SIRIS-Lab/unlabelled-sti-corpus huggingface dataset:
Film colors. an interdisciplinary approach.

Film is in essence colored light projected onto a screen. Its aesthetics are thus highly determined by the material properties of film and the optical configuration of the cinematic apparatus. To this day, however, there is no systematic study of the relationship between the technology and aesthetics of film colors, despite the fact that, following the digital turn in film production and distribution, the understanding of this relationship is more essential than ever before.
Over 200 film color processes were developed since the invention of film. They are presented on the Timeline of Historical Film Colors, which will be an integral part of the project.
The groundbreaking nature of this project lies in a truly interdisciplinary research design with a novel methodology to explore the interaction of technological advances and limitations with film color aesthetics, identifying diachronic patterns of stylistic means. To this end it develops a tool through recent advancements in digital humanities for crowd-sourcing of color analyses of large groups of films. In-depth studies of technical papers and scientific measurements of film colors will investigate the technical basis of films’ aesthetic appearance. These insights will be applied to the digitization and restoration of historical films to explore and disseminate the results. While every serious art restoration connects scientific analyses with art-historical and aesthetic investigations, a similar approach is rarely applied to film. 
In summary, the present research proposal capitalizes on the principal investigator’s preceding studies to bridge the gap between technology and aesthetics. With the methods described here, the results will trace previously hidden roots of aesthetic developments of film colors. While the project is ambitious, it builds on a sizable methodological foundation to optimize risk management and guarantee significant advances in the understanding of film colors.
Utilising social media within incident response programmes.

Humans are social creatures that learn from observing others. Until this century, the reach of social learning was confined to small groups or locales. However, the pervasive adoption of social media platforms has provided the means to augment social learning and empower virtual groups by transcending geographic and time boundaries. The broad adoption of social media across all demographic groups gives augmented social learning potentially broad applications, including within the realm of incident response. This article will discuss how augmented social learning can be a powerful tool to manage communications during high-impact 'black swan' events that require speed and agility when disseminating information, and for which no standard incident response 'playbook' is available.
Excel in rare diseases’ research: focus on lysosomal disorders and ciliopathies

The high diversity, low numbers and scattered distribution of patients affected rare diseases (RDs) represent a big challenge for biomedical research and health care, the patients and their families.
International cooperation is paramount to understand the etiology and find better diagnostic procedures for RDs. LYSOCIL addresses that need through a scientific strategy to reinforce research and innovation excellence in the study of lysosomal diseases and ciliopathies, with a special attention on the diagnosis and etiology of these diseases.
The Chronic Diseases Research Center of the NOVA Medical School (UNL-NMS-CEDOC) aims to be at the forefront of European and international scientific excellence in chronic RDs. Towards this goal, UNL-NMS-CEDOC is twinning with two internationally leading research institutions, the Münster University (WWU) and the Telethon Institute of Genetics and Medicine (TIGEM - FTELE.IGM). LYSOCIL will leverage on WWU and TIGEM’s outstanding multidisciplinary knowledge and experience, research and training best practices, as well as collaborative networks to enhance the research capacity and innovation potential of CEDOC-NMS.
LYSOCIL is an integrated network of interactions (exchange and training of researchers, satellite meetings, Winter Retreats, virtual think tanks, etc.), articulated with the individual and joint scientific agendas of the partners, to power the research capacity of CEDOC-NMS and of its local and national ecosystems. LYSOCIL expects to increase by 20% in multiple indicators by 2021, including the number of citations; h-index of UNL-NMS-CEDOC researchers; percentage of publications in top impact journals; number of international collaborations and publications.
By stimulating novel and long-lasting interactions between UNL-NMS-CEDOC, WWU and TIGEM (FTELE.GM) l unlock the research potential within and outside CEDOC-NMS, with an overall increase in the Portuguese and European RD research competitiveness.
Betriebskapitalzuschuss

Das Projekt betrifft die Unterstützung des Unternehmers bei der Bereitstellung finanzieller Liquidität und die Unterstützung laufender Tätigkeiten aufgrund finanzieller Schwierigkeiten, die der Unternehmer infolge des COVID-19-Ausbruchs erlebt hat. Finanzielle Unterstützung im Rahmen des Programms SA.57015 (2020/N)
DEVICE, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ALIGNING IMAGES

An imaging alignment device, system and method. A sensor unit is provided that mounts to an imaging device and transmits orientation and perspective data to a base unit. The base unit provides information to facilitate placement of the imaging devices.
Protein nanosheet-stabilised emulsions for next generation biomanufacturing

