SIRIS-Lab/unlabelled-sti-corpus huggingface dataset:
Patriarchal castles between Friuli and Slovenia

An important part of the history of Friuli Venezia Giulia refers to the events that took place in the towns and villages where patriarchal castles appeared in the Middle Ages and partly survived the end of the Patriarchate. The castes are the points of reference of an anthropic and historically dense landscape, where for a long time - not just in the Middle Ages but since the most ancient times until the twentieth century - defence against the enemy was the basic reason for living. Changing war techniques, earthquakes and the gradual depopulation also on the castles’ hills led to their almost complete abandonment. In this sense the project envisages the creation of an itinerary including some of the castles along the Natisone valley (Ahrensperg, Antro) extending northwards along the road to Carinthia up to Cergneu (Nimis), where a small XIII century castle can be found. Most of the actions envisaged will be carried out in small centres, which are not generally tourist destinations. The initiative envisages infrastructural interventions (structural restoration, safety measures) in the Ahrensperg castle (Pulfero). The routes between Biacis – Ahrensperg – Antro and the bridle paths connecting the castles and the local natural landscape (Nimis – Attimis – Faedis – Pulfero – Prepotto) will be restored. Lastly, the partway leading from the first abodes in Cergneu to the Castle will also be renovated. The project also entails the creation of an information centre and the reconstruction of a handicraft textile laboratory and an exhibiting room. A Medieval tavern will be set up in Biacis (Pulfero). Lastly, promotional initiatives will be organized (tourist map, historical guide, etc.).
E-Classicalmusic for everyone

Classical music accounts worldwide for more than 1,600 professional orchestras and over 70M music students (3.2M in EU). Global paper scores market is worth in the region of €3.100M worldwide (€380M in the EU), being orchestras, music students and musicians the main contributors to this figure. However, within the last years, trend shows that musicians and students have been increasingly using digital scores as alternatives to paper sheet music.

RevInClassic has developed BEATIK, the first fully automated, play following, digital musical scores. Based on our already registered “Score Following” algorithm, BEATIK is an all-in-one application that allows professional musicians, music professors and students to have all their scores in a single device, giving them all the possibilities of traditional paper scores (i.e. make annotations) plus the advantage of not having to turn pages, exchange information in real time among musicians or receive comments of their performances. With our algorithm, we have already won 3 times the prestigious international competition MIREX.

Aimed at Orchestras and music interpreters, BEATIK has two key features that make it stand up over paper and other digital score competitors: ""Score Alignment"" technology (internally reproduces classical music scores and compares them with the music that comes in through the microphone of the device) and Real time annotations exchange (BEATIK is the only product that is able to exchange information in real time).
Over-expression of major colonization factors of enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli, alone or together, on non-toxigenic E. coli bacteria

Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) is an important cause of diarrheal disease and deaths among children in developing countries and the major cause of traveller's diarrhea. Since surface protein colonization factors (CFs) of ETEC are important for pathogenicity and immune protection is mainly mediated by locally produced IgA antibodies in the gut, much effort has focused on the development of an oral CF-based vaccine. We have recently described the development of recombinant strains over-expressing CFA/I; the most prevalent CF among human clinical ETEC isolates. Here, non-toxigenic recombinant E. coli strains over-expressing Coli surface antigen 2 (CS2), CS4, CS5, and CS6, either alone, or each in combination with CFA/I were constructed by cloning the genes required for expression and assembly of each CF into expression vectors harboring a strong promoter. Immunological assays showed that recombinant strains expressing single CFs produced those in significantly larger amounts than did corresponding naturally high producing reference strains. Recombinant strains co-expressing CFA/I together with another CF also expressed significantly larger amounts of both CFs compared with the corresponding references strains. Further, when tested in mice, oral immunization with formalin-killed recombinant bacteria co-expressing one such double-expression CF pair, CFA/I+CS2, induced specific serum IgG+IgM and fecal IgA antibody responses against both CFs exceeding the responses induced by immunizations with natural reference strains expressing CFA/I and CS2, respectively. We conclude that the described type of recombinant bacteria over-expressing major CFs of ETEC, alone or in combination, may be useful as candidate strains for use in an oral whole-cell CF-ETEC vaccine.
Innovative Pole

The project has as aim the creation of an Innovative Pole which mission is the development of the economic and productive systems of Molise Region and EAC Countries by means the creation of an Incubator and of an Innovation Services Centre for Enterprise located in Molise Region. The Incubator will support SMEs belonging generally to food, handicraft and services sectors supplying them with a centre equipped with common spaces and services and with an adequate assistance in their start-up activities for a short period (e.g. from 12 to 24 months) needed for the evaluation of the business ideas in order to verify their feasibility on the market.
The incidence of accidents in child care centers of the local government organizations.

