed it in order to power on, so that it is impossible to operate any forms of ICTs in areas where the main national grid line is unavailable. Almost rural areas of Thailand where the main national grid line is unavaila ble have very good sunlight intensity. Photovoltaic is the most effective renewable energy technologies in those areas for meeting electricity needed in areas that are not connected to the main national grid line. In this paper, the efficiency utilization of photovoltaic as source of electricity for broadband satellite communication systems as well as social and economic impact and quality of life of people in rural areas of Thailand are pr esented. The results show that most rural communities would be able to universally access to the basic telecommunications services such as internet access and public telephone via satellite communication systems. However, in some field cas e study, broadband internet access via sa tellite communication may be unnecessary for some rural communities and the most exactly rural communities needed are electricity for household usage and battery charger. Keywords: photovoltaic, rural Thailand, broadband, satellite communications, ICT
Sviluppo di un nuovo elicottero ultraleggero — Pheonix

Il progetto — Lo sviluppo di un nuovo elicottero ultraleggero — PHOENIX — si concentra sullo sviluppo di componenti completamente nuovi della base macchina e della relativa tecnologia di controllo e sulla loro produzione nei parametri richiesti. Sarà un'innovazione di prodotti di livello mondiale.
“INCREASING THE COMPETITIVENESS OF BROLAM AS A RESULT OF A DESIGN AUDIT AND DEVELOPMENT OF A DESIGN STRATEGY”

As part of the planned task, a design audit will be commissioned. The audit will be carried out by a professional company ERGO DESIGN Sp. z o.o. As part of the commissioned tasks, the company will carry out a full analysis of the Customer’s activities, including: —the Employer’s analysis of the product offer, -the Employer’s analysis of the business model, – the Employer’s analysis in the field of technology, – the Employer’s analysis of the organizational structure, – the Employer’s analysis in the field of communication processes, – an analysis of the Client’s needs in the field of marketing strategy, – analysis of the Client’s market potential in terms of definition and characteristics of clients and competition, and key in the context of the Employer’s trade trends, – analysis of the Client’s needs in the field of contract management and subcontracting. A model strategy will be developed on the basis of the audit. The above mentioned activities will be carried out by the following experts from ERGO DESIGN Sp. z o.o.: Andrzej Śmiałek, Jadwiga Tynor, Ryszard Po Monday, Katarzyna Śliwa, who has extensive knowledge and experience in creating design strategies. The project covers the period from 02.05.2018 to 31.10.2018. The project will be financed from the Applicant’s own resources.
SemanticRank: Ranking Keywords and Sentences Using Semantic Graphs

The selection of the most descriptive terms or passages from text is crucial for several tasks, such as feature extraction and summarization. In the majority of the cases, research works propose the ranking of all candidate keywords or sentences and then select the top-ranked items as features, or as a text summary respectively. Ranking is usually performed using statistical information from text (i.e., frequency of occurrence, inverse document frequency, co-occurrence information). In this paper we present SemanticRank, a graph-based ranking algorithm for keyword and sentence extraction from text. The algorithm constructs a semantic graph using implicit links, which are based on semantic relatedness between text nodes and consequently ranks nodes using different ranking algorithms. Comparative evaluation against related state of the art methods for keyword and sentence extraction shows that SemanticRank performs favorably in previously used data sets.
Single-site point process-based rainfall models in a nonstationary climate