The large scale expansion of adherent cells, which underpins the production of stem cells for regenerative medicine and the manufacturing of complex biotherapeutics (e.g. exosomes and vaccines) remains challenging and a key hurdle to the accessibility of associated therapies. Indeed, the expansion of adherent stem cells and adherent cell lines for bioproduction relies on culture on solid microcarriers that remain difficult to process and significantly add to costs. Cell adhesion to solid substrates and associated mechanotransduction is thought to be essential to mediate key processes regulating the production of biotherapeutics, such as exosome secretion and protein glycosylation. However, we recently demonstrated that liquid substrates, such as emulsion microdroplets, can support cell adhesion and promote the retention of a normal adherent phenotype. We showed that this process is mediated by the self-assembly of mechanically strong protein nanosheets at corresponding liquid-liquid interfaces. This project will demonstrate the scale up of emulsion-based biomanufacturing platforms. We will scale up (L scale) bio-emulsions based on protein nanosheets that promote cell adhesion and display suitable interfacial mechanics, from affordable protein sources. We will demonstrate the compatibility of such systems with bioreactors routinely used in the field, for the scale up of adherent stem cells production, and that of adherent cell lines for biotherapeutics production (exosomes and vaccines). We will establish further IP and a commercialisation strategy with identified partners to translate our technology in the field of biomanufacturing. We propose that bio-emulsions for the culture of adherent cells will bring a step change to the field of biomanufacturing, enabling to borrow concepts and processes from the field of chemical engineering, in which biphasic liquid-liquid systems and emulsions have revolutionised the production of fine chemicals, drugs and nanomaterials.
3D Bioprinting for Vascularized Tissue Fabrication

3D bioprinting holds remarkable promise for rapid fabrication of 3D tissue engineering constructs. Given its scalability, reproducibility, and precise multi-dimensional control that traditional fabrication methods do not provide, 3D bioprinting provides a powerful means to address one of the major challenges in tissue engineering: vascularization. Moderate success of current tissue engineering strategies have been attributed to the current inability to fabricate thick tissue engineering constructs that contain endogenous, engineered vasculature or nutrient channels that can integrate with the host tissue. Successful fabrication of a vascularized tissue construct requires synergy between high throughput, high-resolution bioprinting of larger perfusable channels and instructive bioink that promotes angiogenic sprouting and neovascularization. This review aims to cover the recent progress in the field of 3D bioprinting of vascularized tissues. It will cover the methods of bioprinting vascularized constructs, bioink for vascularization, and perspectives on recent innovations in 3D printing and biomaterials for the next generation of 3D bioprinting for vascularized tissue fabrication.
Neutrino-Nucleon (Nucleus) Scattering for non-Neutrino Physics: The case of Neutral Current induced Photon Production

Previously, I have studied the photon production in neutral current (NC) neutrino-nucleon (nucleus) scattering, and addressed its relevance to the MiniBooNE anomaly. (MiniBooNE is a short baseline neutrino oscillation experiment at FNAL.) In this talk I will review this topic, and discuss its connection to parity violating electron-nucleon scattering. Such electron scattering has been used in Qweak experiment at Jlab to measure precisely the proton weak charge. In addition, the nucleon-to-resonance excitations induced by both weak and electromagnetic currents play important roles in the NC photon production process. Understanding all these excitations in a unified microscopic framework is challenging. I will mention our effort along this line, and emphasize the complementarity between neutrino and electron scattering measurements of these excitations and their importance to improve our knowledge of nucleon structure.
Fundamentals of hydrogen in structural metals at the atomic scale

H is an element that plays an important role in the production and efficient usage of energy as it significantly influences the way we produce and consume energy: In high-strength materials, the usability and service life is limited by H induced failure. These materials are key in transport systems, wind power and H storage. Despite the enormous economic significance, little is known fundamentally about the underlying damage mechanisms, which are inherently playing out on the atomic scale.

The PI’s team will use atom probe tomography, an atomic scale 3D microscopy method to systematically analyse the location and pathways of H in the microstructure and shed light on damage mechanisms in Fe and Ni based materials. This will include vacancies/clusters (0D), dislocations (1D), interfaces (2D) and second phased (3D). The approach will be combined with micro-mechanics to investigate the involvement of H in fracture behaviour. We will measure the amount of H at dislocations required for enhanced plasticity, in the plastic wake of a crack and at the crack tip. In production materials, we will determine the amount of H at identified traps after processing as well as penetration pathways into the material. Finally, we will clarify the contribution of H to a important problem for wind power generation: white-etching cracks.

These experiments are now made possible in a commercial atom probe by using 2H (D) charging combined with cryo specimen transfers to avoid H loss. In the project, the team will go a step further and build an atom probe with ultra-low H background to enable the direct detection of 1H, enabling analysis without tracers.

