SIRIS-Lab/unlabelled-sti-corpus huggingface dataset:
STRATEGIE PER FAVORIRE L’INNOVAZIONE DELLE AZIENDE

The S.F.I.D.A. project seeks to increase the standard of competitiveness of the industrial production system and indirectly in all sectors of the territories in the border region, by networking universities, research centers, science centers / technology and business.
 The overall project objective is to improve the level of willingness to innovate of local productive systems of the 4 regions, through the construction of integrated pathways for the production of new scientific and technological knowledge.
 The recipients are the small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) operating in the agro-industry, engineering materials, high-tech manufacturing sectors, information and communication technology, renewable energy, mainly in Corsica, crafts and construction.
 The planned activities include:
 • preliminary analysis to the creation of networks between research institutions and SMEs;
 • the creation of networks between research centers and science parks and technology aimed at exchange of experience among the R & TD
 • information / guidance to businesses to create networks between firms and research institutions;
 • the design labs and innovative clusters, in order to develop projects integrating the network of research institutions-businesses;
 • identification of innovative SMEs to support the search for external financial sources to cover projects of R & TD
 • Defining requirements and tools for the establishment of a closed-end;
 • business communication / awareness and website.
MAnagement and DEvelopment of INLANDs

The project main objective is to enhance the protection and valorisation of natural and cultural unexploited capital of inland areas by means of tourism development and improved accessibility. MADE IN-LAND aims at setting up a new cross-border strategy that unleashes the potential of inland assets through their inclusion in wider networks and markets.
The cooperation with coastal areas, considered as mass-tourism destinations, through the common and innovative means of integrated management, marketing and promotion foreseen by the project, gives such opportunity to the inland areas and the project regions as a whole.
MADE IN-LAND not only aims at increasing the specific value of hinterlands cultural/natural heritage and their conservation through the empowerment of local communities as custodian of those resources, but also at catching non-seasonal touristic flows and opening to new touristic offers that will enhance the functional, environmental and cultural continuity between the different areas.
High-dose single-fraction IMRT versus fractionated external beam radiotherapy for patients with spinal bone metastases: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

Stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT)using intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) can be a safe modality for treating spinal bone metastasis with enhanced targeting accuracy and an effective method for achieving good tumor control and a rigorous pain response.This is a single-center, prospective randomized controlled trial to evaluate pain relief after RT and consists of two treatment groups with 30 patients in each group. One group will receive single-fraction intensity-modulated RT with 1 × 24 Gy, and the other will receive fractionated RT with 10 × 3 Gy. The target parameters will be measured at baseline and at 3 and 6 months after RT.The aim of this study is to evaluate pain relief after RT in patients with spinal bone metastases by means of two different techniques: stereotactic body radiation therapy and fractionated RT. The primary endpoint is pain relief at the 3-month time-point after RT. Secondly, quality of life, fatigue, overall and bone survival, and local control will be assessed.ClinicalTrials.gov identifier NCT02358720 (June 2, 2015).
Progressing a Sustainable-world: A Socio-ecological Resilience Perspective

This paper identifies two approaches to how humanity might go about living sustainably, that is, for there to be a sustainable-world, namely; (a) the Reformist-approach, which is the current dominant sustainable-world approach consistent with mainstream sustainable-development, and (b) the Transformational-approach. The concept of socio-ecological-resilience is used to critique these two approaches to consider which is more likely to see the primary sustainable-world goal – the flourishing of life, incorporating human and ecological wellbeing, maintained over an indefinite time frame – achieved. The results suggest that Reformism is challenging to believe as a credible pathway for humanity. Instead, Reformism is shown, in a number of important respects, to undermine the resilience of the socio-ecological-systems on which human and ecological wellbeing depends. A more determined effort to fully implement the Reformist-approach will not solve these problems – the approach is, in a number of key respects, inherently resilience eroding and self-defeating. The Transformational-approach is instead shown to be more consistent with socio-ecological-resilience principles and is, in this respect, a preferred sustainable-world approach for humanity to pursue.
Spectral and Polarization Characteristics of the Light Passing through a Cholesteric Photonic Crystal