Long series of simulated rainfall are required at point locations for a range of applications, including hydrological studies. Clustered point-process based rainfall models have been used for generating such simulations for many decades. One of their main advantages is the fact that they generate simulations in continuous time, allowing aggregation to different timescales in a consistent way, and such models generally perform well in representing rainfall at hourly to daily timescales. An important disadvantage, however, is their stationarity. Although seasonality can be allowed for by fitting separate models for each calendar month or season, the models are unsuitable in their basic form for climate impact studies. In this thesis we develop new methodology to address this limitation. We extend the current fitting approach by replacing the discrete covariate, calendar month, with continuous covariates which are more directly related to the incidence and nature of rainfall. The covariate-dependent model parameters are estimated for each time interval using a kernel-based nonparametric approach within a Generalised Method of Moments framework. An empirical study using the new methodology is undertaken using a time series of five-minute rainfall data. In addition to addressing the need for temporal non-stationarity, which is our main focus, we also carry out a systematic comparison of a number of key variants of the basic model, in order to identify which features are required for an optimal fit at sub-hourly resolution. This generates some new insights into the models, leading to the development of a new model extension, which introduces dependence between rainfall intensity and duration in a simple way. The new model retains the “rectangular pulses” (i.e. rain cells with a constant intensity) of the original clustered point-process model, which had previously been considered inappropriate for fine-scale data, obviating the need for a computationally more intensive “instantaneous pulse” model.
Fundo Aban ALFA como Fundo que combina i) as práticas mais eficazes de apoiar o desenvolvimento de empresas tecnológicas em fase de arranque a partir de ii) o saber-fazer dos empresários de sucesso e a equipa do Fundo, a fim de apoiar multifacetado projetos de I & D provenientes do ambiente das unidades científicas polacas e permitir a sua comercialização eficaz

Number_reference_aid_programa: SA.41471(2015/X) Objetivo do auxílio público: Artigo 25.º do Regulamento (CE) n.º 651/2014, de 17 de junho de 2014, que declara certas categorias de auxílios compatíveis com o mercado interno, em aplicação dos artigos 107.º e 108.º do Tratado É isso mesmo. UE L 187/1 de 26.6.2014). Objetivo do fundo Aban ALFA (a seguir designado: AAF) é a criação de um Fundo que combina i) as práticas mais eficazes de apoiar o desenvolvimento de empresas tecnológicas em fase de arranque a partir de (ii) o know-how de empresários de sucesso e a equipa do Fundo, a fim de apoiar multifacetado projetos de I & D provenientes do ambiente das unidades científicas polacas e permitir a sua comercialização efetiva. A AAF foi nomeada por profissionais com muitos anos de experiência em busca, financiamento, execução direta de projetos inovadores e criação de start-ups. A equipa também inclui uma série de especialistas em transferência de tecnologia com prática internacional. Os processos de investimento são realizados dentro de 2 principais trajetórias de investimento &ndash; MED-TECH e BIO-TECH &ndash; com especialistas dedicados, parceiros da indústria e instrumentos de apoio desenvolvidos para enfrentar os maiores desafios relacionados com as próximas fases de desenvolvimento. O foco da AAF são os projetos de I & D em conformidade com KIS1 (líder), KIS2, KIS5, KIS6, KIS13 e KI17. O Fundo coopera com vários centros acadêmicos líderes, líderes de segmentos selecionados do mercado de cuidados de saúde, bem como investidores financeiros e business angels fazendo investimentos reais em projetos inovadores ganzas em capital privado.
Design and test of a graphite target system for in-flight fragment separator

Abstract A graphite target system to produce rare isotope beams using in-flight fragmentation method has been designed for the rare isotope science project in Korea. A main primary beam to bombard the target is 238 U in the energy of 200 MeV/u with a maximum power of 400 kW, in which the beam power deposit on the target amounts up to 100 kW. A multi-slice target concept was adopted to enhance radiation cooling effect. A finite element program ANSYS was used to analyze thermo-mechanical behavior of a single and multi-slice targets. To validate the design, an electron beam at the energy of 50 keV was used to test a single slice target. A good agreement of the hot spot temperature was achieved between the simulation and measurement. For multi-slice targets a series of ANSYS analysis was performed in search of the optimal design. Target design parameters for the isotope beam production, which can sustain an incident 400-kW 238 U beam, have been found.
Our iron smelting 14C dates from Central Africa: from a plain appointment to a full blown relationship

This paper reviews the 14C dates associated with early iron smelting in Central Africa before 1900 BP. All of the archaeological sites from which these early dates have been obtained are critically examined. For example, each dated sample is checked for its stratigraphic integrity, its degree of association with dated artefacts, and its associated ceramic sequence. The series of ‘good’ 14C dates obtained from this re-appraisal is then presented at the regional level in order to provide a new paradigm of the expansion of iron metallurgy through Central Africa, from Cameroon to Congo. The work presented here follows several published papers and book chapters, and is based on research within the region by the author which began in 1982.
Cold Spray Coating Deposition Mechanism on the Thermoplastic and Thermosetting Polymer Substrates

