SIRIS-Lab/unlabelled-sti-corpus huggingface dataset:
Ambient temperature anaerobic treatment of municipal sewage wastewater

Introducing a breakthrough product innovation, AMBI-ROBIC®, a disruptive Anaerobic Digestion process. For the first time, this technology can be used to treat municipal sewage wastewater at ambient temperatures. In this patent-protected process, unique psychrophilic (cold-loving) microbes’ breakdown and convert pollutants in the sewage to renewable biogas enabling the process to perform at ambient wastewater temperatures. (ambient definition: environmental conditions, existing in the surrounding area).

The AMBI-ROBIC® innovation offers many benefits for municipal utilities, driven to change by regulatory drivers – EU UWWTD mandates high-quality treatment and the new European Green Deal will mandate further dramatic reductions in carbon emissions. 
•	High treatment efficiency in terms of pollutant removal at the primary/secondary treatment stage; 
•	>80% less electricity consumed compared with the competition;
•	No organic sludge production: Reduction in sewage sludge transportation & disposal costs;
•	High-quality biogas by-product: 100% available for heat, power, fuel cell or vehicle fuel generation; 
•	Carbon Impact: 88% less carbon emissions than competition;
If implemented across 10% of the EU’s sewage treatment plants, the carbon impact would be equivalent to 282,000 cars removed from our roads. 

The proposal addresses the following Green Deal goals:
•	Increasing the EU’s climate mitigation and/or adaptation ambition
•	Transitioning of industry to a clean and/or circular economy (including waste prevention and/or recycling)
•	Preserving and restoring ecosystems and biodiversity
•	Realising a zero-pollution ambition and a toxic-free environment

The overall result is an urgency within the municipal wastewater industry to change, adopting innovative low carbon and low energy treatment methods to achieve stricter environmental pollution control standards and meet climate change and carbon emission reduction regulations. AMBI-ROBIC® addresses these challenges.
Estimation of Cruciate Ligament Forces Via Smart Compression Garments

Abstract Muscle and ligament injuries are among the most common sports injuries with Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) injuries commonplace in many sporting codes. Several studies have been performed in an effort to quantify the loading of the cruciate ligaments during activity. However these ultimately rely on data obtained through static machines performing isokinetic movements. Smart Compression Garments (SCG), functioning as a wearable muscle and ligament management system, were developed to understand the loading of the ligaments whilst providing an additional means to mitigate the risk of overload and strain. Forces were determined through a new method of calculating the cruciate ligament forces utilising the forward dynamic calculation of the SCG determined muscle forces and knee angle. Four controlled scenarios were performed to evaluate the ligament loading conditions involving maximal contraction of the hamstrings or quadriceps at several knee flexion angles. The loading of the cruciate ligaments was demonstrated during walking on a treadmill, where the both the ACL and PCL were significantly stressed alternatively once per stride. The application of an SCG allows for the associated information processing of soft tissue data through a wearable system capable of assessing active muscle load, cruciate ligament forces, and co-contraction of paired muscles in real-time, providing metrics for improved performance and safety.
NH2-MIL-101(Fe)/Ni(OH)2-derived C,N-codoped Fe2P/Ni2P cocatalyst modified g-C3N4 for enhanced photocatalytic hydrogen evolution from water splitting

