SIRIS-Lab/unlabelled-sti-corpus huggingface dataset:
Local endogenous development and urban regeneration of small alpine towns

AlpCity focuses on local development and urban regeneration of small alpine towns. Many small alpine and mountain towns/villages have undergone processes of socio-economic decline, have inadequate public/private services, quality of life and built environment, a (mainly aged) population with limited access to culture and decision-making/participation. These are unsustainable islands of disparity in a generally affluent part of Europe, whose existence impinges the creation of a polycentric urban system and a sustainable urban-rural relationship, often in fragile natural environments at the heart of the Alps. AlpCity aims at promoting common understanding, cultural/political change, through a large transnational partnership and different groups of activities, namely: networking and exchange to create common knowledge and strategies, collection of best local practices, innovative project-cases by single local authorities, dissemination and communication activities, guidelines/future scenarios.
After Postmaterialism: An Essay on China, Russia and the United States

The postmaterialist thesis makes two main claims. First, over time, rising affluence enables many people to substantially satisfy their need for security and economic sustenance, allowing them to focus on pursuing personal autonomy and self-expression. Second, at a given time, younger people, individuals in higher socio-economic positions and wealthier societies tend to be more postmaterialistic than are older people, individuals in lower socio-economic positions and poorer societies. Cursory analysis of American, Chinese and Russian survey data since the late 1980s demonstrates that some of these generalizations are difficult to sustain. While postmaterialism may have been on the rise in some countries in the last decades of the 20th century, it seems now to be a waning force among major world powers, giving way to increasing nationalism and xenophobia. The absence in postmaterialist theory of an adequate explanation for this trend suggests the need to pay more attention to the causes of alternative development paths. Two such causes are outlined in this essay: intensifying geopolitical rivalries and growing economic inequality.
Specificity of cortico-thalamic interactions and its role in frontal cortical functions

Frontal cortical areas are responsible for a wide range of executive and cognitive functions. Frontal cortices communicate with the thalamus via bidirectional pathways and these connections are indispensable for frontal cortical operations. Still, we have very little information about the specificity of connections, synaptic interactions and plasticity between frontal cortex and thalamus and the roles of these interactions in frontal cortical functions.
In the present proposal, we will test the hypothesis that frontal cortical areas developed a highly specialized connectivity pattern with the thalamus. This supports unique interactions between the cortex and the thalamus according to the specific requirements of frontal cortical activity, including experience-dependent plastic changes. 
The project will use cell type-specific viral tracing in mice and 3D electron microscopic reconstructions in mice and humans to identify circuit motifs that are evolutionarily conserved, yet, still specific to fronto-thalamic pathways. The physiological approach will employ in vivo optogenetics combined with intra-, juxta- and extracellular recordings. We will perform behavioral experiments by bidirectional modulation of well-defined elements in the network, in learning paradigms, which depend on the integrity of frontal cortex.
The project is the first systematic approach which aims to understand the nature of interaction between the frontal cortex and the thalamus. It will not only fill the tremendous gap in our knowledge regarding these pathways but will help us elucidate the functional organization of non-sensory thalamus in general. 
Frontal cortices are involved in a wide range of major neurological disorders (e.g. Parkinson’s disease, epilepsy, schizophrenia, chronic pain) which affect executive functions and involve fronto-thalamic pathways. We believe that understanding fronto-thalamic interactions will lead to fundamentally novel insight into the nature of these diseases.
Optimal redundancy allocation for reliability systems with imperfect switching

The problem of stochastically allocating redundant components to increase the system lifetime is an important topic of reliability. An optimal redundancy allocation is proposed, which maximizes the expected lifetime of a reliability system with subsystems consisting of components in parallel. The constraints are minimizing the total resources and the sizes of subsystems. In this system, each switching is independent with each other and works with probability p. Two optimization problems are studied by an incremental algorithm and dynamic programming technique respectively. The incremental algorithm proposed could obtain an approximate optimal solution, and the dynamic programming method could generate the optimal solution.
Space Transformation Methods

A test system includes a test printed circuit board (PCB), a flip chip package mounted on the PCB, one or more test probes coupled to the flip chip package and a first integrated circuit (IC) coupled to the test probes to enable testing of the first IC using electrical circuitry of the flip chip package.
maintenir l’entreprise sur le marché malgré les effets négatifs de la covid

Le projet concerne le soutien au fonds de roulement d’une entreprise en cas de diminution du chiffre d’affaires (recettes des ventes) causée par les effets négatifs de la pandémie de COVID-19.
Small cells coordination  for multi-tenancy and  edge services

SESAME targets innovations around three central elements in 5G: the placement of network intelligence and applications in the network edge through Network Functions Virtualisation (NFV) and Edge Cloud Computing; the substantial evolution of the Small Cell concept, already mainstream in 4G but expected to deliver its full potential in the challenging high dense 5G scenarios; and the consolidation of multi-tenancy in communications infrastructures, allowing several operators/service providers to engage in new sharing models of both access capacity and edge computing capabilities. 

