SIRIS-Lab/unlabelled-sti-corpus huggingface dataset:
Relationship between class order and parameter approximation in unsupervised learning

Due to the growing number of unlabeled documents, it is becoming important to develop unsupervised methods capable of automatically extracting information. Topic models and neural networks represent two such methods, and parameter approximation algorithms are typically employed to estimate the parameters because it is not possible precisely to compute the parameters when using these methods. One of the well-known weaknesses of these approximation algorithms is that they do not find the global optimum but instead find one of many local optima. It is also known that initialization of the parameters affects the results of the parameter approximation process. In this paper, we hypothesize that the order of data class is also a factor that affects the parameter approximation results. Through digit recognition experiments with MNIST data, we prove that this hypothesis is valid and argue that it will be better always to use fully shuffled data to avoid incorrect conclusions.
Platform to Form Opinions Related to Mobility

PLATFORM aims at integrating social sustainability into infrastructure planning decision making, considering community needs, equitable accessibility and polycentric design that enhances social participation. As EU policies underline, social impacts and interests of local authorities and civil society affected by a common project should be taken into account to prevent conflicts. In this policy framework, PLATFORM fits between a strategic development and the exploration, as the awareness needs to be aroused and new methodologies and tools developed, to pursue a bottom-up driven approach. The main output will be a transnational awareness platform, developed and presented in a final meeting and exhibition (ME/EX) showing in an inclusive and interactive way project results and developed tools, i.e. didactic tools, seminars/webinars and proposals for the future, also available in a support documentation. The platform will therefore have a physical product and be a discussion virtual place.
Enhanced Connectivity and Harmonization of data for the Adriatic Intermodal Network

E-CHAIN main objective is to enhance connectivity and harmonization of data for the Adriatic Intermodal Network, through the realization of a modular integrated software (E-CHAIN platform) for the management of intermodal transport services in port areas for passenger transport. To enhance the current situation, E-CHAIN will focus on providing new services such as an improved Port multimodal infomobility system for the passengers, a ticketing system integrated with other transport modes, an advanced touristic co-marketing tool for the operators. These services will be designed and deployed in the selected pilot sites (Ancona, Split and Venice). A Business model suited to adapt the technology developed in the three applicative contexts will be created and specific needs will be taken into account.
GEOM.MARCO BALDONI

PROFESSIONAL TECHNICAL STUDY — COMPOSED OF THE HOLDER AND THE PRACTISING SON. THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXPAND THE SUPPLY OF SOFTWARE AND HARDWARE IS FUNCTIONAL TO THE EXPANSION OF THE BUSINESS FOR THE PRESENCE OF THE SON OF THE OWNER ANCH’S IN THE PROCESS OF OBTAINING THE AUTHORISATION. THE STUDIO CARRIED OUT A PROJECT FOR SMALL INTERVEBNTI BUILDINGS, CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT AND SCARCITY IN MOBILE YARDS, CADASTRAL PRACTICES AND IS TECHNICAL CONSULTANT TO THE COURT OF GENOA WITH 30ENNALE EXPERIENCE. HE IS ALSO A TECHNICIAN ON THE REGIONAL LIST OF CERTIFIERS.
Cracking the anterior cingulate code: toward a unified theory of acc function

Anterior cingulate cortex is one of the largest riddles in cognitive neuroscience and presents a major challenge to mental health research. ACC dysfunction contributes to a wide spectrum of psychiatric and neurological disorders but no one knows what it actually does. Although more than a thousand papers are published about it each year, attempts to identify its function have been confounded by the fact that a multiplicity of tasks and events activate ACC, as if it were involved in everything.

Recently, I proposed a theory that reconciles many of the complexities surrounding ACC. This holds that ACC selects and motivates high-level, temporally extended behaviors according to principles of hierarchical reinforcement learning. For example, on this view ACC would be responsible for initiating and sustaining a run up a steep mountain. I have instantiated this theory in two computational models that make explicit the theory's assumptions, while yielding testable predictions. In this project I will integrate the two computational models into a unified, biologically-realistic model of ACC function, which will be evaluated using mathematical techniques from non-linear dynamical systems analysis. I will then systematically test the unified model in a series of experiments involving functional magnetic resonance imaging, electroencephalography and psychopharmacology, in both healthy human subjects and patients.
								
