SIRIS-Lab/unlabelled-sti-corpus huggingface dataset:
Environmental monitoring for cross-border territorial management

This training course is aimed at Italian and Slovenian public operators who wish to become more familiar with environmental and territorial management in a cross-border context. It is structured into classroom activities and external seminars. The project is structured in five phases: organisation and preparation of activities; classroom activities and seminars; on-line training in the case of project-work and final examination to evaluate the subjects presented; lastly, at the conclusion of the project, an analysis of the operational impacts and external effectiveness of training (carried out by each public institution participating in the project). Specifically, the themed seminar in the framework of the training course will focus on “Environmental monitoring in the cross-border area: collaboration issues and prospects.” This course intends to provide new instruments to public officials who deal with territorial management, familiarity with the methods, limitations and instruments of environmental monitoring, familiarity and indepth knowledge of EU and local regulations in terms of environmental management, the ability to interact with the bodies charged with the management of environmental services and the users (citizens), in view of future project-making, management and promotion of the territory in an integrated and associated manner.
Delivering ecmo-biomarker – a ground-breaking ict-enabled ecmo biomarker system providing clinicians with bedside decision support for better care and reduced costs of severe icu patients

One out of ten ICU respiratory patients are characterised as being “severe”, with a lung function of less than 20% due to acute respiratory failure. This group are often referred to ECMO (Extra Corporal Membrane Oxygenation) treatment, in which the patient’s blood is oxygenized by an external machine, costing European healthcare centres €26Bn+ annually. The problem is, due to the rudimentary tools that ICU doctors use to diagnose these patients, 20% of all ECMO patients should not have been treated with ECMO and instead could have stayed in conventional intensive ventilation care.   Industry partner Mermaid Care aims to solve this problem with ECMO-BIOMARKER – the world’s first biomarker-based companion diagnostic tool for severe lung injury patients. ECMO-BIOMARKER will potentially reduce ECMO referrals by 10-20%, slashing costs for the average European ECMO centre by an estimated €23-48M annually. Based on clinically predictive biomarker measurements, ECMO-BIOMARKER uses novel algorithms and physiological model to deliver accurate diagnosis recommendations for each patient, bedside and in less than 2 minutes. This ICT-approach changes workflow and empowers low-skilled ICU doctors to perform ECMO diagnosis.  In the proposed action, ECMO-BIOMARKER value proposition (reduction in ECMO patients) will be clinically documented together with 4 world-leading partners in the field of ICU management and ECMO treatment: 3 clinical research partners – Imperial College London with the clinical site Royal Brompton Hospital (UK), Medical University of Vienna (AT) and Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Clermont-Ferrand (FR) – and research partner Aalborg University (DK). After the project, ECMO-BIOMARKER is launched on the EU market, allowing European hospitals to cut ICU costs and improve patient quality of care. This project will allow Mermaid Care to reach sales of €160M in 2025 and hire 30 new employees. The innovation is based on +16 years of research and 10 patents.
Exploring topological phenomenon in rf circuits

In this project, we aim to design and experimentally demonstrate topological phenomena in RF circuits. In particular, we will realize both two dimensional (2D) linear topological circuits showing nontrivial edge states immune from circuit defects and disorders, and nonlinear topological circuits whose topological properties can be controlled by the intensity of the input signal. To utilize the robustness nature of topological circuit, we will also fabricate flexible topological circuit on top of polyimide (PI) or polyethylene terephthalate (PET) films, where the topological features of circuit are preserved when the circuit is bent or stretched. 3D topological circuit will also be theoretically and numerically investigated to achieve exotic topological phases such as nodal lines and Weyl states at RF frequency. This project will provide not only possibilities for designing novel RF circuits that could function properly under different types of circuit defects and tolerance, but also a new platform for exploring and experimentally demonstrating topological phenomena with ease and low cost.
The Oxford Handbook of Economic Conflict Resolution

Abstract Individuals, groups, and societies all experience conflict, and attempt to resolve it in numerous ways. The Oxford Handbook of Economic Conflict Resolution brings together scholars from multiple disciplines to offer perspectives on the current state and future challenges in negotiation and conflict resolution. It aims to act as an aid in identifying new research topics. It hopes also to provide a guide to current debates and identify complementarities between approaches taken by different disciplines and the insights which those approaches generate. Leading researchers from the fields of economics, psychology, organizational behavior, policy, and other fields have contributed articles. The volume is organized to juxtapose purposefully contributions from different fields to enable cross-fertilization between the disciplines and to generate new and creative approaches to studying the topic. These articles provide a lens into current scholarship, and a window into the potential future of this field. The confluence of research perspectives represented here aims to identify further synergies and advances in the understanding of conflict resolution.
Children in multi-local post-separation families