Abstract Constructing appropriate cocatalysts to modify semiconductors while maintaining tight interface for charge separation facilitation is important for improving photocatalytic hydrogen production. Thus, in this work, C,N-codoped Fe2P/Ni2P (CN/FeNiP) polyhedrons derived from NH2-MIL-101(Fe)/Ni(OH)2 were used as cocatalysts to modify graphitic carbon nitride (g-C3N4) for photocatalytic hydrogen production from water splitting under visible-light irradiation. The highest evolution rate observed over CN/FeNiP/g-C3N4 was 13.81 mmol g−1 h−1 under 1.0 mmol L−1 of Eosin Y (EY) sensitization (compared to 0.196 mmol g−1 h−1 without EY sensitization), which was about 10 and 5 times higher than that of g-C3N4 (1.33 mmol g−1 h−1) and CN/FeP/g-C3N4 (2.73 mmol g−1 h−1). The apparent quantum yield at 420 nm reached 45.8%. A detail analysis of the mechanism revealed that the improved photocatalytic activity can be ascribed to highly efficient spatial separation of photo-induced charges from the excited EY and g-C3N4 to CN/FeNiP with tight interface, staggered band energy between g-C3N4, CN/Fe2P and Ni2P as well as accelerated surface reaction by CN/FeNiP cocatalysts. This work demonstrates that MOF-derived hybrid hollow metal phosphide can be good substitutes for noble metal catalysts for photocatalytic hydrogen production.
Rotavirus and biliary atresia

New knowledge on rotavirus infection in children and well established mouse models has renewed interest in whether rotavirus could cause biliary atresia, an idiopathic, obliterative infantile disease of bile ducts that is the primary indication for liver transplant in children.Studies in the rotavirus mouse model of biliary atresia indicate that infection of biliary epithelium is an inaugural event leading to biliary inflammation and obstruction, which is preceded by systemic spread of rotavirus, which also occurs during human rotavirus enteric infections. Viral factors, including rotavirus gene 4, are important for biliary infection and biliary atresia in mice. Specific host factors related to inflammatory processes (natural killer and T cells, interferon) are also critical, and a paucity of regulatory T cells in neonates may play a key role in pathogenesis in experimental biliary atresia. Rotavirus vaccination has substantially decreased rotavirus diarrheal disease worldwide and might enable demonstration of a cause-effect relationship between rotavirus infection and biliary atresia in humans.Rotavirus can be detected in the serum of mice and children and causes biliary atresia in neonatal mice. Approaches to re-examine whether rotavirus causes biliary atresia in children are discussed based on concepts from the mouse model of biliary atresia and rotavirus vaccination programs.
The rise of placental mammals: dissecting an evolutionary radiation

Mammals are ubiquitous, with over 5000 species across the globe. But how did mammals become so successful? There is vigorous debate among palaeontologists: did mammals explosively diversify after a sudden environmental crisis knocked out dinosaurs at the end of the Cretaceous (~66 million years ago) or rise to dominance more slowly, alongside the dinosaurs? The debate persists because we still know very little about those mammals that flourished during the ~10 million years after the end-Cretaceous extinction (the early Paleogene), as they are largely ignored because their ‘archaic’ anatomy has long confounded palaeontologists. This project will use a wealth of newly discovered fossils and state-of-the-art analytical techniques to finally untangle the evolutionary story of these ~200 critical species. We will comprehensively study the anatomy of ‘archaic’ species using state-of-the-art imaging technology and build a species-level genealogy placing these long-mysterious mammals in the context of their Cretaceous forebears and modern mammals. Cutting-edge quantitative methods for studying evolution, including novel techniques developed here, will be applied to the family tree to date the origin of placental mammals and the major modern groups, determine what effect the end-Cretaceous extinction had on mammalian biodiversity, quantify the tempo and mode of the placental radiation, and explicitly test for potential drivers of mammalian diversification. This will give ground-breaking insight into how major groups become successful over evolutionary time and how biodiversity is affected and reset by dramatic environmental changes, a pressing concern in today’s rapidly changing world.
SEPARATION OF DRILL CUTTINGS FROM DRILLING FLUID ON A SEABED

There are described a method and a device for recovering drilling fluid which is used in connection with the provision of a subsea well (10), in which the drilling fluid is circu- lated from a vessel (20) on a sea surface (21) via a drill string (12) and out through a drill bit (12') into an annulus (13) which is defined by a borehole and the drill string (12), the device including: a filtering device (1) which is connected, in respect of fluid, to said annulus (13) and which is arranged to contain drill cuttings (4) and drilling fluid; and a fluid line (7) which extends from a portion of the filtering device (1) to the vessel (20), the fluid line (7) being arranged to carry drilling fluid which has been separated from the drill cuttings (4) back to the vessel (20).
A TECHNIQUE FOR REDUCING SECTOR SWEEP TIME FOR MILLIMETER-WAVE DEVICES

Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques that may help reduce sector sweep time. In some cases, the techniques involve generating frames for transmission during a sector sweep procedure, each frame including one or more address fields being determined based on at least one of a transmitter address of the apparatus or a receiver address of an intended recipient of the generated frames and having fewer bits than at least one of the transmitter address or the receiver address.
Magnetic response to applied electrostatic field in external magnetic field

We show, within QED and other possible nonlinear theories, that a static charge localized in a finite domain of space becomes a magnetic dipole, if it is placed in an external (constant and homogeneous) magnetic field in the vacuum. The magnetic moment is quadratic in the charge, depends on its size and is parallel to the external field, provided the charge distribution is at least cylindrically symmetric. This magneto-electric effect is a nonlinear response of the magnetized vacuum to an applied electrostatic field. Referring to the simple example of a spherically symmetric applied field, the nonlinearly induced current and its magnetic field are found explicitly throughout the space; the pattern of the lines of force is depicted, both inside and outside the charge, which resembles that of a standard solenoid of classical magnetostatics.
Linear Differential Games and High Precision Attitude Stabilization of Spacecrafts with Large Flexible Elements

Space mission success depends on adequate attitude control system performance. High precision pointing control design for flexible spacecraft with large appendages requires special care (Yamada & Yoshikawa, 1996; Nagashio, 2010). Many linear control schemes such as LQR, LQG, QFT, H∞, and μ-synthesis have been used to guarantee robust stability against both vibrations and parameter uncertainties. Future advanced space missions will involve control system design techniques with novel architectures, technologies, and algorithms. Next generation of microcomputers will allow one to use more sophisticated control algorithms. Pontryagin’s theory of linear differential games (Pontryagin, 1981) is a natural tool to solve local stabilization problems under conditions of uncertainty. The correspondingmathematical model involves a linear differential equation
5-ALKYNYL PYRIMIDINES AND THEIR USE AS KINASE INHIBITORS

The present invention encompasses compounds of general formula (1) wherein R1 to R4 R3 are defined as in claim 1, which are suitable for the treatment of diseases characterised by excessive or abnormal cell proliferation, and the use thereof for preparing a medicament having the above-mentioned properties.
Neural computing architectures in advanced monolithic 3d-vlsi nano-technologies

We propose to fabricate a chip implementing a neuromorphic architecture that supports state-of-the-art machine
learning algorithms and spike-based learning mechanisms. With respect to its physical architecture this chip will
feature an ultra low power, scalable and highly configurable neural architecture that will deliver a gain of a factor 50x
in power consumption on selected applications compared to conventional digital solutions; and fabricated in Fully-
Depleted Silicon on Insulator (FDSOI) at 28nm design rules. In parallel the project will be validating the modules to
realise RRAM synapses both planar and in a 3D monolithic structure.
We will complete this vision and develop complementary technologies that will allow to address the full spectrum
of applications from mobile/autonomous objects to high performance computing coprocessing, by realising (1) a
technology to implement on-chip learning, using native adaptive characteristics of electronic synaptic elements;
and (2) a scalable platform to interconnect multiple neuromorphic processor chips to build large neural processing
systems.
The neuromorphic computing system will be developed jointly with advanced neural algorithms and computational
architectures for online adaptation, learning, and high-throughput on-line signal
processing, delivering
1. an ultra-low power massively parallel non von Neumann computing platform with non-volatile nano-scale devices
that support on-line learning mechanisms
2. a programming toolbox of algorithms and data structures tailored to the specific constraints and opportunities of the
physical architecture;
3. an array of fundamental application demonstrations instantiating the basic classes of signal processing tasks.
The neural chip will validate the concept and be a first step to develop a European technology platform addressing
from ultra-low power data processing in autonomous systems (Internet of Things) to energy efficient large data
processing in servers and networks.
METHOD TO PREPARE BIS(HALOIMIDES)

