SIRIS-Lab/unlabelled-sti-corpus huggingface dataset:
Development of a growing and delivery process for mass producing sphagnum moss for peatland restoration and cultivation as an economical and sustainable growing media

Sphagnum peat moss is a valued, recognized, natural, organic reserve that is largely harvested for use as a soil conditioner
or amendment in horticulture. It is often referred to as the universal soil conditioner for its benefits to the soil. The decayed
and dried sphagnum peat moss is usually referred to as simply peat. As a soil amendment, it is free of weed seeds, pests
and pathogens and can absorb up to 20 times its weight in water. The peat bogs from which peat moss is derived are one of
the most distinctive kinds of wetlands. Peat bogs are an important environmental resource and create areas of huge
biodiversity, keeping more carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere than forests, and helping to prevent flooding. Problem:
Naturally formed peat has been harvested for centuries, and European supplies are seriously depleted in England, Holland
and Germany, and are in the process of being commercially harvested in areas of Eastern Europe. This harvesting causes
serious environmental problems, as the peat cannot be regenerated within our lifetimes. Habitats are destroyed, and the
carbon balance is badly affected, as peatlands are major stores of carbon and are vital environmental ‘regulators’. Many
peatlands globally, which have been farmed for peat, are now sources of greenhouse gases, owing to degradation and
oxidation of the unsaturated peat layer. The UK government are currently working to completely phase out the use of peat
based products in UK Horticulture by 2030, but there is presently no viable alternative growing media which offers the same
quality as peat.
This project is to determine the business opportunity for the commercialisation of a method to grow moss on a large scale,
on mats, which will speed up significantly the growing process, enabling the production of a sustainable growing media for
horticulture (replacing peat) and creating a valuable cash crop opportunity for farmers.
ECOlogical use of native PLANTs for environmental restoration and sustainable development in the MEDiterranean region

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extinction due to the degradation of their habitats and related environmental risks, which mainly originate from human activities. This inestimable natural heritage should therefore be protected and enhanced through the improvement of local actors management capacity in order to implement preventive measures able to combine economic purposes with ecological restoration. Combating the loss of biodiversity and promoting a sustainable development model in both sides of the Mediterranean is the challenge that ECOPLANTMED project intends to face. Local administrators will be encouraged to respect the commitments deriving from international conventions (such as the Convention on Biological Diversity) thanks to a common environmentally model significantly contributing to a joined development of the Mediterranean eco-region. _x000D_
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To promote the conservation, enhancement and sustainable use of native plants of the Mediterranean for ecological restoration of degraded habitats and for the development of new economic sectors by improving the management capacity of local actors
Synthesis of Arylamine Tribenzopentaphenes and Investigation of their Hole Mobility

We report the versatile synthesis of two tribenzo[fj,ij,rst]pentaphene (TBP) derivatives bearing two diarylamine substituents attached at the opposite ends of the aromatic core. Field effect transistor (FET) devices of the bis-diarylamine-TBP compounds were fabricated using spin coating under different concentrations, spin speed, and solvent conditions. Emission spectra and surface investigation by atomic force microscopy (AFM) reveal the formation of aggregates induced by the strong π-π stacking of the aromatic core leading to island features, and thus, unexpected low hole mobilities. The synthetic strategy we show herein, however, offers the possibility to decorate the TBP core structure with various charge-carrier peripheral groups and optimized alkyl chains, which should improve the crystalline property of their thin films upon deposition, leading consequently to a better hole transport mobility.
Clinical biomarker for arterial hypertension based on micro-vascular retinal imaging