This project focuses on the experience of two cohorts of children aged 10 to 16 who are living in multi-local, post-separation families in Belgium, in France and in Italy, that is, families where the mother and the father are either divorced or separated, live in different households in the same country, and share the physical custody of their child(ren). 
A major goal of this project is to investigate the diversity of children’s experience of multi-local family life and identify their specific needs, through children’s own accounts of their lives. This means understanding if, and under what circumstances, children appropriate their multi-local lives and develop an habitus that incorporates the capacity to maintain social relations in a multi-local context and to appropriate mobility and virtual connectedness. 
The project combines three levels of analysis: the macro-level of policies, the meso-level of family environments (family resources, cultures and practices; and spatial contexts), and the micro-level of children’s lives, which consists in examining how children maintain their social and family relationships as they move with various temporalities between two households that are located in specific administrative territories and spatial entities. This means understanding how children’s interpersonal relationships and networks of significant others shape, and are re-shaped by their mobility in post-separation families; and the interconnections between geographical and virtual mobility. 
The study combines four methods: a policy analysis of multilocality, secondary data analysis of relevant databases, semi-structured interviews with children’s mothers and fathers, and a qualitative, in-depth study of the lived experiences of children.
METHOD OF FABRICATING A 3-DIMENSIONAL STRUCTURE, MESH FORMWORK ELEMENT FOR FABRICATING A 3-DIMENSIONAL STRUCTURE, AND METHOD OF FABRICATING THE SAME

Method of fabricating a 3-dimensional structure, mesh formwork element for fabricating a 3-dimensional structure, and method of fabricating the same. The method of fabricating a 3-dimensional structure comprises providing a mesh formwork element such that a cavity bound by at least two opposing portions of the mesh formwork is formed; accumulating a material in the cavity; and allowing the material to harden; wherein apertures in the at least two opposing portions of the mesh formwork element are adapted to the hydro-static pressure of the accumulated material or vice versa such that at least two surfaces of the hardened material substantially take on the respective shapes defined by the two opposing portions of the mesh formwork element.
Doing it together science (ditos)

Our project, 'Doing-It-Together Science', DITOs, represents a step change in European public engagement with science and innovation. We propose moving from a model in which scientific research, innovation, and problem-solving is mainly driven by scientific/professional institutions to one based on active public participation and capacity building with various levels and strategies of engagement in the scientific process.  At the core of our ethos is a recognition of people's existing expertise and the different ways people want to and do engage in science and technology. The project is aimed at elevating public engagement with science across Europe from passive engagement with the process of developing science to an active one. Citizen Science and Do It Yourself (DIY) scientific efforts demonstrate that this is possible, and our aim is to ensure that the European Research Area will become leader in ‘deep’ public engagement that is afforded by these advances.
As a 'Coordination and Support Action', this project will support and build upon DIY, grassroots, and frugal innovation initiatives so that in the short and medium term we sustain localised capacity building and in the long term the effects of these grassroots efforts channel to policy makers at different levels, from external advice to societal inputs, regarding appropriate research and innovation policies.
The proposal includes the participation of policy bodies (European Citizen Science Association, DE), SMEs (Tekiu, UK; Eutema, AT), Universities (University College London, UK; Universite Paris Descartes, FR; University of Genève, CH), Science galleries and public spaces (Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, BE; Medialab-Prado, E; Kersnikova Institution, SL) and NGOs (Meritum Association, PL; Waag Society, NL)
Whether Services Sectors’ Agglomeration Can Promote Urbanization Process:Analysis Based on China’s Provincial Panel Data

Based on china’s inter-provincial panel data from 2000 to 2010,using panel unit root test and fixed effects model analysis,this paper studies the role of services sectors’ agglomeration in China’s urbanization process.The results show that: From a national perspective,services sectors’ agglomeration can promote China’s urbanization process;from a regional perspective, the role of services sectors’ agglomeration in China’s urbanization process is different between regions.The main influence factors of urbanization in eastern、central and western regions are different,services sectors’ agglomeration has the biggest impact on the urbanization of eastern region,the level of economic development is the main influence factor for the urbanization of central region,well services sectors’ agglomeration and industrial level in the western region urbanization process are equally important.Finally,based on the research conclusions,this paper proposes policy recommendations.
Methods and compositions for reducing ocular discomfort

