SIRIS-Lab/unlabelled-sti-corpus huggingface dataset:
Smart ceramic hollow fibers for energy efficient gas and vapour sorption

The aim of this project is to develop a novel ceramic hollow fiber adsorption system for high throughput, energy efficient separation and purification of gases/ vapours. Current adsorption technologies are grossly energy inefficient due to waste heat generation and long regeneration times. Therefore, it is important to develop new energy efficient, smart functional materials in order to meet society’s future energy demands. Functional hollow fibers with smart characteristics (such as self-regulated heating and regeneration of the adsorbent bed) have the potential to meet these challenges, and compact systems could be formed that also exhibit low pressure drop, no adsorbent bed settling and channelling, and have a low thermal mass for rapid regeneration of the adsorbent layer. The novel hollow fiber will consist of a thin film zeolite inner layer for adsorption of target species, while the outer layer is formed from a perovskite-type Lanthanum doped BaTiO3 ceramic with positive temperature coefficient of resistance (PTCR) characteristics. The PTCR layer provides inherent temperature control, imparting self-regulating and self-limited Ohmic (Joule) heating with thermal energy directed onto the inner adsorbent layer in order to regenerate the system for the next process cycle. This is a highly multidisciplinary project encompassing the formation of electro-ceramic hollow fibers from wet spinning techniques, zeolite deposition chemistry, and industrial engineering. The MSC-IF researcher will work within the Swiss Federal Institute for Materials Research (EMPA) in the High Performance Ceramics Group, where he will develop expertise in ceramic processing and extrusion. A prototype ceramic hollow fiber, gas purification system will be developed and benchmarked against conventional packed-bed technology, during a secondment phase to NanoPurification Solutions Ltd (UK), a manufacturer of industrial gas separation technology.
Novel calculation and analysis method, planning and application platform that personalizes the mathematical definition of spinal alignment and shape (gap simulator)

THE MOTIVATION & CHALLENGES
More than 1 out of 3 patients (>33%) have mechanical complications after spine surgery despite various efforts of calculation and planning.  Approximately 50% of patients who experience a mechanical complication require a second intervention for a revision surgery, which negatively affects the patient’s well-being and causes increased cost and issues regarding insurance payments. Despite revision surgeries, ideal sagittal alignment still cannot be obtained in some patients. Therefore, to eliminate these negative outcomes due to the currently used population-based analysis methods there is a need for personalised analysis and surgical planning.

THE IDEA: GAP SIMULATOR
GAP Simulator is a novel sagittal spinal shape and alignment analysis method and application platform. GAP Simulator is used for preventive medicine applications and for the diagnosis and treatment of spinal disorders utilised in the fields of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Neurosurgery, Physiotherapy, and in related fields. The GAP analysis and planning system, uses relative angular values to denote deviations from the calculated ideal, and is the first revolutionary system developed for prevention of mechanical complications by personalised preoperative planning. GAP analysis quantifies the spatial orientation of the pelvis, magnitude and distribution of the lumbar lordosis and global spinopelvic alignment via pelvic incidence-adjusted radiographic parameters.

OUR MARKET: Spine Surgical Planning and Spinal Implants Market.
The global spinal surgery devices market was valued at €10.46billion in 2018, and is estimated to be valued at €14.35 million in 2024, witnessing a CAGR of 5.30%. GAP Simulator is expected to grab up to 0.957% of this market 5 years post commercialisation.
Efficient induction of probabilistic word classes with LDA

Word classes automatically induced from distributional evidence have proved useful many NLP tasks including Named Entity Recognition, parsing and sentence retrieval. The Brown hard clustering algorithm is commonly used in this scenario. Here we propose to use Latent Dirichlet Allocation in order to induce soft, probabilistic word classes. We compare our approach against Brown in terms of efficiency. We also compare the usefulness of the induced Brown and LDA word classes for the semi-supervised learning of three NLP tasks: fine-grained Named Entity Recognition, Morphological Analysis and semantic Relation Classification. We show that using LDA for word class induction scales better with the number of classes than the Brown algorithm and the resulting classes outperform Brown on the three tasks.
Understanding guide dog team interactions

