SIRIS-Lab/unlabelled-sti-corpus huggingface dataset:
Enhanced 5g vehicle to vehicle technologies for safe and reliable connected autonomous vehicles applications

Connected and autonomous vehicles (CAV) holds great potentials for road safety and efficiency, but two major barriers need to be removed before its potentials can be fully unleashed: significantly enhanced vehicle to vehicle (eV2V) services with millimetre wave (mmWave) communications and reliable cooperative perception with autonomous vehicles (AV) sensors. However, the directional connectivity of mmWave presents new challenges for the whole protocol stack of V2V networks, while reliable cooperative perception requires novel design of deep learning (DL) models for object detection and fusion of sensor data from neighbour AVs. The above challenges underpinned by CAV demand a holistic design and tight integration of connected vehicles (CV) and AV technologies. 
This innovative and multi-disciplinary project VESAFE will train the outstanding Fellow candidate to tackle the key challenges with complementary expertise and realize the full potentials of CAV. A novel cross-layer design is proposed for the research of 5th generation (5G) eV2V schemes with mmWave and reliable cooperative perception for advanced CAV safety applications: the eV2V schemes are AV oriented and greatly assisted by the AV cooperative perception, and the reliable cooperative perception is boosted by the awareness of V2V network conditions. And this project propose a novel integrated evaluation of 5G eV2V and CAV applications to support system design and performance characterization. Through the cutting-edge research, this innovative project will produce robust eV2V schemes and reliable cooperative perception solutions, make breakthrough on 5G V2V and CAV safety applications. It will significantly improve the Fellow’s employability and career prospects, strengthen knowledge transfer, boosting the research and innovation (R&I) capacity and research quality, therefore contributing to Europe’s competitiveness and growth in critical sectors of 5G/6G and AV.
Pulse to step motor stabilizing circuit

A circuit for accepting a train of command pulses produced as a number of evenly spaced pulses for each consecutive equal time interval and which may have abrupt small changes in rates between adjacent time intervals and providing a motor pulse for each command pulse to a digital pulse to step motor circuit with the motor pulses having less abrupt rate changes and lagging its corresponding command pulse generally by about the extent of a time interval and in which the deviation of the position of the motor's rotor from its energized dictated position also alters the rate of the motor pulses in order to decrease the tendency of the motor to flutter, oscillate and/or lose synchronism especially when the motor is operating at a light or no load within a moderate velocity range.
Concentração geográfica das atividades de serviço no Brasil

The aim of this article was to identify and understand the degree of geographic concentration of service activities in Brazil, more specifically the activities that present higher degree of concentration, based on the three categories of services adopted (pure, of transformation, and of trade and circulation). The main contribution of this paper is to identify the geographic concentration of service activities in a broad perspective, encompassing also those located within the industry and agricultural sectors, and systematic, from the articulation of these activities. The results highlight the large urban centers such as Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro among the municipalities that have a higher concentration, mainly for knowledge-intensive activities and for financial services activities.
Effect of Initial Stress on the Propagation Characteristics of Waves in Fiber-Reinforced Transversely Isotropic Thermoelastic Material under an Inviscid Liquid Layer

The present investigation deals with the propagation of waves in fiber-reinforced transversely isotropic thermoelastic solid half space with initial stresses under a layer of inviscid liquid. The secular equation for surface equation in compact form is derived after developing the mathematical model. The phase velocity and attenuation coefficients of plane waves are studied numerically for a particular model. Effects of initial stress and thickness of the layer on the phase velocity, attenuation coefficient, and specific loss of energy are predicted graphically in the certain model. A particular case of Rayleigh wave has been discussed and the dispersion curves of the phase velocity and attenuation coefficients have also been presented graphically. Some other particular cases are also deduced from the present investigation.
Diverticulitis in the young is not more aggressive than in the elderly, but it tends to recur more often: Systematic review and meta-analysis

For years, the natural course of diverticulitis in the young has been debatable in terms of its severity and recurrence rate, and no consensus has been reached regarding its treatment and timing of surgery. Thus, the study aims to evaluate by meta-analysis the natural course of acute diverticulitis in the young.Data were obtained from electronic databases and manual search of studies comparing the course of diverticulitis in young versus elderly patients. The age cut-off was selected to be 40-50 years, and only studies using computed tomography as the sole modality for diagnosis were included. Primary outcomes were surgery during hospitalization and disease recurrence. Relative risks (RRs) with 95% confidence intervals (CIs) are reported.One thousand eighty publications were found, 12 of which were included. The total number of patients was 4982. Most young patients were males (RR 1.70, 95% CI 1.31-2.21), without tendency toward a more complicated disease at admission (RR 0.95, 95% CI 0.46-1.97). While there was no significant difference in the rate of surgery during hospitalization (RR 0.69, 95% CI 0.46-1.06), young patients underwent more elective surgeries (RR 2.39, 95% CI 1.82-3.15). No mortality was recorded among young patients. The disease recurrence rate was significantly higher than that of elderly patients (RR 1.70, 95% CI 1.31-2.21); however, no study specified the mean follow-up period for each group.The course of diverticulitis in the young is not more severe than that in elderly patients; however, the disease tends to recur more often. Therefore, while choosing a therapeutic regimen, factors other than age should also be considered.
Tumour growth rates and RECIST criteria in early drug development