The invention relates to compositions and devices which include an osmolytic agent, in particular a betaine or carnitine compound, for reducing ocular discomfort associated with various diseases or conditions, in particular diseases or conditions associated with high tear film tonicity. The invention also relates to methods of treating or preventing various diseases or conditions using compositions and devices of the invention.
Securing device for assembling heat dissipation module onto electronic component

A securing device (30) is used for securing a heat sink (10) to a printed circuit board (40) with a heat-generating electronic component (41) mounted thereon. The securing device includes a V-shaped elongated main body (31), a first locking leg (34), a second locking leg (332) and a resilient member (32). The first locking leg and second locking leg are connected to two opposite ends of the main body respectively for engaging with a retention frame (20) on the printed circuit board. The resilient member includes a planar-shaped supporting plate (321) engaging with a bottom portion of the main body and at least one resilient foot (322) extending downwardly from the supporting plate. The resilient foot deforms to exert a resilient force on the heat sink when the heat sink is assembled to the electronic component by the securing device.
IMMUNO-MODULATING PREPARATION CONTAINING INTERLEUKIN-1 AND METHOD FOR PREPARING THE SAME

The present invention relates to a preparation which is a mixture comprising human serum-albumin and interleukin-1beta in a weight ratio of 20-60:1. This preparation may also contain lactose in a dose of between 1 and 3 mg for 1 mu g of preparation. As shown by experiments, this preparation is capable of stimulating leukopoiesis in conditions where it is strongly inhibited by a toxic leukopenia, including a febrile neutropenia, related to the use of separate cytostatics or combinations thereof when treating malignant tumours. This preparation has an efficient therapeutic action in the case of leukopenia induced by the action of ionising radiation, and also has radio-protection properties. This preparation has an immuno-stimulating action which is strongly expressed, and can be used for treating secondary immuno-deficiency conditions due to surgical interventions or traumas.
Microbiological conversion of renewable electricity and co2 to a natural gas quality bio-fuel

OWS wants to commercialize a biological process that converts CO2 and H2 (after electrolysis of renewable electricity) to CH4 (main component in natural gas). Lab and pilot tests have been and are being conducted and show promising results. A next step in the development is creating a sound business model for further commercialization, and the construction of a first plant at full-scale for further optimization and demonstration purposes to potential clients.

As renewable energy sources are gaining more ground in the electricity mix in Europe, imbalance problems on the electricity grid will increase in frequency. The proposed concept offers a solution to this imbalance problem by converting excess electricity via hydrolysis to H2 and using (waste) CO2 to CH4 that can be injected into the gas grid. The advantage of the proposed system is the small scale (< 10 MWe), so the conversion can be done near the production sites.

When there is an excess of renewable electricity, fees are paid to the operators of renewable electricity for not producing, thus avoiding grid imbalance. Although this approach is understandable from a balancing perspective, it is contradictory to a sustainable approach and in conflict with the existing renewable energy targets. Therefore, producers of renewable electricity are a first important target group for our technology.

CO2-intensive industries are a second important target group. By recycling their waste CO2, they become more sustainable, and it can generate extra revenues from buffering activities.

During the feasibility study, OWS wants to elaborate a sound business plan for further development of the technology. It should result in a clear vision on technical, economic and legal issues. The final goal is to build a first full-scale demonstration plant in phase 2, which can serve as a test facility for further optimization (technical/biological), but also as a demonstration plant for potential customers.
On form and function in all-ceramic restorations.

All-ceramic restorations are achieving increasing popularity, partly because of the aesthetic demands of patients, but also because their increasing ease of fabrication and longevity compare favourably with the traditional plastic restorations in posterior teeth. The parallel development of cementation materials and bonding techniques has also improved longevity, although current evidence shows that posterior all-ceramic restorations have a slightly lower success rate than in anteriors, and the success rate falls with time. The purpose of this paper is to briefly review the evidence for the use of all-ceramic restorations particularly for posterior restorations on teeth, as well as to suggest that preparation form may need to change to take into account the properties of dental ceramics. In addition, a different approach to occlusal form is proposed, based on the evolution of form and function in dentitions, to suggest that the perfect reproduction of cusps and fissures may not be appropriate.
An Atlantic innovation platform on diagnosis and treatment of neurological diseases and aging