The establishment of a complete, formal account of ACC will fill an important gap in the cognitive neuroscience of cognitive control and decision making, strongly impact clinical practice, and be important for artificial intelligence and robotics research, which draws inspiration from brain-based mechanisms for cognitive control. The computational modelling work will also link high level, abstract processes associated with hierarchical reinforcement learning with low level cellular mechanisms, enabling the theory to be tested in animal models.
System and method for trick play of highly compressed video data

A system for providing trickplay functionality—such as pause, instant replay, rewind, fast forward, etc—for very highly compressed video/audio data stream. Depending on the trickplay functionality, the system configures the duration of playback before a jump, the decoding speed required, the number of pictures to display per second, and the distance between jumps. The system may comprise a decoder, a picture rate controller and a display.
Execução de atividades de exportação para o mercado vietnamita da Separator Spares Int. Poland Sp. z o.o.

O projeto visa apoiar a expansão da empresa para um novo mercado externo e baseia-se no documento «Estratégia Empresarial Internacional» elaborado por uma empresa de consultoria especializada, que inclui uma análise da área de interesse da empresa, o mercado-alvo indicado para o desenvolvimento e expansão, análise da posição competitiva da empresa, bem como formas recomendadas de implementação da estratégia de exportação. O projeto está previsto para o período compreendido entre 1 de outubro de 2016 e 30 de setembro de 2017. Durante este período, prevê-se obter os certificados necessários para operar em mercados selecionados, preparar e participar em feiras e atividades internacionais no domínio da pesquisa e seleção de parceiros comerciais. As atividades descritas no documento consistem numa estratégia global, coerente e a longo prazo, que, de facto, com grande probabilidade, permitirá adquirir um novo mercado estrangeiro e empreiteiros para os produtos da Separtor Spares. Entre os resultados das atividades de exportação, é mais importante ganhar parceiros de negócios e obter reconhecimento de marca na indústria. A participação em tais projetos permite que você estabeleça relacionamentos-chave com potenciais empreiteiros estrangeiros e exista na conscientização dos clientes.
The Use of Earnings Forecasts in Stock Recommendations: Are Accurate Analysts More Consistent?

Abstract:  We examine how analysts’ conflicting incentives to be either accurate or optimistic affect their choice to generate stock recommendations with rigorous valuation models or growth-based heuristics. Consistent with prior research the average analyst recommendation is negatively associated with rigorous valuation models and positively associated with growth-based heuristics, we document that these associations are weakest for the most accurate analysts and strongest for the least accurate analysts. We also find evidence consistent with consistency between recommendations and valuation models underlying the positive future returns from trading on the most accurate analysts’ recommendations. Our results are consistent with reputation incentives to be accurate mitigating the use of optimistic growth-based models in generating stock recommendations.
C2-di-ethyl-ceramide-1-phosphate as an inhibitor of group IVA cytosolic phospholipase A2

Ceramide-1-phosphate (C1P) has been shown to bind with C2 domain in group IVA cytosolic phospholipase A(2) (cPLA(2)α, PLA2G4A) and activate the enzyme activity directly. In cells, C1P causes translocation of cPLA(2)α to perinuclear regions including the Golgi complex by interacting with C2 domain in the enzyme, and then cPLA(2)α releases arachidonic acid from substrate phospholipids in the regions. In this study, we synthesized new di-ethyl (DE) phosphate ester analogs of C1P with N-acyl chains of different lengths, and examined their effects on cPLA(2)α. A DE-C1P analog with a C2-N-acyl chain (C2-DE-C1P), but not DE-C1P analogs with longer N-acyl chain, such as C6- and C16-DE-C1P, inhibited release of arachidonic acid via cPLA(2)α activation in CHO-W11A cells expressing platelet-activating factor (PAF) receptors without changing secretory phospholipase A(2)-induced release. Treatment with C2-DE-C1P did not modify phosphorylation of extracellular signal-regulated kinase 1/2 and cPLA(2)α and increase of intracellular Ca(2+) level induced by PAF, but inhibited Ca(2+)- and PAF-induced accumulation of cPLA(2)α in the Golgi complex. Phosphatidylcholine vesicles containing C2-DE-C1P reduced cPLA(2)α activity in vitro. C2-DE-C1P disturbed the binding of the enzyme to glycerophospholipids in the lipid-protein overlay assay, and the reagent alone did not bind to the enzyme. Interestingly, C2-DE-C1P inhibited neither Ca(2+)- and PAF-induced accumulation of C2 domain of cPLA(2)α in the Golgi complex nor binding of cPLA(2)α to C16-C1P. These results suggest that C2-DE-C1P appeared to inhibit cPLA(2)α, probably by interaction with a site in the catalytic domain of the enzyme, not with the site in C2 domain responsible for native C1P.
Structure–Function Studies of Amyloid Pores in Alzheimer’s Disease as a Case Example of Neurodegenerative Diseases

