SIRIS-Lab/unlabelled-sti-corpus huggingface dataset:
Electronic control for the operating mechanism of an aircraft door.

The invention relates to an electronic controller for implementing the kinematics of an aircraft door. The closing and opening of the aircraft door, whose components can be operated electrically, can be controlled electronically by using it. The door components are operated optimally and reliably (safely) in normal operation and under emergency conditions. In the case of known aircraft door types which are designed in accordance with the contact - or toggle lever - principle, the individual operating steps such as opening and closing or locking and unlocking, as well as the activation of an emergency slide, are carried out manually. Precise control of the kinematics of aircraft doors, which kinematics operate in accordance with a program which is stored in the memory of a CPU and coordinates the sequence of the operating steps, is not known for aircraft door controllers. The electronic controller for the kinematics of the aircraft door (1) consists essentially of a microprocessor unit (50) which is conductively connected to a drive system (59) located inside the aircraft door (1). An electromagnet (51) which implements the activation of a pneumatic opening cylinder for emergency opening of the aircraft door, a first and a second pressure sensor (52, 53) by means of which the pressure conditions of the relevant store for the pneumatic opening cylinder or for the emergency slide are monitored, a base valve (54) which ensures communication to a door opening system, a computer control system (55) which ensures communication to the cockpit display, and a screen monitor (63) are also conductively connected to the microprocessor unit (50). A first and a second panel (56, 57), by means of which a manually operated controller for the aircraft door (1) and the visual display of the current door status are implemented, are also conductively connected to the microprocessor unit (50). The microprocessor (50) implements the direct or indirect drive of the electronic drive system (59), which consists of a plurality of motors and/or motor groups. An energy source (58) which is connected to the microprocessor unit (50) ensures continuous DC supply to the controller. <IMAGE>
Removing of biogenic amines of the wine by selective adsorption on functionalized porous solids

The presence of biogenic amines (BA) (histamine, putrescine, cadaverine, etc) is usual in fermented beverages such as wine. Due to the toxicity of these BA, some countries have established recommendations concerning the maximum levels allowed in wines. Taking account the difficulty of controlling the production of BA during winemaking, the removal of them from finished wines avoiding the modification of the chemical composition related with the wine quality is a great challenge considering the complexity of the wine chemical composition and its organoleptic characteristics. This multidisciplinary project (AMINE_REMOVAL) presents an innovative approach based on the design of functionalized mesoporous materials (according with the size of biogenic amines) with specific functional groups on the surface to remove selectively biogenic amines from wine with a minimum effect on its organoleptic characteristics. This project includes the synthesis of materials, a deep study of the effects of the materials in synthetic and real wines at chemical and sensorial level, and the application to real wines in a pilot-scale plant. 
AMINE_REMOVAL represents an important step in the strategy to tackle the problem of the presence of biogenic amines in wine. Thus, obtaining a suitable method to remove the amines from wines will have a great impact not only on the quality of the wines, but also on the possibility to establish a maximum concentration of biogenic amines in wines by the European Union in its food security policies in order to protect the consumer. This project fits in one of the society challenges of the European 2020 strategies (food safety and quality, productive and sustainable farming, sustainability of natural resources, marine and maritime research).
Android Power Management and Analyses of Power Consumption in an Android Smartphone

With the rapid development of Android phones, the users' requirements are increasingly demanding. But the huge power consumption has seriously affected the users' communication demands. In this article, we introduce the power management modules and Wake Lock mechanism of the Android system, and analyze the power consumption of it. And we used DC power sources to measure the power consumption of every hardware modules of Android phones. The analysis of measured power consumption data could produce possible Android power-saving modes or a low power consumption mechanism, or lead us to the design of a new power consumption monitoring and power-saving software for Android. Finally, we summarize Android power management and make a prospect on the uncompleted work of Android power consumption monitoring software models.
Fairness and the moral mind

The project provides a comprehensive and groundbreaking approach to the analysis of the moral mind and inequality acceptance. The first part of the project will provide a novel study of how the moral ideals of personal responsibility and individual freedom, which are fundamental values in most liberal societies, shape inequality acceptance. It will also provide the first experimental study of how people draw the moral circle, which is at the heart of the most pressing policy challenges facing the world today and strongly related to the question of global fairness. The second part will study how social institutions shape inequality acceptance and how it develops in childhood and adolescence, by providing two unique international studies of inequality acceptance in 60 countries across the world. These studies will provide novel insights on the distributive behavior of nationally representative samples of adults and children and on the cultural transmission of moral preferences in society. The project is rooted in behavioral and experimental economics, but will also draw on insights from other social sciences and philosophy. It will develop novel experimental paradigms to study the moral mind and the nature of inequality acceptance, including incentivized experiments on nationally representative populations, and combine structural and non-parametric empirical analysis with theory development. Taken together, the project represents a unique study of inequality acceptance in the social sciences that will address an important knowledge gap in the literature on inequality.
Relationship of intrinsic viscosity to molecular weight for poly (1, 4-butylene adipate)

