SIRIS-Lab/unlabelled-sti-corpus huggingface dataset:
The senses of islam: a cultural history of perception in the muslim world

The aim of SENSIS is to write a cultural history of the senses in Islam, by examining how the senses have been conceptualised, and calibrated, in a variety of Muslim environments. Sensory perception is not only a physical but also a cultural act: how people experience and understand sight, sound, smell, taste, and touch differs according to the historical, geographical, social and intellectual contexts in which perception occurs. Accordingly, this project comprehensively studies the Muslim sensorium, past and present.

The topic is timely and important because (1) questions relating to the sensorium inform, and often complicate, intercultural encounters as well as inner-Muslim debates over identity and alterity; (2) there is a critical need to examine the scholarly contention that Islam’s alleged denigration of vision undermines its ability to modernise; and (3) the hackneyed notion that Islam celebrates the senses, as opposed to a disembodied, rationalised West, is likewise in need of a thorough revision. No sustained, comprehensive reflection on these issues exists in current scholarship, whether in historical-critical, text-based Islamic Studies, the field of study in which this project is primarily located, or in any of its cognate disciplines.

Researchers in SENSIS (PI, 2 postdocs, 2 PhDs) will study the topic diachronically through the centuries as well as synchronically across diverse traditions of thought in Islam (in five subprojects: epistemology, mysticism, ethics, law, and aesthetics), thereby avoiding a monolithic, essentialising account of Islam’s attitude toward the senses. The project combines textual approaches in Islamic Studies with methods and theories from religious studies, anthropology, and the emerging field of sensory history. Additional financial support is solicited to facilitate five interdisciplinary workshops, each devoted to a sense organ, as well as a concluding, synaesthetic conference on the senses in Islam.
P‐V‐T equation of state of cubic CaSiO 3 perovskite from first‐principles computation

Ca-perovskite (Pv) is considered to be one of the most abundant minerals in the Earth's lower mantle (LM) with an ideal cubic structure at LM pressures and temperatures. In this study, a pressure-volume-temperature (P-V-T) equation of state model for Ca-Pv is constructed using density functional first-principles molecular dynamics simulations. The calculated P-V-T data yield KT01000K = 203.95 GPa, V01000K = 46.17 A3/formula unit, γ0 = 1.576, and q = 0.96 within the framework of the Mie–Gruneisen–Debye formulation. We compare the density and bulk sound velocity of Ca-Pv with those of iron-bearing Mg-Pv and seismological values. Along an adiabatic temperature gradient, Ca-Pv has ~2.5% higher density and ~0.7% faster bulk sound velocity than the preliminary reference Earth model, while it has ~3.8% higher density and ~2.7% slower bulk sound velocity than iron-bearing Mg-Pv. Our results indicate that a possible lateral variation in the Ca-Pv fraction in the LM could produce an anticorrelation between VΦ and ρ.
Motor controller of air conditioner and method of the motor controller

The present invention relates to a motor controller for an air conditioner and a motor control method. The motor controller including a converter converting AC utility power into DC power and an inverter having a plurality of switching elements, the inverter receiving the DC power, converting the received DC power into AC power by switching operations of the switching elements, and supplies the AC power to a motor, the motor controller further including: a current detector detecting a current flowing in the motor controller; a temperature detector detecting a temperature in the motor controller or a temperature ambient to the motor controller; and a controller calculating a loading based on at least one of room temperature, setup temperature, and inner unit capacity and setting up a final target frequency for driving the motor based on the calculated loading and at least one of the detected current and the detected temperature. The motor controller for the air conditioner and the motor control method determines a target frequency considering a current and a temperature, to reduce power consumption and protect circuit elements.
Global Variations in the Political and Social Economy of Care