Neurological diseases are disorders that affect the central nervous system and can impair the brain, spinal cord, peripheral nerve or neuromuscular function. Most of diseases are directly related to ageing, being Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) and stroke especially relevant due to its incidence and economic burden. More than 7.5 million European citizens aging between 30 and 99 years suffer from different types of dementia. NEUROATLANTIC aims at bringing together the remarkable scientific and technological capacities within the Atlantic Area in the field of the neurological diseases (eg Alzheimer’s Disease, Stroke, etc). This project will act on the clinical, preclinical and capitalization aspects accelerating the uptake of new innovations that will revolutionaze the way in which neurological diseases are handled within the area. NEUROATLANTIC will focus on setting up a transnational platform to develop novel theragnostics agents to treat and early diagnosis of these devastating and prevalent diseases.
A novel approach into modeling origin and development of ovarian cancer

High grade serous ovarian cancer (HGSOC) is the most common and lethal subtype of ovarian tumors, and is the 5th leading cause of cancer related deaths among women in the western world. Recent studies have pointed at the fimbriae of the fallopian tube (FT) as one of HGSOC’s main origins. The existence of FT stem cells (SCs) has been suggested, however, their isolation and characterization have been so far elusive. Given the potential of SCs to accumulate mutations, these cells may represent one of the cellular origins of HGSOC.
This project is aimed at identifying SCs of the FT, evaluating their tumorigenic capacity and establishing a novel in-vitro human model for HGSOC development. 
Preliminary screening experiments of well-established SC markers have identified Lgr6 and Troy expression in the mouse oviduct. These putative SC populations will be further characterized and their capacity to maintain tissue homeostasis will be analyzed by lineage tracing experiments. Next, mouse and human organoid culture systems of FT and HGSOC will be generated. Mutating normal FT organoids in specific genes, using the CRISPR/Cas9 system, will enable following putative SCs tumorigenic capacity upon their injection to mice. Furthermore, it will generate an innovative in-vitro model of ovarian cancer development. Finally, HGSOC organoids will be used to model and follow chemotherapy resistance acquisition.
SAFETY EQUIPMENT

A safety system comprises a load detection sensor (5) retrofitable on a safety hook (1), a transmitter (3) arranged to convey a load status signal; processing means (2) for analysing the load status signal; a receiver for receiving the load status signal and being operably connected to the processing means (2); warning means (12) arranged to generate notifications; and a power source for providing energy to the transmitter, the receiver, and the processing means. The load detection sensor (5) is arranged to generate a load status signal which is sent by the transmitter (3) to the receiver and then analysed by the processing means so that when the load status signal indicates that a load is undetected or that the safety hook (1) is connected, the warning means (12) are either inactive or generate a first notification but when the pressure status signal indicates that a load is detected or that the safety hook (1) is disconnected, the warning means (12) generate a second notification.
Smart asset re-use in creative environments

SAUCE will research, develop, pilot and demonstrate a set of professional tools and techniques for making content ‘smarter’, so that it is fully adaptive in a broad, unprecedented manner: adaptive to context (which facilitates re-use), to purpose (among or within industries), to the user (improving the viewing experience), and to the production environment (so that it is ‘future-proof’). The approach is based on research into light-field technology; automated classification and tagging using deep learning and semantic labeling to describe and draw inferences; and the development of tools for automated asset transformation, smart animation, storage and retrieval. These new technologies and tools will show that a vast reduction of costs and increases in efficiency are possible, facilitating the production of more content, of higher quality and creativity, for the benefit of the competitiveness of the European creative industries. 
Specifically, SAUCE will research and develop:
• Methods of generating smart world-views by capturing and processing light-fields, augmenting them with semantics and making them usable for media production pipelines.
• A framework and tools for automatically classifying, validating and finding smart assets, using deep learning and semantic labeling techniques on 2D and 3D data.
• A framework and tools for the automatic transformation and adaptation of smart assets to new contexts, purposes, users and environments, and for the synthesis of new smart assets from existing ones.
• Real-time control systems for authoring animated content using smart assets, automatically synthesizing new scenes from existing ones and integrating smart assets into virtual production scenarios.
• A storage system for smart assets that combines local and cloud storage so that assets can be delivered irrespective of the user or asset location. 
SAUCE will also demonstrate and promote its results, for industry approval, adoption and development by third parties.