SIRIS-Lab/unlabelled-sti-corpus huggingface dataset:
New advancements, challenges and opportunities of multi-storey modular buildings – A state-of-the-art review

Modular construction offers faster and safer manufacturing, better predictability to completion time, superior quality, less workers on site, less resource wastage, and a more environmentally friendly solution than the conventional construction process. Despite having several advantages of modular construction, the private sector still relies heavily on the traditional on-site construction method. To understand the scientific reason behind this situation, this paper critically reviews the recent developments, performances, challenges and future opportunities of modular buildings. Modular constructions are extensively used for low-rise buildings and further attracts strong interest for multi-storey building structures. Prefabricated modules demonstrated satisfactory performance under static, dynamic impact, cyclic, seismic, blast, fire and long-term sustained loading, and offer environmental, economic and social benefits. The acceptance and application of modular construction will further spread with the development of design guidelines, more skilled workers, addressing handing and transportation difficulties, and the development of novel interlocking connections between modules. Recently, composite materials demonstrated high potential to manufacture prefabricated building modules. In Australia, it is expected that modular construction will increase from the current stage of 3% to 5–10% by year 2030.
Space qualification and validation of high performance european rad-hard fpga

The OPERA project sets clear and measurable main objectives to reach a TRL 7 as follows: 
1. Validation and tradeoff by end users of NanoXplore rad-hard FPGA (NG-LARGE and NG-ULTRA) – TRL 6 achieved. 
2. Development and testing of very complex ceramic hermetic package CGA 1752 – TRL 6 achieved  
3. Space ESCC evaluation of NanoXplore's rad-hard FPGA (NG-LARGE) – TRL 7 achieved  

The proposed activity is part of a jointly agreed space FPGA roadmap between EU, the European Space Agency, the CNES and the key European space equipment manufacturers. It is supporting the Strategic Research Agenda of the European Space Technology Platform. The proposed activities will address applications beyond the space market such as avionic, energy and transport. 

OPERA is set up to validate and do the ESCC evaluation of advanced rad-hard NG-LARGE FPGA with minimum risk execution and best product time to market. The project will give access to state of the art qualified rad-hard FPGA NG-LARGE and prepare future applications for the most advanced FPGA in the world NG-ULTRA. The project will enable the two European largest satellite vendors Thales Alenia Space and Airbus DS to evaluate both NG-LARGE and NG-ULTRA to better assess which FPGA is more suitable for a defined application. NX is developping a familly of FPGA to adress the whole space market and it is key to validate the limit and the possibilities for each FPGA. TAS and ADS will also start developping state of the art applications to speed up products dissemination.   OPERA is fully in line with ESA / EU activities and will merge outcomes from different projects to reach a TRL 7:
ESCC evaluate rad-hard FPGA developped in the BRAVE project 
Take benefit of the programming software tools (“NanoXmap”) improved in the VEGAS (H2020) project 
NG-ULTRA development from DEMETER (ECSEL), DAHLIA (H2020) and MARS (PSPC) projects
Locus-specific DNA methylation changes and phenotypic variability in children with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder

Maternal smoking during pregnancy is the most commonly cited risk factor for ADHD. While the causal relation between this factor and ADHD is debated, several lines of evidence suggest that it modulates the severity of ADHD, particularly through higher association with conduct disorder (CD). We hypothesized that maternal smoking during pregnancy may be associated with differential methylation in selected genes in children with ADHD. DNA extracted from peripheral blood was used to examine methylation between 25 children exposed, and 22 children not exposed to maternal smoking during pregnancy. Three genes (AHRR, CYP1A1, GFI1) were selected based on previous results observed in the general population. Regression analysis was conducted between methylation levels in these candidate genes and: (a) total number of ADHD and CD symptoms; (b) birth weight. Significant differences in methylation were observed in each of the candidate genes between children exposed and not exposed to maternal smoking during pregnancy. Methylation at the selected sites showed significant association with specific phenotypes. Significant correlations were observed between methylation within AHRR and number of CD symptoms; GFI1 and number of ADHD symptoms and GFI1 and birth weight. These initial results may have important clinical implications if confirmed in a larger independent sample.
LED driving device

An embodiment relates to an LED driving technique. The embodiment provides a technique of measuring a forward voltage reaching time of a currently driven LED by comparing a forward voltage sensed in a previous scan line and an LED voltage sensed in a current scan line, and compensating an ON period of a pulse width modulation (PWM) signal by the measured forward voltage reaching time.
Nonlinear endmember extraction in earth observations and astroinformatics data interpretation and compression

