SIRIS-Lab/unlabelled-sti-corpus huggingface dataset:
Variability of tidal signals in the Brent Delta Front: New observations on the Rannoch Formation, northern North Sea

Abstract Detailed observations on the Rannoch Formation in several deep Viking Graben wells indicate that the ‘classical’ wave-dominated Brent delta-front shows coupled storm–tide processes. The tidal signals are of three types: I): alternations of thick cross-laminated sandstone and thin mud-draped sandstone, whereby double mud drapes are prominent but discretely distributed, II): a few tidal bundles within bottomsets and foresets of up to 10 cm-thick sets cross-strata, and III): dm-thick heterolithic lamination showing multiple, well-organized sand–mud couplets. During progradation of the Brent Delta, the Rannoch shoreline system passed upward from 1) a succession dominated by clean-water, storm-event sets and cosets frequently and preferentially interbedded with type I tidal beds, and occasional types II and III tidal deposits, toward 2) very clean storm-event beds less frequently separated by types II and III tidal beds, and then into 3) a thin interval showing muddier storm-event beds mainly alternating with type II tidal beds. It is likely that those variations in preservation bias of storm and tidal beds in each facies succession result from combined effects of 1) the frequency and duration of storms; 2) river discharge; and 3) the absolute and relative strength of tides. Tidal deposits are interpreted as inter-storm, fair-weather deposits, occurred preferentially in longer intermittent fair-weather condition and periods of lower river discharge, and well-pronounced in the distal-reach of delta-front. The formation and preservation of tidal signals between storm beds, indicate that the studied Rannoch Formation was most likely a storm-dominated, tide-influenced delta front 1) near the mouth of a large Brent river, where a significant tidal prism and high tidal range might be expected, and 2) in a setting where there were relatively high sedimentation rates associated with high local subsidence rates, so that the storm waves did not completely rework the inter-storm deposits. The documentation of the unconventional Rannoch Formation contributes to our understanding of mixed-energy coastal systems.
An improved wire-bonded chip on board package

A wire-bonded chip on board package has a substrate including a first resin. A solder mask made of a second resin having a thermal expansion coefficient identical to that of the first resin of the substrate is disposed on the top surface of the substrate such that it has a smooth outer surface and some openings to expose the respective areas of the conductive patterns on the top surface. An IC chip with an inactive side thereof tightly attaches to the outer surface of the solder mask. Wire bonds electrically connect the contact pads formed on an active side of the IC chip to the conductive patterns of the top surface. A molding material encapsulates the chip, the wire bonds and the substrate top surface. <IMAGE>
Water Level Indicator and Temperature Controller

This study aimed to construct an auto filler tank that could be controlled by a stand-alone circuit that has a water-level indicator. The device would automatically fill the tank when the water level was at its minimum and would also automatically close the inlet when the water level was at its maximum. Also, the design had an automatic temperature controller that maintains the required temperature needed by the user. Experimental development and descriptive approaches   were the methods used. Two purposively chosen evaluators were requested to assess the functionality and practicality of the water level indicator and temperature controller. Findings showed that the device was helpful to the consumers because it was applicable for sterilization, heating and other applications involving water and temperature.
TRAnsferring technologies and best practices in the management of SEDiments dredged between the ports of Venice and Koper 

The project aims at testing technologies and practices for the collection and inertization of material dredged in the ports of Venice and Koper, to ensure navigability and to protect the environment. The two ports operate in similar industrial contexts (and both participate in SedNet - European Network for Sediment Research) and must manage contaminated sediments. In this sense, the production of bricks and the collection of sediments in a salt mine are the object of the TRASED technological research. This initiative aims at selecting pilot projects to be tested according to innovative technological criteria and practices in the management of dredged material. Tests will be performed on port material. Moreover, in order to improve knowledge on the management of said material, special technological workshops will be organised on the production of bricks from dredged material. Special attention will be paid to the study of railway logistics in the ports of Venice and Koper, in order to optimize the dredged material loading and collection procedures. Lastly, the definition, design, and implementation of a Territorial Information System (TIS Public Property) will enable the effective administrative and environmental monitoring of the port area.
STÄRKUNG DER WETTBEWERBSFÄHIGKEIT DURCH DEN EINSATZ VON KONSTRUKTIONSPROZESSEN IN MECHANISCHEN ANLAGEN VON PODKARPACKIE DURCH AUDIT- UND DESIGNSTRATEGIE