Combined optical studies of a cholesteric photonic crystal are performed: the transmission spectra and the rotation of the plane of polarization of light (RPPL) spectra of the crystal are recorded, and the polarization characteristics of the light having passed through the photonic crystal are measured. The RPPL spectra have specific features related to the presence of a photonic quasi-band gap. The photonic density of states and its transformation with the photonic crystal temperature and thickness are determined. The ellipticity (ratio of the minor to the major axis of ellipse) of the light having passed through the sample is maximal at the center of the band gap and decreases when the distance from the band gap increases. At the center of the photonic quasi-band gap, the ellipticity increases with increasing photonic crystal thickness L and decreasing temperature, and it is close to a circular one in samples with L > 5 μm. The results obtained are compared with the existing theories, the analytical expressions derived from the Maxwell equations, and the results of numerical calculations performed by the 4 × 4 Berreman matrix method
Actuating sensor module

An actuating sensor module is disclosed and comprises an actuator, a first substrate, a valve layer and a second substrate which are stuck sequentially. The first substrate comprises an inlet channel, an outlet channel, an inlet opening and an outlet opening, and the second substrate comprises a penetrated groove. The valve layer is disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, and an inlet valve and an outlet valve of the valve layer close the inlet channel and the outlet channel respectively. The actuator is disposed on the penetrated groove of the second substrate, and a compression chamber is formed between the valve layer and the penetrated groove. The inlet opening, the inlet channel, the compression chamber, the outlet channel and the outlet opening are communicated with each other to form an air flowing circuit, and a sensor is disposed within the air flowing route. By driving the actuator, an air is transmitted into the air flowing route from the outside, thereby to detect the circulating air by the sensor.
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RAPID CURRENT SENSING AND TRANSISTOR TIMING CONTROL

A power electronics circuit is disclosed that includes a switching circuit comprising a first solid-state device coupled in series with a second solid-state device, with at least the first sohd-state device comprising a solid-state switch having a gate terminal. The power electronics circuit also includes a cuirent sense transformer positioned between the first and second solid-state devices and configured to sense a current flowing on a conductive trace connecting the first and second solid-state devices, and a controller coupled to the switching circuit and the current sense transformer so as to be in operable communication tiierewith. The controller is programmed to receive a current sense signal from the current sense transformer indicative of the current flowing on the conductive trace and modulate a gate voltage to the gate terminal of the first solid-state device based on the received current sense signal, so as to control switching thereof.
Thermal release of vegetable oils loaded in hydrophobic polymer nanoparticles

The encapsulation of vegetable oils during imidization of poly(styrene-co-maleic anhydride) provides stable aqueous dispersions of oil-filled nanoparticles with 50 wt% oil. The functionality of nanoparticles with soy-, corn-, rapeseed-, sunflower-, castor-, and hydrogenated castor-oil, can be controlled by thermal release upon heating at 120–250°C for 2 min to 6 h. In a first part, the intrinsic thermal properties of the nanoparticles have been determined by thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), and dynamic mechanical analysis (DMA). The differences in calculated imide content illustrate that the transition phenomena depend on complex interactions between the oil and imide phase. The TGA results show that bursting of the particles is not a main release mechanism while the oil is either progressively released below or above the glass transition temperature, which is best monitored by DMA. In a second part, the release profiles are determined from FTIR and Raman spectra following different trends according to the type of encapsulated oil and nanoparticle morphology, i.e., solid, nanoporous, cauliflower-like, or true core-shell. Also the interference with imidization during heating influences the oil release. The kinetics and mechanism of oil release can be systematically described after fitting with mathematical models.



Practical applications: The nanoparticles can be incorporated as coating pigments for packaging paper or used for surface functionalization of natural fibers, where controlled release of the oil provides a required degree of hydrophobicity.







Different types of vegetable oil were incorporated in imidized nanoparticles, resulting in various particle morphologies (e.g., solid, nanoporous, cauliflower-like, or true core-shell) with characteristic release profiles of the oil as a function of temperature and time.
SETTING MRLS FOR PESTICIDE RESIDUES IN FOOD BASED ON EU UNIFORM CRITERIA