The RetinArt project addresses a major public health issue: cardiovascular (CV) events, which are the leading cause of death in the world. The overall project objective is to validate the arteriolar wall-to-lumen ratio (AWLR), a clinical biomarker of the alterations caused by arterial hypertension (AHT) in small arteries. The clinical validation is expected to prove that assessments of the AWLR enable earlier detection of damage caused by AHT, better prediction of CV risk, and more effective adaptation of AHT therapy to patient.
To measure the AWLR biomarker, Imagine Eyes has developed a new retinal imaging system that uses the eye as a window to the microcirculatory system. This instrumentation provides unparalleled microscopic resolution thanks to a breakthrough adaptive optics technology derived from astrophysics. It enables clinicians, for the first time, to directly visualize the microscopic walls of retinal arterioles and quantify the AWLR using automated segmentation software. The examination procedure is totally non invasive and its reliability has been successfully tested with AHT patients in a hospital environment.
The phase 1 of the RetinArt project is a feasibility study that aims at establishing the methodological and economic validity of the proposed clinical validation, and at planning its future execution. The main deliverables expected from phase 1 are a validation plan and a detailed business plan. These outcomes are essential milestones in the translation of Imagine Eyes technology to a new standard that will help reduce the risk of serious complications in wide numbers of AHT patients.
MECHANICALLY-ACTIVE ANTI-REFLECTION SWITCH (MARS) MODULATOR WITH WIDE ANGLE TOLERANCE

A method and apparatus for modulating an optical signal, is disclosed. The modulator is comprised of a support, a membrane whic consits of three layers including a central layer, and an air gap between the substrate and the membrane. The thickness of the layer and the size of the air gap are optimized to maximize differential reflectivity of light. The thickness of the layers and the air gap are designed according to formulas such that the modulator can operate over wider angles of incidence up to about 55 degrees and an angle of incidence up to about 85 degrees with a TE-only polarization of the incident light.
PREPARATION PROCESS AND PROPERTIES OF STYRENE BUTADIENE RANDOM COPOLYMER/POLY(ARYLENE ETHER) COMPOSITIONS

An elastomer-thermoplastic composition comprising styrene butadiene random copolymer and poly(arylene ether) resin and methods of making the composition are disclosed.
Internal Waves' Role in Determining Probability Distribution of Coherent Integration Time Near 133 Hz and 3709 km in North Pacific Ocean

The hypothesis tested is that internal gravity waves limit the coherent integration time of sound at 3709 km in the Pacific ocean at 133 Hz and a pulse resolution of 0.06 s. Five days of continuous transmissions at 2-min intervals are examined. The source and the receiver are mounted on the bottom of the ocean with timing governed by atomic clocks. Measured variability is only due to fluctuations in the ocean. A model for the propagation of sound through fluctuating internal waves is run without any tuning with data. Excellent resemblance is found between the model and data's probability distributions of integration time up to a day, which is the largest lag explored. The probability that the integration exceeds a day or more is about 0.15. The model underpredicts the probability of occurrence of integration times shorter than 10 min. However, the overwhelming agreement at longer times supports the conclusion that the standard spectrum of internal waves accurately explains almost all of the distribution of measured integration time.
DIBLOCK COPOLYMERS AND POLYNUCLEOTIDE COMPLEXES THEREOF FOR DELIVERY INTO CELLS

Described herein are copolymers, and methods of making and utilizing such copolymers. Such copolymers have at least two blocks: a first block that has at least one unit that is hydrophilic at physiologic pH, and a second block that has hydrophobic groups. This second block further has at least one unit with a group that is anionic at about physiologic pH. The described copolymers are disruptive of a cellular membrane, including an extracellular membrane, an intracellular membrane, a vesicle, an organelle, an endosome, a liposome, or a red blood cell. Preferably, in certain instances, the copolymer disrupts the membrane and enters the intracellular environment. In specific examples, the copolymer is endosomolytic.
Legal Frameworks in the Sermons of Caesarius of Arles

The texts of Caesarius of Arles are rightly counted among the most important historical sources for the Early Middle Ages. Despite this well-known fact they are insufficiently studied from the point of view of social history. The domain of law is especially neglected. Information on this subject is contained mainly in the numerous comparisons which Caesarius drew between the religious beliefs, attitudes, and practices he strove to impose on his flock, and the social realities of Arles of his day. The juridical terminology which he occasionally used is also quite revealing. Most of the data is of course on canon law. It is less informative than one could have hoped but it does shed light on some important areas, such as the social make-up of the parishioners; attendance at church by women, youngsters, and slaves; baptismal practices; the tithe, and almsgiving. Caesarius’ sermons also contain valuable facts pertaining to the persistence of many Roman legal notions and practices belonging to what can be qual...
Cofinanciamento dos custos fixos das atividades.