To study the incidence of accidents and the environment around the building of child care centers of the local government organizations under the Health Promoting Center 6.This was a descriptive study carried out among 1,871 child care centers of the local government organizations under the Health Promoting Center 6 within eight Northeastern provinces. The self administered questionnaires were handed out in the process of this study and data were collected between January 1 and February 28, 2011.One thousand eight hundred seventy one child care centers answered the questionnaires. The ratio of children per caregiver was found to be 17:1. In 2010 the incidence of injury in children was 7.17 per 100 persons. Ratio of injury between boys and girls was 1.9:1. The places mostly reported for the accidents were outside the building, the playground instruments, and inside the classrooms. Most child care centers were located on the street side and had no fence near the water sources (pool, pond) and trees. Only 22.9% had children water closets and those with adult water closet provided no support for holding. Most (93.3%) of the toilets had water containers inside.Environment around the child care center building may be the cause of many accidents. If the child care centers comply the convention instructions, children will be safe during they stay.
Impact of the lockdown period due to the COVID-19 pandemic in patients with inflammatory bowel disease

The lockdown period due to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Spain probably had a significant emotional impact on chronic patients and hence on those who are suffering from inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) due to their high risk of emotional disorders. The aim of this study was to learn how COVID-19 influenced patients suffering from IBD during the quarantine period, focusing in particular on psychological distress through the Perceived Stress Scale-10 (PSS-10) and also the impact of the pandemic on therapeutic adherence using the Visual Analogue Scale (VAS). A prospective, single-centre and analytical observational study was carried out in the IBD unit in August 2020. Patients were contacted and interviewed by phone. A descriptive analysis was carried out and subsequently the factors associated with the loss of therapeutic adherence and higher-moderate levels of stress were analyzed through logistic regression multivariate analyses. A total of 426 patients were included with a median PSS-10 score of 12 (10–16). A higher level of stress was reported by those who were not married, women and those who experienced an increase in IBD-related symptoms. Adherence to treatment was not associated with stress based on the PSS-10 questionnaire. Although the lockdown period due to the COVID-19 pandemic has probably had a significant emotional impact on Spaniards with IBD, IBD patients in general had lower PSS-10 scores. El confinamiento debido a la pandemia por COVID-19 en España tuvo probablemente un importante impacto emocional en los pacientes crónicos, y por tanto en aquellos que sufren enfermedad inflamatoria intestinal (EII) debido a su riesgo incrementado de padecer desórdenes emocionales. El objetivo de este estudio es el de conocer como la COVID-19 ha influido a los pacientes con EII durante el período de cuarentena, haciendo hincapié en el nivel de estrés a través de la Escala de Estrés Percibido (PSS-10) así como en la adherencia a los tratamientos por medio de la escala visual analógica (VAS). Estudio prospectivo, unicéntrico y observacional realizado en la Unidad de EII durante el mes de agosto de 2020. Los pacientes fueron entrevistados por teléfono. Se llevó a cabo un análisis descriptivo inicial, posteriormente se identificaron los factores relacionados con la pérdida de adherencia, así como con los niveles altos-moderados de estrés a través de análisis de regresión logística multivariante. Fueron incluidos un total de 426 pacientes con una puntuación media en la escala PSS-10 de 12 (10-16). Los niveles más altos de estrés se reportaron en aquellos pacientes que no estaban casados, las mujeres o aquellos que habían incrementado sintomatología relacionada con su EII. La adherencia al tratamiento no se asoció con el nivel de estrés basado en el cuestionario PSS-10. A pesar de que el período de cuarentena por COVID-19 haya podido tener un importante papel en el impacto emocional de la población española con EII, los pacientes con EII tuvieron en general niveles bajos según el cuestionario PSS-10.
Confidence bands for time series data