Abstract The relationships between molecular weight and intrinsic viscosity were established for poly(1, 4-butylene adipate) (PBA) with the molecular weight M w  ≤ 20,000 in tetrahydrofuran at 298 K. Thus, two series of PBA samples having narrow and broad molecular weight distributions (MWD) were prepared by polymerization between 1,6-adipic acid and 1,4-butanediol. The number average molecular weights ( M n ) of the samples were measured by end-group analysis. Size-exclusion chromatography (SEC) was used to determine average molecular weights ( M n , M v , M w and M z ). A numerical method for determination of Mark-Houwink-Sakurada (MHS) equation constants, a and K , was tested with success for the PBA samples, and the influences of polydispersity correction factor ( q M H S ) on the relationships were studied for PBA with narrow MWD(1.065-1.181) and broad MWD (1.75-2.327).
Interferometric redatuming by sparse inversion

Abstract Assuming that transmission responses are known between the surface and a particular depth level in the subsurface, seismic sources can be effectively mapped to this level by a process called interferometric redatuming. After redatuming, the obtained wavefields can be used for imaging below this particular depth level. Interferometric redatuming consists of two steps, namely (i) the decomposition of the observed wavefields into downgoing and upgoing constituents and (ii) a multidimensional deconvolution of the upgoing constituents with the downgoing constituents. While this method works in theory, sensitivity to noise and artefacts due to incomplete acquisition require a different formulation. In this letter, we demonstrate the benefits of formulating the two steps that undergird interferometric redatuming in terms of a transform-domain sparsity-promoting program. By exploiting compressibility of seismic wavefields in the curvelet domain, the method not only becomes robust with respect to noise but we are also able to remove certain artefacts while preserving the frequency content. Although we observe improvements when we promote sparsity in the redatumed data space, we expect better results when interferometric redatuming would be combined or integrated with least-squares migration with sparsity promotion in the image space.
Irreplaceable: the role of place information in a location based service

Location is no longer only a backdrop of mobile device usage, as current location-based services (LBS) can customise content based on a user's geographic position. The application Foursquare has emerged as a leading commercial LBS. One of the first LBS to reach a large, global audience, Foursquare features geosocial networking, place listings, user reviews and recommendations. With physical place as the organising concept of the application, Foursquare combines locative technology with social media features to give users the ability to interact with place by writing place reviews, uploading photos or creating place listings into its database. The application enables users to access, create and share geographically relevant information in ways that would have been difficult before the advent of locative media. To explore how people were using LBS in relation to their places, a small-scale ethnographic study of Foursquare users was conducted using interviews, remote observation and contextual inquiry. The f...
Montenight2020-Imagine future

MONTENIGHT 2020 ""IMAGINE FUTURE"" has an aim to upgrade the image of researchers, novel technologies, and innovations, addressing their important role for the prospective of our society in Modern Era. The project will demonstrate the ""human face"" of R&I by clarifying practical benefits and impact on everyday life and motivate youth to pursue science studies and careers. The project will promote a knowledge-based society by emphasizing R&I in competitive sectors (ICT technologies, researches in the field of energy and sustainable environment, sustainable and health tourism and sustainable agriculture and food, as well as other relevant fields to build up Montenegro as a healthy, sustainable and digital society), while activities program will include MSC fellows for the first time.

The events will be staged in the Montenegrin capital Podgorica (universities, museums, galleries, shopping malls, main squares) and in 8 more cities, while 10 pre-events smaller scale science Festivals would be held in all three regions. RN activities involve Open Science Show, 300 hands-on experiments, robot performances, Science and Art installations, Science Cafe, Quiz, student science and innovation competitions, Concert, Movie projections, Interdisciplinary workshops, friendly events for kids - Science Cooking, Science kindergarten, Funny Math ...

Our target audiences are high school & university students, preschool and elementary school children, parents, school administrators, teachers, researchers, general public, and media. At least 5000 of them would be directly involved, and up to 50% of the population would be reached via media advertising. The pan-European values will be disseminated through EU Corners, public tribunes, and panels, introducing researchers who benefit from EU support.
Do intermediate-mass black holes exist?

