SIRIS-Lab/unlabelled-sti-corpus huggingface dataset:
Writing at pylos: palaeography, tablet production, and the work of the mycenaean scribes

WRAP (WRiting At Pylos) will combine epigraphic and archaeological methods to provide new insights into the Mycenaean Greek texts written on clay tablets in the palace of Pylos in SW Greece, and into the ways in which scribes used the Linear B writing system in their work within the palatial administration. As the only Mycenaean site with a large number of securely contemporary Linear B tablets (c.1000, nearly all written within the same year c.1200 BCE), Pylos offers a unique view of palatial economic and administrative concerns and of the practices of a community of writers. This innovative interdisciplinary action, based in the British School at Athens and supervised by Prof. John Bennet, a leading expert in interdisciplinary studies of Linear B, will shed new light on the processes and people involved in creating the clay tablets and the ways in which the scribes were trained to use this writing system for administrative recordkeeping; it will also illuminate the development of the Linear B writing system over time and the use of palaeographic variation to date groups of texts. These objectives will be accomplished through a detailed analysis of the palaeography and physical features of the original tablets, which this action’s location in Athens will enable the ER to study in the National Archaeological Museum, and an experimental archaeology project on the processes of tablet production, to be carried out in conjunction with the BSA’s Fitch Laboratory, which will provide training in ceramic analysis and experimental design. This ground-breaking investigation of palaeography and tablet production will not only produce a new understanding of the work of the scribes of Pylos and make important contributions to ongoing debates over Mycenaean chronology and history; it will also provide a more rigorous comparative and methodological basis for future studies aimed at a more complete understanding of the practices of the scribes from all of the Mycenaean palaces.
Gender discrimination in the tarim basin

The Tarim Basin in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of China was strategic on the ancient Silk Road. Expeditions by European explorers in the 19th and 20th centuries found ruins of ancient oases settlements around the circumference of the Taklamakan Desert. Amongst the ruins were artefacts, many documents and manuscripts written in different scripts and languages, some previously unknown. All attest to the cultural, religious and ethnic diversity of the region. The focus of GENDISC is on the Niya Documents, a collection of approximately 1000 documents and document fragments dating to around the 3rd century CE found around the southern Tarim Basin, but mainly around the Niya ruins. Three-quarters of the documents were written in the South Asian Kharosthi script and Gandhari language, earlier used in ancient Pakistan, Afghanistan and north India for inscriptions, manuscripts and coins. Whilst politics, trade and religion are well-studied, there has been little examination of ancient society in the Tarim Basin because the sources are viewed as limited. GENDISC will challenge this assumption by addressing social issues raised as legal disputes in the Niya Documents, including infanticide, adoption, witchcraft allegations, slavery, murder and marriage transactions. It will identify gender roles (O1), the types of legal cases (O2) and the wider context of issues (O3), and will take a statistical and etymological approach (WP1), study religious texts (WP2) and examine other Tarim Basin documents (WP3) to establish if the documents are indicative of gender biases and discrimination. GENDISC is interdisciplinary, incorporating studies of language, religion, gender, society and law within the broader field of archaeology and Asian studies. It is trans-regional in scope and will identify connections between now politically- and culturally-sensitive territories. The findings will be disseminated through conferences, seminars, workshops, articles and a blog.
Sustainable polymers application for preventive maintenance and upgrading of resilient and secure roads

The impact of the current economic crisis on investment in construction of new roads has been acute, and this negative
impact has also been the reality for maintenance budgets. This situation, stagnant for the last four years, has led us to a
point where the deterioration of the roads we transit is appreciable. The focus of maintenance expenditure in Europe is now
shifting towards road infrastructure preservation.
Helopav’s SPA4ROADS project offers an innovative solution for road maintenance, providing an efficient treatment method
at a reduced cost based on new surfacing materials (polyurea). The solution consists of 1) a preevaluation of the road, 2)
definition of the application methodology and 3) the application of the polyurea through a specific machine. The effect of the
solution is twofold, as it preserves the road from deterioration and also enhances its properties, significantly reducing
maintenance costs. Thus, the main objective the SPA4ROADS project is to improve the lifespan and security of roads in
urban environments, in turn minimizing emissions of CO2 from application and VOCs, and also reducing vehicle braking
distance.
SPA4ROADS will compete in public bidding projects for road maintenance projects, targeting segments of urban roads that
are particularly susceptible to erosion from traffic (e.g. roundabouts, cross-sections). Spain, Italy and Germany will be
targeted initially due to Helopav’s previous experience dwelling in these markets, with a gradual expansion into further
European markets. New jobs and increased revenue will greatly increase Helopav’s market positioning.
Presenting a strategic solution in comparison to its competitors, SPA4ROADS has the potential to greatly improve the safety,
economics and environmental performance of Europe’s urban roads, and participation of Helopav in the SME Instrument
phase 1 will provide the company with the tools catalyse this innovation at the European level.
European e-infrastructure for extreme data analytics in sustainable development