As remotely sensed Big Data applications in astrophysics research have been flourishing in the last decade, the need for a new class of techniques and methods for efficient storage, compression, retrieval and investigation of astronomical datasets has become urgent. In this paper, a novel strategy for lossless compression of large datasets composed by remote sensing records is introduced. Specifically, the new approach aims at describing each sample of the given dataset as a point living within a convex hull in a multidimensional space. Thus, the proposed framework aims at characterizing every sample as a nonlinear combination of the extremal points of the aforesaid multidimensional simplex. Therefore, efficient compression can be achieved by describing those samples by the parameters that drive the nonlinear mixture only. Experimental results show how the proposed architecture can effectively deliver great compression performance for both Earth observations and planetary records.
Surfactant-mediated Si quantum dot formation on Ge(001)

Stranski–Krastanow growth, modified by the presence of submonolayer coverages of carbon or antimony, is investigated for tensile strained silicon epilayers on Ge(001) substrates. We find a reduction in the wetting layer thickness from >10 monolayers without surfactant, to 7.5 and 4.5 monolayers, respectively, with Sb and C predeposition. Very small islands with an aspect ratio of 0.05 and a narrow size distribution were found for Sb-mediated growth. For both adatom species the wetting layer is free of dislocations, whereas the Si islands are almost completely strain relaxed, mainly via sessile 90° misfit dislocations. We show that early dislocation nucleation is an inherent property of a (001) oriented cubic heterosystem under tensile strain.
Developing an interdisciplinary collaborative self-management support model: behavioural and communication tools for integrated care

The CoSMaS project aims to develop and test an interdisciplinary Collaborative Self-Management Support Model applicable to several chronic health conditions and to validate model measurement tools for use in research and routine care. The proposed research investigates how different HCPs contribute to supporting self-management, how they coordinate care, and how this can be improved to ensure comprehensive (but not redundant) care and ultimately reduce illness burden. It thus addresses recent calls to improve chronic care in Europe, in line with recent advances towards integrated care and current interest in using social science, especially health communication and behaviour change, to inform health services research. Within a 2-year timeline, it proposes a community-based participatory research approach to develop solutions for collaborative care in France in asthma, stroke and cancer based on input from various stakeholders, while also developing the model internationally via collaborations with other EU research centres. Theoretical literature reviews are first planned to inform model development. Qualitative studies are set to explore the views of patients’, caregivers’ and health care professionals of different specialities on current and desired CoSMaS practices. An international Delphi consultation aims to reach consensus on model elements and hypotheses by synthesizing opinions of research and management experts. Self-report tools are developed, piloted and validated in a cross-sectional online survey. This research is linked to relevant training, knowledge transfer and communication activities to broaden the expertise of the researcher, valorize her current knowledge within the host and partner organizations, and disseminate scientific evidence on collaborative self-management support to scientific audiences and the public at large.
‘And now imagine her or him as a slave, a pitiful slave with no rights’: child forced labourers in the culture of remembrance of the USSR and post-Soviet Ukraine

This article examines the various components of the image of Soviet children, who were deported to Nazi Germany during the Second World War to perform forced labour, within the culture of remembrance of the USSR and post-Soviet Ukraine. In her analysis, the author emphasises that throughout the Soviet period the topic of forced labour had mostly instrumental significance and was used for a variety of propaganda tasks: during the war, to mobilise the population to struggle against the enemy; in its aftermath, to underscore and contrast the essence and policies of the post-war Western ‘democracies’ and the USSR; and, from the late 1960s, to accuse capitalist countries, above all the Federal Republic of Germany, of preparing for undertakings such as a new war or an arms race. With the collapse of the USSR, the Ostarbeiters' ‘territory of memory’ enlarged dramatically. In the new climate of democratic transformation, there were socio-legal initiatives which aimed to regulate the status of forced labourers, an...
TRIPOD FOUNDATION TRANSMISSION TOWER REINFORCEMENT

The disclosed technology includes a tripod reinforcement beam for reinforcing a tripod grillage of a transmission tower. The tripod reinforcement beam may include top and bottom faces that are substantially planar surfaces, a rear face disposed substantially perpendicularly between a rear edge of the top face and a rear edge of the bottom face, and a front face disposed between a front edge of the top face and a front edge of the bottom face. The rear face may include first and second substantially planar rear face portions and an angled rear face portion. The front face may include first and second substantially planar front face portions that are oriented parallel to the first and second substantially planar rear face portions, respectively.
Territorial networking for capacity building and local development: a cross border experience linking Lebanon, Jordan, France, Italy