The visually impaired have been a longstanding and well-recognized user group addressed in the field of Human-Computer Interaction (HCI). Recently, the study of sighted dog owners and their pets has gained interest in HCI. Despite this, there is a noticeable gap in the field with regards to research on visually impaired owners and their dogs (guide dog teams). This paper presents a study that explores the interactions of guide dog teams revealing a rich, holistic understanding of their everyday lives and needs, across both work and leisure activities. Our findings inform and inspire future research and practices suggesting three opportunity areas: supporting working guide dog teams, enhancing play-interaction through accessible dog toys utilizing sensor technologies, and speculative and exploratory opportunities. This work contributes to the growing research on designing for human-canine teams and motivates future research with guide dog teams.
Antbiotic – progressing tb drug candidates to clinical proof of concept

Tuberculosis (TB) today rivals HIV/AIDS as the leading cause of death from infectious diseases. The number of TB patients has never been higher and the growing proportion of drug-resistant TB is threatening control strategies both in the developing and developed world, Eastern Europe being a particularly worrying point in case. The anTBiotic consortium aims to fuel the long-term TB clinical pipeline while immediately offering new options to clinicians when confronted with multidrug-resistant (MDR)-TB. More specifically, the proposed studies aim to: 

a) Establish the proof of concept of anti-TB efficacy in humans of a pioneering, first-in-class, low-dose GSK oxaborole clinical drug candidate; 
b) Identify a combination of β-lactam antibiotics suitable for the treatment of MDR TB orally or as a once daily intravenous or intramuscular application and 
c) Incorporate the best β-lactam combination into an explorative salvage regimen for untreatable patients with extensively drug-resistant TB 

The anti-TB activity in humans will be established in a two-week EBA clinical studies that combine established (CFU, TTP) and new clinical markers (biomarkers, PET/CT). These datasets will help ascertain anti-TB efficacy in humans and generate confidence on their validity in longer-term drug combination trials. A variety of modelling approaches to predict optimal dosing will be used. Finally, we intend to use at least one of these novel anti-TB entities as part of a pioneering, non-controlled clinical trial in highly drug resistant subjects in Europe and South Africa. This final clinical intervention will hopefully be of immediate benefit to drug-resistant patients in the EU and elsewhere in addition to generating a strong precedent for further adoption worldwide.
Vibration Analysis of Offshore Oil and Gas Platform Mechanical Equipment

Ding, N., 2020. Vibration analysis of offshore oil and gas platform mechanical equipment. In: Gong, D.; Zhang, M., and Liu, R. (eds.), Advances in Coastal Research: Engineering, Industry, Economy, and Sustainable Development. Journal of Coastal Research, Special Issue No. 106, pp. 633–637. Coconut Creek (Florida), ISSN 0749-0208.Based on the case of a shallow-water drilling platform, this article focuses on the vibration principle and vibration-control strategy for oil and gas platforms. Through the analysis of ANSYS and field-measured data, this research obtained several causes for violent vibrations of platforms and puts forward countermeasures to prevent platform accidents from vibration. Drilling platforms belong to offshore operation, which have great theoretical risks. In the work of substations, railways, and mines on land, the design of the operation sheet and dispatching instruction are strictly evaluated, and there should be similar attention to dispatching work of drilling platform.
Exploiting glycosylation of colorectal cancer for the development of improved diagnostics and therapeutics

