SIRIS-Lab/unlabelled-sti-corpus huggingface dataset:
Strain localization and failure in irradiated zircaloy with crystal plasticity

Abstract This paper presents a micromechanical and mechanistic study of irradiation-induced crystallographic softening known to accelerate failure in irradiated zircaloys typically used as cladding material in pressure water nuclear reactors. The irradiation is known to lead to an increase in yield strength, and reduced ductility is anticipated to result from the progressive reduction in slip system strength. Extensive studies using transmission electron microscopy (TEM) show the formation of type dislocation channels in irradiated zircaloys anticipated to affect basal and prismatic systems. A crystal plasticity approach is established to incorporate basal and prismatic crystallographic softening, both of which are shown to be required in order to capture independent experimental observations for irradiated zircaloy. Representative irradiated zircaloy textures subjected to cyclic loading regimes were modelled to provide an understanding of the failure processes during in-service conditions. Under both strain and stress-controlled cyclic loading, irradiation softening led to the development of strain localization, and the formation of slip banding and its coalescence. This was found to lead to localized ratcheting and macroscale softening, and in strain-controlled loading, ultimately to plastic shakedown. Stress-controlled cyclic loading, however, especially with non-zero mean applied stress, led to pronounced local and macroscale ratcheting, influenced profoundly by the irradiation softening, and hence finally to ductile failure. It was also observed that local strain hardening due to GND development was small compared to irradiation-induced softening processes, supporting the notion that slip system softening dominates shear band formation.
METHOD OF MANUFACTURING MULTICOLORED ILLUMINATOR

A method of manufacturing a multicolored illuminator is disclosed. In an embodiment, a first transparent sheet (499) comprising light diffusing particles is provided. Second and third transparent cladding sheets (404) are provided on either sides of the first transparent sheet. A mirror (406) is provided adjacent to the second sheet. The first sheet, second sheet, third sheet and mirror are merged to give a multicolored illuminator.
Preparation and characterization of the micro-arc oxidation composite coatings on magnesium alloys

Abstract The magnesium alloys attract the light-weight manufacture due to its high strength to weight ratio, however the poor corrosion resistance limits the application in automobile industry. The Micro-arc Composite Ceramic (MCC) coatings on AZ91D magnesium alloys were prepared by Micro-arc Oxidation (MAO) and electrophoresis technologies. The microstructure, corrosion resistance, abrasion resistance, stone impact resistance and adhesion of MCC coatings were studied respectively. The cross section morphologies showed that the outer organic coating was filled into the hole on surface of MAO coating, and it acted as a shelter against corrosive products. The copper-accelerated acetic acid salt spray Test, abrasion resistance test, stone impact resistance test, thermal shock resistance test and adhesion test were used to evaluate the protective characterization by the third testing organization which approved by GM. The test results showed the composite coatings meet all the requirements. The MCC coating on Mg presents excellent properties, and it is a promising surface treatment technology on magnesium alloys for production vehicles.
TAX CREDIT LAW NO 208/2015 S.M.I. PRINGRAF SRL

THE INVESTMENT MADE ALLOWS TO INCREASE THE PRODUCTION CAPACITY AND TO RESPOND TO THE NEW DEMANDS OF THE MARKET: GREATER VARIETY OF PRODUCTS, SHORT MARKETING TIMES, MORE INTENSIVE MARKETING TESTING, EVENT-RELATED PACKAGING, SEASONAL ORDERS.
Riqualificazione della viabilità e dei sottoservizi tecnologici lungo la banchina di ponente del porto transfrontaliero di Sarta Teresa

The main objectives are:
- Strengthening of local entrepreneurial structure
- strengthening of the infrastructure system 
- Strengthening, redevelopment and accommodation of the access to the harbour and to the landing place.
- Solving the issues of traffic congestion.
The intervention aims to adjust the services by detecting spaces that are coherent to the activities. The car, pedestrian system is redesigned and resized with the addiction of parching spaces.
It will be remade the whole structure of the lower services, black and white waters, electric system connected to all the different services, water system for the public greenery, fire network alarm in the quay proximity.
Competition Between Viscoelasticity and Surfactant Dynamics in Flow Focusing Microfluidics

The goal of this work is to quantify the impact of viscoelasticity on a tipstreaming phenomenon observed in flow focusing microfluidic devices. Tipstreaming, or thread formation, is a phenomenon caused by surfactant transport to, from, and along, deforming interfaces that leads to long filaments in microfluidic devices. Viscoelasticity also leads to stable filaments, so possible synergies are investigated here. The ability to generate extremely long and thin filaments that will break up via interfacial instabilities will lead to the formation of droplets much smaller than the device lengthscales. Viscoelastic Boger fluids are used as the dispersed phase liquid in a flow focusing device and surfactant is added to the continuous phase liquid. We find a region of operating space in which viscoelasticity appears to couple with surfactant transport to form long threads. The phenomenon is described qualitatively and is related to fluid relaxation times.
Turning manure into fuel: a container based lbg plant for small to medium scale farms

The demand for renewable fuels is growing, mainly by increasing environmental concern, coupled with stringent government regulations pertaining to air pollution and waste management. 