With this proposed project I will determine whether intermediate-mass black holes (IMBHs) exist. I propose to use ESA's new Gaia mission, the rich Hubble Space Telescope data archive, and state-of-the-art techniques to investigate systems predicted to exist but not yet found hitherto, such as recoiled hyper-compact stellar systems, red-supergiant mass donors to ultra-luminous X-ray sources, and white dwarf tidal disruption events. The latter can only be detected if black holes with masses less than 1E5 Msun are involved. Using these systems and events we can probe the sphere of influence of the IMBH and determine the black hole mass dynamically.
Currently, there are strong indications for the existence of IMBHs, but dynamical evidence, the irrefutable proof of their existence, is still lacking. Whereas the unequivocal detection of an IMBH will be a breakthrough discovery in itself, it has also important consequences for searches of dark matter annihilation signals, it will provide a baseline for the rate predictions of gravitational wave radiation events involving IMBHs, and the properties of a population of IMBHs provides important constraints on the growth of supermassive black holes and galaxies. Finally, if we discover IMBHs in hyper-compact star clusters it validates numerical relativity simulations that predict that merging black holes receive a recoil kick.
My membership of Gaia's Data Processing and Analysis Consortium gives me a distinct advantage in analysing and interpreting Gaia data that, through the superb angular resolution, immediate spectroscopic observations and all-sky coverage, provides unique capabilities ideally suited for answering the question whether IMBHs exist.
My proposed project is the first to recognize the potential of Gaia (WP1&2) as well as the implications of having red supergiant mass donors in some ultra-luminous X-ray sources (WP3) for answering the question on the existence of IMBHs.
Alpha-Synuclein Cell-to-Cell Transfer and Seeding in Grafted Dopaminergic Neurons In Vivo

Several people with Parkinson's disease have been treated with intrastriatal grafts of fetal dopaminergic neurons. Following autopsy, 10-22 years after surgery, some of the grafted neurons contained Lewy bodies similar to those observed in the host brain. Numerous studies have attempted to explain these findings in cell and animal models. In cell culture, α-synuclein has been found to transfer from one cell to another, via mechanisms that include exosomal transport and endocytosis, and in certain cases seed aggregation in the recipient cell. In animal models, transfer of α-synuclein from host brain cells to grafted neurons has been shown, but the reported frequency of the event has been relatively low and little is known about the underlying mechanisms as well as the fate of the transferred α-synuclein. We now demonstrate frequent transfer of α-synuclein from a rat brain engineered to overexpress human α-synuclein to grafted dopaminergic neurons. Further, we show that this model can be used to explore mechanisms underlying cell-to-cell transfer of α-synuclein. Thus, we present evidence both for the involvement of endocytosis in α-synuclein uptake in vivo, and for seeding of aggregation of endogenous α-synuclein in the recipient neuron by the transferred α-synuclein. Finally, we show that, at least in a subset of the studied cells, the transmitted α-synuclein is sensitive to proteinase K. Our new model system could be used to test compounds that inhibit cell-to-cell transfer of α-synuclein and therefore might retard progression of Parkinson neuropathology.
A non-enzymatic gluconeogenesis and fatty acid cycle

All of life’s molecules, including genetic polymers, are built up and broken down by interwoven chemical processes collectively known as metabolism. But how did life’s chemical pathways emerge before there were genetically encoded enzymes to act as catalysts? Why does biochemistry use the reactions and pathways that it does and not others? One compelling answer to these questions is that precursors to core metabolic pathways emerged as the result of spontaneous chemical processes.  Indeed, recent work from the supervisor’s lab and others has shown that much of life’s core metabolic chemistry, such as the Krebs cycle, can occur without enzymes, catalyzed by minerals and metals, to produce biochemistry’s universal building blocks. But how did these networks of pre-enzymatic chemical reactions branch out to become the biosynthetic pathways we know today? This project aims to understand the emergence of life’s anabolic pathways for the synthesis of sugars (gluconeogenesis) and fats (the fatty acid cycle), by chemically recreating them in the lab. To achieve these goals, special attention is paid to the pre-organizing and catalytic effect of mineral surfaces. The researcher will bring existing skills in homogeneous catalysis and organic chemistry, and gain new skills in analytical chemistry, heterogeneous catalysis and the chemistry of complex systems.
Understanding atmospheric circulation from a surface perspective

Circulation changes are at the heart of changes in both regional precipitation and temperature and extreme events ranging from heavy precipitation to heat waves or cold spells. Understanding and modelling circulation changes in a warming climate therefore constitutes an emerging challenge for climate science. General circulation models still struggle to represent important features of the large-scale circulation in the present-day climate, which undermines confidence in future projections. 
The present project is to combine a small-scale process-level with a large-scale dynamical perspective to investigate how drag processes at the Earth's surface associated with boundary-layer turbulence, orography and gravity waves affect large-scale circulation. Our aim is to develop a climatological view of the distribution and variability of individual components of surface drag as represented in general circulation models and to understand which processes or model parametrisations are responsible for current model biases especially in the representation of mid-latitude storm tracks.
FIDETEX – Lotus flower fiber spinning