SESAME proposes the Cloud-Enabled Small Cell (CESC) concept, a new multi-operator enabled Small Cell that integrates a virtualised execution platform (i.e., the Light DC) for deploying Virtual Network Functions (NVFs), supporting powerful self-x management and executing novel applications and services inside the access network infrastructure. The Light DC will feature low-power processors and hardware accelerators for time critical operations and will build a high manageable clustered edge computing infrastructure. This approach will allow new stakeholders to dynamically enter the value chain by acting as 'host-neutral' providers in high traffic areas where densification of multiple networks is not practical. The optimal management of a CESC deployment is a key challenge of SESAME, for which new orchestration, NFV management, virtualisation of management views per tenant, self-x features and radio access management techniques will be developed.
 
After designing, specifying and developing the architecture and all the involved CESC modules, SESAME will culminate with a prototype with all functionalities for proving the concept in relevant use cases. Besides, CESC will be formulated consistently and synergistically with other 5G-PPP components through coordination with the corresponding projects.
Early childhood education elearning framework, leveraging novel technology for a whole new way of learning music.

Scientific research proves that early music education, specifically by children ages 0 to 5, is a powerful tool for attaining children’s full intellectual, social and creative potential. Numerous research studies show indisputable evidence that learning music at an early age speeds the development of speech and reading skills, leading to improved comprehension. Musically trained children develop to their full potential, in contrast to the outdated, normative learning models.

The early childhood educational paradigm has not experienced changes in decades. Current model is qualitative, teacher-centred and universal. On top of that, formal early childhood education suffers many challenges, including budget cuts, very low attendance in ECE by children and inadequate music qualifications of early childhood educators. 

Today, professional early childhood music education is purchased by parents in the form of private music classes, or one-off music performances. The burden is on the parents to take up private tuition, and the high costs of private, stationary lessons is a major barrier.

Pomelody is the world’s first and only, eLearning framework for comprehensive music education for infants, toddlers and pre-schoolers, which we describe as analogous to a combination of Netflix and Spotify. Pomelody combines our eLearning web application, with assisted learning software tools to track, analyse and enhance children’s learning processes, increasing learning impact and the final performance. 

Pomelody is a direct response to the “gap” between research and practice on early childhood music education, and fills a significant market gap within the edTech and eLearning segments. Pomelody partakes in the rise of a next giant market opportunity, where according to forecast the global eLearning market for kids is poised to grow over the next decade to reach $325 billion by 2025.
SENIORITY VS AGE OF SOUTH AFRICAN REGIMENTS

From time to time mutterings are heard about seniority of certain C.F. Regiments and it is particularly in Natal that this seems to occur, where there is friendly rivalry between supporters of the Natal Carbineers and the Durban Light Infantry. Recently another letter appeared on the subject, this time in the April 1984 issue of "Springbok" the official newspaper of the SA Legion, when a Durban reader placed the Durban Light Infantry in number one position, pointing out that their motto is "Primus in Africa" (First in Africa), although he conceded that "the Natal Carbineers are the oldest Mounted Regiment".
Biological signal processing via multisite phosphorylation networks

Multisite phosphorylation of proteins is a powerful signal processing mechanism playing crucial roles in cell division and differentiation as well as in disease. Our goal in this application is to elucidate the molecular basis of this important mechanism. We recently demonstrated a novel phenomenon of multisite phosphorylation in cell cycle regulation. We showed that cyclin-dependent kinase (CDK)-dependent multisite phosphorylation of a crucial substrate is performed semiprocessively in the N-to-C terminal direction along the disordered protein. The process is controlled by key parameters including the distance between phosphorylation sites, the distribution of serines and threonines in sites, and the position of docking motifs. According to our model, linear patterns of phosphorylation networks along the disordered protein segments determine the net phosphorylation rate of the protein. This concept provides a new interpretation of CDK signal processing, and it can explain how the temporal order of cell cycle events is achieved. The goals of this study are: 1) We will seek proof of the model by rewiring the patterns of budding yeast Cdk1 multisite networks according to the rules we have identified, so to change the order of cell cycle events. Next, we will restore the order by alternative wiring of the same switches; 2) To apply the proposed model in the context of different kinases and complex substrate arrangements, we will study the Cdk1-dependent multisite phosphorylation of kinetochore components, to understand the phospho-regulation of kinetochore formation, microtubule attachment and error correction; 3) We will apply multisite phosphorylation to design circuits for synthetic biology. A toolbox of synthetic parts based on multisite phosphorylation would revolutionize the field since the fast time scales and wide combinatorial possibilities.
Building friendship and learning about the environment through sport 