Liquefied biogas (LBG) is an environmentally sustainable fuel. Livestock manure is also an excellent source of LBG, turning waste product into energy. However, currently, it is only possible to generate LBG through large scale plants. This means that it is not economically viable to utilize manure from small and medium sized farms, which makes up 40% of the total biogas production potential, as small, decentralized plants are currently not economically efficient. The major reason for this due to the lack of a commercially viable technology that can generate liquid biogas at a small scale. This means that less than 1% of the potential biogas production is being produced. 

Biofrigas Sweden AB has developed and piloted an effective, decentralised, small-scale and affordable, containerized energy plant that converts manure into 97% pure liquefied biogas (LBG) and separates the CO2 it contains. This has several advantages: 
-No need to transport sludge to LBG plant – the plant is onsite; 
-Biogas produced is in liquefied form that allows easy storage and transportation, reducing transport costs by 84%
-The container is a temporary and moveable structure that allows an innovative financing model which does not require farmers to invest in the plant, therefore speeding up market penetration.

BFG plan to use the SME instrument to the Biofrigas LBG plant to the market. Should the feasibility study confirm current beliefs about the market and the technology, the aim is to use the phase 2 to complete, certify and demonstrate the commercial plant in small and medium farms in 4 European countries, before launching the BFG plant on the market in 2019. By 2022 it is anticipated that we will have 240 sites across Europe and be earning an operating profit of over 7M€ and employing almost 100 people.
Corridor Approaches to Integrating Transportation and Land Use

Transportation agencies nationwide are under pressure to help address a wider range of transportation issues than ever before in the United States. Many of them extend beyond traditional state department of transportation (DOT) activities and span of control. There is an interconnection between transportation and land use that the public and local decision makers do not often see. Yet the public frequently holds DOTs responsible for solving transportation problems resulting from local and regional land use decisions and preferred development patterns. The objective of this research is to identify and explore successful innovations in integrating transportation and land use planning for transportation corridors, with a focus on practices that could be transferred to other locations. A case study approach was used to identify projects that integrated, rather than merely linked, land use and transportation planning and decision making. This paper summarizes six case studies: Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning, Illinois; Envision Utah and the Mountain View Environmental Impact Statement, Utah; Gateway Route 1, Maine; NJFIT: Future in Transportation, New Jersey; UnJAM 2025 and Places29, Virginia; and MetroVision and Blueprint Denver, Colorado. The paper also analyzes practices and lessons learned, highlighting common themes among the case studies.
Buckling analysis of swcnt reinforced composite plate

This work presents the buckling analysis of functionally graded single walled carbon nanotubes reinforced composite plates under in-plane mechanical loads. The effective material properties of uniformly distributed carbon nanotubes are obtained using Mori–Tanaka approach and extended rule of mixtures. The buckling load has been obtained numerically with the help of commercial finite element package ANSYS using ANSYS parametric design language code. The convergence behaviour of the developed model has been checked and validated by comparing the responses with those available literature. Effect of different geometrical parameters such as aspect ratio and side to thickness ratio have been studies and discussed in details
Rotating Relativistic Stars

The masses of neutron stars are limited by an instability to gravitational collapse and an instability driven by gravitational waves limits their spin. Their oscillations are relevant to x-ray observations of accreting binaries and to gravitational wave observations of neutron stars formed during the coalescence of double neutron-star systems. This volume includes more than forty years of research to provide graduate students and researchers in astrophysics, gravitational physics and astronomy with the first self-contained treatment of the structure, stability and oscillations of rotating neutron stars. This monograph treats the equations of stellar equilibrium; key approximations, including slow rotation and perturbations of spherical and rotating stars; stability theory and its applications, from convective stability to the r-mode instability; and numerical methods for computing equilibrium configurations and the nonlinear evolution of their oscillations. The presentation of fundamental equations, results and applications is accessible to readers who do not need the detailed derivations.
METHOD FOR THE SEPARATION OF THE LACTOSE FROM MILK FOR THE PRODUCTION OF LACTOSE-FREE MILK, AND USE OF THE BY-PRODUCT