The decentralisation process which is ongoing in Jordan and Lebanon is facing several challenges such as organisational limitations, a low level of empowerment and a certain lack of capacities of local administrations. Obviously, these difficulties consequently limit the economic development and prevent local administrations from adequately delivering the required services citizens. The T-NET project acts in this framework focusing on the promotion of socio-economic local development among territorial networks of local authorities, clusters of local authorities and civil society organisations from Jordan, Lebanon, France and Italy. Through a networking process, the project aims at building sustainable and long-lasting relationships in order to strengthen the capabilities of territorial planning in Lebanon and Jordan and to contribute to overcoming the obstacles faced in the decentralisation process.
Fast radio-labeling and isotope exchange

The impact of synthetic organic molecules on health, life quality and lifestyle is beyond doubt. It is therefore of fundamental importance to detect and quantify the fate of organic compounds and provide a precise risk/benefit assessment, before they reach the market and large public exposure. The traceless incorporation of carbon-14 allows tracking organic molecules and provides vital knowledge on their fate. This information is critical for pharmaceutical development, crop science and human food safety evaluation. Surprisingly, carbon radiolabeling still represents a bottleneck and an unsolved fundamental problem. In fact, current synthetic strategies are marred by several major drawbacks, including the generation of radioactive waste, being multi-step time-consuming and high resource-demanding. To circumvent such disadvantages, I present FASTLabEx, a novel approach for the straightforward preparation of carbon-labeled complex organic molecules that introduces the radioactive tag at the ultimate-stage of the synthesis. Inspired by efficient metal-catalyzed transformations, FASTLabEx makes use of a novel paradigm of “carbon isotope exchange”, defined as the selective replacement of molecular moieties into organic molecules, by reversible molecular deconstruction/reconstruction in presence of an appropriate radiolabeled moiety. FASTLabEx will explore this concept onto a large variety of functional groups and structural diversity, far beyond the case of carboxylic acids. This approach has the potential to streamline the radio-synthesis of pharmaceuticals and agrochemicals. Outcomes from FASTLabEx will have a tangible societal impact not only for the radiochemical community, but also for pharmaceutical and agrochemical industries and in fine the consumers and patients. In order to mitigate the risks inherent to the project, preliminary results demonstrate its feasibility.
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of a valuable natural and cultural heritage, with innovative approaches

The project takes note of the awareness of the impact that climate change is having on the environment and on the the Alpine communities life. It starts a process of informing people, companies and administrations, studying new strategies and professions related to traditional cultural heritage and the environment. The municipalities support the new model of tourism proposal by building or renovating structures for the knowledge of cultural heritage (historic cross-border road of Muretto and Val Poschiavina, Glacier Garden, Climbing Museum, Museo della Bagnada, Erminio Dioli Museum, Museo del Serpentino), also equipping them with innovative virtual technologies. The agro-food and cultural tradition of the districts finally becomes a development oppportunity, thanks to new gastronomic proposals and the creation of a high altitude botanical garden.
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EVALUATING A FORMATION USING A STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION OF FORMATION DATA

A system and method of evaluating a subterranean earth formation using a statistical distribution of formation data. The system comprises a logging tool and a processor in communication with the logging tool. The logging tool comprises a sensor operable to measure formation data and is locatable in a wellbore intersecting the subterranean earth formation. The processor is operable to calculate inversion solutions to the formation data, wherein each inversion solution comprises values for a parameter of the formation, and generate a statistical distribution of the parameter along one or more depths in the subterranean earth formation using the inversion solutions. The processor is also operable to identify peaks within the statistical distribution and select the inversion solutions corresponding to the identified peaks, generate a formation model using the selected inversion solutions; and evaluate the formation using the formation model to identify formation layers for producing a formation fluid.
Needs of well logging industry in new nuclear detectors

In this paper we discuss some challenges of nuclear well logging related to the lack of the gamma ray and neutron detection technologies capable of operating reliably in the down-hole hostile environment. Different nuclear well logging techniques are described, the parameters of nuclear detectors which would satisfy the requirements imposed by these techniques are considered, and the results of the analysis in the well logging industry demand's for different types of nuclear detectors is presented. The impact of several technological innovations introduced recently in nuclear well logging, including detectors based on LnBr <sub xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">3</sub> :Ce and GYSO scintillation materials, are discussed. The possibility of replacing He <sup xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">3</sup> ionization detectors with Li <sup xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">6</sup> glass scintillation detectors is considered. Also some of the reliability problems of well logging nuclear detectors are analysed and their possible solutions are discussed.
Japanese university students' attitudes toward the Fukushima nuclear disaster

This study investigated Japanese university students' attitudes about the Fukushima nuclear accident and the relations between their attitudes and their opinions about post-disaster reconstruction policies. Gender and geographical differences were also examined. Attitude components were identified, including nuclear power plant efficiency, trust in institutions, and fear of radioactive contamination. Results revealed that men reported higher perceived nuclear power plant efficiency than women did, whereas women showed slightly higher fear of radioactive contamination than men did. Students in Miyagi had higher levels of trust in institutions than students in Tokyo did. Controlling for the effects of gender and geographical differences, fear of radioactive contamination was revealed as a predictor of opinions about post-disaster policies. In contrast, the cognitive components of attitudes did not predict the opinions.
METHOD AND DEVICE PROVIDING A LIQUID DISPLAY

