SIRIS-Lab/unlabelled-sti-corpus huggingface dataset:
A STRUCTURAL WOODEN JOIST

The structural wooden joist described comprises an elongated lower chord, an elongated upper chord and an openwork web structure joining the chords and consisting of a series of connector members formed of inclined branches and adhesively secured to the lower and upper chords. Each branch of a connector member is formed of at least two planks having contiguous sides adhesively joined to one another. The connector members define a series of triangular openings in the web structure.
El archivo histórico del antiguo hospital neuropsiquiátrico de Arezzo: breves instrucciones de uso en clave educativa para profesionales de la salud y del cuidado

La Universidad de Siena conserva el archivo histórico del antiguo hospital neuropsiquiátrico de Arezzo (1901-1990) con el objetivo de preservar, reorganizar, estudiar y mejorar el material (administrativo, sanitario, audiovisual, iconográfico) presente. El artículo reflexiona sobre el posible "uso educativo" de esta pluralidad de materiales y sobre la necesidad de que el Archivo se siga definiendo como un espacio de investigación-intervención multidisciplinar para todos aquellos sujetos (especialmente profesionales de la salud y del cuidado) interesados ​​en conocer y explorar la relación entre la enfermedad mental y el internamiento en un hospital psiquiátrico.
A 9,000 Year History of Seal Hunting on Lake Baikal, Siberia: The Zooarchaeology of Sagan-Zaba II

Sagan-Zaba II, a habitation site on the shore of Siberia's Lake Baikal, contains a record of seal hunting that spans much of the Holocene, making it one of the longest histories of seal use in North Asia. Zooarchaeological analyses of the 16,000 Baikal seal remains from this well-dated site clearly show that sealing began here at least 9000 calendar years ago. The use of these animals at Sagan-Zaba appears to have peaked in the Middle Holocene, when foragers used the site as a spring hunting and processing location for yearling and juvenile seals taken on the lake ice. After 4800 years ago, seal use declined at the site, while the relative importance of ungulate hunting and fishing increased. Pastoralists began occupying Sagan-Zaba at some point during the Late Holocene, and these groups too utilized the lake's seals. Domesticated animals are increasingly common after about 2000 years ago, a pattern seen elsewhere in the region, but spring and some summer hunting of seals was still occurring. This use of seals by prehistoric herders mirrors patterns of seal use among the region's historic and modern groups. Overall, the data presented in the paper demonstrate that Lake Baikal witnessed thousands of years of human use of aquatic resources.
HGF BETA CHAIN VARIANTS

The invention provides HGF/Met modulators comprising HGF having mutations in regions that affect HGF function, and antagonists that target said regions. The invention further provides methods of identifying, making and using these modulators.
Inizia a Basto

Il progetto Start In Basto consiste nella promozione di una serie di azioni volte a promuovere e promuovere l'imprenditorialità nella regione di Basto, che copre 6 comuni a bassa densità. Si tratta di territori con scarsa attrattività. Il progetto Star in Basto mira a creare nuove opportunità per il pubblico più svantaggiato, i più colpiti dalla disoccupazione, le scarse qualifiche e le situazioni di dipendenza finanziaria.
Dietary cadmium exposure and fracture incidence among men: A population-based prospective cohort study

Cadmium is an osteotoxic metal present in food. It causes multiple fractures in those highly exposed and is associated with reduced bone mineral density at considerably lower exposures. Little is known about fracture rates following low-level cadmium exposure. We assessed the associations between dietary cadmium exposure and fracture incidence. Within a population-based prospective cohort of 22,173 Swedish men, we estimated individual dietary cadmium exposure using food frequency questionnaire data and levels of cadmium in food. The average intake was 19 µg/day. Hazard ratios (HRs) for any fracture and hip fracture were estimated using Cox's regression. During 10 years of follow-up, we ascertained 2183 cases of any fracture and 374 hip fractures by computerized linkage of the cohort to registry data. Multivariable-adjusted dietary cadmium intake was associated with a statistically significant 19% [HR = 1.19, 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.06-1.34] higher rate of any fracture comparing highest tertile with lowest (p ≤ .01 for trend). Moreover, men in the highest tertile of dietary cadmium and lowest tertile of fruit and vegetable consumption had a 41% higher rate of any fracture compared with contrasting tertiles. Hip fracture rates also were higher in the highest tertile of cadmium intake but only statistically significant among never smokers (HR = 1.70, 95% CI 1.04-2.77). Our results indicate that dietary cadmium exposure at general population levels is associated with an increased rate of fractures among men. This association was independent of smoking and was most pronounced among men with low fruit and vegetable consumption.
Testing massive star formation modeis