Colorectal cancer (CRC) is a major worldwide cancer burden with about 1.4 million cases in 2012 and an annual mortality of approximately 700,000. Early detection is crucial as treatment is most efficient in early stages where population based screenings could substantially reduce incidence and mortality.
Current screening techniques are invasive or lack sensitivity and specificity. Moreover, the molecular mechanisms leading to the formation of different antigens suggested as CRC biomarkers and potential therapeutic targets are poorly understood, especially with regard to carbohydrate-based molecules, such as glycans. Enhancing our understanding of the structure-function relationship of glycosylation in CRC could lead to the discovery of improved diagnostic and prognostic biomarkers and pave the way for nov-el therapeutic targets.
Building on an established network of analysts with many years of experience in (glyco)proteomics and biomarker research, in collaboration with colleagues in the field of glycobiology and glyco-immunology, GlyCoCan will develop new methods, and use current state of the art methods, to investigate the role of glycosylation in many different aspects of CRC.
The GlyCoCan multi-disciplinary network will principally be a training programme with a substantial industrial focus on technology transfer and teaching of internationally adopted biopharma regulations (GMP, ISO9001, ICH guidelines). The underlying specific research objectives will be addressed within individual ESR projects, giving rise to a generation of ESRs whose main focus is investigating and tackling the challenges of the role of glycosylation within CRC and other diseases. 
The network will address the currently unmet need for glycosylation researchers with an inter-disciplinary perspective to fully exploit the immense potential of the young scientific field of glyco-oncology and to set them on a path to successful and productive careers in academic and industrial collaborations.
Strengthening Key aErospace technologY for smart transport monitoring systEms

On 28 May 2019, the Council at the end of its 3694th meeting adopted conclusions on the future of European space policy. Recognising the role of space as an enabler for social and economic benefits and its importance in shaping a number of sectoral policies, the Council calls for greater coordination between the EU and member states in addressing the challenges posed by the transformation of the space sector. The Council underlines that space offers new opportunities to enhance competitiveness, innovation, entrepreneurship, skills and capacity building in all Member States and at regional level, with particular regard to small and medium-sized enterprises and start-ups and their inclusion in the existing value chains, and so it highlights the importance to strengthen cross-border international cooperation. The SkEye project aims precisely to follow this recommendations and foster collaboration among R&D (highly specialised universities and research centers), industries, SMEs and policy makers in order to exploit the existing technologies and maximise the innovation potential of future aerospace technologies for transport monitoring and spatial planning in the Cooperation area. This will be done by facilitating knowledge transfer and market uptake of aerospace technologies for transport monitoring and land planning (from environmental control and security to road monitoring. Moreover, SkEye project will favour the endorsement EU regulations on the use of space technologies (more precisely, data and technologies derived by Copernicus and Galileo systems) from EU to IPA Countries. SkEye project will also focus on business creation, by favouring the creation on start ups to complete the supply chain at cross-border level with innovative pilots/products.
Achiote TOTAL

O ensaio se compõe de imagens da preparação e desenhos do dia do desfile do bloco de carnaval Achiote TOTAL, que aconteceu dia 23 de fevereiro de 2019 nas ruas de Medellín, Colômbia. Nesta cidade o Carnaval de rua foi proibido em 1916 e não voltou a ser celebrado como antes. Tomamos suas ruas de vermelho partindo da ideia de vingança passional/política, depois de juntar-nos por semanas seguidas criando parafernálias e disfarces coletvamente. Achiote (em espanhol Urucum) TOTAL foi um carnaval pequeno e único que tingiu parte do centro da cidade, reuniu pessoas, ocupou as ruas e causou ruído por onde passou.
ROMEO SAILING S.R.L.