Abstract Amyloidogenic proteins, characterized by their ability to form fibrilar aggregates with β-sheet configurations, play an important role in several neurodegenerative diseases, including Alzheimer’s disease. Although their exact mechanism of toxicity is not yet known, considerable experimental evidence, including planar lipid bilayer (BLM), calcium imaging, atomic force microscopy (AFM) and electron microscopy (EM), links small oligomers to membrane permeabilization, leading to cytotoxicity by loss of ionic homeostasis. A possible mechanism of this toxicity involves amyloids incorporated as pore-forming structures in the lipid environment of the membrane. Such pores produce stepwise increases in current across lipid bilayers in BLM data and can be recognized as small protrusions in AFM images. Unlike classic ion channels, these pores exhibit multiple ionic conductances and they have a variable number of subunits. Molecular dynamics (MD) simulations have provided atomistic models that capture the essential features of the pores. In these simulations, monomers adopt the U-shaped, β-strand-turn-β-strand motif as a general feature of amyloid organization.
Millet and beans, language and genes. the origin and dispersal of the transeurasian family.

The question about the origin and dispersal of the Transeurasian languages (i.e. Japonic, Koreanic, Tungusic, Mongolic and Turkic) is one of the most disputed issues in linguistic history. Eurasia3angle will address this question from an interdisciplinary perspective. My key objective is to effectively synthesize linguistic, archaeological and genetic evidence in a single approach, for which I use the term ""triangulation"". To this end, my project will bring together a highly qualified interdisciplinary team of doctoral and postdoctoral researchers along with world-eminent experts, who will focus on testing the Farming/Language Dispersal Hypothesis for the Transeurasian languages. The FLDH attributes the dispersal of some of the world's major language families to the adoption of agriculture and subsequent population expansion, whereby the language of new farmers displaced that of preexisting hunter gatherers. In contrast to its application to the major language families in East Asia, the FLDH has not been tested yet for the Transeurasian languages. My research team will specifically investigate the hypothesis that the Transeurasian languages derive from a homeland in South Manchuria and that their early dispersal should be associated with the spread of cultivation of millet and beans. For this purpose, we will use advanced techniques recently introduced to the individual disciplines, such as the application of phylogenetic methods to linguistic classification, a focus on derivational morphology in the reconstruction of subsistence-related language, a matrix-based comparison of archaeological cultures and a model-based approach applied to genome-wide autosomal data. Converging these partial perspectives into a more holistic understanding of what really happened in the past is quite a challenge. However, if successful, this research will be a break-through in the investigation of human prehistory in general and in the long-standing Transeurasian debate in particular.
P.A.M. DI ManicaM Murugavel & C. S.A.S.