Objective: Pesticides are used worldwide. They are applied during the growing season and part of the amount may remain in or on treated crop. Pesticides can drift to nearby areas and contaminate crops that were not treated. The MRLs are the maximum amount of a pesticide permitted in or on food (& feed), expressed in mg/kg or ppm and always defined for the active substance – crop combination. MRL should be set according to residue trials under Good Agricultural Practice (GAP) and under the condition that: Daily Consumer Intake < Acceptable Daily Intake. The residue definition of active substance is derived from plant and animal metabolism. Supervised trials are the primary source of information for estimating maximum residue levels and calculating International Estimated Daily Intake. The agricultural practice the worst-case situation should be used to generate data from supervised trials to define the MRL. As the number of controlled field tests, and hence the data for MRL proposal is not large, the usual statistical models are inappropriate. Methods: Two methods for calculating proposed pre-harvest intervals (PHI) and maximum residue levels are used. The first one (Rmax) has proved its worth in many cases since 1981, and the second (Rber) has been developed by the Federal Biological Research Centre for Agriculture and Forestry in Braunschweig/Germany. Both methods are described briefly. The first one is suitable for a larger number of data. It assumes a normal distribution of random variables, which are not always assumed with sufficient certainty. The second one uses a non-parametric distribution- and it is appropriate for more limited number of trials. Several case studies are discussed. The MRL Regulation on pesticide residues in food is a great progress towards better protection of children and consumer in general. Conclusions: Uniform criteria have to be used for evaluation of residue trials and MRLs setting process. Knowledge of the European approach in establishing the pesticide residue levels is useful for all countries in the world that have a policy of restriction of persistent organic pollutants in the environment aiming towards food safety for people of all ages.
Determination of melamine concentrations in dairy samples

Abstract Melamine, a basic organic chemical intermediate, can cause renal failure because of the formation of insoluble melamine cyanurate crystals in the kidneys. This study examined a novel fluorescence spectrometry for the determination of trace melamine in dairy. The method was based on the inhibitory effect of melamine on the decolorizing reaction of the uncatalytic oxidation of acridine red by potassium permanganate in a sulfuric acid medium. The calibration graph was linear for melamine concentrations of 2.1 × 10−4–1.6 mg/L, and a detection limit of 61.5 ng/L was obtained. The melamine was determined in dairy samples by the proposed method after liquid–liquid and solid phase extraction. The results correlated with the high-performance liquid chromatography. The recoveries were within the range of 99.6–103.3% for liquid milk and 98.5–111.1% for milk powder. The possible mechanism of the reaction was also investigated by ultraviolet spectra.
Phytogenic heat stress prevention in farm animals

Delacon is a pioneer and worldwide market leader of phytogenic (plant-derived natural products) feed additives for livestock. Delacon’s objective with the PHESPA project is to develop and market a transversal nutritional solution based in phytogenics to counteract the detrimental effects of heat stress in farm animals. Heat stress is a critical problem for livestock when a high environmental temperature is accompanied by high humidity. Heat stress in the summer months has been estimated to cause huge economic loses to the farming industry in Europe, especially in the Mediterranean countries. Current solutions to heat stress in livestock include energy-consuming air conditioning, ventilation or sprinkling the animals and pens with water. Delacon proposes an innovative approach to mitigate heat stress with the development of nutritional solutions which improve productivity, are all plant-derived, sustainable, and safe. The R&D team of Delacon has identified 3 substances that were screened in vitro and verified in a relevant environment with broilers. By effectively reducing the effects of heat stress, the animals’ immune system is supported and the risk of infections is reduced. The creation of an effective heat-stress prevention product line thus positively influences food safety, via improvement of animal product quality.  The heat-stress prevention product will increase the sustainability of animal production in Europe and globally. The main users will be integrators (feed mills and farmers) that have the entire production chain under control, and they will benefit from improvements in every part of the cycle. With the PHESPA project the technological and economic feasibility of the product, its commercial potential, its future market acceptance and impact, profitability and opportunities in the European and the global markets will be evaluated.
Variación espacial de la columna total de Ozono en Huancayo, Santiago de Chile y Antártida durante 2005-2020

La presente investigación, tiene como objetivo, determinar la variación de la columna total de ozono sobre las regiones de Huancayo, Santiago de Chile y Antártica. El estudio se enfocó en las mediciones de la columna total de ozono sobre Huancayo, Santiago de Chile y la Estación Científica Antártica Machupicchu (ECAMP). Los datos de la columna de ozono total fueron obtenidos por el Ozone Monitoring Instrument (OMI) de la NASA durante 16 años (2005-2020). Asimismo, se obtuvo que en Huancayo un promedio mensual de 243.1 Unidades Dobson (UD). En la Estación Antártica Peruana se tiene un promedio mensual de 276 UD. Y, por último, los datos registrados se obtuvo el valor mínimo y máximo de 237(mayo) y 254 (setiembre) respectivamente. Asimismo, en Santiago de chile se obtuvo el valor mínimo y máximo de 251(marzo) y 301 (setiembre) respectivamente. En la Antártida se obtuvo el valor mínimo y máximo de 220(setiembre) y 310 (diciembre) respectivamente.
A data analytics, decision support and circular economy – based multi-layer optimisation platform towards a holistic energy efficiency, fuel consumption and emissions management of vessels