1. Introduction: Global Variations in the Political and Social Economy of Care: Worlds Apart? Shahra Razavi and Silke Staab Section I: Care's Place Re-Imagined 2. Democratic Care Politics in an Age of Limits Joan Tronto Section II: Shaping the Policy Agenda: Care in Advanced Industrialized Economies 3. Advanced Economy, Modern Welfare State and Traditional Care Regimes: The Case of Switzerland Mascha Madorin, Brigitte Schnegg and Nadia Baghdadi 4. The Struggle Against Familialism: Reconfiguring the Care Diamond in Japan Emiko Ochiai, Aya Abe, Takafumi Uzuhashi, Yuko Tamiya and Masato Shikata 5. The Boss, the Worker, His Wife, and No Babies: South Korean Political and Social Economy of Care in a Context of Institutional Rigidities Ito Peng Section III: Different Worlds? The Challenge of Care in a Development Context 6. Beyond Maternalism? The Political and Social Organization of Childcare in Argentina Valeria Esquivel and Eleonor Faur 7. The Limits of Family and Community Care: Challenges for Public Policy in Nicaragua Juliana Martinez-Franzoni and Koen Voorend 8. Care in South Africa: A Legacy of Family Disruption Debbie Budlender and Francie Lund 9. Unpaid and Overstretched: Coping with HIV & AIDS in Tanzania Debbie Budlender and Ruth Meena 10. Between the State, Market, and Family: Structures, Policies, and Practices of Care in India Rajni Palriwala and N. Neetha Section IV: The Politics of Care 'Going Public': Actors and Institutions 11. Claims and Frames in the Making of Care Policies Fiona Williams 12. Harmonizing Global Care Policy? Care and the Commission on the Status of Women Kate Bedford Section V: Global Care Chains: The Transnational Aspects of Care 13. The Globalisation of Paid Care Labour Migration: Dynamics, Impacts and Policy Nicola Yeates
Su Tulsa Di Larry Clark, Shantelle Jennings e L’Iperfotografia

Il presente testo analizza la storia di Shantelle Jennings, orfana americana che scopre notizie sulla propria famiglia di appartenenza grazie a Tulsa di Larry Clark. Il racconto della donna esplica un particolare tipo di fruizione personale dell’opera d’arte, tanto da risultare “eccezionale”, sia nel senso letterale, sia metaforico. Questo tipo di eccezione risulta essere profondamente collegata alle nuove modalità di fruizione delle immagini nell’era della convergenza mediale. Ho inteso tale effetto come propaggine concettuale dell’idea di iperfotografia di Fred Richtin; lo studioso americano non solo riscrive gli impieghi virtuosi dell’approccio neomediale sulla trasmissione delle informazioni, ma postula un vero e proprio paradigma fruitivo. Nell’articolo saranno fatti cenni anche ad altri casi in cui si è verificato questo tipo di effetto narrativo esorbitante, come il caso del cast di Kids, le cui storie personali sono estremamente utili alla comprensione del testo artistico intesto nella sua complessità narrativa e temporale.
Sewage sludge reuse  phosphate recovery with an innovative htc technology (htcycle)

Efficient municipal wastewater treatment produces vast amounts of sewage sludge. The latest data show a yearly production of 9.637 thousands of tons in Europe. Sludge treatment issues are often neglected in comparison with water-related parameters which results in serious technical difficulties and highly expensive disposal methods. An energy efficient, environmentally sound and economically viable process for sludge disposal and reuse of valuable resources e.g. phosphorus hardly exists.
The most common disposal methods for sludge are spreading on agricultural soil, composting and incineration. Landfilling has been long banned, the use as fertilizer, although very moderate in costs, is being banned in many regions due to concerns about contamination of soils with heavy metals and endocrine disruptive compounds. Incineration entails the highest costs (80-110 € /ton), but is also considered the safest disposal method and is fast growing and widely adopted. It presents also technical difficulties, such as the low overall efficiency of the process, the huge logistic efforts required to transport the sludge to the incineration plants, or the disposal of the ashes after the sludge has been incinerated.
In this situation, the proposing company, AVA-CO2 has the objective to demonstrate and commercialize their proprietary technology for hydrothermal carbonization (HTC) to the conditions of sewage sludge, showing clearly technical and economic advantages against the current sludge incineration method. AVA-CO2 aims to increase the amount of sludge converted into high value products such as fuel, activated carbons for water treatment, recovered phosphorus, soil remediation material, carbon sequestration schemes and other applications. The HTCycle process turns the present sewage sludge disposal (incineration) from a costly process into an income-generating activity
Effective inclusive education: Equipping education professionals with necessary skills and knowledge