O projeto diz respeito ao apoio do empresário no fornecimento de liquidez financeira e ao apoio às atividades atuais devido às dificuldades financeiras sentidas pelo empresário em resultado do surto de COVID-19. Assistência financeira prestada ao abrigo do programa n.º SA.57015 (2020/N)
Quantum hyperpolarisation for ultrasensitive nuclear magnetic resonance and imaging

Many of the most remarkable contributions of modern science to society have arisen from the interdisciplinary work of scientists enabling novel methods of imaging and sensing. Outstanding examples are nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) which have enabled fundamental insights in a broad range of sciences extending from Chemistry to the Life Sciences. However, the key challenge of NMR and MRI is their very low inherent sensitivity due to the weak nuclear spin polarisation under ambient conditions. This makes the extension of magnetic resonance to the nanoscale (small volumes) and to the observation of metabolic processes (low concentrations) impossible. 
HyperQ will address this challenge with the development of room-temperature quantum control of solid-state spins to increase nuclear spin polarisation several orders of magnitude above thermal equilibrium and thereby revolutionise the state-of-the-art of magnetic resonance. Essential for this development is the synergy of an interdisciplinary team of world leaders in quantum control and hyperpolarised magnetic resonance to enable the development of quantum control theory (“Quantum Software”), quantum materials (“Quantum Hardware”), their integration (“Quantum Devices”) and applications to biological and medical imaging (“Medical Quantum Applications”). HyperQ will target major breakthroughs in the field of magnetic resonance, which include chip-integrated hyperpolarisation devices designed to operate in combination with portable magnetic resonance quantum sensors, unprecedented sensitivity of bio-NMR at the nanoscale, and biomarkers of deranged cellular metabolism.
The HyperQ technology will provide access to metabolic processes from the micron to the nanoscale and thereby insights into metabolic signatures of a broad range of disease such as cancer, Alzheimer and the mechanisms behind neurodegenerative disease. This will enable fundamentally new insights into the Life Sciences.
Elitrans-Facilitating the transformation of eli from erdf funded, distributed infrastructures towards a unified eli-eric.

While the implementation of the “Extreme Light Infrastructure” ELI is nearing completion in Czech Republic, Hungary and Romania, its remaining goal is to create the necessary conditions for the future operation as a single, distributed international laser user facility of pan-European dimension. 

The scope of the present ELITRANS project is to complement the final implementation stage by preparing and undertaking the transformation from three legally (but not conceptually) independent construction projects towards operation as a single international legal entity, ELI-ERIC.

The main objectives are:
• Conceptual Design of the future ELI-ERIC’s “Business Model”: essential elements of the future ELI-ERIC organization, financing, governance and international integration 
• Preparing ELI-ERIC’s “Business Plan”: development of concepts adapted to the operation as the world’s first international laser user facility 
• Managing the transition from Structural Funds supported implementation towards ERIC-funded operation: merging the three facilities into one unified internal structure, developing a corporate identity, strengthening user relations, developing the scientific profile, international visibility and leadership

The proposed actions are structured in eleven Work Packages. They cover the majority of activities considered necessary by the Commission for a successful implementation of ESFRI projects, and take into account specific recommendations by the ESFRI  Assessment Expert Group. The objectives shall be achieved through concepts jointly developed with European and international partner facilities, and world-leading e-infrastructures.
Radar angle determining and recording system - records echo angle for any signal configuration and has aerial groups in angle of circle