Bis(halophthalimides) are prepared in mixture in an organic liquid such as ortho­dichlorobenzene or anisole, by a reaction at a temperatire of at least 150°C between at least one diamine compound and at least one halophthalic anhydride in the presence of imidization catalyst. The reaction mixture is maintained at about 15% by weight solids content and rich in the halophthalic anhydride by constantly monitoring the reaction mixture using analytical methods such as high performance liquid chromatography. The product mixture may be directly employed in the direct preparation of polyetherimides, and similar slurries may be employed to prepare other polyether polymers.
Boosting Social Innovation-in European Cities

The network will enable public administrations to play a new role as public boosters and brokers of social innovation, by driving social innovation in, through and out the public sector, will scale up the urban social innovation ecosystem with the concrete ambition to help public authorities to become European hubs and deliverers of public and private social innovation models. On the Pan European level we will try to connect local ecosystems to transnational networks and build international public brokerages to expand the social innovation ecosystem. With new forms of organization and new interactions to tackle social issues, especially in the direction of the most vulnerable groups, the cities will improve the way they tackle changes in city administration for collaboration with citizens. This will be achieved by an appropriately adapted and developed Open Innovation methodology and within that, the Quadruple Helix approach, giving a large scope for innovation to the creative user, and adapting the ways of thinking and doing of the local authorities, to this new paradigm. An improved version of the living labs type of innovation approach could bridge the innovation gap between technology development and the uptake of new products and services involving all relevant players of the value network via partnerships between business, citizens, and government. We are convinced that's it's through deeper relationships that trust and social innovation will develop.
Simulating the kinematics of damped Lyman alpha systems

We investigate the kinematic properties of simulated DLA systems at redshift z=3 via associated low ionization metal absorption. These multiple-component optical depth profiles provide a direct measure of the dynamical motion of the underlying neutral gas. In particular we focus on the velocity width (extent) of these systems along 1D lines of sight using the v90 statistic. We utilize a large set of cosmological, hydrodynamical simulations sourced from the OWLS project, post-processed for radiative transfer using the 3D reverse ray tracing code URCHIN. We succeed in generating complex and high velocity width systems up to ~1000km/s. However we also produce a persistent overabundance of low velocity width (v90<30km/s) systems. We investigate the dependencies of the DLA VWD and quantify the physical origin of sightline kinematics using a novel approach. We uncover a slight bias against low velocity width measurements due to intrinsic
saturation of unresolved absorbers, potentially weakening the observed v90 - metallicity correlation. 
We find that sightline kinematics are highly stochastic even for isolated host halo systems, reflecting the diverse configurations of neutral gas that may be probed by an unassociated background quasar.
Moisture Determination in Windrowed Switchgrass Using Electrical Resistance Probes

Determining moisture content (MC) levels in windrowed biomass is important for both forage producers and researchers. Energy crops such as switchgrass have been troublesome when using standard methods set for electrical resistance meters. The objectives of this study were to i) develop the methodologies needed to measure MC in switchgrass using electrical resistance meters, ii) to determine the effects of pressure and probe orientation on MC measurement and iii) to generate MC calibration equations for electrical resistance meters using switchgrass in the senescence growth stage. Two meters (Meter 1, Farmex HT-PRO; Meter 2, Delmhorst F-2000) were selected based on commercial availability. A forage compression apparatus was designed and constructed with on-farm materials and methods to provide a simple system of applying pressure achievable by any forage producer or researcher in the field. A study was performed to test four levels of moisture contents (10%, 20%, 30%, and 40%), five pressures (0, 1.68, 3.11, 4.55,
Smart Work Centres in Non-Metropolitan areas