Das Projekt der Firma Podkarpackie Zakłady Mechaniczne Sp. z o.o. Sp. k. umfasst die Durchführung eines Designaudits und die Entwicklung einer Designstrategie zur Steigerung der Wettbewerbsfähigkeit des Unternehmens. Im Rahmen des Entwurfsaudits wird eine vollständige Analyse der Podkarpackie Zakłady Mechaniczne Sp. z o.o. Sp. z o.o. Sp. z o.o. im Zeitraum vom 1.7.2018 bis 30.9.2018 durchgeführt, einschließlich einer Analyse der Aktivitäten des Kunden hinsichtlich des potenziellen und des Designbedarfs, einschließlich mindestens: Entwurfsanalyse des Bestellers in Bezug auf Produktangebot, Geschäftsmodell, Technologie, Organisationsstruktur, Kommunikationsprozesse, Marketingstrategie, Definition und Merkmale von Kunden und Wettbewerb und wichtige Branchentrends im Rahmen des Bestellers, Analyse der Bedürfnisse des Kunden im Bereich Designmanagement, Analyse des Angebots in Bezug auf die Nutzung von Design und Marktpotenzial des Bestellers. Alle diese Aktivitäten werden von den folgenden Experten der ERGO DESIGN Sp. z o.o. – Andrzej Śmiałek, Ryszard Po Mondayek und Katarzyna Śliwa mit umfangreichem Wissen und Erfahrung in der Gestaltung von Designstrategien durchgeführt. Nach Durchführung eines Entwurfsaudits erstellen die oben genannten Sachverständigen einen Entwurfsprüfungsbericht und entwickeln eine Gestaltungsstrategie.
DEVICE FOR DEPOLLUTING A HEAT ENGINE EXHAUST GASES

The invention concerns a device for depolluting a heat engine exhaust gases comprising an outer casing (23) including successive first and second tubular sections (38, 40), the first section (38) containing a first depolluting member (18) mounted in the passage, the first section including a female end (42) wherein is nested a male end (44) of the second section (40). The first depolluting member (18) comprises a substrate (19) and at least one wedge (50, 52) interposed between the inner surface of the first tubular section (38) and the substrate (19), the or each wedge (50, 52) consisting of a wire mesh associated with a heat-expansible material to provide exhaust gas proofness.
Remote sensing science center for cultural heritage

The “ATHENA” proposal aims to establish a Center of Excellence in the field of Remote Sensing for Cultural Heritage in the areas of  Archaeology and Cultural Heritage through the development of an enhanced knowledge base and innovative methods.  This center will be established by twinning the existing Remote Sensing and Geo-environment Research Laboratory at the Cyprus University of Technology (CUT) with internationally-leading counterparts from other Member States of the EU, such as the  Institute of Archaeological and Architectural Heritage of the National Research Council of Italy (IBAM- CNR) and the German Aerospace Centre (DLR). The goals of the Center will be aligned with the Smart Specialization Strategy of Cyprus. The close collaboration between CUT and other experts in the field of Remote Sensing for Cultural Heritage in the EU  will form a synergic network that will permit the transfer of knowledge and training of the existing personnel of CUT. As a result, the ATHENA project will have both direct and indirect social, scientific, and economic outcomes. In addition, the implementation of the project will facilitate future collaborations with experts of the Archaeology and Cultural Heritage sector in an EU level, increase the Centers’ research capabilities, as well as enhance the research and academic profile of all participants. It is noteworthy to underline the importance of the geographical position of the Center in the region of eastern Mediterranean, a region inhabited thousands of years before and therefore abound in archaeological residues.
Moving around without a brain: evolution of basal cognition in single-celled organisms