The evaluation of treatment efficacy with RECIST criteria does not take into account tumour growth dynamics. We notably investigated the impact of the pre-treatment tumour growth rate (GR) on the evaluation of treatment response.Seventy-six patients included in phase I clinical trials had scanographic evaluations before and after starting an experimental treatment. The GR was calculated for the pre-treatment period and for the experimental period (i.e. during the new treatment). Tumour response was evaluated per protocol at week 12 and at week 24 of the experimental period according to RECIST criteria. We studied the relation between pre-treatment and experimental GRs and RECIST tumour response.On average the tumour GR was decreased by 40% during the experimental period; compared to the pretreatment period (p=0.03). An increased growth rate (acceleration of GR during experimental treatment compared to pretreatment) was observed in 20 (38%) of the 53 patients considered as non-progressive at week 12 according to RECIST. Conversely a decreased GR was observed in 12 out of 23 (53%) patients classified as progressive according to RECIST. The variation in the GR between the pre-treatment and experimental period was not significantly correlated with response evaluated according to RECIST at week 12 or at week 24 (p=0.45 and 0.44, respectively).RECIST evaluation of tumour response depends on the natural history of the tumours and poorly measures the impact of treatment on the kinetics of tumour growth. Integrating pre-treatment GR evaluations could substantially improve the assessment of treatment efficacy in drug development.
INTELLIGENT DISPENSING IN A LAUNDRY APPLIANCE

A clothes dryer having a drum having an inner surface at least partially defining a treating chamber in combination with a dispensing system that sprays a fabric-condition substance onto an inner surface of the drum for subsequent distribution to the fabric articles. The dispensing system may have a variable delivery system to vary the distribution pattern of the fabric-condition substance into the treating chamber. The flow characteristic of the fabric-conditioning substance may also be varied as it is dispensed.
Reducing CO2 Emissions in Ports

Ports are vital gateways for international trade and a motor for growth. While they constitute an important economic factor for the regions they are located in, the activities carried out in ports can cause significant negative environmental impacts. Road traffic in port areas causing CO2 emissions is one such source for such negative environmental impact. It involves different port stakeholders and various kinds of daily port activities, in particular in the course of transporting goods, operational and administrative procedures, and the use of CO2 intensive fuels.

Optimizing road traffic in port areas and finding strategies for smooth and efficient transport in view of reducing CO2 emissions is thus an important challenge for many of the relevant policy makers. In most European regions, structural funds programmes or other relevant policy instruments, however, do not yet sufficiently target this issue. 

SMOOTH PORTS’ overall objective is to improve relevant regional policy instruments to target CO2 emission reductions caused by road traffic in a more holistic manner taking into account the actors involved and the different reasons causing traffic and CO2 emissions.

To achieve these aims, SMOOTH PORTS wants to make use of the differences of the project partners’ ports. It will exchange effective tools and best practices. To that effect, procedures for the clearance of goods in ports shall be looked at, as unnecessary transport routes and with it, CO2 emissions are often caused due inefficient procedures. A further focus will be put on the different approaches of the partners as regards ICT solutions for various traffic related port activities as well as to alternative fuels. On this basis, the strengths and weaknesses of the respective policy instruments will be compared to help improving the local policy instruments of the partners. In so doing, a close and joint effort between the different authorities, public institutions and port industry is essential.
Feedback on239Pu and240Pu nuclear data and associated covariances through the CERES integral experiments

Benchmark measurements of irradiated and un-irradiated fuel samples were performed in the framework of the CERES collaborative program between AEA (UK Atomic Energy Agency) and CEA (French Atomic Energy Commission). These experiments provide relevant data for the validation of fuel burn-up and criticality-safety calculations for the whole fuel cycle. As part of this program, pile-oscillation measurements were carried out on a range of mixed-oxide samples with plutonium of various mass and isotopic contents, both in the MINERVE and DIMPLE reactors. Four core configurations, two over-thermalized situations and two pressurized water reactor (PWR)-type situations, were constituted with different forward and adjoint flux spectra, emphasizing fission and/or capture contributions. The experiments were analyzed using reference TRIPOLI4 calculations with the JEFF-3.1.1 library, using exact three-dimensional models of the core configurations. In a first step, calculations of each DIMPLE configuration were performed...
PORT-5R For sustainable waste management in Mediterranean ports