The present invention refers to a method for providing a liquid display displaying a selectable pattern (20-29, 45-48, 58-62) wherein a) either light rays (8, 79) are characterized by at least one light parameter, with the light parameter being defined • by a first light parameter defining the light rays (8, 79) as such, like the frequency and/or amplitude of the light, and/or • by a second light parameter defining the emission of the light rays (8, 79), like the location, repetition rate, width and/or form of emission pulses of the light rays (8, 79), and light deflecting means (17-19, 39-43, 60-62, 82) depend on the light parameter such that the emitted light deflecting means (17-19, 39-43, 60-62, 82) are tuned to the emitted light rays (8, 79) to create cinematographic light effects, b) or the light deflecting means (17-19, 39-43, 60-62, 82) are characterized by at least one deflecting parameter, with the deflecting parameter being defined • by a first deflecting parameter defining the deflecting means (17-19, 39-43, 60-62, 82) as such, like the material size, geometry, weight, amount, density, velocity, acceleration and/or kind of gas or solid material, and/or • by a second deflecting parameter defining the emission of the deflecting means (17-19, 39-43, 60-62, 82), like the location, repetition rate, width and /or form of emission pulses of the light deflecting means (17-19, 39- 43, 60-62), and the light rays (8, 79) depending on the deflecting parameter such that the emitted light rays (8, 79) are tuned to the emitted light deflecting means (17-19, 39-43, 60-62) to create cinematographic light effects.
The mass politics of disintegration

In the past few years, there has been a growing popular backlash against international institutions. Examples include the 2015 Greek bailout referendum, the 2016 Brexit referendum, or the 2016 election of a US President seemingly determined to withdraw US support from various international treaties. The implications of these mass-based disintegration efforts reach far beyond the countries in which they originate. First, the disintegration process is shaped by how remaining member states respond to one member’s bid to unilaterally change or terminate the terms of an existing international agreement. Second, mass-based disintegration bids pose considerable political contagion risks by encouraging disintegrative tendencies in other countries. Unfortunately, our theoretical tools to understand such international disintegration processes are underdeveloped. DISINTEGRATION therefore conducts a broad, systematic, and comparative inquiry into the mass politics of disintegration that pays particular attention to reactions in the remaining member states. It explores when and how one country’s mass-based disintegration experience encourages or deters demands for disintegration in other countries, how these contagion effects are transmitted through domestic elites and domestic discourse, and how the remaining member states ultimately respond during disintegration negotiations. It undertakes large-scale multi-method data collection that exploits the research opportunities offered by two ongoing mass-based disintegration processes: the Brexit negotiations and an upcoming Swiss referendum aimed at terminating a Swiss-EU bilateral treaty. DISINTEGRATION’s main objective is to develop a much-needed theory of mass-based disintegration that helps us understand the transnational dynamics that unfold between governments, political elites and the mass public when one member state attempts to unilaterally withdraw from an international agreement on the basis of widespread popular support.
Binuclear dioxomolybdenum(VI) complexes of some tridentate ONS donor ligand containing [MoO2]2+ as the acceptor center: Synthesis, crystal structure, supramolecular architectures via hydrogen bonds, π-π stacking and DFT calculations

Abstract A series of linear diimine and diamine-bridged binuclear dioxomolybdenum(VI) complexes having general formula [(MoO2L)2(B-B)] [where, B-B is a bridging linear N,N′-bidentate spacer 4,4′ bipyridine, 1,2 bis (4-pyridyl) ethene and 1,2 bis (4-pyridyl) ethane] with the tridentate binegative Schiff base ligands obtained by the condensation of salicylaldehyde/2-hydroxyacetophenone with S-benzyl/S-methyl dithiocarbazate have been synthesized. Elemental analysis, various spectroscopic (IR, UV–Vis, 1H NMR) measurements and electrochemical studies have been used for characterization of these complexes. The complexes 2, 2a, 9 and 10 were structurally characterized by single crystal X-ray crystallography which reveal that in these complexes the overall coordination geometry around the Mo(VI) center can be described as distorted octahedral. Complexes 2, 2a, 9 and 10 give rise to interesting supramolecular architectures via hydrogen bonding and π-π stacking interactions. In addition, extensive hydrogen bonding interactions in complex 10 lead to the formation of cavities. DFT calculations on the ligand and complexes 2, 2a, 9 and 10 were also carried out.