Agriculture is a, literally, vital industry. Not only important for nourishment, but also a key determiant of health, economic and political stability; employment; business and biological ecosystems; and society. Because of its importance, most attention focuses on productivity but it is essential to have a global view in order to address environment sustainability problems. EUXDAT proposes an e-Infrastructure, which addresses agriculture, land monitoring and energy efficiency for a sustainable development, as a way to support planning policies.
In order to do so, we need to address the problems related to the current and future huge amount of heterogeneous data to be managed and processed. EUXDAT builds on existing mature components for solving them, by providing an advanced frontend, where users will develop applications on top of an infrastructure based on HPC and Cloud. The frontend provides monitoring information, visualization, different parallelized data analytic tools and enhanced data and processes catalogues, enabling Large Data Analytics-as-a-Service. EUXDAT will include a large set of data connectors (UAVs, Copernicus, field sensors, etc.), for scalable analytics.
As for the brokering infrastructure, EUXDAT aims at optimizing data and resources usage. In addition to a mechanism for supporting data management linked to data quality evaluation, EUXDAT proposes a way to orchestrate tasks execution, identifying whether the best target is a HPC center or a Cloud provider. It will use monitoring and profiling information for taking decisions based on trade-offs related to cost, data constraints, efficiency and resources availability.
During the project, EUXDAT will be in contact with scientific communities, in order to identify new trends and datasets, for guiding the evolution of the e-Infrastructure. The final result of the project will be and integrated e-Infrastructure which will encourage end users to create new applications for sustainable development.
A multimodal approach to tendon mechanobiology

Achilles tendon ruptures are common and costly, and more than 50% heal unsuccessfully. Tendons respond to mechanical load over time and loading is fundamental for good mechanical performance. However, the regulatory mechanisms are still largely unknown. The main objective of this proposal is to clarify how intact and ruptured healing Achilles tendons are responding to mechanical load. The hypothesis is that the underlying mechanisms can be elucidated through an advanced multimodal approach that combines novel experimental and numerical models across several length scales to clarify the distinct adaptive response of elastic and viscoelastic mechanical behaviour. The proposal combines well-controlled in vivo animal experiments that are uniquely characterized (in situ) to develop and validate novel adaptive computational (in silico) models that can comprehensively predict the spatial and temporal tissue distributions and biomechanical behavior of healthy intact and ruptured healing tendons. On each length scale, experimental mechanical tests are carried out concurrently with 3D/2D high resolution imaging/scattering (in situ), to clarify how the inhomogeneous meso-, micro- and nanostructures behave under loading, in a setup planned to deliver optimal data for development and validation of computational models. 
The interdisciplinary project will deliver high-impact science where the multimodal approach on several length scales could establish new paradigms in tendon biomechanics and mechanobiology. Further, it will lift bioengineering to new levels by unravelling the link between load-controlled molecular mechanisms and viscoelastic mechanical response. It will deliver a novel validated computational framework that the research community may use to propose enhanced solutions for managing tendon injuries. As such, it approaches a well-defined clinical problem from an engineering view, where the PI’s well-received published and ongoing work is the foundation for the idea.
Palynological Data of Cupressaceae Family in Elbasan Region, Albania

The study is performed in Elbasan city. A lot of biological studies have been realized in this region during two last decades’ periods. This city is situated in the middle of Albania. It is one of the biggest cities of Albania, with a population of around 100,000 and an area of 1,290 km². It lies down along Shkumbini River in the District of Elbasan at elevation 150 m. This study provides some palynological data about the dispersion of Juniperus genus, part of Cupressaceae family in depositions of last XX centuries (last historic period of New Holocene, last Quaternary, in the area where is situated Elbasan. The aim of this paper is to present the correlation between the depth and dispersion of Cupressaceae family on different periods of time. For this purpose we took some samples from various layers of soil, starting from the surface to four meters depth. Palynological data for this family were provided for the first time in the Albania’s palynological literature. Observations, counting and photos of palynomorphs it was carried on using light microscopes, magnification up to 1000x. According to the analyses of these samples we found out several interesting data that showed clearly the correlation between the depth and number of spores and pollens for this family. DOI: 10.5901/ajis.2015.v4n2s2p204
MOLYBDENUM-SILICON-BORON ALLOY AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME, AND COMPONENT