The radar system (100) is used which can determine and record the angle of the echos accurately for any type of signal configuration within an azimuthal range of 360 deg. It applies to a frequency and polarization of circular radiation beams emanating from individual or groups of radiators. The aerials located in a particular sector of a circle are activated simultaneously and compounded into a single unit to form a radiator sub-group. They will radiate several independent beams in various directions at a given frequency and polirization. Individual radiators are excited by a conductor matrix network where each input is supplied at a particular phase related to the position in the sector.
LABELLING FILM FOR ERASABLE WRITING, AND LABELLED PRODUCTS

The invention concerns a filing product produced on a substrate (3) in the form of a sheet of paper, cardboard or plastic material, at least partially covered with a thin polypropylene film (4) forming a surface for erasable writing.
Development of identity and relationships during transitions in adolescence

A key developmental task in adolescence is the development of identity, which coincides with development of autonomy in close relationships. The INTRANSITION project aims to examine how development of identity and autonomy affect each other during adolescence. The project will advance the field by examining intra-individual (or within-person, as opposed to inter-individual or between-person) processes of change in identity and autonomy. This is crucial as inter-individual processes are not related or translatable to intra-individual processes. Often theories are examined by comparing adolescents to other adolescents, whereas the theoretical question focuses on understanding developmental changes within adolescents. To this end I will apply innovative intra-individual techniques to analyze development of identity and autonomy at different time scales: real-time moment-to-moment behavior, interactions across hours and days, and long-term development. In five interrelated work packages, I will examine development of adolescent identity and autonomy by putting the individual back in development. Work package 1 focuses on short-term intra-individual developmental processes of identity and autonomy. Work package 2 examines how developmental transitions affect intra-individual development of identity and autonomy. Work package 3 will focus on how person-environment interactions moderate intra-individual development of identity and autonomy. Work package 4 will examine emotional and behavioral variability in intra-individual development of identity and autonomy. Work package 5 addresses gene-environment interactions and epigenetic processes in intra-individual development of identity and autonomy. Together, these work packages will offer a better understanding of the short-term and long-term intra-individual developmental processes of identity and autonomy during transitional periods, thereby allowing to better understand how these changes take place within individuals.
Investigation of the underlying resilience and physiological adaptive response of the bona fide cypriot indigenous grape cultivar cv. ‘xynisteri’ to climate change

The adverse effects of increasingly warm and dry growing conditions are already pushing traditional and new-world wine-growing regions to their limits,. Since the grape-growing potential of their long-established cultivated grape varieties - and consequently the often strictly regulated quality and typicity of their wines - relies on the mesoclimate of their terroir sustaining a high temporal stability, climate change becomes a major threat. Among the adaptation measures considered, the most urgent is the adoption of climate-resilient grapevine varieties. Certain indigenous varieties found on the island of Cyprus, a natural “open lab” of warm and dry climate viticulture, have been reported to have a very high heat and drought tolerance and deserve consideration for cultivation outside their native region of production. However, their resilience remains yet to a large extent scientifically unexplored. To this end, the researcher will carry out a fellowship to investigate the underlying resilience and physiological adaptive response of the bona fide Cypriot indigenous grape cultivar cv. ‘Xynisteri’ to climate change, with an aim to support with sound scientific data its suitability as a variety to be used as a long-term adaptation measure, from countries where their viticulture is already negatively impacted by increasingly warm and dry growing conditions. The fellowship will be carried out in Zambartas Wineries Ltd as the Host Institution, a pioneering SME tightly aligned with regional Research Units, with targeted secondments at leading in the field Institut des Sciences de la Vigne et du Vin, France and University of Tuscia, Italy. The interdisciplinarity and intersectionality of the proposed project will provide the researcher with a unique opportunity to broaden her knowledge/skills and acquire a truly multidisciplinary methodological scientific perspective of an emerging field like viticulture, allowing her to seek a permanent senior position in viticulture R&D.
Synthetic dcs for a t cell production platform