SmartShip aims to bring together Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) of focused Universities, Research Institutions and Companies oriented into the maritime sector in order to build a holistic integrated ICT-based framework for the sustainable, individualized and completely automated energy management of ships. To accomplish this, it will take advantage of all the know-how that the consortium brings to the project referring to ICT technologies such as Data Analytics, IoT exploitation, DSS use, visualization tools, optimization algorithms and tools and Circular Economy approach methods. Smartship aims to offer a multi-layer optimization in the fields of fuel consumption, energy efficiency and emissions control management, in full respect to the implementation of the requirements of maritime sector regulations and taking into account applications of circular economy concepts in the maritime as well. Knowledge exchange between the partners that are already involved in the maritime sector, the ICT technology industry partners and the academia partners is one of the major Smartship’s objectives and will be materialised through corresponding secondments during the whole project’s timeplan. These synergies aim to build stronger collaboration relationships between the partners with respect to their future exploitation beyond Smartship project. Summing up Smartship will capitalise on available COTS technologies and will deliver an ICT & IoT-enabled holistic cloud-based maritime performance & monitoring system, for the entire lifecycle of a ship, aimed to optimise energy efficiency, emissions reduction and fuel consumption, whist introducing circular economy concepts in the maritime field.
Research of the method of point pattern recognition extraction in thematic map

Data acquisition and storage is an important step in the process in building GIS system. In the process of building a database, using the method of intelligent automatic vectorization is of great significance for reducing the workload of building a database and improving working efficiency. This paper presents a method of point pattern recognition based on interactive approach, that is to say, the way of creating punctuate ground feature on the grid thematic map and using the model to identify the same other model of punctuate background feature on the thematic map. Practice has proved that the algorithm in this paper can help the recognition rate reach 95% for the stable model thematic mapsand then improve the data collecting efficiency of pinctuate ground feature.
Ground reaction forces in shallow water running are affected by immersion level, running speed and gender

To analyze the effect of depth of immersion, running speed and gender on ground reaction forces during water running.Controlled laboratory study.Twenty adults (ten male and ten female) participated by running at two levels of immersion (hip and chest) and two speed conditions (slow and fast). Data were collected using an underwater force platform. The following variables were analyzed: vertical force peak (Fy), loading rate (LR) and anterior force peak (Fx anterior). Three-factor mixed ANOVA was used to analyze data.Significant effects of immersion level, speed and gender on Fy were observed, without interaction between factors. Fy was greater when females ran fast at the hip level. There was a significant increase in LR with a reduction in the level of immersion regardless of the speed and gender. No effect of speed or gender on LR was observed. Regarding Fx anterior, significant interaction between speed and immersion level was found: in the slow condition, participants presented greater values at chest immersion, whereas, during the fast running condition, greater values were observed at hip level. The effect of gender was only significant during fast water running, with Fx anterior being greater in the men group. Increasing speed raised Fx anterior significantly irrespective of the level of immersion and gender.The magnitude of ground reaction forces during shallow water running are affected by immersion level, running speed and gender and, for this reason, these factors should be taken into account during exercise prescription.
The Role of Stream Water Carbon Dynamics and Export in the Carbon Balance of a Tropical Seasonal Rainforest, Southwest China

A two-year study (2009 ~ 2010) was carried out to investigate the dynamics of different carbon (C) forms, and the role of stream export in the C balance of a 23.4-ha headwater catchment in a tropical seasonal rainforest at Xishuangbanna (XSBN), southwest China. The seasonal volumetric weighted mean (VWM) concentrations of total inorganic C (TIC) and dissolved inorganic C (DIC) were higher, and particulate inorganic C (PIC) and organic C (POC) were lower, in the dry season than the rainy season, while the VWM concentrations of total organic C (TOC) and dissolved organic C (DOC) were similar between seasons. With increased monthly stream discharge and stream water temperature (SWT), only TIC and DIC concentrations decreased significantly. The most important C form in stream export was DIC, accounting for 51.8% of the total C (TC) export; DOC, POC, and PIC accounted for 21.8%, 14.9%, and 11.5% of the TC export, respectively. Dynamics of C flux were closely related to stream discharge, with the greatest export during the rainy season. C export in the headwater stream was 47.1 kg C ha(-1) yr(-1), about 2.85% of the annual net ecosystem exchange. This finding indicates that stream export represented a minor contribution to the C balance in this tropical seasonal rainforest.