LA SOCIÉTÉ P.A.M. S.A.S A ÉTÉ FONDÉE EN 2004 EN TANT QU’ENTREPRISE FAMILIALE DANS LE BUT DE GARANTIR AUX CLIENTS UNE EXPÉRIENCE UNIQUE. NOUS PROPOSONS UNE IDÉE DE VACANCES DANS LAQUELLE NOUS RECONNAISSONS ET RESPECTONS LES SOUHAITS DE CHAQUE INVITÉ AVEC ENTHOUSIASME, GENTILLESSE ET PROFESSIONNALISME. SITUÉ PRÈS DE LA MER ET DU VILLAGE DE BOCCADASSE, NOUS OFFRONS À NOS CLIENTS LA POSSIBILITÉ DE PROFITER ET DE DÉCOUVRIR LES ATTRACTIONS GÉNOISES. NOUS MENONS NOTRE TRAVAIL, EN RESPECTANT LES PRINCIPES MORAUX ET LES NORMES PROFESSIONNELLES, LA TRANSPARENCE, LA RELATION DE CONFIANCE ET UN SENTIMENT D’APPARTENANCE À LA FAMILLE. LES AUTRES VALEURS DE L’ENTREPRISE SONT LA DURABILITÉ ENVIRONNEMENTALE, LE RESPECT DE TOUTES LES FORMES DE VIE, LE RESPECT DU TERRITOIRE ET DES TRADITIONS DE LA RÉGION ET DE LA VILLE. EN ADOPTANT UNE APPROCHE INNOVANTE, NOUS ESSAYONS D’OBTENIR UNE AMÉLIORATION CONTINUE DE NOS SERVICES. EN CE QUI CONCERNE LE SERVICE DE RESTAURATION, NOUS TRAVAILLONS EN SYNERGIE AVEC LES RESTAURANTS LOCAUX, EN PARTICULIER DANS LA ZONE BUCCALE.
Effects of Various Degrees of Antennal Ablation on Mating and Oviposition Preferences of the Diamondback Moth, Plutella xylostella L.

Abstract Using scanning electron microscopy, we investigated the distribution of the trichoid, basiconic, and coeloconic sensilla on the antennae of the diamondback moth (DBM; Plutella xylostella). The trichoid sensilla were the most abundant sensory organ, and the male moth antennae host significantly more trichoid sensilla than female moth antennae. Conversely, basiconic and coeloconic sensilla were found more frequently on female than on male antennae. We performed experiments with various degrees of antennal ablation and demonstrated that DBM antennae played a key role in the control of mating and oviposition. We found that neither oviposition preference nor mating behaviors changed significantly when less than 1/4 of both antennae were removed. However, there was a significant behavioral change when the antennae were ablated by more than half. As the length of the antenna was shortened, the successful mating rate decreased and mating peak was delayed. An otherwise consistent host preference for oviposition was eliminated when both antennae were completely removed. Furthermore, we found that the number of trichoid sensilla was positively correlated with mating rate and oviposition preference. However, the numbers of basiconic and coeloconic sensilla were not correlated with mating rate and mating peak, but highly correlated with oviposition preference. Taken together, our results indicate that antennal sensory information plays a critical role in the mating and oviposition behaviors of this economically important pest.
Generalized motorcycle graphs for imperfect quad-dominant meshes

We introduce a practical pipeline to create UV T-layouts for real-world quad dominant semi-regular meshes. Our algorithm creates large rectangular patches by relaxing the notion of motorcycle graphs and making it insensitive to local irregularities in the mesh structure such as non-quad elements, redundant irregular vertices, T-junctions, and others. Each surface patch, which can contain multiple singularities and/or polygonal elements, is mapped to an axis-aligned rectangle, leading to a simple and efficient UV layout, which is ideal for texture mapping (allowing for mipmapping and artifact-free bilinear interpolation). We demonstrate that our algorithm is an ideal solution for both recent semi-regular, quad-dominant meshing methods, and for the low-poly meshes typically used in games and movies.
Flow photoelectrocatalysis via hydrogen-atom transfer:  net-oxidative c-h to c-c bond conversion

Currently, direct C-H to C-C bond conversion achieved via photocatalyzed Hydrogen Atom Transfer is mainly limited to redox neutral transformations, where the electrons in the reagents are preserved in the product of interest. The few non-redox neutral approaches reported are oxidative processes that require aggressive oxidants or fragile dual-catalytic systems to remove the extra electrons.
HAT-TRICK combines photocatalyzed Hydrogen Atom Transfer (p-HAT), electrochemistry (e-chem) and flow chemistry (flow-chem) to deliver a game-changing and easy-to-use technology to drive these net-oxidative transformations sustainably.
On one side, p-HAT will be used as the substrate activation manifold because it consists in the direct activation of a C-H bond in the substrate by the excited state of a photocatalyst to deliver an organoradical to be exploited for synthetic purposes. This methodology shows unrivalled atom-efficiency, step-economy and sustainability and waives chemists from installing activating groups in the molecule. On the other side, e-chem stands as a unique way to remove extra electrons from the reaction mixture, since an anode works as a recyclable, bottomless sink of electrons. This strategy outperforms those based on chemical oxidants as it allows to have absolute control on the applied potential, which is vital in the presence of the fleeting reactive intermediates that will be generated via p-HAT. Finally, flow-chem consistutes a godsend for this project: in a flow electrochemical cell the interelectrode distance can be reduced to micrometers, ensuring that radical intermediates are generated next to the anode to encourage the needed oxidation. On top of that, flow-chem innate modularity enables the possibility of performing tandem reactions.
Given the above, HAT-TRICK will open new avenues in organic synthesis and will allow to run cross-dehydrogenative couplings (RO1), functionalization of alkenes (RO2) and the dehydrogenation of alkanes (RO3).
RESults Enabling Transitions: mapping, synthesising and mainstreaming sustainable, green and circular business support achievements in the MED region, for replication and policy-making.