PORT-5R addresses the issues related to the management of port activities located in highly populated areas and/or near areas of naturalistic interest. The project aims at the sustainable management of ship-generated waste in cooperation area ports by adopting the following five-pronged strategy: Reduction, Reuse, Recycling, Collection and Recovery. PORT-5R sets forth the following outcomes: 1. Guidelines for the preparation of a joint plan to prevent, reduce and dispose of marine waste in ports. The Plan considers the different ways of recovering waste from ships according to waste type (bilge water, urban-like waste, kitchen waste, etc.), the problems connected to the transfer of waste to the plants and the capacity of these facilities to handle the amount of waste collected and therefore the number of ships calling at the port; 2. The creation of a joint planning platform (for the networking of good practices and experts in the sector); 3. The development of specific wastewater and solid waste pilot actions, focusing on improving water quality for the former and traceability for the latter, by using tags/transponders (fixed and mobile identification, exact data collected automatically for calculating the precise tariff, stimulation of virtuous user behaviour and speedy collection). The project develops innovative aspects such as the use of ICT technologies for port waste information management, including hydrodynamic systems and high-pressure canal-jets for pipeline reclamation. The cross-border approach is necessary for the definition of common strategies of integrated waste management by macro port areas sharing plants and knowledge.
IMPROVING THE WRITING ABILITYOF THE TENTH GRADE STUDENTS OF SMA NU AL MA’RUF KUDUSIN ACADEMIC YEAR 2013/2014BY USING THINK-PAIR-SHARE (TPS) TECHNIQUE

English is one of the international languages in the world and becomes a foreign language in Indonesia. Writing is an important thing even though it is difficult skill to develop, it is very important to be taught. The descriptive text as a part of English material senior high school. It is considered as a difficult subject. In this research, the writer carries out the research entitle “Improving Writing Ability of the Tenth Grade Students of SMA NU Al Ma’ruf in Academic Year 2013/2014 by Using Think-Pair-Share (TPS) Technique”.
The objective in this research are to find out whether Think-Pair-Share technique can improve writing ability in descriptive text of tenth grade students in SMA NU Al Ma’ruf Kudus in academic year 2013/2014 and to find out the strengths and the weaknesses of using Think-Pair-Share technique when it is applied of tenth grade students of SMA NU Al Ma’ruf Kudus in academic year 2013/2014 to improve students’ writing ability in descriptive text.
The writer conducted classroom action research to solve the research problem. The research was conducted in SMA NU Al Ma’ruf Kudus in the academic year 2013/2014, especially in X-3. The number of Students in this research is 29 students. The writer uses descriptive text of writing ability as object of the research.
The result of this research from cycle I is 2021 and the result from cycle II is 2289. So, the average score percentage of the students’ writing ability in descriptive text in cycle 1 is 69.68%. In cycle II, the average score is 78.93%. So, there is an improvement of the average score percentage of the students’ writing ability in every cycle. Besides, the students and teachers’ activity are improved and the problem that faced by the teacher are decreased in every cycle.
The students easier to make new descriptive text by their own words. They get different way in teaching and learning process. It is looked when they work together with their partner and also from the result of achievement test; there is improvement in each cycle. The writer can conclude that the use of Think-Pair-Share technique can improve the writing ability of the tenth grade students of SMA NU Al Ma’ruf kudus in the academic year 2013/2014.
Structural and functional studies of human pnpase in mitochondrial rna metabolism

Throughout the eukaryotic lineages, mitochondria are essential organelles that provide cellular metabolic power through oxidative phosphorylation. In the mitochondrial intermembrane space resides an exoribonuclease highly conserved in the course of evolution: PNPase. Although the activity of this enzyme has been extensively studied, its function in this compartment is poorly understood. A clue to one of its potential functions has been provided by my recent findings on the bacterial PNPase, which I discovered to switch activity from an RNA degradation mode to a stabilising mode that chaperones regulatory RNAs. As the human and bacterial enzymes are homologues, it is possible that human PNPase (hPNPase) could have a dual mode of action as well, and could participate in regulatory processes or RNA cargo transport once trapped in a non-degradative assembly. 
My research will address what functions are played by hPNPase present in the intermembrane space of the human mitochondria. I will characterise the full-length enzyme and its capacity to bind substrates in the degradative and non-degradative modes. In order to achieve these objectives, I will elucidate the structure-function relationship of hPNPase by cryo-electron microscopy complemented with biochemical and biophysical assays. The results will illuminate the biological roles of PNPase in human cells including its potential contributions to mitochondrial RNA trafficking. This interdisciplinary project with potential applications in human health will apply recent breakthrough advancements in cryo-EM in order to investigate the molecular basis of an intricate biological system to advance the understanding of mitochondria biology. The research effort will foster the career development of a talented researcher and contribute to the academic and research excellence in Poland by strengthening the expertise in cryo-EM, a method currently revolutionising structural biology, at the University of Warsaw.
A minimal aesthetic : the relationships between fashion and art in New York and Paris, from 1964 to the present day