The invention relates to a method for separating lactose from milk in order to produce lactose-free milk, and the use of the by-product, comprising a standardisation of the milk to be treated, the application of an ultra-filtration step with which a permeate is obtained that will be treated with nano-filtration in order to produce a retentate of nano-filtration. Between the ultra-filtration and the nano-filtration there is a diafiltration step.
Integration of capacitor, thermoelectric and photovoltaic thin films for efficient energy conversion and storage

The possibility of having a unique device that converts thermal and photonics energy into electrical energy and simultaneously stores it, is something dreamed by the PI since the beginning of her research career. To achieve that goal, this project aims to gather, in a single substrate, solar cells with up-conversion nanoparticles, thermoelectrics and graphene super-capacitor, all made of thin films. These three main components will be developed separately and integrated sequentially. The innovation proposed is not limited to the integration of components, but rely in ground-breaking concepts: 1) thermoelectric elements based on thin film (TE-TF) oxides; 2) plasmonic nanoparticles for up conversion of near infrared radiation to visible emission in solar cells; 3) graphene super-capacitors; 4) integration and optimization of all components in a single CapTherPV device. This ambitious project will bring new insights at large area, low cost and flexible energy harvesting and comes from an old idea of combining energy conversion and storage that has been pursued by the PI. She started her career in amorphous silicon thin film solar cells, later she started the development of thin film batteries and more recently started a research line in thermoelectric films. If approved, this project will give financial support to consolidate the research being carried out and will give independence to the PI in terms of resources and creative think. More importantly, will facilitate the concretization of the dream that has been pursued with hard work.
Monte-Carlo investigation of radiation beam quality of the CRNA neutron irradiator for calibration purposes

An irradiation system has been acquired by the Nuclear Research Center of Algiers (CRNA) to provide neutron references for metrology and dosimetry purposes. It consists of an (241)Am-Be radionuclide source of 185 GBq (5Ci) activity inside a cylindrical steel-enveloped polyethylene container with radially positioned beam channel. Because of its composition, filled with hydrogenous material, which is not recommended by ISO standards, we expect large changes in the physical quantities of primary importance of the source compared to a free-field situation. Thus, the main goal of the present work is to fully characterize neutron field of such special delivered set-up. This was conducted by both extensive Monte-Carlo calculations and experimental measurements obtained by using BF(3) and (3)He based neutron area dosimeters. Effects of each component present in the bunker facility of the Algerian Secondary Standard Dosimetry Laboratory (SSDL) on the energy neutron spectrum have been investigated by simulating four irradiation configurations and comparison to the ISO spectrum has been performed. The ambient dose equivalent rate was determined based upon a correct estimate of the mean fluence to ambient dose equivalent conversion factors at different irradiations positions by means of a 3-D transport code MCNP5. Finally, according to practical requirements established for calibration purposes an optimal irradiation position has been suggested to the SSDL staff to perform, in appropriate manner, their routine calibrations.
Cross-border RISk management of hazardous materIal tranSportation

Maritime transportation among Italy, Albania and Montenegro is on the raise. This has a positive effect on the economic side but, at the same time, it increases the chance of disasters, especially those related to the transportation of hazardous materials, including chemicals like detergents, varnish, etc. This project aims to study the peculiar risks in the area by considering data and evidences in the maritime area of Italy, Albanian and Montenegrin territories as well as the road transportation in the surrounding area. Then it will develop Decision Support modules, intended to assist cross-border management of hazardous materials, from risk prevention to cooperation in case of disaster. These modules will implement a platform for monitoring the transportation of hazardous materials. The developed ICT platform will assist the stakeholders in several way: for instance, when allocating ships carrying hazardous materials to berths on the basis of real-time numerical simulations of weather (wave and wind) conditions; when routing shipments in such a way that, not only travel cost is reduced, but also transportation risk is minimized.
Illuminating black boxes in the nitrogen cycle

With an increasing world population growth, prediction of climate change on the sustainability and resilience of farming ecosystems is key. Since the nitrogen cycle's role within the farming ecosystem is of utmost importance, and an environmental disturbance leads to farming production loss, understanding the cycle's resilience is crucial. The main actors within this cycle are microorganisms, yet these are ignored when predicting ecological effects to climate change (black box models). Microorganisms do not exist as isolated entities, but are mixed in high numbers, maintaining a diverse number of social interactions created through adaptation and evolution. Microbial-Light will illuminate black box models via the acquisition of a multi-parametric database. Physicochemical disturbances will be applied to a large combinatorial number of mixed microbial populations of well studied nitrifiers. Microbial growth monitoring at microtiter scale will include strain tracking (FISH-flow cytometry), while function (i.e. nitrification) will be determined at a larger scale. The ample data collected will enable elucidation of functional landscapes for each synthetic community under combining environmental stresses. Additionally, the role of microbial interactions (BSocial tool) across disturbance gradients will be sought. Microbial-Light, will engage in modelling individual growth from synthetic mixed population growth, thereby validating the models with previous experimental evidence. Moreover, the optimal social nitrifying community will be coated on tomato seeds, and plant growth efficiency will be compared with uncoated seeds. Parallel to the acquisition multi-parametric database, evaluation of the nitrification potential of poor and rich soils will be tested coupled with microbial diversity (Illumina sequencing). The analysis of synthetic and natural communities, will allow for a more comprehensive ecological model on nitrification.
Downward Löwenheim–Skolem Theorem and interpolation in logics with constructors