The resulting knowledge will greatly enhance our knowledge on the fundamentals of H in metals at the atomic scale. This will lead to increased predictability of failures, the rational design of H resistant high strength materials and protection measures and with it great cost savings especially in renewable energy generation and electromobility.
Cold atmospheric plasma treatment for effective cancer cell apoptosis

Cold atmospheric plasma (CAP) has shown promise in minimally invasive surgery by selectively treating cancerous cells with little or no damage to healthy cells. The selective destruction of cancerous cells can be used to aid and enhance current cancer treatments and can also be the cure for forms of inoperable cancer. The selective treatment can be obtained by using the plasma to induce cell apoptosis, in which the cell self-destructs in a tightly controlled way without causing inflammation in the surrounding tissue. One of the major challenges of this research is that the exact mechanism of plasma induced apoptosis is not well understood. The fellow proposes to test the hypothesis CAP builds up electric fields across the cell membrane that cause electroporation for the cancerous but not the healthy cell because they have different electrical and physical properties. Electroporation allows for the penetration of reactive oxygen species (ROS) into the cancerous cell causing apoptosis while leaving the healthy cells intact. The fellow will develop numerical simulations to allow the study of cell surface electric fields and generation of ROS will explore the parameter space in which the electroporation and therefore apoptosis will be induced only for the cancerous cells. During his secondment the Fellow will perform experiments by applying CAP onto two Breast cell lines: MDA-MB-231 (cancerous) MCF-12F (healthy) and will use flow cytometry to measure electroporation and apoptosis. The results of this research will elucidate how CAP interacts with tissue and under what conditions it causes apoptosis. This will allow us to get closer to an actual medical device utilizing CAP to treat cancer on patients.  The fellow will gain scientific skills in cell culture handling, storing, preparation, plasma sources and characterization and complementary skills and will reach a position of professional maturity and leadership in research and development in Europe.
Needle puncture injury causes acute and long-term mechanical deficiency in a mouse model of intervertebral disc degeneration

Low back pain is a significant socioeconomic burden and intervertebral disc degeneration has been implicated as a cause. A reliable animal model of disc degeneration is necessary to evaluate therapeutics, and functional metrics are essential to quantify their benefit. To this end, needle puncture injuries were created in the caudal intervertebral discs of mice to induce disc degeneration. Compression, torsion, and creep mechanics were assessed both immediately and after eight weeks to distinguish between the effects of injury and the subsequent reparative or degenerative response. Two needle sizes (29 and 26 gauge) were used to determine injury size-dependence. Compressive stiffness (62%), torsional stiffness (60%), and early damping stiffness (84%) decreased immediately after injury with the large needle (26G). These mechanical properties did not change over time despite structural and compositional changes. At 8 weeks following large needle injury, disc height decreased (37%), nucleus pulposus (NP) glycosaminoglycan content decreased (41%), and NP collagen content increased (45%). The small needle size had no significant effect on mechanics and did not initiate degenerative changes in structure and composition. Thus, the injection of therapeutics into the NP with a minimal needle size may limit damage due to the needle insertion. These findings, along with the wide commercial availability of mouse-specific biological probes, indicate that the mouse caudal disc model can be a powerful tool for investigating disc degeneration and therapy.
Advancing Public Participation and stakeholdeR engagement fOr the improVement of renewable Energy policies

APPROVE tackles the following barriers to the development of Renewable Energy Sources (RES): low level of knowledge in the general public, lack of expertise of RES proponents and civil servants dealing with permitting procedures, issues of public opposition within approval procedures. 
In line with the revised Renewable Energy Directive, APPROVE will consider awareness raising, capacity building and stakeholder participation as ways to enable and promote RES. 

The project will lead to the improvement of 4 policy instruments (Structural Funds operational programmes) with the aim to promote RES development, considering investment priorities related to TO4 “Supporting the shift towards a low-carbon economy in all sectors”, and addressing regional innovation strategies for smart specialisation.
The partnership is composed by three 3 regional authorities, 1 regional energy entity, and a research centre (as advisory partner), covering 5 countries (EL, ES, FI, FR, IT).

Through interregional cooperation, the territorial partners will identify, share and transfer good practices to improve the policy instruments. Such interregional learning process will interest the partners and groups of regional stakeholders that will be involved throughout the life of the project.

The policy instruments will be improved mainly through funding of new projects and a better governance, considering the following areas of action:
- awareness raising, providing general information on RES and creating a positive cultural environment;
- capacity building, to improve skills and knowledge of all the actors that may influence RES development; 
- effective participation and involvement, engaging local population and relevant stakeholders from the very start of the planning process.