Cold spraying is a successful and promising coating technique for many engineering applications due to its high-rate and high-dense coating development abilities. Nevertheless, their practical use in polymer substrate is still in the fledgling phase. There are very few articles about the cold spray coating on polymers; however, the interaction of metallic particle with the polymer substrate is poorly understood, and thus a thick coating has not successfully been developed on the polymer substrate. In order to rationalize as full as possible the entire behavior of the high velocity particle with the polymer substrate, we used thermoplastic and thermosetting polymer materials as substrates. The particle behaviors with the substrate were observed under various gas pressure and temperature, and with various particles feed rate. The result showed that the particle behaviors were unique with respect to the substrate. Also it was clearly understood that the metal particles not experienced any plastic deformation due to the soft nature of the polymer substrates. The particles attached to the thermoplastic substrate either through adhesive bonding and/or mechanical inter locking, whereas only pure localized fracture observed on the thermosetting substrate and thus no particles attached firmly on the substrate.
WHO decides on the exception? Securitization and emergency governance in global health

This article analyses the emergency governance of international organizations by combining securitization theory with legal theory on the state of exception. Our main argument is that where issues are securitized as global threats, exceptionalism can emerge at the level of supranational bodies, endowing them with the decisionist authority to define emergencies and guide political responses. We theorize the ‘emergency trap’, which is triggered when the emergency powers of international organizations reduce the obstacles to, and increase the incentives for, the securitization of further issues. Based on the idea that the emergency trap functions as an institutional driver of securitization, we also highlight the importance of the constitutional containment of emergency competencies as an alternative to discursive desecuritization strategies. We illustrate this security–emergency dynamic in a case study of the recent empowerment of the World Health Organization (WHO) in the governance of global health emergencies. The article shows how WHO’s exceptional response to the 2003 severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) crisis paved the way for an institutionalization of emergency powers within the organization and contributed to securitizing the 2009 swine influenza outbreak as a global pandemic. However, WHO’s crisis governance has also triggered internal and external processes of constitutional contention.
aperfeiçoamento em porta de eletrodoméstico

APERFEIçOAMENTO EM PORTA DE ELETRODOMéSTICO. é descrito um aperfeiçoamento em porta de eletrodoméstico que compreende uma porta bipartida giratória que inclui porta externa (10), uma porta intermediária (20) posicionada posterior à porta externa (10) e uma porta interna giratória (30). Em uma segunda modalidade, o aperfeiçoamento em porta de eletrodoméstico apresenta uma porta bipartida basculante que inclui uma porta externa (10), uma porta intermediária basculável (60) posicionada entre a porta externa (10) e uma porta interna (70).
The effect of trait type and strength of selection on heritability and evolvability in an island bird population

The heritability (h(2) ) of fitness traits is often low. Although this has been attributed to directional selection having eroded genetic variation in direct proportion to the strength of selection, heritability does not necessarily reflect a trait's additive genetic variance and evolutionary potential ("evolvability"). Recent studies suggest that the low h(2) of fitness traits in wild populations is caused not by a paucity of additive genetic variance (VA ) but by greater environmental or nonadditive genetic variance (VR ). We examined the relationship between h(2) and variance-standardized selection intensities (i or βσ ), and between evolvability (IA :VA divided by squared phenotypic trait mean) and mean-standardized selection gradients (βμ ). Using 24 years of data from an island population of Savannah sparrows, we show that, across diverse traits, h(2) declines with the strength of selection, whereas IA and IR (VR divided by squared trait mean) are independent of the strength of selection. Within trait types (morphological, reproductive, life-history), h(2) , IA , and IR are all independent of the strength of selection. This indicates that certain traits have low heritability because of increased residual variance due to the age at which they are expressed or the multiple factors influencing their expression, rather than their association with fitness.