Components having a certain fiber matrix structure can be obtained by using a specific molybdenum-silicon-boron alloy and carrying out a certain production method. Said components can be used in high-temperature applications and can be produced cost-effectively.
Exploring bacterial quorum sensing infochemicals and hydrolytic proteins linked to marine particle degradation

The ocean is by far the largest reservoir for carbon dioxide (CO2) on Earth and represents a driving force for climate mitigation. Through photosynthesis, active marine microorganisms (e.g. phytoplankton) convert atmospheric CO2 into biomass, where the majority of it is cycled in the surface waters by diverse processes including bacterial respiration and hydrolysis. Some of this biomass is exported as particulate organic carbon (POC) into the deep ocean, where bacterial cells play a critical role in regulating the efficiency of carbon export because they colonize and enzymatically hydrolyze POC as it sinks . A recent study  suggested that signaling mechanisms within particle-associated bacterial communities enhance the activity of hydrolytic proteins involved in POC degradation. This overlooked process, known as quorum sensing, might impact the amount of carbon sequestered in the marine environment and ultimately affect the rate that CO2 is removed from the atmosphere.
Quorum sensing (QS) involves the excretion and reception of distinct signaling molecules, but the biogeochemical implications of these bacterial “conversations” are poorly understood. To date, only a few culture-independent studies on QS in the marine environment have been carried out. This project will elucidate the role of QS systems among marine bacteria in triggering the synthesis of specific infochemicals and hydrolytic proteins, as well as its impact on shaping particles and particle-associated bacterial communities. Proposed methods include mass spectrometry, proteomics, three-dimensional particle imaging, molecular assessment of bacterial assemblages, and in situ localization of bacteria on intact particles. The outcome of the project will provide critical information on the importance of QS in regulating the efficiency of POC degradation in the ocean, which is necessary to understand and predict future climate scenarios.
Accelerating clinical translation. charting the politics of translation in the european union

In the post–genomic era, innovation policies in biomedicine are increasingly being driven by the notion that constant advancements in biological knowledge fail to materialize into tangible therapeutic outcomes. Discursively framed in terms of a “gap” between “bench” and “bedside” in need of urgent “bridging”, this representation of the shortcomings of biomedical innovation has propelled growing efforts tailored towards the clinical translation of research results. In the European Union, the acceleration of clinical translation has been positioned as a cornerstone of its innovation strategy, as attested by the launch of a host of translational policy initiatives and a vast array of regulatory reforms in the process of medicines approval.
However, in spite of its growing relevance, the broader expectations, dynamics and implications of the translational enterprise at EU level have yet to be comprehensively drawn out by the social sciences. This project sets out to accomplish this objective. Drawing from qualitative research methodologies, it investigates the articulation of translational initiatives in the policy and regulatory context of the EU, with the aim to chart and analyze the different epistemic and normative expectations underpinning translational policies, the sociotechnical dynamics of their implementation, as well as their social and political implications. Specifically, the project focuses on the mobilization of translational initiatives into the service of EU socio–political consolidation and its transboundary exercise of political, economic and cultural power, and will investigate the possible tensions and trade–offs between the political ideal of competitiveness enshrined in such initiatives, and those of democratic accountability and social justice.
Holocene fluctuations of Bregne ice cap, Scoresby Sund, east Greenland: a proxy for climate along the Greenland Ice Sheet margin

Abstract The Greenland Ice Sheet is a major component of the Arctic cryosphere and the magnitude of its response to future climate changes remains uncertain. Longer-term records of climate near the ice sheet margin provide information about natural climate variability and can be used to understand the causes of past changes in the Greenland Ice Sheet. As a proxy for Holocene climate near the ice sheet margin, we reconstruct the fluctuations of Bregne ice cap in the Scoresby Sund region of central east Greenland. Bregne is a small ice cap (2.5 km 2 in area) and responds sensitively to summer temperatures. We employ a multi-proxy approach to reconstruct the ice cap fluctuations using geomorphic mapping, 10 Be ages of boulders and bedrock and lake sediment records. Past extents of Bregne ice cap are marked by moraines and registered by sediments in downvalley lakes. 10 Be ages of bedrock and boulders outboard of the moraines indicate that Bregne ice cap was within ∼250 m of its present-day limit by at least 10.7 ka. Multi-proxy data from sediments in Two Move lake, located downvalley from Bregne ice cap, indicate that the ice cap likely completely disappeared during early and middle Holocene time. Increasing magnetic susceptibility and percent clastic material from ∼6.5 to ∼1.9 cal ka BP in Two Move lake sediments suggest progressively colder conditions and increased snow accumulation on the highlands west of the lake. Laminated silt deposited at ∼2.6 cal ka BP and ∼1.9 cal ka BP to present registers the onset and persistence of Bregne ice cap during the late Holocene. 10 Be ages of boulders on an unweathered, unvegetated moraine in the Bregne ice cap forefield range from 0.74 to 9.60 ka. The youngest 10 Be age (0.74 ka) likely represents the age of the moraine whereas older ages may be due to 10 Be inherited from prior periods of exposure. This late Holocene moraine marks the second largest advance of the ice cap since deglaciation of the region at the end of the last ice age. The oldest moraine in the forefield dates to ≤2.6 cal ka BP. The fluctuations of Bregne ice cap were likely influenced by Northern Hemisphere summer insolation throughout the Holocene and abrupt late Holocene cold events.
Biomethane as sustainable and renewable fuel