Even unicellular organisms have a sense of self -- that basal recognition of where their own membranous boundaries end, and where the extracellular environment in which they inhabit begins. Yet unlike the cells in your body, these primitive lifeforms can reproduce, and exist autonomously, most importantly, they can respond to stimuli, and change their behaviour accordingly. Responsive self-movement is a defining characteristic of life, which for simple organisms is essential to enable to them to explore and react to their surroundings, improve their circumstances, and outcompete other cells. In this proposal, I will determine the sensorimotor pathways of unicellular organisms and the physical mechanisms of early movement control, showing that a nervous system is not required for complex behaviour, particularly, 1) motility originating from cell shape changes by cilia and flagella, and 2) the as-yet unexplained surface gliding movement of diatoms which occurs in the complete absence of shape changes. I will develop novel interdisciplinary approaches, merging physiological experiments on diverse unicellular species with unique behavioural features, with theoretical modelling, mathematical/computational analysis of behaviour, as well as robotics-aided hypothesis testing. To highlight the importance of fast, nonequilibrium sensing in unicells and its significance for the evolution of nervous signalling, I will pioneer the integration of high-speed imaging and live-cell perturbations to resolve and understand previously unseen cellular processes and excitable phenomena. These investigations will culminate in novel designs for long-time behavioural assays which will probe the limits of aneural organisms and their capacity to perceive and interact with their surroundings.
An evolutionary approach to change of status–fertility relationship in human fertility transition

The change in benefits of high socioeconomic status to fertility in humans during the demographic transition from high to low fertility has interested both demographers and evolutionary biologists. Evolutionary analyses add to demographic analyses by considering also males and status-related differential in male mating success, but they have been limited to time cross-sections and have not linked this differential to differentials in other determinants of male fertility. We use life-history records of males (n = 3791) entering marriage market before (1810s–1880s) and during (1890s–1960s) the Finnish fertility transition to investigate associations between socioeconomic status and chance and timing of marriage, choice for spouse, and lifetime fertility. Low status invariantly brought a lower marriage chance throughout these 160 years, which partly explained why ever-married high-status men lost advantage at early marriage when the system of achieving a high status shifted from inheritance to self-effort. The loss, coupled with assortative mating by age, promoted disappearance of differential in wife’s age at marriage and thus, disappearance of differential in fertility between ever-married high- and low-status men in the Finnish fertility transition. Consequently, among all men (married and unmarried), statusrelated differential in lifetime fertility—not selection coefficient—declined over the transition. This study is among the first to show the interrelated dynamics of status-related differentials in male mating and reproductive traits; by doing so, it contributes to an evolutionary understanding of change of status–fertility relationship in human fertility transition and confirms continuing phenotypic selection on male status/wealth in modern societies.
Novel Real-Time Simultaneous Amplification and Testing Method To Accurately and Rapidly Detect Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex

