SIRIS-Lab/unlabelled-sti-corpus huggingface dataset:
Green Mobile Telecommunication: Assessment and Implementation A Consumer Perspective in Lebanon

Mobile telecommunications’ sector is one of the fastest developing sectors in the world. Both high usage and demand gather to show how this sector is increasing especially with the energy resources it requires to operate. Mobile telecommunications has a direct effect on the environment related to the usage (users’ behavior, network’s interaction, power and energy saving, etc.). The main objectives of this research are to assess the consumers’ awareness and willingness to pay in order to go green in mobile telecommunication, while measuring the attitudes, perceived behavioral control, and subjective norms that affect the consumers’ intentions to go green in mobile telecommunications. The theory of planned behavior is used as the conceptual framework to assess the consumers’ intention and behavior towards green telecommunication. A Questionnaire on the theory of planned behavior was built, translated and face to face self-administered interviews were conducted four areas in Lebanon (Jdeideh, Haret Hreik, Roueis, and Maameltein) that were selected based on the traffic profile (voice and data), number of distinct users, locations, population, and workplaces. Results show that most of the Lebanese consumers are aware of the negative environmental and health impacts of telecommunications. Result show that most of the Lebanese consumers are ready to pay higher mobile fees if green telecom systems are to be applied in Lebanon; and that variables such as attitudes, perceived behavioral control, and subjective norms affect the consumers’ intention to go green in mobile telecommunications.
COMPARISON OF INSTANTANEOUS FETAL HEART RATE EXTRACTED FROM ABDOMINAL AND DIRECT FETAL ELECTROCARDIOGRAMS

This work is an attempt to assess the reliability o f indirect abdominal electrocardiography as an alte rnative technique of fetal monitoring. As a reference signa l we used the simultaneously acquired direct fetal electrocardiogram. Each recording consisted of four signals acquired f rom maternal abdomen and the reference signal acquired directly from fetal head. The first stage of our study conce rned the signal loss episodes. In order to reduce t he influence of incorrectly detected R-waves, some certain validati on rules were applied. In the second stage, the cor responding intervals determined on basis of both acquisition m ethods were matched and the accuracy of fetal heart rate measurement was evaluated. Although the accuracy of abdominal electrocardiography turned out to be sli ghtly lower than reported for ultrasound method, it still has s ome unique features deciding of its prevalence in a certain circumstances.
A WASHING MACHINE WHEREIN THE UNBALANCED LOAD IS BALANCED

The present invention relates to a washing machine (1) comprising a hub (5) which extends from the middle of the rear wall of the tub (3) into the drum (2) and wherein the shaft (4) is supported, at least one drum baffle (9) disposed at the inner surface of the drum (2), wherein water is transferred in case of an unbalanced load, a cylindrical housing (6) disposed at the center of the rear wall of the drum (2) around the horizontal axis, surrounding the hub (5) concentrically such that a gap remains between the hub (5) and the cylindrical housing (6) and rotating together with the drum (2), more than one ring-shaped gasket (7) arranged one after the other and in parallel to each other in the gap between the housing (6) and the hub (5), the outer edges of which are secured to the inner surface of the housing (6), rotating together with the housing (6) and the inner edges of which contact the cylindrical outer surface of the hub (5), more than one slot (8) disposed between the gaskets (7), at least two water inlet lines (13, 113) which provide water taken from the water mains to be delivered to the slot (8) for the balancing process of the unbalanced load, one ends of which are connected to the water mains and the other ends connected to the slot (8) and which are stationary together with the tub (3) and a control unit (12) which opens/closes the water inlet valves (11, 111) by determining the amount and position of the unbalanced load when unbalanced load is detected and which determines how much water should be delivered into which drum baffle (9) and chamber (10, 110).
THE NASTY WAR: ORGANISED VIOLENCE DURING THE ANYA-NYA INSURGENCY IN SOUTH SUDAN, 1963–72