The objective of BIOSURF (BIOmethane as SUstainable and Renewable Fuel) is to increase the production and use of biomethane (from animal waste, other waste materials and sustainable biomass), for grid injection and as transport fuel, by removing non-technical barriers and by paving the way towards a European biomethane market. 
This objective will be achieved through the following founding pillars:
- National biomethane registries 
- Cooperation among the national biomethane registries 
- European mass-balancing system for biomethane
- Free Market Biomethane Trade
- Sustainable raw material supply
- Methodology for entitlement to CO2 certificates 
- Regional specificities
- Networking and Cooperation
- Transferability of results beyond the project’s countries.
BIOSURF relates, within the Work Program 2014-2015 on Secure, clean and efficient energy, to the Call COMPETITIVE LOW-CARBON ENERGY, namely the topic LCE 14 – 2014/2015: Market uptake of existing and emerging sustainable bioenergy. 
The qualifying ideas of BIOSURF are:
• To develop a value chain analysis from production to use depending on the territorial, physical and economic features (specified for different areas, i.e., biofuel for transport, electricity generation, heating & cooling);
• To analyse, compare and promote biomethane registering, labelling, certification and trade practices in Europe, in order to favour cooperation among the different countries and cross border markets on the basis of the partner countries involved; 
• To address traceability, environmental criteria and quality standards, so aiming to reduce GHG emissions and indirect land-use change (ILUC), to preserve biodiversity and to assess the energy and CO2 balance; to identify the most prominent drivers for CO2-emissions along the value chain as an input for future optimization approaches;
• To exchange information and best practices all along Europe concerning biomethane policy, regulations, support schemes and technical standards.
The power of malicious gossip

This paper focuses on malicious workplace gossip from the perspective of those targeted by this dark form of organisational communication. Findings from a large exemplarian action research project are reported that suggest malicious gossip can be an influential form of power that strongly contributes to counterproductive organisational behaviour. The discussion draws upon the emergent themes from the research to highlight the negative consequences of malicious gossip for those targeted and their organisations, and in so doing, elaborates on the phenomenon of workplace mobbing. This research highlights the importance of recognising gossip as an effective, though dark, form of power and the value of rational discourse for improving organisational communication.
Urban sports promotion for social inclusion, healthy and active living

VITAL CITIES seeks answers on how to combat social exclusion through the redesign of public spaces in deprived residential areas by using the power and common language of sport; through innovative community and IT based urban sport actions, innovative physical equipment and better orchestrated service delivery. The project tackles TO9 (“promoting social inclusion and combating poverty”).The project applies a novel approach: instead of bringing inactive citizens to sports facilities, public space should be turned into a low threshold sports facility, inviting all citizens to physical activity. Street layout, land use, location of recreation facilities, parks and public buildings, the transport system can all encourage or discourage physical activity. Opportunities for physical activity need to be created close to where people live, while also creating cleaner, safer, greener and more activity-friendly local environments.In order to reach this, cities need to be equipped with new, innovative tools to be used in urban design and planning (to redesign public spaces linked to sport activities, urban sports, games, physical exercises) to adequately provide for recreation and sport services and exploit potential social, health and economic benefits. Partners will create the “vital cities” brand, to be allocated to cities ensuring open access to recreation and sport services and breaking down barriers to participation especially within the less active, deprived population.
Criando a Atacama: desde el tributo y el reparto forzoso de mercancías hasta el fiado estatal y la contribución indigenal (siglos XVI al XIX)

En este artículo analizamos el desarrollo agrícola, ganadero y arriero en Atacama a partir de fuentes editadas e inéditas. Desde una perspectiva de larga duración, exponemos los cambios y las continuidades a lo largo de las diversas administraciones, sus efectos en el proceso regional, la ideología del poder y sus políticas, la agencia indígena, los condicionantes materiales y las contradicciones estructurales. El estudio permite comprender la articulación entre las formas de dominación y las sociedades indígenas en el proceso de conformación de los paisajes agromineros de un espacio fronterizo, concebido como hostil y con una larga orientación extractiva.