The classic problem in the formation of high-mass stars is that, for all stars above ~20 Msun, the outward force exerted by the stars radiation on the dusty circumstellar gas should be capable of reversing or halting accretion flows. Core fragmentation, pressure from the expanding ionised gas, magnetic fields and mass loss through stellar winds, all work against the effects of gravity, thereby restricting the final stellar mass. Advances in theoretical models, aided by numerical simulations (e.g. adaptive mesh refinement), have proposed elegant solutions; for example, the interaction between radiation and the dense circumstellar gas is subject to radiation-Rayleigh-Taylor instability, creating low opacity chimneys to vent out the radiation pressure. Likewise, heated cores and disks are stable against Jeans fragmentation. The exact manifestation of these issues and their solutions vary significantly between theories, and the physical structures found around embedded, still accreting massive stars provides a strong discriminator between models. Therefore, this research project aims to better understand the physical conditions of the gas and dust structures within the 500-5000 AU regions of infant high-mass stars by using adaptive-optics-assisted polarimetric observations in the infrared (essential to probe through the high extinction of high-mass cores). Also, we will characterise and quantify, for the first time, the stellar activity, mass, and radius of high-mass (young/proto) stars which are thought to be bloated and pulsating objects. To this end, variability and astero-seismological studies will be conducted. The applicant seeks mobility to a host institute that is a world leader in polarimetry, where he will acquire new expertise in astrophysical polarimetry through training by research. This program will distinguish between and test mechanisms of massive star formation, taking important steps to understand a long standing problem of astrophysics.
Fine-resolution forest tree height estimation across the Sierra Nevada through the integration of spaceborne LiDAR, airborne LiDAR, and optical imagery

ABSTRACTForests of the Sierra Nevada (SN) mountain range are valuable natural heritages for the region and the country, and tree height is an important forest structure parameter for understanding the SN forest ecosystem. There is still a need in the accurate estimation of wall-to-wall SN tree height distribution at fine spatial resolution. In this study, we presented a method to map wall-to-wall forest tree height (defined as Lorey’s height) across the SN at 70-m resolution by fusing multi-source datasets, including over 1600 in situ tree height measurements and over 1600 km2 airborne light detection and ranging (LiDAR) data. Accurate tree height estimates within these airborne LiDAR boundaries were first computed based on in situ measurements, and then these airborne LiDAR-derived tree heights were used as reference data to estimate tree heights at Geoscience Laser Altimeter System (GLAS) footprints. Finally, the random forest algorithm was used to model the SN tree height from these GLAS tree heights, ...
MAGIC DISCOVERY OF VERY HIGH ENERGY EMISSION FROM THE FSRQ PKS 1222+21

Very High Energy (VHE) gamma-ray emission from the flat spectrum radio quasar (FSRQ) PKS 1222+21 (4C 21.35, z=0.432) was detected with the MAGIC Cherenkov telescopes during a short observation (~0.5 hr) performed on 2010 June 17. The MAGIC detection coincides with high energy MeV/GeV gamma-ray activity measured by the Large Area Telescope (LAT) on board the Fermi satellite. The VHE spectrum measured by MAGIC extends from about 70 GeV up to at least 400 GeV and can be well described by a power law dN/dE \propto E^-Gamma with a photon index Gamma= 3.75+/-0.27stat +/-0.2syst. The averaged integral flux above 100 GeV is (4.56+/-0.46)x10^(-10) cm^-2 s^-1 (~1 Crab Nebula flux). The VHE flux measured by MAGIC varies significantly within the 30 min exposure implying a flux doubling time of about 10 min. The VHE and MeV/GeV spectra, corrected for the absorption by the extragalactic background light (EBL), can be described by a single power law with photon index 2.72+/-0.34 between 3 GeV and 400 GeV, and is consistent with emission belonging to a single component in the jet. The absence of a spectral cutoff constrains the gamma-ray emission region outside the Broad Line Region, which would otherwise absorb the VHE gamma-rays. Together with the detected fast variability, this challenges present emission models from jets in FSRQ. Moreover, the combined Fermi/LAT and MAGIC spectral data yield constraints on the density of the Extragalactic Background Light in the UV-optical to near-infrared range that are compatible with recent models.
A SNOW PLOW HAVING AN IMPROVED ATTACHMENT MEANS AND AN ASSOCIATED METHOD

A snow plow (10) including a snow plow blade (12, 14) and snow plow strap (30, 32) to attach the snow plow blade (12, 14) to a vehicle (22). An associated method of attaching a snow plow blade (12, 14) to a vehicle (22) is also provided.
ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTORECEPTOR, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND PROCESS CARTRIDGE