The aim of this study was to establish and evaluate a simultaneous amplification and testing method for detection of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (SAT-TB assay) in clinical specimens by using isothermal RNA amplification and real-time fluorescence detection. In the SAT-TB assay, a 170-bp M. tuberculosis 16S rRNA fragment is reverse transcribed to DNA by use of Moloney murine leukemia virus (M-MLV) reverse transcriptase, using specific primers incorporating the T7 promoter sequence, and undergoes successive cycles of amplification using T7 RNA polymerase. Using a real-time PCR instrument, hybridization of an internal 6-carboxyfluorescein-4-[4-(dimethylamino)phenylazo] benzoic acid N-succinimidyl ester (FAM-DABCYL)-labeled fluorescent probe can be used to detect RNA amplification. The SAT-TB assay takes less than 1.5 h to perform, and the sensitivity of the assay for detection of M. tuberculosis H37Rv is 100 CFU/ml. The TB probe has no cross-reactivity with nontuberculous mycobacteria or other common respiratory tract pathogens. For 253 pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) specimens and 134 non-TB specimens, the SAT-TB results correlated with 95.6% (370/387 specimens) of the Bactec MGIT 960 culture assay results. The sensitivity, specificity, and positive and negative predictive values of the SAT-TB test for the diagnosis of PTB were 67.6%, 100%, 100%, and 62.0%, respectively, compared to 61.7%, 100%, 100%, and 58.0% for Bactec MGIT 960 culture. For PTB diagnosis, the sensitivities of the SAT-TB and Bactec MGIT 960 culture methods were 97.6% and 95.9%, respectively, for smear-positive specimens and 39.2% and 30.2%, respectively, for smear-negative specimens. In conclusion, the SAT-TB assay is a novel, simple test with a high specificity which may enhance the detection rate of TB. It is therefore a promising tool for rapid diagnosis of M. tuberculosis infection in clinical microbiology laboratories.
Multifunctional polymer scaffolds for stem cell differentiation

The field of bioelectronics devices that can translate ionic signals in our bodies into electronic signals, is one of the most remarkable success stories of science and engineering over the last decades. Although such devices have been lifesavers (i.e. pacemakers, glucose meters), recent discoveries are about to change the entire pharmaceutical industry. Organic bioelectronics, devices based on biocompatible polymers, opening new horizons in biomedical engineering. Recent developments in 3D materials and devices show a tremendous potential to deliver human-like platforms for tissue growth, however, these devices are still in their infancy. This project aims to take a fundamental approach to designing composite materials with electrical and optical properties that may be used for a multitude of applications in biomedical engineering. The project proposes the realization of 3D multifunctional scaffolds for stem cell control by blending optically and electrically active biocompatible polymers. Beginning with films, to understand mixing and properties, the project will gain insight into how these materials may be used for biological applications. Subsequently, the materials will be prepared in 3D formats and used to host stem cells. The multifunctional properties of the proposed scaffolds will be used to determine the effect of electrical and optical cues on stem cell differentiation. Stem cells play a key role in tissue engineering medicine as they have already proven effective in developing new treatments. These highly biomimetic platforms and the fundamental knowledge produced in this project will be an invaluable tool to further progress with stem cell research towards therapeutic goals. As such, the outcomes of this proposal can, in the short term, benefit the field of organic bioelectronics by providing fundamental knowledge and a novel platform for a facile control of cell function and in the long term, can impact the global need for better treatment of diseases.
Holographic vision simulator for cataract surgery

Cataract is the most prevalent visual disorder and blinding disease in the world. Cataracts cannot be corrected with eyeglasses or contact lenses. Surgery is the only option for improved vision, however, vision simulators for different types of cataracts are limited and vision simulator for different types of intra-ocular lens options do not exist. In this project, computational holographic display technology, which was developed during PI's ERC-AdG project, will be exploited for medical applications. A vision simulator instrument based on head-worn computational holographic display and software modules for vision simulation will be developed. Finally pilot studies with cataract patients will be performed in the ophthalmology clinic.
An Athenian Nocturnal Archaeology (a photo-poetic essay)

The words and images in this photo-poetic essay were generated in the urban crisis-scape of Athens between July 2014 and February 2015. The work reflects on several questions: How does one evoke and conjure up the contemporary moment of crisis in the urban landscape? Can the conventional tools and methodologies of archaeology and archaeological ethnography be of any use in that endeavour? Where these tools meet other expressive modalities such as poetry? What does it mean to do archaeology amidst the contemporary ruination? Is our impulse to record and to archive, the most appropriate reaction to it? The images are not meant to act as illustrations for the poems. Both components stand on their own, maintaining their autonomy. They are closely linked, however: not only they share locality and time, but they also enact other, subtle and oblique connections, not all of them apparent to their author.
Cyber physical system (CPS) for contactless IC testing