The MICROPOL project brings together partners from non-metropolitan regions that face the EU-wide challenge of loss of human capital due to increasing unemployment. The common pattern is that qualified people move to the big cities in search for job opportunities in the knowledge economy which leaves formerly thriving communities far from metropolitan centres with problems of depopulation and little possibility for development and growth. The aim of the MICROPOL partnership is to take advantage of new developments within knowledge-based business, work culture and ICT to meet this challenge. More specifically the objective of MICROPOL is to exchange experience and good practices concerning implementation and management of so-called Smart Work Centres (SWCs) in the context of non-metropolitan areas.
SWCs are facility centres placed in rural or suburban areas offering shared flexible office spaces, state of the art ICT facilities like fibre network and videoconferencing and other resources supporting telework and flexible work forms. By stimulating entrepreneurship and allowing more people to work efficiently and physically independent of their customers and business’ headquarters SWCs thus facilitate settlement and growth in rural areas. Among the main benefits are reduced commuting time and following strain on environment, improved work/life balance, better access to an international market of knowledge-based telework and the possibility of living in rural areas while retaining challenging jobs in the knowledge economy traditionally linked to metropolitan areas. The concept of SWCs or “telework centres” has existed in more than 20 years but has until recently remained relatively unsuccessful due to technological immaturity, hesitant SMEs and lacking policies.
This situation is now changing and the MICROPOL partnership will join efforts to improve the effectiveness of policies that support the implementation of SWCs in non-metropolitan areas. Through a series of thematic seminars as well as a survey and study visits to successful SWCs the partners will improve knowledge, skills and strategies for the use of SWCs in rural development and employment policies. The output will be a case study collection, a good practice guide, an implementation plan for self-sustainable SWCs and a policy recommendation document for internal and external dissemination. Based on these tools the partners as well as policy makers all over EU will be in a better positions to create “Micropols” which are dynamic non-metropolitan communities that combine the qualities and low costs of rural life with challenging job opportunities in the knowledge economy.
Doctorat de recherche pour la mise en valeur de l'héritage naturel et culturel

The construction of a system of knowledge and analysis of the cultural and natural heritage by integrating all experiences from previous cooperation programs in this area (Euromed Heritage,  Interreg 3C, MED, APQ -  ENPI Italy-Tunisia etc.)
The establishment of a real sharing of instruments, models and procedures between Europe, Sicily and Tunisia, allowing the creation of a shared process for the management of cultural and natural heritage in both countries.
The strengthening of the cooperation and exchange of doctoral students and young researchers from the University of Tunis and the Management Centre of the didactic pole of Agrigento to produce innovative tools in wealth management.
Analysis on Variation of Sunshine Duration in Xi′an in Recent 60 Years and Its Influencing Factor

Using the long term record(about 60 years) of meteorological parameters of Xi′an and east of Guanzhong region in Shaanxi Province and nine years of MODIS data,the causes of decreasing trend for sunshine duration during rapid economic developing period have been analyzed.The result shows that there is an obviously decrease of sunshine duration in Xi′an from 1981 to 2001.The decreasing trends are also found in Weinan and Huaxian,east of Xi′an.And there is the good correlation of percentage reduction of sunshine duration at two different stations.But the decrease of sunshine duration is not found in Hua mountain.The cause of the reduction is at height below 2 km.And there is a high value center of AOD on the east side of Guanzhong region in Shaanxi Province,while after eliminating of fog day,total cloud cover and low cloud cover,there are no obvious increase of fog day and cloud cover based on the increase of aerosol caused by the development of the cities.So the main cause of sunshine duration over east of Guanzhong in Shaanxi Province is not the indirect effect of aerosol,but most probably direct radiation.That means in the special terrain and prevailing wind,anthropogenic aerosol caused by the development of cities in Guanzhong region of Shaanxi Province accumulated in east part of Guanzhong,thus there is a high aerosol concentration layer below 2 km above the surface layer.The existence of high concentration aerosol layer could reduce the amount of solar radiation reaching the earth surface and decrease the sunshine duration.The increasing sunshine duration from 2002 to 2008 probably has some relation with anti-pollution measures and variation of prevailing wind,which need further study.