LA ROMEO SAILING SRL, E' UN'IMPRESA CHE SVOLGE LA PROPRIA ATTIVITA' NEL SETTORE NAUTICO E PRECISAMENTE E' UN NEGOZIO PER LA VENDITA AL DETTAGLIO DI ACCESSORI E PEZZI DI RICAMBIO DI OGNI GENERE NECESSARI AL DIPORTO NAUTICO. VENGONO VENDUTI INOLTRE ANCHE MOTORI MARINI FUORIBORDO NONCHE' GOMMONI, TENDER E PICCOLE IMBARCAZIONI. IL PUNTO VENDITA E' SITUATO ALL'INTERNO DEL PORTO DI MARINA DEGLI AREGAI E SI RIVOLGE PRINCIPALMENTE AI DIPORTISTI SENZA TRALASCIARE PERO' DI FORNIRE ANCHE ALCUNI OPERATORI DEL SETTORE (ELETTRICISTI, MECCANICI, DEALER, ECC.). PER POTER SODDISFARE LA PROPRIA CLIENTELA LA ROMEO SAILING SI E' DOTATA UN AMPIO MAGAZZINO CON CIRCA 150.000 ' DI MERCE PRESENTE E SI E' SEMPRE AUTOFINANZIATA.
How We Think about Economics

If there is a favorite sentence that encapsulates Vernon Smith’s contribution to how I think about economics, it is the first one in the second footnote of his Nobel lecture: “Doing experimental economics has changed the way I think about economics” (reprinted in Smith, 2003; p. 465). He elaborates further: There are many reasons for this, but one of the most prominent is that designing and conducting experiments forces you to think through the process rules and procedures of an institution. Few, like Einstein, can perform detailed and imaginative mental experiments. Most of us need the challenge of real experiments to discipline our thinking.
Systematic model for estimation of future inadvertent human intrusion into deep rad-waste repository by domestic groundwater well drilling

Abstract Future human intrusion into a geological repository for spent nuclear fuels and radioactive waste is a safety case that inherently involves a high uncertainty, especially in areas with a high population density. The uncertainty associated with inadvertent human intrusion needs to account for the complexity of various conceivable circumstances with the long-term evolution of society or technology. In this study, a new dynamic Monte Carlo model is developed to properly incorporate the potential future human intrusion frequency, which has never been performed in past studies. The developed model for inadvertent deep groundwater well drilling into a repository focuses on the assessment of the quantitative effects of factors mitigating or enhancing future human intrusion risk. Assuming the current groundwater well depth distribution in the Gyeongsangnam-do region of the Republic of Korea, the future human intrusion frequency is estimated to be 5.89 × 10 - 4 1 / yr for a repository with a depth of 500 m and a hypothetical area of 5.27 × 10 - 1 km 2 . The model predicts that the frequency may reach up to 2.18 × 10 - 3 1 / yr as the depth of a groundwater well increases in the future, as expected from the data trending performed in this study. A sensitivity analysis shows that a proper design can suppress the frequency, which increases positively with the repository area and negatively with the depth of the repository. However, mitigation by a repository design tends to be weakened as the well depth distribution increases. Since the average well depth increases with time, the mitigation effects achieved by reducing the area or increasing the depth of a repository may not be effective against the current expectation. In this case, the most reliable approach for minimizing future human intrusion risk will be a reduction in the radiotoxicity concentration of the waste.
A SENSOR ASSEMBLY FOR SENSING THE TURBIDITY OF A CLEANING MEDIUM IN A CLEANING APPLIANCE

The present disclosure relates to a sensor assembly (100) for sensing the turbidity of a cleaning medium in a cleaning appliance (190), comprising: a printed circuit board (122) having a substantially planar top surface and a substantially planar bottom surface; a light emitter (112) operably mounted to said printed circuit board (122), configured to emit an electromagnetic signal in a first direction substantially perpendicular to and away from said planar top surface; a light receiver (114) operably mounted to said printed circuit board (122) spaced apart from said light emitter (112) along said substantially planar top surface, configured to receive said electromagnetic signal from a second direction substantially perpendicular to and towards said planar top surface of said printed circuit board (122); and a light guide (150), operably coupleable between said light emitter (112) and said light receiver (114), defining a signal path (116) extending from said light emitter (112) to said light receiver (114) utilising: a first light guide portion (152), configured to reflectingly redirect said electromagnetic signal in a third direction non-parallel to said first direction and in a fourth direction non-parallel to said third direction at a first light guide exit point (160), and a second light guide portion (162), spaced apart from said first light guide portion (152) in a direction parallel to said planar top surface by a predetermined gap, configured to receive said electromagnetic signal exiting said first light guide exit point (160) and reflectingly redirect said electromagnetic signal in a fifth direction non-parallel to said fourth direction and in a sixth direction coaxial with said second direction.
Artificial life today anthropological and sociological analysis of life engineering

