SIRIS-Lab/unlabelled-sti-corpus huggingface dataset:
An Estimation Method of Ski Friction Coefficients in Ski Running on Actual Snow Fields by Sensor System

Abstract This paper proposes an estimation method of ski friction coefficients in ski running by using sensor system. It is important for development of skies, ski waxes to obtain ski friction coefficient in ski running on actual snow filed. The ski friction coefficients are assumed as the sum of the Coulomb friction coefficient and the viscous friction coefficient of a ski. The ski friction coefficients are estimated using the Kalman filter by the information of reaction force from snow surface and gliding velocity in ski's coordinate. The reaction force from snow surface was measured by 6-axis force sensor installed to between ski and binding, and the direction and vertical components of reaction force from snow surface are used for estimation of ski friction coefficient. The gliding velocity was estimated by the 3D posture and the acceleration of ski boot, and the 3D position. The 3D posture was estimated by using the sensor fusion from the angular velocity of gyro sensor and the acceleration of accelerometer attaching the ski boot. The 3D position was obtained by GPS receiver attaching to top of head. We used the estimation method of ski friction coefficients to measurement information obtained by the skier conducting carving turns on an actual snow field, and we obtained the ski friction coefficients varying from moment to moment on an actual snow field. The estimation results of ski friction coefficients fitted for the previous reference. Therefore, the proposed method can use to evaluation of skies, ski waxes.
LIGHTWEIGHT FLEXIBLE TENSIONING SYSTEM FOR CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT

Components and systems for a flexible tensioning member for construction equipment. A tensioning member is comprised of a fiber having a specific tensile strength greater than 1,000 kilonewton meters per kilogram. The tensioning member connects two components and has an attachment allowing the tensioning member to flex relative to a component. The attachment may provide a system for connecting multiple tensioning members.
Simulations for multi-level analysis of interactions in tunnelling based on the building information modelling technology

With increasing urbanization and mobility, the need for underground facilities and consequently efficient and safe design and construction techniques grows. The goal of the SATBIM project is to develop a multi-level simulation model for tunnel-structure interaction integrated in the framework of Building Information Modelling to support engineering decisions during the project life cycle and to allow for the evaluation and minimization of risks on the existing infrastructure. SATBIM is an integrated platform for structural analysis, visualisation and optimization of the mechanized tunnelling process from early stages of the design over to the construction and the operation phase. The complete concept will be validated using industrial data with reference to the Rastatter tunnel project in Germany. The output will have wide implication on technology with expected high academic and industrial impact.
Enhancement of the supply of cross-border rural tourism through the creation of an information network

The project considers the development and promotion of rural tourism activities, based on the peculiarities of the Venetian land and its lifestyles: from the structure of the places to stay, to furniture, food and wine, and the environmental context. The project aims at developing and diversifying rural tourism supply in the cross-border area, by widening and improving the range of the services provided whilst setting up a single information network. In the framework of this initiative, the integrated portal “AGRISLOVE.NET” is set up, in order to increase the visibility of Venetian and Slovenian farmhouse accommodations, connecting them with the culture, history and traditions of the territory. After a thorough exam of the characteristics and peculiarities of the whole territory, the customer can, according to his/her own requests, visualize the individual farmhouses on the portal. The construction of the portal will follow study and research activities carried out in the farmhouses at issue, in order to depict the current situation through the detection of indicators and monitoring methods; all of which will be coupled with promotional and dissemination activities, as well as training courses for tourist operators, for them to autonomously update the information concerning themselves. The purpose of the project is therefore attracting new tourists and enhancing the tourist and cultural resources, consolidating the economic, social and cultural cohesion between partners, making it easier for national and international tourists to use farmhouses.
SECURITY ARTICLES AND DEVICES CONTAINING CODED HOLOGRAPHIC PLATELETS AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME

The present invention provides for a security article for anti-counterfeit, authentication and/or tracking purposes, comprising a substrate material including at least one, but preferably several encoded metal holographic platelets, wherein each platelet carries a surface relief diffractive structure and can be authenticated by inspection of both a holographic device by illumination and visual, eyeglass and magnifier inspection and which can also be authenticated by inspection under magnification of an aperture in the metal platelet carrying an authenticating code.
CIGARETTE PACKAGE CODING SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED METHOD