Abstract In 1963, unrest in Sudan's three southern provinces (today's South Sudan) escalated into a civil war between the government and the Anya-Nya rebellion. The subsequent eight years of violence has hitherto largely escaped scrutiny from academic researchers and has remained a subject of popular imagination and politicised narratives. This article demonstrates how this history can be explored with greater nuance, thereby establishing a local history of a postcolonial civil war. Focusing on the garrison town of Torit, our research reveals a localised and personalised rebellion, made up of a constellation of parochial armed groups. This new history also demonstrates how these parties built upon experiences from imperial conquest and colonial rule when entrenching violent wartime practices such as mass displacement and encampment, the raising of local militias and intelligence networks, and the deliberate starvation of civilians — all common methods in subsequent wars.
Mapping the visibility of informal settlements

Informal settlements in cities of the global South are generally identified by a dense, small-grain and irregular urban morphology. Such neighbourhoods are rarely entered by those from the formal city and their visibility within the urban landscape can have a significant impact on decisions over whether and how they might be upgraded or demolished. This paper explores this issue from the perspective of the role of topography and urban morphology in mediating the gaze from the formal to the informal city. A simple typology of spatial visibility is developed according to whether the formal gaze is an overview or streetview, and whether it is private or public. This framework is then used to map the visibility of three case studies at district scale in the cities of Bangkok (Thailand), Pune (India) and Medellin (Colombia). These cases are then used to illustrate how different types and degrees of visibility are introduced or erased through different forms of urban design, transport infrastructure, high-rise development and public policy. We conclude by discussing different approaches to the transformation of place identity: concealing or revealing informal settlements on the one hand, and blurring or accentuating informal/formal distinctions on the other.
HOLEY OPTICAL DEVICE

A planar optical device, comprised of sets of nanometer-scale holes milled into a thin metal or ceramic film of subwavelength thickness serves to form arbitrary waveform of light. The holes form a pattern, preferrably rings, of various sizes in order to achieve a given phase front of light due to photonic effect. When designed as a lens, the device focuses incident light into a tight focal spot. In symmetric design, the focusing property of the device does not depend on the incident polarization angle. The lens can be manufactured based on high-throughput fabrication methods and easily integrated with a chip or placed at the end of an optical fiber.
A Method for Face Detection based on WaveletTransform and optimised feature selection using AntColony Optimisation in Support Vector Machine

Face detection method suffered from problem of feature selection process. The feature selection process in pattern recognition and detection play an important role. The current method of face detection system only focus on local, global and neural network process of feature extraction and process for detection. The optimised feature selection process improves the detection ratio of face detection. In this paper we proposed a new method for face detection based on wavelet transform function for feature extraction and for selection of feature of facial image used ant colony optimisation technique for selection of feature for classification of support vector machine. The optimised feature selection process pass the data of most similar for classifier for classified data for detection process. The optimised process of data reduces the unclassified region of support vector machine and improves the performance of face detection. Our proposed method compare with PCA and SVM method for detection of group image. Our empirical result shows that better performance in compression of PCA and Support Vector machine.
«In realtà tutto è personale e tutto è politico, l’arte, l’editoria»: un’intervista alla rivista Frute

Per completare il dossier del numero 26 sulle riviste femministe italiane degli anni 1970-2020, le coordinatrici propongono un’intervista a Cecilia Cappelli, fondatrice della rivista Frute, una giovane rivista femminista nata nel 2018 e localizzata nel Friuli.
Sustainable methodologies for rehabilitation and valorisation of coastal shoreline

The overall objective of the project is to contribute to restoring the quality of the coast, through the development of a sustainable intervention for Italian and Tunisian partners. 
The specific objectives are: 1) the pilot intervention in a coastal area of Tunisia aims at reducing the phenomenon of the stranding of residues of Posidonia by changing the artificial barrier of protection (breakwater) and the positioning of systems of capture of Posidonia, 2) in Sicily it will enhance the transformation of beached Posidonia from waste to resource for the territory.
Improvements in or relating to means for locking doors