We are witnessing profound changes in our societies via biosciences and bio-technologization. Biotechnologies, synthetic biology, and new genetics in general represent key areas of life sciences, characterised by rapid technological and scientific development. The biotechnologies as key areas of contemporary cultural and social transformations are influenced by specific technological rationality and power that is inscribed in the very foundations of modern society. The power is biopower/biopolitics, which names, creates, and controls life. The project addresses contemporary challenges in the field of biopolitical life engineering, specifically in case of PGD (preimplantantion genetic diagnosis) technology. There is a lack of reflection on the broader social and cultural context and on the ramifications of synthetic life engineering, PGD in the Czech Republic from the anthropological and sociological points of view. These issues remain unanalysed, contributing to a lack of understanding of the specific concerns of synthetic life and life sciences in the Eastern European and post-socialist context. This proposed project will analyse social context of technology PGD in the Czech Republic in comparison with Germany. This project is guided by the main questions: How is the field of life engineering, particularly PGD technology, culturally and socially structured in the Czech Republic in comparison with Germany? What kinds and forms of agency are involved there? Are there any specific concerns in public debates relating to life engineering in comparisons of Eastern and Western Europe? The main aim of this research, which will be conducted on case studies of two European countries, is to analyse and interpret through sociological and anthropological perspective the ways in which current forms of biopower and ideas of artificial life have been influencing the social field of life engineering, especially PGD technology.
Next generation renewable energy portfolio asset management based on predictive analytics

Isotrol, as a specialist on ICT solutions for renewable energies, has identified a business opportunity of develop and take to market a new generation of portfolio asset manager based on analysing on the large amount of technical and economic data available.

The consolidation of the renewable energies sector and the change of centre of gravity from technical towards financial and asset managers as the main players in the sector. These actors handle hundreds or thousands of energy generation facilities from a large diversity for sizes and technologies (Wind, Photovoltaics, Biomass, Hydro) that has purchased from promoters.  The existing tools in the market are based on informational systems or scorecards for the main parameters of the facilities, but, in general, have not been able to take advantage of the complete digitization of the processes and the new techniques of BigData, predictive analytics and systems capable of learning that are capable of provide detailed insights of the portfolio for: a) detecting non-optimal production. b) selling energy strategy and c) O&M cost reductions. The solution is focused as a services (SaaS) for the management of the portfolio, providing specific information about these three areas. On-premise installation for some customers are also foreseen. This data driven predictive analytics over the detailed information of a renewable portfolio is expected to increase the revenue for asset manager in a 10%.

Renewable energies is a key sector for EU economy that already employs over 1 million people and accounted for EUR 144 billion in 2014. The Renewable Energy Directive has the aim of making the EU world number one in renewables. European Commission has set the objective of 27% share of renewable energy for 2030. Growing rates for large (‘utility-scale’) renewable facilities are very consistent in main accessible markets (USA 51% in PV and 11% in wind; Europe, 12% and 5%, Latam 280% and 38%).
NIPPLE DECORATION DEVICE

A nipple decoration device particularly for attachment to a female breast has an integral spring bias which provides a compressive force on two support arms. At the end of each support arm is an arcuate pad which is in contact with the nipple. The nipple decoration device is held in place by the bias force of the integral spring transmitted to the arcuate pads by the support arms.
COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS PERTAINING TO PNA SYNTHONS AND OLIGOMERS COMPRISING A UNIVERSAL BASE

This invention is related to compositions and methods pertaining to PNA synthons, PNA oligomers and/or PNA/DNA Chimeras comprising a universal base.