Simultaneous confidence intervals, or confidence bands, provide an intuitive description of the variability of a time series. Given a set of $$N$$ N time series of length $$M$$ M , we consider the problem of finding a confidence band that contains a $$(1-\alpha )$$ ( 1 - ? ) -fraction of the observations. We construct such confidence bands by finding the set of $$N\!\!-\!\!K$$ N - K time series whose envelope is minimized. We refer to this problem as the minimum width envelope problem. We show that the minimum width envelope problem is $$\mathbf {NP}$$ NP -hard, and we develop a greedy heuristic algorithm, which we compare to quantile- and distance-based confidence band methods. We also describe a method to find an effective confidence level $$\alpha _{\mathrm {eff}}$$ ? eff and an effective number of observations to remove $$K_{\mathrm {eff}}$$ K eff , such that the resulting confidence bands will keep the family-wise error rate below $$\alpha $$ ? . We evaluate our methods on synthetic and real datasets. We demonstrate that our method can be used to construct confidence bands with guaranteed family-wise error rate control, also when there is too little data for the quantile-based methods to work.
Designing, Modeling, and Optimizing Processes to Ensure Microbial Safety and Stability Through Emerging Technologies

Abstract This chapter focuses on the modeling aspects of processing technologies for the purpose of designing and optimizing emerging food processes that ensure food safety and stability. Modeling is an important tool to assess the efficiency of these processes due to their complex Multiphysics nature that hinders the understanding based only on trial-and-error experimentation. In order to study the effect of processing on safety, Multiphysics models must be coupled with microbiological models. Numerical simulations can illustrate spatial distribution of governing process variables and lethal agents, and their combined effect on pathogens, enhancing the understanding of the complex phenomena occurring during treatment. The underlying challenge is the lack of state-of-the-art models applicable to broad spectrum of microbial organisms for accurate description of treatment history.
The effect of format on performance: Editing text in print versus digital formats

In light of the present-day proliferation of digital texts and the increase in situations that require active digital text reading in learning, it is becoming increasingly important to shed light on the comparison between print and digital reading under active reading conditions. In this study, the active reading abilities of 93 university students (83% females) were examined. Participants were asked to read, edit, recognize errors and improve the quality of short papers (600 words each) on the topic of environmental awareness, in both print and in digital formats. Surprisingly, and in contrast to many recent reports about print versus digital reading, no significant differences were found between the performances of participants in the two formats. Similarly, no significant differences were found for all categories of text errors as well as for gender. It was found that the digital readers completed their tasks faster than the print readers but their performance was not lower. Results of this study have important implications for the current debate in higher education concerning the use of digital text for learning and for designing, reviewing and editing academic works. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE TYPE OF HIGHER NERVOUS ACTIVITY IN DOMESTIC CATS (FELIS CATUS, L. 1758)

FIELD: veterinary.SUBSTANCE: invention relates to veterinary medicine, namely to method for determining the type of higher nervous activity in domestic cats by developing and altering the motor-food stereotype to the position of the bowls with the fixation of the time, behavior and trajectory of the animal's movement. Experiments are conducted in a territory known to the domestic cat, where it usually does not eat. On the second and third day of the experiment, the alteration of the motor-food stereotype is carried out, and according to the results obtained, four types of higher nervous activity are diagnosed, namely, a strong, balanced mobile type (I type of GNI), a strong balanced inert (type II GNI), a strong unbalanced (III type of GNI), and a weak (IV type of GNI).EFFECT: use of the invention will quickly and effectively determine the type of nervous activity in a cat.1 cl, 8 tbl, 4 dwg
Modeling episodic fluid-release events in the ductile carbonates of the Glarus thrust

The exposed Glarus thrust displays midcrustal deformation with tens of kilometers of displacement on an ultrathin layer, the principal slip zone (PSZ). Geological observations indicate that this structure resulted from repeated stick-slip events in the presence of highly overpressured fluids. Here we show that the
major characteristics of the Glarus thrust movement (localization, periodicity, and evidence of pressurized fluids) can be reconciled by the coupling of two processes, namely, shear heating and fluid release by carbonate decomposition. During this coupling, slow ductile creep deformation raises the temperature through shear heating and ultimately activates the chemical decomposition of carbonates. The subsequent release of highly overpressurized fluids forms and lubricates the PSZ, allowing a ductile fault to move tens of kilometers on
millimeter-thick bands in episodic stick-slip events. This model identifies carbonate decomposition as a key process for motion on the Glarus thrust and explains the source of overpressured fluids accessing the PSZ.
A disruptive healthcare monitoring solution that by nature of what and how it monitors (iot) improves home safety, user wellbeing and provides early warning to help avoid critical admissions

Caring of ageing population will be one of the greatest challenges during this century. Most elderly people want to remain independent in their own homes for as long as possible. This decision can cause their children to worry about their parents’ wellbeing. This is when technology enabled care services (TECS), such as telecare and telehealth, provides a solution. TECS revenues in the EU28+2 countries reached an estimated €1.89 billion in 2013. 