A package coding system for a cigarette manufacturing process is provided. An imprinting device (400) imprints an alphanumeric code on each of a series of cigarette packages (200). A conveyor device (300) conveys the cigarette packages in a feed direction. An inspection device (600) is operably engaged with the conveyor device and inspects the alphanumeric code (500) imprinted on each cigarette package conveyed by the conveyor device to determine whether any of the cigarette packages includes a defect in the imprinted alphanumeric code, and thus comprises a defective cigarette package. A removal device (700) is operably engaged with the conveyor device and is configured to be in communication with the inspection device. The removal device is configured to remove the defective cigarette package from the series of cigarette packages conveyed by the conveyor device in response to identification thereof by the inspection device. An associated method is also provided.
APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR THE PURIFICATION OF WATER

A domestic apparatus for purifying drinking water, comprising a feed water inlet and a purified water outlet, a filter device comprising prefilter means (52) and microporous membrane filter means (53) interposed between said inlet and said outlet, and means for driving the water through said filter at a constant flow rate (51). A method of purifying drinking water, which comprises causing the water to flow at a constant flow rate through a purification filter device comprising prefilter means and microporous membrane filter means.
Carbon valorisation in energy-efficient green fuels

The CONVERGE project will validate an innovative value chain for the production of green biodiesel. The innovative configuration will reduce the total number of unit operations needed to achieve the conversion of secondary biomass and waste streams into green biodiesel, while simultaneously producing additional intermediate green refinery products.  The CONVERGE project will demonstrate 5 unit operations in 3 grouped processing steps (pre-processing, valorization & enhanced methanol), taking these new combinations from the discovery stage (TRL3) to development stage (TRL5).  The combination of these technologies will increase the biodiesel production from secondary biomass by 12% together with biodiesel production will be reduced by up to 2100 M€ across Europe.  In this project, risks are mitigated from the very start; each unit can be implemented as a stand-alone function within a modified state-of-the-art technology chain and thus provide immediate performance and energy efficiency improvements. Moreover, the units when used together have synergies that allow even more efficiency gains.  The new units to be taken from discovery to development are: CCT: Catalytic cracking of tars from a gasifier to below green C8, integrated with  BITS: Recovery of refinery products including aromatics for green C6-C8 fraction (BTX). Then, SER: Sorption-Enhanced Reforming is adopted for H2 and CO2 separation, integrated with  EHC: Highly efficient electrochemical compression of green H2 with by-product fuel EMM: Enhanced Methanol Membrane synthesis to ensure green biodiesel production. The technology will be validated  for more than 2000 cumulated hours. The CONVERGE consortium covers the whole value chain from secondary biomass supply to biodiesel production, demonstrating the new unit operations on site within an ambitious 42 months period.
The invention of cultural diplomacy: cooperation and transnational competition in european and transatlantic international relations 1870-1940

Cultural diplomacy has gained extraordinary significance in European international relations since the end of the nineteenth century as countries faced challenges in their Empire and as military force on foreign soil became increasingly contested. This project examines the making of this new aspect of foreign policy from the late nineteenth century until the beginning of the Second World War, with a focus on three case studies: Britain, France and Germany. The US will also be analysed as a battled ground for the cultural diplomacies of these western European countries. Employing an interdisciplinary approach – drawing on diplomatic and political history, cultural studies, transnationalism and textual analysis, the project will examine a broad range of private and diplomatic documents, as well as published pamphlets and media sources. The project’s first objective is to evaluate why European countries turned to foreign cultural policies as a new element of their diplomacy. Secondly it aims to reassess the chronology of the rise of cultural diplomacy, which the historiography conventionally sets to the 1920s (when cultural diplomatic bureaux opened in European foreign offices). Thirdly the project aims to renew our understanding of the policy making practices in this domain. These objectives will be met by transcending bi-national approaches that dominate the historiography of cultural diplomacy to assess the influence of entangled national competitions and asymmetric ways in which France, Germany and Britain conceptualised the significance of culture for their European and transatlantic diplomacies. Building upon theories of new diplomatic history that have stressed the significance of non-state actors, this research also goes beyond Foreign Office-centred approaches to examine the role of civil society individuals (including emigrants and transnational networks of private citizens), in shaping this area of diplomacy.
Mid- to Late Holocene sealevel changes at Abrolhos Archipelago and Bank, southwestern Atlantic, Brazil

This study presents spatiotemporal paleo-sea-level reconstructions from Abrolhos archipelago and Abrolhos Bank, and fill in a coastline gap of 500 km where no precise paleo-sea level reconstruction exists. The reconstructions are based on sedimentary, biological and geomorphological evidences. The data indicates sea-levels up to 2.9 m higher than the current one between the Mid- to Late Holocene, in agreement with the empirical sea-level envelope and with predictions of geophysical sea-level models for the Brazilian coast. The data suggests that there was little, if any, hydroisostatic compensation across 55 km of the continental shelf in the study area, between the archipelago and the mainland coast, given that similar elevations of the post-glacial sea-level maximum exist in both places.
RETRACTED: Effect of segregation on rutting resistance of asphalt pavement