In this paper, we study the testing flow in fabrication process of stacked-die products. We discuss the difficulties of traditional testing mechanism. To improve production yield, a contactless testing with cyber physical system (CPS) for pre-bond interposers is proposed in this paper. We propose a testing framework comprising a heating laser and an infrared-radiation camera. In addition, we also build a completely correct model of a functional interposer. By our proposed Classification Algorithm and BDA classifier, functional and defective interposers can be differentiated. Our experimental results show that the proposed framework provides an over 97% accuracy to identify functional interposers from a whole batch of untested products.
Socio economic deprivation related to effect of presence of dependant older people: strategies for innovative policies in europe.

In Europe, around of 10 million of people are more than 65 years. Population ageing is one of the greatest social and economic challenges facing the EU. Projections foresee a growing number and share of elderly persons (aged 65 and over), with a particularly rapid increase in the number of very old persons (aged 85 and over) and increasing care need. The “Socio Economic deprivation related to effect of presence of Dependant older people: strategies for Innovative Policies in Europe” (SEreDIPE) project is focused on Socio Economic (SE) deprivation of family in relationship with Long Term Care. The study aims to evaluate the effects of the presence of elderly with social and health care need on the socio-economic status of the families, in order to understand what innovative initiatives, policies or strategies could be used to cope the negative effect for the families. The study proposes a comparison between eight European countries to cover the different care regimes used in Europe: Italy, Spain, Germany, Romania, Poland, Finland, Netherland, United Kingdom. The project uses a mixed quantitative and qualitative method. The multilevel quantitative analysis is aimed to find a statistical confirmation of the relationship, identifying its main descriptive characteristics, designing national and European scenarios. The qualitative analysis is aimed to find innovative strategies and policies (already existing or not) that should be implemented in each studied country and in Europe. The study involves experts, national stakeholders and policymaker, as interviewed or as participant in focus groups and workshops to promote an active technical and academic debate on issue.
Application cases of biological transformation in manufacturing technology

Abstract Digitalization and Industry 4.0 are promising developments for solving current technical challenges. However, to fully exploit the potential of digitalization and Industry 4.0, not only manufacturing and information systems must interact, but biological systems too. The interaction of biological, manufacturing and information systems is an emerging research field defined as Biological Transformation in manufacturing or biologicalisation in manufacturing. This publication introduces three different projects that represent the application of Biological Transformation in manufacturing to inspire and initiate further research in this area. The interactions of the three system types are described in detail, and their potential for the manufacturing sector is discussed in reference to the framework Biological Transformation in manufacturing.
Establishment of a Markerless Mutation Delivery System in Bacillus subtilis Stimulated by a Double-Strand Break in the Chromosome

Bacillus subtilis has been a model for gram-positive bacteria and it has long been exploited for industrial and biotechnological applications. However, the availability of facile genetic tools for physiological analysis has generally lagged substantially behind traditional genetic models such as Escherichia coli and Saccharomyces cerevisiae. In this work, we have developed an efficient, precise and scarless method for rapid multiple genetic modifications without altering the chromosome of B. subtilis. This method employs upp gene as a counter-selectable marker, double-strand break (DSB) repair caused by exogenous endonuclease I-SceI and comK overexpression for fast preparation of competent cell. Foreign dsDNA can be simply and efficiently integrated into the chromosome by double-crossover homologous recombination. The DSB repair is a potent inducement for stimulating the second intramolecular homologous recombination, which not only enhances the frequency of resolution by one to two orders of magnitude, but also selects for the resolved product. This method has been successfully and reiteratively used in B. subtilis to deliver point mutations, to generate in-frame deletions, and to construct large-scale deletions. Experimental results proved that it allowed repeated use of the selectable marker gene for multiple modifications and could be a useful technique for B. subtilis.