To cope with this demand, next-generation telecare and tele-health platforms need to be enriched with innovative products. However, current monitoring devices for the elderly, can be divided into two types. The first is nothing more than a panic button connected to a 24-hour emergency telephone operator. It does little, costs a lot, and results in a lot of false alarms. The second kind is an incredibly complex, medical device that is beyond most seniors’ (and carers’) understanding which prevents mass market adoption. 

Loc8tor HealthCare (Loc8torHC), a disruptive, cost effective, scalable TECS platform targeted at the retail market. The core platform will be simple and work out of the box with no installation. Meanwhile, the carer can go online and configure the type of information they want the platform to send them, how often they want to receive updates, and whether they want updates in an e-mail, text message, or some other format.

The core product will include 6 core services; location, wander, fall, panic, activity and temperature in one device. Our competitive advantage is that our platform can easily be configured for numerous applications by adding 3rd party devices (blood pressure, heart rate, etc.) through a plug and play Bluetooth port. The data collected from the medical sensors, combined with daily activity patterns (core Loc8torHC tags), and any other data sources (weather, pollution etc.) will be processed through our algorithm to generate a recommended diagnostic output in real time.
Renato Simoni e le fanciulle del Takarazuka

Questo articolo ricostruisce la storia della tournée in Italia realizzata nel 1938 dalla compagnia di teatro musicale Takarazuka. Viene analizzata in particolare la recensione del critico del "Corriere della Sera" Renato Simoni, alla luce del suo interesse, non occasionale, per il teatro giapponese.
Acceptance of the Mineralogical Society of America Award for 2009

First and foremost, I would like to thank my colleagues who nominated me for this award and thank the selection committee and the Mineralogical Society of America for this great honor; it is truly the highlight of my career. I would also like to thank the organizers of the Frontiers in Mineral Sciences Session at the Geological Society of America Meeting held in honor of this year’s award recipients. This session presented a phenomenal array of high impact talks, and it was both very humbling and a great honor to share the session with Alexandra Navrotsky, the 2009 Roebling Medal winner, who is truly a pioneer and intellectual leader in the mineral sciences.

When reflecting on the work that led to the MSA award, it was very clear to me that this is a shared award among the many colleagues and collaborators that took part in the studies. It was also clear that I have had very good fortune to work with a highly talented and motivated group of individuals, and that I was lucky to be in the right place at the right time. In order to thank some of the people that have contributed to my progress over the last decade, I would like to briefly note some …
Research on Theoretical Basis of Enterprise Environmental Information Disclosure

At present,our biggest challenge encountered is the pollution of the environment,industrial pollution is the main reason of environmental pollution,and it is a useful way to disclose environmental information of enterprises. There are two kinds of information disclosure; they are mandatory and voluntary disclosure,viewed from the motivation point. But no matter what kind of information disclosure,enterprise environmental information disclosure has deep theoretical basis. There are two theoretical bases for the enterprise forced to disclose environmental information,one is environmental regulation theory,and the others is environmental public trust theory. Market failure is an important cause of environmental regulations on enterprises,and environmental public trust theory emphasizes environmental resources belong to all human. In addition,there are also two theoretical bases for the enterprise willing to disclose environmental information,one is the stakeholder theory,and the others is organizational legitimacy theory. The external motivation that the enterprise voluntarily discloses environmental information is the needs of stakeholders,and intrinsic motivation of voluntary disclosure is to obtain the legitimacy of the organization.
Applying the 3-layer approach to urban flood management

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to find the possibility of extending the capacity of urban drainage in highly urbanized cities with limited available space for flood management, while the anticipated increase in extreme rainfall is expected to raise the demand for higher capacity of water drainage or storage systems. Design/methodology/approach – The concept of the three-layer approach is introduced to identify the crucial factors which had impacted the historical change of natural water system. These factors can further help identifying potential spaces for new designs of flood management based on the spatial context of local history. Findings – In Pingtung case, a roadway surface drainage design is found as a complementary strategy by this method, which could effectively and practically extend the capacity of urban drainage without the need for requisitioning private lands or rearranging the complicated underground pipe and cable systems. Research limitations/implications – This is an initial exploration from the perspective of urbanism to respond to hydrological problems under the impact of extreme rainfall. The more precise hydrologic simulation need to be further established. Practical implications – This concept could be applied in delta cities to improve urban drainage by three steps: first, clarify the flooding problems; second, identify the available space; third, redesign hydrologic instrument with a multi-use of urban space. Originality/value – This research provides hydrologists and urban planners with a practical collaboration base for the issues of extreme storm events.