Mix segregation is generally described as localized non-uniform zones of mix that do not conform to the original Job Mix Formula in gradation or asphalt content. Segregation may cause field performance issue such as rutting but no good trend between segregation and field/laboratory rut depth is observed. In this paper, a field road with segregation was monitored and those reported parameters used to detect segregation were collected. The segregated areas and the control non-segregated areas were identified by visual assessment. Rut depth were measured within one year after the road was opened to traffic. Rut depth from segregated areas and non-segregated areas are compared to evaluate the effect of segregation on rutting performance. The possibility of using different parameters such as pavement texture and construction temperature to detect segregation is also analyzed. Acknowledging that the rut depth may be affected by multiple parameters, a statistical Partial Least Squares (PLS) regression method is applied to select predictor variables that have the most significant effect on rut depth, and to develop rut depth prediction model. Results indicate that rut depth from segregated areas (visual) are statistically higher than rut depth from the non-segregated areas (visual). It is also found that pavement texture and construction temperature are the potential factors to detect segregation since they are correlated well with both visual assessment and rut depth. The developed rut depth prediction model shows good predictability and is well validated by considering segregation (mean texture depth), climatic effect (aging days), material property (HMA layer moduli), and pavement structure (entire HMA thickness).
Tear resistant bag for consumables

The invention is a tear-resistant container or bag made with a multilayer film comprising a composite structure of relatively inexpensive polymers and paper. The multilayer composite structure generally consists of an oriented polymer film layer adhered to a reinforcing scrim layer via a thermal bonding layer, to form a backing structure, and at least one paper layer adhered to the backing structure.
Era-Net for research and innovation on materials and battery technologies, supporting the european green deal.

M-ERA.NET 3 aims at coordinating the research efforts in the participating EU Member States, Regions, and Associated States in materials research and innovation, including materials for future batteries, to support the circular economy and Sustainable Development Goals. 
A large network of national and regional funding organisations from 25 EU Members States, 4 Associated States and 6 countries outside Europe will implement a series of annual joint calls to fund excellent innovative transnational RTD cooperation, including one call for proposals with EU co-funding and additional non-cofunded calls. 
Continuing the activities started under the predecessor project M-ERA.NET 2 (3/2016-2/2021), the M-ERA.NET 3 consortium will address emerging technologies and related applications areas, such as - for example- surfaces, coatings, composites, additive manufacturing or integrated materials modelling. Research on materials supporting the large scale research initiative on future battery technologies will be particularly highlighted as a main target of the cofunded call (Call 2021) with a view to supporting in particular SDG 7 (“Affordable and clean energy”) by enabling electro mobility through sustainable energy storage technology and SDG 9 (“Industrial innovation and infrastructure”) by enhancing scientific research and upgrading the technological capabilities of industrial sectors. 
Several relevant action plans and initiatives will serve as programmatic guides for M-ERA.NET 3 when defining the joint activities, such as the Circular Economy Action Plan, the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development  and its 17 Sustainable Development Goals, the EC communication “A clean planet for all”, and the “European Green Deal”.
The total mobilised public call budget is expected to reach 150 million € with additional private investment of 50 million €. Thus, the leverage effect of the EU contribution will reach a factor of 13, exceeding by far the minimum required factor of 5.
Topological phononics in crystalline materials

Phonons are the quantized vibration of the crystal lattice that carry heat in insulators and semiconductors and thus the ability of manipulating them is central in many applications, ranging from thermal management, thermoelectricity and ,perhaps the most visionary of them, phonon-based logic and computing. Topological nontrivial phonons have been studied in artificial periodic structures, i.e. phononic crystals, and as intrinsic quantized collective excitations of atomic vibrations at terahertz frequency. The latter are of particular importance and can promote fundamental investigations and promising applications related to phonons, such as dissipationless phonon transport, quantized Hall effect, etc. The goal of this project is to investigate the intrinsic topological phononic states inside realistic crystalline solids and provide recipes for their experimental realization and engineering. The TOPological pHONonics In Crystalline materiALS (TOPHONICALS) project will deliver a framework aimed at designing and realizing nontrivial topological phonon states in realistic crystalline materials, exploring their use in applications related to renewable energy and information technology. Specifically, TOPHONICALS will focus on topological phononic states like quantum anomalous/spin/valley hall-like (Q(A/S/V)H-like) states and Weyl phonons with the purpose to achieve these states in the realistic materials, so that thermal devices such as dissipationless phonon waveguides, phonon diodes, negative refraction materials can be further designed and engineered. The challenge and novelty of TOPHONICALS is delivering a set of recipes to realize these devices not simply using theoretical models but realistic materials. This approach would allow us to imagine a low power phononic circuits, highly efficient phonon valley filters and an ideal phonon diode, as the topological phononic states are promising one-way boundary states immune to scattering.
Optical communication card and communication device