This thesis identifies and characterises a minimal aesthetic evident in a strand of fashion emerging in New York and Paris from 1964 onwards. It examines the way in which a minimal aesthetic has been applied to the practice of fashion design and retail architecture, specifically in a high-fashion context. The research establishes that the earliest manifestation of a minimal aesthetic in fashion design, took place in 1964, in the work of the French fashion designer Andre Courreges. Designers who later adopted similar principles include Jil Sander (1968), Calvin Klein (1968), Zoran Ladricorbic (1976), Donna Karan (1984), Helmut Lang (1986) and Narciso Rodriguez (1997), among others. 

The study identifies the origins of the principles of a minimal aesthetic and examines them through two distinct case studies that consider the practice of designers Donna Karan and Helmut Lang, both of whose work emerged during the 1980s. The investigation re-evaluates the significance of Minimalism in fashion history. It challenges accepted views of Minimalism in fashion as merely a trend of the mid-1990s, or as a local phenomenon. 

The thesis maintains that these principles find expression in the designers’ work, in the architecture of the flagship stores and in the inter-relationship between the two. Additionally, it investigates the meanings that these products convey to the consumer. Through an evaluation of the retail architecture, it establishes parallels between the principles of this aesthetic and earlier elements of a post-war Modernist architecture. The study of the dynamic inter-relationship between elements of fashion design and those of architecture focuses on the definition of a minimal aesthetic. Furthermore, these claims are contextualized within other fields such as material culture, cultural and historical studies and sociology. 

The thesis employs a qualitative methodology comprising empirical research based on case studies and object-based analysis, all of which draw upon theory that addresses the means of interpretation. The study has developed through an analysis of dress and the retail architecture associated with the case study designers’ work. Through empirical research, the research shows how contemporary attitudes, practices and theories have emerged which are essential for the analysis of dress and the spaces it inhabits. The primary sources, garments from the collections of Andre Courreges, Donna Karan and Helmut Lang held at key international costume archives at the Victoria & Albert Museum, London and the Fashion Institute of Technology and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, are discussed in relation to other archival and published sources.
PrintONorgans .: Direct Biomanufacturing on Organs

PrintONorgans seeks to bring advanced additive manufacturing technologies into the clinical environment. It is intended to develop a robot for the direct in situ printing of materials on tissues and/or organs damaged in a custom and minimally invasive manner.
BAG PALLETIZING SYSTEM

BAG PALLETIZING SYSTEM Apparatus for assembling products such as non-rigid articles, i.e., bagged particulate material, into a multi-tiered stack upon a pallet, is designed to substantially eliminate relative movement between the articles and article supporting surfaces of the apparatus during the stacking operation. The articles are arranged into a tier upon an air table which supports the articles upon an air cushion created by the discharge of numerous upwardly directed air jets. The tier of articles is then transferred to an elevator whose support surface is defined by a plurality of spaced parallel rollers. The elevator is then raised to a location above a set of retractable tines which are then projected beneath the elevator into the spaces between the rollers to receive the tier of articles as the elevator is lowered. The elevator then brings a second tier of articles to a location just below the extended tines which are then retracted to drop the tier supported on the tines onto the tier supported on the elevator, which is then raised above the tines. The tines are then reinserted beneath the elevator to receive the two stacked tiers and this cycle is repeated until the stack is complete. The tines each have a flexible belt trained across their upper surfaces so that the belt is between the tine and the article. Upon retraction of the tine from beneath the articles the belt is drawn across the upper surface of the tine in a direction opposite to the direction of movement of the tine and at the same speed of movement so there is in effect no relative motion between the belt and engaged surface of the article as the tine is retracted.
Villains, architects and micro-managers

Players of digital games are limited by the constraints of the game's implementation. Players cannot fly a kite, plant a tree or make friends with a dragon if these activities were not coded within the game. Game orchestration relaxes these restrictions by allowing players to create game narratives and settings as the game is being played. This enables players to express their creativity beyond the strictures of the game's implementation. We present Tabula Rasa, a novel game orchestration tool based on an efficient tabletop interface. Based on a study of 20 game orchestration sessions using Tabula Rasa, we identify five behavioural patterns adopted by orchestrators, and four styles of collaborative interaction between orchestrators and players. Finally, we present recommendations for designers of game orchestration systems.