Cancer immunotherapy and adoptive transfer of genetically manipulated T cells in particular has shown promising results for the treatment of cancer. Central in cancer immunotherapy is the activation of tumour-specific T cells. However, the wide-spread clinical use of T cell therapies remains limited due to costly, time-consuming and labour-intensive processes associated with the ex vivo activation and expansion of tumour-specific T cells. Artificial antigen presenting cells (aAPCs) have been developed as an alternative for efficient activation of T cells. In the ERC project ‘PATHFINDER’, Prof. Figdor and his team have developed aAPCs or synthetic dendritic cells (sDCs) based on highly flexible polyisocianide (PIC) polymers, that mimic naturally occurring DCs. The semi-flexible polymer backbone allows for proper arrangement and clustering of antigen and (co-)stimulatory markers, resulting in potent activation and expansion of T cells. With the use of PIC based sDCs, we propose a production platform for tumour specific T cells suitable for cancer immunotherapy. In this ERC PoC project, a team of technological and commercial experts will investigate commercial feasibility of this innovative approach.
Pulmonary Effects of Silver Nanoparticle Size, Coating, and Dose over Time upon Intratracheal Instillation

Silver nanoparticles (Ag NPs) can be found in myriad consumer products, medical equipment/supplies, and public spaces. However, questions remain regarding the risks associated with Ag NP exposure. As part of a consortium-based effort to better understand these nanomaterials, this study examined how Ag NPs with varying sizes and coatings affect pulmonary responses at different time-points. Four types of Ag NPs were tested: 20 nm (C20) and 110 nm (C110) citrate-stabilized NPs, and 20 nm (P20) and 110 nm (P110) PVP-stabilized NPs. Male, Sprague Dawley rats were intratracheally instilled with Ag NPs (0, 0.1, 0.5, or 1.0 mg/kg bodyweight [BW]), and bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) and lung tissues were obtained at 1, 7, and 21 days post-exposure for analysis of BAL cells and histopathology. All Ag NP types produced significantly elevated polymorphonuclear cells (PMNs) in BALF on Days 1, 7, and/or 21 at the 0.5 and/or 1.0 mg/kg BW dose(s). Histology of animals exposed to 1.0 mg/kg BW Ag NPs showed patchy, focal, centriacinar inflammation for all time-points; though neutrophils, macrophages, and/or monocytes were also found in the airway submucosa and perivascular regions at Days 1 and 7. Confocal microscopy of ethidium homodimer-stained lungs at Day 1 showed dead/dying cells at branch points along the main airway. By Day 21, only animals exposed to the high dose of C110 or P110 exhibited significant BALF neutrophilia and marked cellular debris in alveolar airspaces. Findings suggest that 110 nm Ag NPs may produce lasting effects past Day 21 post instillation.
Survey of domain-specific languages for FPGA computing

High-performance FPGA programming has typically been the exclusive domain of a small band of specialized hardware developers. They are capable of reasoning about implementation concerns at the register-transfer level (RTL) which is analogous to assembly-level programming in software. Sometimes these developers are required to push further down to manage even lower levels of abstraction closer to physical aspects of the design such as detailed layout to meet critical design constraints. In contrast, software programmers have long since moved away from textual assembly-level programming towards relying on graphical integrated development environments (IDEs), high-level compilers, smart static analysis tools and runtime systems that optimize, manage and assist the program development tasks. Domain-specific languages (DSLs) can bridge this productivity gap by providing higher levels of abstraction in environments close to the domain of application expert. DSLs carefully limit the set of programming constructs to minimize programmer mistakes while also enabling a rich set of domain-specific optimizations and program transformations. With a large number of DSLs to choose from, an inexperienced FPGA user may be confused about how to select an appropriate one for the intended domain. In this paper, we review a combination of legacy and state-of-the-art DSLs available for FPGA development and provide a taxonomy and classification to guide selection and correct use of the framework.