Multiplexing-technology based large-capacity transmission requires the installation of many types of interface card. In addition, supporting a redundant configuration for preventing data communication from being interrupted requires the devices and cards more than double those required for the production system. An optical communication card (101) includes multiple optical signal transmission/reception units (102-1 to 102-N), main signal processing units (103-1 to 103-N) corresponding to the optical signal transmission/reception units (102-1 to 102-N) and required for a multiplexed system, and a connection selection unit (104) that can switch among multiple optical transmission lines, and each of the main signal processing units (103-1 to 103-N) includes multiple function units (201 to 204) and a function selection unit (205).
Možnosti arteterapie v resocializační praxi u klientů s duševní poruchou

This thesis deals with the possibilities and use of particular forms of artetherapy in resocialization practice, especially with clients suffering from psychological disorders. In the theoretical part we deal with the resocialization of clients suffering from mental diseases, outline of psyhcological disorders, historical development and specific elements of artetherapy. The second part of the thesis is comprised of practical part in the form of research. The aim of the thesis is to show the possibilities of application of artetherapy when working with clients suffering from psychological disorders. We achieved this through research in the form of analysis of the process of artetherapeutic creation, observation and interviews with clients.
Communication strategy and tools for optimizing the impact of ebola vaccination deployment – sofia ref.: 115847

Communication strategy and tools for optimizing the impact of Ebola vaccination deployment.

The EBODAC consortium consists of 4 partners: Janssen (EFPIA), London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM), World Vision of Ireland and Grameen Foundation . These partners have experience and expertise in:

• (Ebola) vaccine development and vaccine acceptance; m-health deployments for disease management in resource limited settings (Janssen)
• Vaccine acceptance; risk management in health programs (LSHTM)
• Mobile health deployments for emergency assistance; communication and training delivery in emergency settings (World Vision)
• Mobile health software development and deployment in resource limited settings (Grameen)

As such, the EBODAC consortium is well placed to tackle the challenges associated with Ebola vaccine deployment, including:
• Stigma related to Ebola infections
• Lack of understanding and distrust versus vaccines in general in the local endemic communities
• Two step prime/booster regimen for Ebola vaccine: risk for a ‘no show’ for the booster shot, risk for presenting for the booster shot too early or too late; risk for a different person presenting for the booster shot vs. the prime shot
• People may be difficult to reach for the vaccine recall; People may live at a large distance from the health center where the vaccine is delivered
• Risk for data on vaccine coverage to be fragmented, not existing or incorrect

The EBODAC consortium is committed to deliver:
• A communication strategy that will optimize vaccine acceptance, supported by local anthropology research data
• A platform, based on mobile phone technology, for Ebola vaccine recalls, information/education on Ebola and vaccines in general; and tracking of vaccination coverage
• An identification tool to allow to match the identity of individuals in the prime and boost vaccine regimens
• A training program in the local setting, and a helpdesk function, to support the m-health platform
Bio-Inspired photonics for enhanced microalgal photosynthesis in biofuels

Algal biofuels have the potential to provide a sustainable carbon-neutral source to fossil fuels, however the scaling up of algal systems is economically challenging. Here we propose a bio inspired approach to exploiting light-matter interaction by understanding and mimicking the optical properties of corals. We aim to inspire the development of improved photonic materials that can be used to maximise algal growth in order to radically transform the algal biofuel sector. The specific objectives are to 1) explore the in vivo light field, optical properties and photosynthetic efficiency of a range of coral species from different light regimes, 2) understand the nanophotonic and structural properties of corals underlying the optimised light modulation and 3) apply the biophotonic insight to design novel photonic materials for the improved growth of microalgae. The proposal is highly interdisciplinary involving optical and photonic characterisation, photosynthesis research and the fabrication of novel materials. The successful implementation of this project will have a high societal impact, through improving the biofuel sector and working towards carbon-neutral fuel sources.