247,720. Imber, J. Jan. 20, 1925. Latches, sliding; striking-plates for locks and latches.-A sliding bolt is formed with a recessed end g adapted to engage, under spring pressure, a fixed socket p having a central projection q. The edges of the bolt and socket projection are rounded and the surfaces inclined to the axis of the bolt.
Widefield raman imaging probe for intraoperative margin assessment of cancers

Positive cancerous margins after surgery lead to an increased risk of progression and reduced disease free survival. Obtaining clear margins of cancerous lesions can be very challenging during surgery. Raman spectroscopy is a unique label-free optical technique based on inelastic light scattering that offers tissue ""optical biopsy"" at the molecular level. IMAGINE is a multidisciplinary approach that aims to develop the first widefield near-infrared (NIR) Raman imaging probe for intraoperative margin assessment. A new ultra-high sensitive InGaAs focal plane array (FPA) camera integrated with a novel combination of band-pass filters will be integrated to selectively probe the biomolecular constituents of tissues in the high-wavenumber range (i.e., 2800-3600 cm-1) providing a new endogenous biomolecular contrast mechanism for visualisation of resection margins during cancer surgery. A prototype will be developed and applied ex vivo on excised tissues from colorectal cancer patients. Histopathology will serve as gold standard and the sensitivity, specificy, receiver operating characteristics (ROCs), tumour contrast, and potential clinical/surgical impact will be evaluated. The new optical bioimaging modality proposed here constitutes a simple non-invasive cost-effective and broadly applicable technique for margin assessment of cancers compatible with in vivo laparoscopic settings. This translationally driven project fosters multidisciplinary research involving bioengineering, optical engineering and clinical research and has the support of a strong international industrial secondment. IMAGINE will enhance the mobility and innovative potential of the applicant and open new avenues in cancer surgery, which will strengthen the scientific excellence in Europe and ultimately benefit the patients.
Coordinated control and spectrum management for 5g heterogeneous radio access networks

The exponential growth of mobile traffic, drastically increasing of network complexity, and the strong need for inter-network coordination of wireless network resources call for breakthroughs in control, coordination and flexible spectrum management  in 5G heterogeneous radio access networks. The COHERENT project aims to address these problems by researching, developing and validating a novel control framework for future mobile networks. The key innovation of COHERENT is to develop a unified programmable control framework to coordinate the underlying heterogeneous mobile networks as a whole. The COHERENT control framework has two unique features to deal with the insufficiency of current control solutions for inter-network coordination. First, theories and methods to abstract the low layer network states and behaviors of different underlying mobile networks are developed, which provides a simplified but sufficient abstracted network view for network-wide control and resource coordination. Network abstraction will significantly reduce the signaling overhead, making scalable network-wide control solutions feasible, and enable more flexible spectrum management, which are key for the success of 5G networks. Second, based on the abstracted network view, common interfaces and software-development kits will be developed to enable programmability in controlling and coordinating heterogeneous mobile networks. The programmable control will provide operators a flexible and cost efficient way to implement new control functions and thus to support new services. The innovative impact of the COHERENT project is in enabling a unified control and coordination framework for heterogeneous mobile networks by combining innovative approaches on abstraction of low layers in underlying mobile networks, software defined networking, and flexible spectrum management. COHERENT will build a true proof-of-concept prototype to demonstrate the applicability and benefits of its approach.
Numerical characterisation of fire growth in external facades and other vertical spaces

Fire growth through spreading up the façade of high-rise buildings can lead to catastrophic loss of life and property. Façades at times are required to have a fire-resistance rating, for instance, if two buildings are very close together, to lower the likelihood of fire spreading from one building to another. The issue is becoming increasingly critical due to new development trends involving higher buildings and sometime in close proximity to each other and the increasing use of combustible material in façade to raise energy performance of buildings. 