The present paper describes a method for proving Downward Lowenheim-Skolem Theorem within an arbitrary institution satisfying certain logic properties. In order to demonstrate the applicability of the present approach, the abstract results are instantiated to many-sorted first-order logic and preorder algebra. In addition to the first technique for proving Downward Lowenheim-Skolem Theorem, another one is developed, in the spirit of institution-independent model theory, which consists of borrowing the result from a simpler institution across an institution comorphism. As a result the Downward LowenheimSkolem Property is exported from first-order logic to partial algebras, and from higher-order logic with intensional Henkin semantics to higher-order logic with extensional Henkin semantics. The second method successfully extends the domain of application of Downward Lowenheim-Skolem Theorem to other non-conventional logical systems for which the first technique may fail. One major application of Downward Lowenheim-Skolem Theorem is interpolation in constructor-based logics with universally quantified sentences. The interpolation property is established by borrowing it from a base institution for its constructor-based variant across an institution morphism. This result is important as interpolation for constructor-based first-order logics is still an open problem.
Oncolytic viruses for the treatment of pediatric brain tumors: an integrated clinical and lab approach

The overreaching goal of my lab is to improve the prognosis of patients with high-risk pediatric brain tumors. To this end, I propose to integrate clinical and lab-based research to develop tumor-targeted oncolytic adenoviruses with the capacity to elicit a therapeutic immune response in those tumors. Our research will use novel and relevant models to accomplish the experimental aims. We have previously worked with Delta-24-RGD (DNX-2401) a replication-competent adenovirus that has been translated to the clinical scenario. In 2017, the first clinical trial phase I with DNX-2401 for newly diagnosed Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Gliomas (DIPG; a lethal pediatric brain tumor) opened propelled by my team. Preliminary results from the first trials revealed that the intratumoral injection of the virus instigated an initial phase of oncolysis followed by a delayed inflammatory response that ultimately resulted in complete regression in a subset of the patients without associated toxicities. I hypothesized that enhancement of the immune component of the DNX-2401-based therapy will result in the complete regression of the vast majority of pediatric brain tumors. In our specific approach, we propose to understand the immune microenvironment of DIPGs and the response to viral therapy in the context of the trial. Moreover, that knowledge will leverage the design of Delta-24-based adenoviruses to recruit lymphocytes to the tumor with the competence of different type of ligands to activate the tumor infiltrating lymphocytes. I expect that this combinatorial innovative treatment will efficiently challenge the profound and inherent tumor immunosuppression and, in turn, will elicit a robust anti-tumor immune response resulting in the significant improvement of the prognosis and quality of life of patients with pediatric brain tumors. This project has the potential to produce a vertical advance in the field of pediatric oncology.
Electrochemical performance of fuel cell catalysts prepared by supercritical deposition: Effect of different precursor conversion routes

Abstract Supercritical deposition (SCD) is used to prepare carbon-supported Pt nanoparticles as electrocatalysts for proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs). Dimethyl(1,5-cyclooctadiene)platinum(II) (Pt(cod)me 2 ) is adsorbed from supercritical carbon dioxide (scCO 2 ) solutions onto Vulcan VX-72 at 13.2 MPa and 50 °C. The adsorbed metal precursor is converted to its metal form via three different routes: thermal conversion in N 2 at ambient pressure (route 1), thermal conversion in scCO 2 (route 2), or chemical conversion in H 2 at ambient pressure (route 3). Sequential SCD is used in routes 1 and 3. The mean diameters of the synthesized Pt nanoparticles are smallest for route 1 and largest for route 3. Nano-scale morphology of the electrocatalysts is characterized using transmission electron microscopy (TEM), revealing narrower Pt particle size distributions for the catalyst prepared via route 1 than for those synthesized by routes 2 and 3. Electrocatalyst prepared using route 1 showed the best performance both in specific activity (measured via cyclic voltammetry) and in PEMFC tests among electrocatalysts prepared using different routes.