An electrophotographic photoreceptor is provided with a conductive support; a photosensitive layer provided on the conductive support; and a surface layer provided on the photosensitive layer, wherein the surface layer contains a reaction product of surface-treated inorganic fine particles which are applied with a surface treatment with a metal oxide and a surface treatment with a compound having a polymerizable functional group.
New challenges for urban engineering seismology

Recent devastating earthquakes and induced seismicity near infrastructures must become the centrepiece of analysis in reducing risk and increasing resilience, facing up to global urban population growth in the coming decades and the concentration of wealth in cities. The prediction of seismic ground motion and response of structures are key issues in reduction of seismic urban risk. There is therefore a demand for highly trained scientists with a broad understanding of engineering seismology and earthquake engineering, skills being essential in academic research, in private companies with activities related to risk mitigation and energy facilities and for policy makers. The URBASIS project aims to provide a multi-disciplinary training platform for ESR in order to develop their individual project and to promote their entrepreneurship and their employability toward the academic, private and insurance or decision-making sector. High-quality supervision of the ESR will be ensured through the international recognition of the URBASIS partners. A comprehensive set of transferable skills will be developed through innovative and interdisciplinary joint research projects between academic and non-academic partners on the prediction of seismic hazard in urban areas considering low probability/high consequences events and induced seismicity related to the exploitation of energy resources; the seismic ground motion prediction within the non-free-field urban area; the coupling between ground motion and structures/infrastructures responses for natural and induced seismicity including time dependency vulnerability; and the systemic risk of interconnected urban systems. URBASIS will create a lasting collaboration for the establishment of a European network of academic and non-academic experts, improving the interface with decision-makers. Advanced capacities in modelling and predicting seismic impact in cities will be got, putting the urban environment as the centrepiece of URBASIS.
Models of Integrated Tourism in the MEDiterranean Plus

MITOMED+ is multi-module project combining Testing and Capitalization (M2+M3). It is a follow up of the previous MITOMED project (MED Maritime), which has been working to promote the integrated management of M&C tourism by improving the knowledge of data, products, services through a set of indicators based on the NECSTouR model. MITOMED+ takes farther these results aiming to improve the coordination of strategies between territories at transnational level regarding the development of the M&C tourism through cooperation and joint planning between regions. _x000D_
The main objective of the project deals with the enhancement of sustainability and responsibility in M&C tourism, by improving local and regional strategies and policy actions and coordinating them at a wider MED transnational level. To achieve this objective, the project intends to increase knowledge and social dialogue regarding the development of a sustainable and responsible M&C tourism in each partner region for better decision-making, improve M&C tourism planning at destination level and its coordination for a transnational governance, mainstream its results into local, regional and national policies and set up a MED M&C tourism management model. The project brings together a right mix of regional authorities and their networks, associations of local authorities, territorial development agencies, higher education institution and research centers, having the appropriate competences and expertise in M&C tourism.
Volcanic Ash Monitoring and FOrecaSting between Sicilia and Malta arEa and sharinG of the resUlts foR aviatiOn safety

Volcanic clouds disperse a great amount of volcanic ash that constitutes a great hazard to aviation. The accidental encounter between volcanic ash and airplanes causes damages to control surfaces, windshields and landing lights, loss of visibility and failure of critical navigational and operation instrumentations and in the worst case the failure of the engine. It is hence very important to define and forecast the region, which will be interested by the presence of volcanic ash in the case of explosive activity. The project will realize an automatic system for the monitoring and forecasting of volcanic ash dispersal between Sicily and Malta. New instruments will be installed and they will be able to gather important data on explosive activity and on volcanic particles and the use of tephra dispersal models will be able to forecast the locations and the height of the volcanic clouds. The developed system will be able to inspect the region between Sicily and Malta in which there will be a high probability to find dangerous concentration of volcanic ash and gas, and will produce alert systems highlighting the regions that will be interdicted to aviation. Results will be available to authorities and, giving also information of the tephra deposit, they will be very useful to community, social and productive activities of the interested areas.
Inclusive science and european democracies