In recognition of the Mediterranean accelerating employment and environmental crises, there are various calls for action to create a sustainable and inclusive economy that ‘works for everyone'. As the region thrive towards developing and implementing measures for a sustainable green transition, RESET aims to facilitate economic and social development via supporting the creation of sustainable and green businesses. The project will gather, analyse and synthesize learnings regarding 'what works' within the field of sustainable and green business support, and seeks to upstream this knowledge effectively. It will support local, national and regional stakeholders to make use of this knowledge to create strategies, policies and regulations to stimulate the green economy. RESET targets seven Mediterranean countries and will address the whole enabling eco-system – from EU projects, local initiatives and policies to national and regional policies and regulations – to capitalize on knowledge related to training, advice, networking services, access to funding and markets, as well as Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) protection, with a focus on women and youth inclusion.
COCINA INTELIGENTE VERDE (GREEMEN): COCINA INTELIGENTE CON UN IMPACTO AMBIENTAL CONSCIENTE Y SOSTENIBLE.

HOY EN DÍA, EL PROCESO DE PRODUCCIÓN DE COCINAS PARECE HABER ALCANZADO UN BUEN NIVEL DE SOSTENIBILIDAD AMBIENTAL, YA QUE EXPLOTA EN SU MAYOR PARTE MATERIAS PRIMAS COMO EL TABLERO DE PARTÍCULAS DE MADERA O EL ÚLTIMO TABLERO DE FIBRA DE DENSIDAD MEDIA (MDF), DERIVADO DE RESIDUOS DE PROCESAMIENTO DE MADERA O DE MADERA RECICLADA DE OTRO MODO. EN REALIDAD, EL GABINETE DE COCINA SIGUE SIENDO FUERTEMENTE IMPACTANTE DEBIDO A LA COMPLEJIDAD DE LOS MATERIALES QUE LO COMPONEN Y A LOS PEGAMENTOS Y DISOLVENTES QUE SE UTILIZAN COMÚNMENTE TANTO EN LA PRODUCCIÓN DE LOS PANELES ENNOBLECIDOS COMO EN LAS OPERACIONES DE BORDE, PINTURA, ACABADO Y MONTAJE. ESTOS PRODUCTOS SON FUENTES DE COMPUESTOS ORGÁNICOS VOLÁTILES (COV), PRECURSORES IMPORTANTES PARA LA FORMACIÓN DE OZONO EN LAS CAPAS INFERIORES DE LA ATMÓSFERA, QUE TAMBIÉN SON MUY PELIGROSOS PARA LA SALUD DE LA PERSONA PORQUE PUEDEN CAUSAR IRRITACIÓN AL TRACTO RESPIRATORIO Y SON MUY A MENUDO CARCINÓGENOS.   DESDE EL PUNTO DE VISTA ENERGÉTICO LA COCINA ÃŠ L’
Knowledge-Based Economic Policy Development in the Arab World

The Arab world is one of the fastest growing economies in the world. In order to keep up with the ever-progressing and expanding developments, advancements must be made with the current systems process and procedures. Knowledge-Based Economic Policy Development in the Arab World focuses on knowledge economy as the most important engine for economic growth and development under the globalising world economies. This publication analyses the major issues that constrain further access to knowledge economy in the Arab countries with comparisons in Eastern and Central European economies. Researchers, business practitioners and academics interested in new economic and development inclusive growth policies will benefit greatly from the wide variety of discussion in this publication.