The proposed Fellowship is aimed at investigating numerically the behaviour of flames ejected from enclosure fires in external facades and other vertical spaces such as atrium, void spaces and staircases. Full understanding of such external flame behaviour requires insight of the combustion processes within the enclosure. Hence the scope of the research includes enclosure fires to characterise the ejected flames as well as fire growth in façades. The research will take advantage of the abundant experimental data available for model validation.  The specific objectives include: 

1. Fine tune and validate the open source CFD code FireFOAM , a dedicated LES based solver for fire simulation within the OpenFOAM® toolbox for enclosure fires; 

2. Investigate the combustion and aerothermodynamics of enclosure fires, including travelling fires; 

3. Characterise the spill flame extent, combustion efficiency and heat fluxes inside and outside different enclosures with different openings (office blocks, residential buildings, travelling fires in open plan compartments, etc.);

4. Develop and validate a predictive approach based on FireFOAM for façade fires; 

5. Conduct parametric studies for different façade panel materials, spread upwards/downwards to different floors within the building and spread to adjacent buildings in different wind conditions to inform the update of regulatory guidance.
Delineation of protection zones around the dam Addakhil Hassan (South-eastern Morocco) remote sensingand GIS

In this work, we try to Minimize contamination of surface water intended for human consumption and irrigation, for any type of pollution, through the realization of protection areas around the reservoir of Hassan Addakhil. Averaging remote sensing and GIS, so a computerized method, manageable and above all a method which includes the maximum of useful information in this regard, with easy and fast access to data enabling better resource protection and excellent management , the first axis is the characterization of the basin through various geological climate data, physico-chemical and hydrological translating them to a sort of easy to process and interpret information (curves, thematic map ...) .The second axis focuses on developing protection zones based on the degree of vulnerability extract different data already processed.
Pharmacy PIVA DELLA DOTT.SSA BIANCHI MARIA GRAZIA & C. S.A.S

THE PIVA PHARMACY WITH HEADQUARTERS IN GENOA-MARASSI VIA BERTUCCIONI 3/A, IS A COMPANY OWNED BY THE SAME FAMILY FOR THREE GENERATIONS. THE FIRST HOLDER DOTT.SSA INES BOX ACQUIRED THE PHARMACY IN 1966. IN 2007, TOGETHER WITH HIS TWO SONS ETTORE AND MARIA GRAZIA BIANCO, HE SET UP A CNS. IN 2019, THE COMPANY NAME WAS TRANSFORMED INTO S.A.S.CON VARIATION OF THE SOCIAL AGREEMENTS AND ENTRY INTO THE TEAM OF THE TWO GRANDCHILDREN ROSSANA AND SILVIA BOIERI. DIRECTOR HAS BEEN APPOINTED DOTT.SSA MARIA GRAZIA BIANCA. THE PIVA PHARMACY PROVIDES IN AGREEMENT WITH THE SSN DRUGS AND SERVICES SUCH AS RESERVATIONS THROUGH CUP AND THE DISTRIBUTION OF SPECIAL FOODS. DISPENSATION FOR FREE SALE PRESCRIPTION DRUGS AND OTC AND SOP. IT PROVIDES SERVICES SUCH AS PRESSURE MEASUREMENT, SELF-ANALYSIS, HEALTHCARE EQUIPMENT RENTALS, NURSING SERVICES, THE ELECTROCARDIOGRAM WITH REMOTE REPORTING. SPECIALISED SALES DEPARTMENTS ARE DEDICATED
Tracking sinks of atmospheric methane using small world networks