The objective of ISEED is to identify, through an analysis of a variety of types of, and experiments in, public engagement on science-related questions and activities, generalizable characteristics and conditions that cultivate active and productive citizen participation in public deliberation. The aim is to construct a novel concept of ‘deliberative participation’ designed to enhance both the quality and the legitimacy of political decision-making, by focusing on the importance of knowledge-based deliberation. ISEED will build on and extend existing experience in the field of citizen science to explore the conditions under which participative and deliberative practices can be successfully implemented for the purpose of building forms of knowledge-based democratic governance complementary to political representation in democratic societies. ISEED combines theoretical analysis, empirical research, and small-scale experiments. It will reassess the role of the public sphere to include a novel notion of deliberative participation in a plurality of publics and counter publics. It will empirically explore how current practices of citizen participation in science can offer innovative methods to confront and overcome a number of current obstacles faced by democratic participation and decision making. It will develop a new tool to describe styles of argumentation in traditional and digital media and analyze the role of emotion and reason in polarised debates on contemporary scientific issues. The ISEED consortium, committed to multi and inter-disciplinary research, aims to deliver scalable results to foster deliberative democratic processes in Europe and other knowledge societies.
CREDITO D'IMPOSTA - IL MELOGRANO SRLS

L'INVESTIMENTO CONSISTE NELLA REALIZZAZIONE DI UNA STRUTTURARESIDENZIALE PER ANZIANI E DISABILI, CON ASSISTENZA DIURNA E NOTTURNA, PROVVEDENDO ALL'ACQ
Evolution of inland container distribution among the cluster of ports in the Greater Pearl River Delta

Goal programming (GP) is applied to obtain the cargo distribution ratio from hinterland to port cluster in the absence of statistical data. Non-parametric test techniques and correlation analysis are used to analyze the stability of cargo distribution and ordinal preference in port selection. A case study for the inland container distribution in the Greater Pearl River Delta (GPRD) of China shows that most hinterland districts maintain a stable port selection pattern except for Shenzhen, in which many ports are located and which is also close to Hong Kong, another important port in the region. Although Hong Kong is important for international logistics and is one of the busiest and most efficient container ports, it does not provide great advantages for attracting cargoes from the GPRD. In the long run, the best strategy is cooperation rather than competition, which will maximize the overall benefit of the container port cluster in the GPRD.
Ultra-Sensitive mechanical dissipation in classical, quantum and non-equilibrium nanocontacts

Dissipation spectroscopy: Nanomechanical dissipation, experienced by oscillating tip-based Force Microscopy (AFM) instruments, provides an innovative probe of the physics of classical and quantum materials, solids, surfaces. My group made, in the last decade, well-recognized experimental and conceptual advances by exploiting and adapting advanced AFM techniques, especially the ultra-sensitive pendulum-AFM, (p-AFM, dissipation sensitivity ~0.1 aW, force sensitivity ~ 10-12N) detecting collective phenomena and phase transitions including structural, electronic, magnetic. This dissipation spectroscopy was applied so far mostly at the equilibrium physics of  3D classical solids. 

The challenge: I propose to extend nanomechanical dissipation spectroscopy to pick up much weaker effects caused by non-equilibrium perturbations, by nanomanipulations, and by quantum effects in carefully picked case studies. Such as measuring the imperceptible wind force exerted on a noncontact tip  by a thermal or electrical current in the surface below, or the minute mechanical cost of creating and dismantling a single spin  Kondo state, or a topological surface state. 

Risks, benefits, relevance: None of this was done before, so despite our experience and good feasibility estimates there is some risk. The benefits however will be substantial. Thermal and electrical migration of defects and impurities is important in materials, and electrical contacts. The dragging, peeling, sensing of 2D systems like graphene nanoribbons and twisted bilayers is hot. And quantum dissipation is pertinent to the limiting factor of quantum information processes. To do all this by nanomechanics will be unique.

The opportunity: My group is ready to put its expertise in these exciting new problems, once I can through an Advanced Grant secure the instrumental and experimental human resources, as well as the theoretical support of additional beneficiary SISSA, indispensable in such a frontier context.
Sigurnost sustava za nadzor i upravljanje pomorskim prometom

This paper on “Security of the maritime traffic monitoring and information system” gives an analysis and an overview of main elements of a complex system such as the VTMIS. It explains its processes and activities, and the importance of its work. The Republic of Croatia is a maritime country, a member of the European Union, with tourism as the strongest economic branch. That means Croatia should never neglect areas that deal with maritime security on its owe side of the Adriatic Sea. Global challenges such as terrorism, the migrant crisis, hybrid wars will be examined in its current form especially from the aspect of the national security. It will provide a foresight on potential threats to the system, as the main aim of this paper. A term of a security will be elaborated, as well as terms of national security and information security, in order to present the VTMIS system as part of the national critical infrastructure and its importance for the national security of the Republic of Croatia. Analysing different subjects, the conclusion can be made that threats are present and they exist, but the biggest concern is the actual possibility of them becoming a reality. There is a need to change the current security concept that now mostly recognizes conventional threats. In order to have a protection that is reciprocal to the threats, a comprehensive approach to the security and protection is needed. That kind of protection will join and synchronize all security elements, as well as educate a wide population in the security and cultural field.