The project includes investments in the expansion of installations, production management software (industry 4.0) and the purchase of a spinning equipment that will allow us to work with various materials, not only cotton, allowing us to pioneer the lotus flower fiber in Portugal.
Abstract 16912: Angioplasty vs. primary nitinol stent implantation in above knee femoropopliteal occlusive atherosclerotic disease: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

Background: The efficacy and safety of contemporary self-expanding bare metal Nitinol stents (NS) compared to primary Percutaneous Transluminal Angioplasty (PTA) in the treatment of above-knee femoropopliteal atherosclerotic disease is still controversial. Objective: We sought to evaluate the immediate (procedural success) and intermediate (rate of restenosis and target lesion/vessel revascularization (TLR/TVR) at 1 year) clinical outcomes of primary NS implantation versus primary PTA with bailout stenting in the treatment of above-knee femoropopliteal disease by conducting a meta-analysis of the available randomized controlled trials (RCT). Methods: We searched Medline and Cochrane databases from 1990 to 2014. Risk ratios (RR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) were calculated using random-effects model. Results: Six RCTs with a total of 827 patients (NS = 443, PTA = 384; average age 68.5 years, males = 562, average lesion length = 8.7cm in NS and 7.7cm in PTA) were analyzed on intention to treat basis. T...
Big-Data earth observation technology and tools enhancing research and development

The main objective of BETTER is to implement an EO Big Data intermediate service layer devoted to harnessing the potential of the Copernicus and Sentinel European EO data directly from the needs of the users.
BETTER aims to go beyond the implementation of generic Big Data tools and incorporate those tools with user experience, expertise and resources to deliver an integrated Big Data intermediate service layer. This layer will deliver customized solutions denominated Data Pipelines for large volume EO and non-EO datasets access, retrieval, processing, analysis and visualisation. The BETTER solutions will focus in addressing the full data lifecycle needs associated with EO Big Data to bring more downstream users to the EO market and maximise exploitation of the current and future Copernicus data and information services. 
BETTER developments will be driven by a large number of Big Data Challenges to be set forward by the users deeply involved in addressing the Key Societal Challenges.
The World Food Programme, the European Union Satellite Centre and the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology - Zurich working in the areas of Food Security, Secure Societies and GeoHazards will be the challenge promoters. During the project each promoter will introduce 9 challenges, 3 in each project year, with an additional nine brought by the “Extending the market” task, in a total of 36 challenges. The Data Pipelines will be deployed on top of a mature EO data and service support ecosystem which has been under consolidation from previous R&D activities. The ecosystem and its further development in the scope of BETTER rely on the experience and versatility of the consortium team responsible for service/tool development from DEIMOS and Terradue. This is complemented by Fraunhofer Institute’s experience in Big Data systems, which brings to the consortium transversal knowledge extraction technologies and tools that will help bridge the current gap between the EO and ICT sectors.
Optimum, sustainable solution for seed drying and conservation

The seed market will grow at a CAGR of 10.57% during the period 2014-2019 and is expected to increase to $24 billion from its current $14.52 billion value. Europe, with 3 of its countries (France, Germany and The Netherlands) as three of the top four seed exporters in the world includes nearly 7,200 seed companies and more than 50,000 employees. Production of high quality seeds can increase crop yield by 15-20%. Seed moisture content needs to be controlled to ensure high germination rates, thus high quality seeds. An optimum drying process with control of air’s relative humidity and temperature is needed to ensure harvested seed is at safe moisture content before storage or other purposes. 
Existing drying and cooling methods for seeds lack of control of these parameters, are not energy efficient
and require high investment from farmers. Moreover, seed drying is one of the most energy
consuming processes on farms, consuming as much energy as all field works together. With an efficient seed drying
process, savings for farmers could be more than 50%. DryCoolerSeeds is able to dry and cool the seeds in a continuous
monitored process with adaptation to climate variations, saving energy (99% of energy saved), time (2.5 less time needed
than traditional dryers), ensuring
the correct moisture content and temperature of seeds, resulting therefore in high quality seeds. Marcold’s technology is a
step further in automation,
simplification and costs savings (60% compared to traditional drying) being
able to incorporate two different functions (drying and cooling) in a single machine surpassing the competition in the current
market. The aim of the project is to build and demonstrate in real end user’s facilities our DryCoolerSeeds prototype
adjusting the working parameters for effective
conservation of seeds while ensuring a successful commercialization of the technology in Europe and Latin America that will
drive Marcold into an exponential growth.