This project is intended as a cross-border project in the field of education. It aims at fostering cooperation among primary schools in the cross-border area through sports activities. Several schools take part in the initiative called “Sports Day” for both students and teachers. Teachers are invited to attend preliminary meetings where to share ideas and discuss their professional activity, in order to ensure the effectiveness of this initiative, that will be assessed and evaluated at the end of the project. The main objective of the Sports Day consists in making all the participants acquainted with various sports while taking active part in them in a non-competitive context: the sea, fishing and sailing, basic notions of table tennis and chess. It is an opportunity to plunge into the natural environment and to go hiking or engage in speleological activities. The resulting school network becomes the tool to facilitate deeper mutual knowledge, collaboration and socialising.
Attribute-based fine-grained access control with efficient revocation in cloud storage systems

A cloud storage service allows data owner to outsource their data to the cloud and through which provide the data access to the users. Because the cloud server and the data owner are not in the same trust domain, the semi-trusted cloud server cannot be relied to enforce the access policy. To address this challenge, traditional methods usually require the data owner to encrypt the data and deliver decryption keys to authorized users. These methods, however, normally involve complicated key management and high overhead on data owner. In this paper, we design an access control framework for cloud storage systems that achieves fine-grained access control based on an adapted Ciphertext-Policy Attribute-based Encryption (CP-ABE) approach. In the proposed scheme, an efficient attribute revocation method is proposed to cope with the dynamic changes of users' access privileges in large-scale systems. The analysis shows that the proposed access control scheme is provably secure in the random oracle model and efficient to be applied into practice.
Vibrating carbon nanotubes for probing quantum systems at the mesoscale

Many fascinating quantum behaviours occur on a scale that is intermediate between individual particles and large ensembles. It is on this mesoscopic scale that collective properties, including quantum decoherence, start to emerge.
This project will use vibrating carbon nanotubes – like guitar strings just a micrometre long – as mechanical probes in this intermediate regime. Nanotubes are ideal to explore this region experimentally, because they can be isolated from thermal noise; they are deflected by tiny forces; and they are small enough that quantum jitter significantly affects their behaviour. To take advantage of these properties, I will integrate nanotube resonators into electromechanical circuits that allow sensitive measurements at very low temperature. 
First, I will study the motional decoherence of the nanotube itself, by using it as the test particle in a new kind of quantum interferometer. This experiment works by integrating the nanotube into a superconducting qubit, and will represent a test of quantum superposition on a larger mass scale than ever before. It will answer a longstanding question of physics: can a moving object, containing millions of particles, exist in a superposition of states?
Second, I will use the nanotube device as a tool to study superfluid helium 3 – the mysterious state of matter that may emulate the interacting quantum fields of the early universe. By measuring an immersed nanotube viscometer, I will be able to measure the behaviour of superfluid excitations on a scale where bulk superfluidity begins to break down.
Third, I will add to the device a nanomagnet on nanotube springs, creating an ultra-sensitive magnetic force sensor. This offers a way to perform nuclear magnetic resonance on a chip, ultimately creating a microscopy tool that could image for example single viruses.
Epidemiological Investigation of Swine Toxoplasmamosis in Chongqing

To learn the epidemiolgical situation of swine toxoplasmosis in the pig herds in Chongqing,11 700 serum samples collected from 39 counties and districts were tested for Toxoplasma antibodies through ELISA from 2004 to 2011.The result showed that the average positive rate is 75.95%(8 886/11 700).According to different sample sources,the positive rates from high to low were backyard farm,breeding pig farm,intensive pig farm and slaughter house.This large-scale investigation indicated that the swine in Chongqing has a high risk of Toxoplasma infection,and the correspongding prevention and control methods should be strengthened to protect pig industry as well as the health of human being.
Electronic transport through EuO spin-filter tunnel junctions

Epitaxial spin filter tunnel junctions based on the ferromagnetic semiconductor europium monoxide, EuO, are investigated by means of density functional theory. In particular, we focus on the spin transport properties of Cu(100)/EuO(100)/Cu(100) junctions. The dependence of the transmission coefficient and the current-voltage curves on the interface spacing and on the EuO thickness is explained in terms of the EuO density of states and the complex band structure. Furthermore we also discuss the relation between the spin transport properties and the Cu-EuO interface geometry. The level alignment of the junction is sensitively affected by the interface spacing, since this determines the charge transfer between EuO and the Cu electrodes. Our calculations indicate that EuO epitaxially grown on Cu can act as a perfect spin filter, with a spin polarization of the current close to 100%, and with both the Eu-5d conduction band and the Eu-4f valence band states contributing to the coherent transport. For epitaxial EuO on Cu a symmetry filtering is observed, with the \Delta_1 states dominating the transmission. This leads to a transport gap larger than the fundamental EuO band gap. Importantly the high spin polarization of the current is preserved up to large bias voltages.
Limy bile syndrome complicated by obstructive jaundice.