In addition to the Policy Learning Platform, partners will seek a knowledge exchange at EU level, eg participating to S3 Energy Partnerships events.
Approaches for Initial Prostate Biopsy and Antibiotic Prophylaxis

Debate on the optimal technique to use as an initial prostate biopsy (PB) strategy is continually evolving.To review recent advances and current recommendations regarding initial PB and antibiotic prophylaxis.A nonsystematic review of the literature was performed up to October 2014 using the PubMed and Embase databases. Articles were selected with preference for the highest level of evidence in publications within the past 5 yr.The decision to perform PB is still based on an abnormal digital rectal examination or increased prostate0specific antigen (PSA) level without clear consensus about the absolute cutoff. Several biomarkers have been suggested to improve PSA-based PB decision-making and minimize overdiagnosis and overtreatment. The random 12-core transrectal (TR) ultrasound-guided approach remains the standard-of-care technique for PB. A >12-core scheme may be considered as an alternative in a single patient given his clinical features (large volume, low PSA levels). Transperineal biopsies may only be considered as an alternative to the TR route in special situations. Nevertheless, given the increase in antimicrobial resistance, the impact on the post-biopsy sepsis rate should be assessed in well-designed clinical trials. Imaging-guided targeted PB strategies, combined or not with random PBs, may represent the future of prostate cancer diagnosis by reducing the number of PBs and improving decision-making.The 12-core TR scheme remains the standard of care for initial PB. The actual trend for PB strategy, with the aim of avoiding overdiagnosis of very low-risk cancers, could rapidly change our current indications and techniques through new biomarkers and imaging-guided targeted strategies. Nevertheless, the cost-benefit balance of these techniques should be closely assessed in the setting of initial PB strategy.This review highlights current recommendations for prostate biopsy and possible advances in the near future.
ANÁLISES BIBLIOMÉTRICAS SOBRE A PRODUÇÃO E TECNOLOGIA DE CELULOSE E PAPEL DE EUCALIPTO

O eucalipto é muito utilizado como matéria-prima na produção de celulose e papel. O objetivo deste trabalho é realizar análises bibliométricas sobre a produção e tecnologia de celulose e papel de eucalipto no Brasil e no Mundo. Para a análise, utilizou-se o Portal de Periódicos da Capes e a base de dados do Scopus, os dados foram exportados para o Microsoft Excel e apresentados no VOSviewer. As análises resultaram que o tipo de documento mais publicado é artigo científico, o inglês é o idioma com mais publicações, o Brasil é o país que mais publica estudos sobre o assunto, notou-se uma amplitude nesse ramo de pesquisa, através da coocorrência de palavras-chave. Concluiu-se que há um grande interesse pelos pesquisadores sobre essa temática.
General relativistic moving-mesh simulations of neutron-star mergers

In the arising era of gravitational-wave (GW) astronomy the demand for the next-generation of neutron-star (NS) merger models has never been so great. By developing the first relativistic moving-mesh simulations of NS mergers, we will be able to reliably link observables of these spectacular events to fundamental questions of physics. Our approach will allow us to maximize the information that can be obtained from different GW oscillations of the postmerger remnant. In this way we will demonstrate the scientific potential of future postmerger GW detections to unravel unknown properties of NSs and high-density matter. Based on our models we will work out the optimal GW data analysis strategy towards this goal.
Employing a revolutionary numerical technique we will be able to achieve an unprecedented resolution of the merger outflow. High-resolution simulations of these ejecta are critical to uncover the detailed conditions for nucleosynthesis, specifically, for the rapid-neutron capture process (r-process). The r-process forges the heaviest elements such as gold and uranium, but its astrophysical production site still has to be clarified. Moreover, the nuclear decays in the expanding outflow power electromagnetic counterparts, which are targets of optical survey telescopes (iPTF, ZTF, BlackGEM, LSST). Our multi-disciplinary approach combines hydrodynamical models, nuclear network calculations and light-curve computations to facilitate the interpretation of future electromagnetic observations within a multi-messenger picture. Linking these observables to the underlying outflow properties is pivotal to unravel the still mysterious origin of heavy elements created by the r-process.
A Visual Programming Approach to Beat-Driven Humanoid Robot Dancing

AbstractThe paper presents a workflow-based approach to the classic task of teaching a humanoid robot to dance to a given song with respect to the detected beat. Our goal is to develop workflow components which enable the construction of complex dance choreographies using visual programming only. This eliminates tedious programming of dance moves and their synchronisation to the music thus enabling the robot animator to design the choreography at a higher conceptual level. The presented work is based on the Choregraphe visual programming environment for the NAO robot platform and the Aubio open source tool for the extraction of annotations from audio signals.KeywordsrobotNAOdanceworkflowbeat