The present study uses small world network to highlight the key hubs for CH4 atmospheric pathways without considering rate constant of each reaction and concentrations of each species. The atmospheric methane sources and sinks were formulated into a well-organized network of 49 nodes and 302 links. In the network, reactions (including substrates and products) are considered as nodes and their pathways as links. Using a small world model, we analyzed the weighted and directed network of methane sources and sinks. By analyzing the characteristic path length, clustering coefficient, and degree distribution, we obtained insights into the methane network. The results indicate that only a few key nodes serve as hubs or limiting reactions, such as CH4 + OH → CH3 + H2O; HO2 + NO → NO2 + OH; CH3O2H → CH3O + OH; and CH4 + Cl → CH3 + HCl. The network is highly efficient; when key hub reactions experience interruptions, pathways to other nodes can be accessed to complete the methane degradation process. Additionally, our directed network keeps sources and sinks independent of each other such that changes in the number or type of methane sources does not affect the findings related to sinks. Tracking the structure of methane sources and sinks not only provides valuable, and perhaps universal, information about the network structure, but also can lead to a better understanding of the dynamic processes that generate the network. Finally, this is the first attempt of the network model in analyzing environmental issues and may represent a common blueprint for the interconnected reactions (sources and sinks) of other greenhouse gases.
Investigation of availability and accessibility of community automated external defibrillators in a territory in Hong Kong

To evaluate the availability and accessibility of community automated external defibrillators in a territory in Hong Kong.Cross-sectional study.Two public hospitals in New Territories West Cluster in Hong Kong.Information about the locations of community automated external defibrillators was obtained from automated external defibrillator suppliers and through community search. Data on locations of out-of-hospital cardiac arrests from August 2010 to September 2013 were obtained from the local cardiac arrest registry of the emergency departments of two hospitals. Sites of both automated external defibrillators and out-of-hospital cardiac arrests were geographically coded and mapped. The number of out-of-hospital cardiac arrests within 100 m of automated external defibrillators per year and the proportion of out-of-hospital cardiac arrests with accessible automated external defibrillators (100 m) were calculated. The number of community automated external defibrillators per 10,000 population and public access defibrillation rate were also calculated and compared with those in other countries.There were a total of 207 community automated external defibrillators in the territory. The number of automated external defibrillators per 10,000 population was 1.942. All facilities with automated external defibrillators in this territory had more than 0.2 out-of-hospital cardiac arrests per automated external defibrillator per year within 100 m. Among all out-of-hospital cardiac arrests, 25.2% could have an automated external defibrillator reachable within 100 m. The public access defibrillation rate was 0.168%.The number and accessibility of community automated external defibrillators in this territory are comparable to those in other developed countries. The placement site of community automated external defibrillators is cost-effective. However, the public access defibrillation rate is low.
Techno-economic planning and construction of cost-effective large-scale hot water thermal energy storage for Renewable District heating systems

Abstract Seasonal thermal energy storage (TES) is envisioned as a major player in the future district heating (DH) systems where large shares of renewables are being integrated. Therefore, in order to fulfill the seasonal tasks, such storage systems are characterized with large volumes. Yet, the integration of such large-scale storage technologies is not easily planned and realized. There exist numerous challenges e.g. TES type, volume and ground conditions, need to be tackled in order to obtain an optimal planning solution for TES integration. Given their promising applications, the scope of this work is limited to tank and pit thermal energy storage. Accordingly, this contribution firstly discusses the modeling of seasonal TES in finite element tools. Then, it examines the influence of a list of parameters i.e. TES construction type, geometry, volume and DH characteristics, on TES performance. Later, the work develops a methodology for construction techno-economic analysis of such technologies. It is revealed that the tank TES has always better performance than pit, but on the other hand it is always characterized with higher capital cost. As TES volume increases, the performance difference between tank and pit starts to vanish. Further, the DH characteristics play a major role in TES performance. It is depicted that lowering DH temperatures will ultimately lead to lower thermal losses from TES. Another important finding is the applicability of the suggested performance indicator for techno-economic analysis as it relates the technology capital cost to the effective volume of TES. The contribution also investigates the influence of insulation level on TES performance and it is found that for volumes larger than 500,000 m3, there is no major performance difference between the tank or the pit in case of insulation enclosing TES envelope. However, it is also revealed that insulation is needed only and solely to preserve the ground quality when large volumes are realized.