Limy bile syndrome is a rare condition in which the gallbladder is filled with a paste-like radiopaque material. The presence of limy bile in the common bile duct is rare. A 72-year-old woman was admitted to our hospital with epigastric pain and jaundice. Plain abdominal radiography on admission showed a radiopaque material in the gallbladder. Computed tomography also showed that the gallbladder and the common bile duct were filled with a radiopaque material. The patient had never received any cholecystographic contrast agents. As a result, a diagnosis of obstructive jaundice due to choledocholithiasis, which includes limy bile, was made. We herein report the process by which limy bile syndrome, complicated by obstructive jaundice, was successfully treated through combined treatment via endoscopic sphincterotomy and laparoscopic cholecystectomy.
Modelling and evaluating the socio-economic impacts of research and innovation with the suite of macro- and regional-economic models

MONROE aims at developing a modelling toolkit that would allow a broad range of stakeholders such as European and national governments, academia, regional and local bodies to quantitatively evaluate the impacts of their specific R&I policies and programmes. The toolkit will assess medium and long-term impacts of R&I policies and programmes on economic growth, job creation, competitiveness, social inequality and  sustainability at various geographical levels ranging from word-wide to European, country and regional levels and for various economic sectors. Using innovative modelling methodologies and online visualisation techniques the developed toolkit will encourage collaboration between different societal actors in the process of co-creation for sustainable R&I driven economic growth.
Linearly coupled communication games

This paper discusses a special type of multi-user communication scenario, in which users' utilities are linearly impacted by their competitors' actions. We explicitly characterize the Nash equilibrium and Pareto boundary of the achievable utility region. To improve the performance in the non-cooperative scenarios, we investigate the properties of an alternative solution concept named conjectural equilibrium, in which individual users compensate for their lack of information by forming internal beliefs about their competitors. The global convergence of the best response and Jacobi update dynamics that achieve various conjectural equilibria are analyzed. It is shown that the Pareto boundaries of the investigated linearly coupled games can be sustained as stable conjectural equilibria if the belief functions are properly initialized. The investigated models apply to a variety of realistic applications encountered in the multiple access design, including wireless random access and flow control.
Reconstructing atmospheric oxidation processes in the past with clumped isotope measurements in o2 trapped in polar firn and ice air

Air trapped in polar ice cores provides a unique archive of atmospheric composition in the past. However, reactive gases are not stable in ice core air, and therefore no paleo-proxies exist that allow reconstructing the oxidation capacity of the past atmosphere from ice cores. Recent study shows that isotope exchange between highly reactive oxygen atoms (O(3P)) and relatively non-reactive O2 in the atmosphere imprints an isotope signal in the “clumped” isotopic composition of atmospheric O2, which can be a tracer for the abundance of O(3P) in the troposphere. Clumped isotopes are isotopologues containing more than one heavy isotope (e.g., 18O18O), and they are now detectable at high precision using modern technology. I propose here to develop these novel clumped isotope measurements on O2 into a tool to reconstruct the oxidative capacity in the past atmosphere from O2 trapped in firn and ice core air. I will first verify the hypothesis that the large clumped isotope signal originates from fast O(3P)+O2 exchange at low temperatures in the stratosphere, and that this signal is only partially erased by further exchange in the troposphere, where much lower O(3P) and higher temperatures prevail. Clumped isotope analyses on O2 trapped in ice cores will then be used to decipher past variations in atmospheric oxidation processes with a temporal resolution of decades to millennia. I am particularly interested in determining the effects of both natural (glacial-interglacial) climate variability and anthropogenic climate change associated with fossil fuel combustion on oxidation processes in the atmosphere. My experience in the field of clumped isotopes fits perfectly to the expertise of the host group in atmospheric research using isotopes, and the project will make use of the new world-leading high precision isotope ratio mass spectrometer MAT 253 ULTRA facility that will enable measurement of all 6 isotopologues of O2, including the rarest one, 17O17O, for the first time.