As a result of educational reforms, students with disabilities are educated in inclusive settings to a greater degree than ever before. Regrettably, many teachers report that they feel unprepared to work effectively with these students. Because teacher effectiveness is strongly linked to student outcomes, these perceptions of inadequacy are clearly problematic. Improved teacher preparation is a necessity. Yet, teacher educators face their own challenges when trying to keep up with current literature and a rapidly expanding knowledge base. Web-based technology offers solutions to some of these challenges, yet not all Web-based resources are valid or reliable. The IRIS Center for Training Enhancements, funded by the U.S. Department of Education, provides free online resources for those working with struggling learners and students with disabilities. The resources are developed in collaboration with leading educational researchers, are highly rated, and are heavily used in multiple countries to improve the quality of teacher education.
Improved therapies for soil-transmitted helminthiases: exploring pharmacomicrobiomics, novel drugs and microfluidic assay platforms

An estimated 1.5 billion people are infected with soil-transmitted helminths (STHs) causing a global burden of 1.9 million disability-adjusted life years (DALYs). Current treatment options are limited. Preliminary studies in my lab hint towards a gut microbiome mechanism responsible for treatment failures of the most efficacious treatment currently available, albendazole-ivermectin. I propose an innovative 5-year project (“DRUGSBUGS”) that holds promise for major breakthroughs in anthelminthic drug discovery and development. I will deepen the understanding of current and potentially upcoming anthelminthics, in particular the microbiome-driven modulation of anthelminthic treatment. I will investigate underlying gut microbial structures in human stool samples associated with efficacy of albendazole-ivermectin treatment. Findings will be experimentally validated in vitro and in vivo. In addition, I speculate that emodepside will emerge as a novel key player in the anthelminthic drug armamentarium, which will enhance efficacy and reduce the risk of selection of resistant helminth populations. DRUGSBUGS proposes two Phase 2a dose selection trials with emodepside against Trichuris trichiura and hookworm in adults. Subsequent Phase 2b studies will assess whether emodepside is superior to albendazole against hookworm and T. trichiura. Using a microsampling technique, I will characterize the pharmacokinetics of emodepside in patients infected with T. trichiura and hookworm. In parallel, investing in innovative new technologies in the field of drug discovery will facilitate the discovery and development of the next generation of anthelminthics. I propose to study drug effects on motility and viability of different STH larvae applying electrical impedance spectroscopy on a microfluidic chip platform. My proposed research is of considerable public health relevance since it will ultimately result in improved treatments for soil-transmitted helminthiases.
Mega-project meltdown: Post-politics, neoliberal urban regeneration and Valencia’s fiscal crisis

Drawing on the literature of post-politics and post-democracy, the literature of neoliberalism as mode of governance and the study of the city of Valencia’s long-standing emphasis on the development of prestige mega-projects of iconic architecture as a means to achieve economic regeneration and urban revitalisation, this paper evaluates the social and economic effects of urban mega-projects and analyses them as conduits of neoliberal globalisation and de-politicisation of the public sphere. On the one hand, an urban policy based on the use of mega-projects represents a turn from welfarism to entrepreneurialism which, beyond the evident urban transformation and re-imaging, results in an increase in social inequality, the creation of precarious jobs, and an underinvestment in social services. On the other hand, the mechanisms used to implement mega-projects – including both exceptionality measures and privatisation of management through the creation of semi-public delivery bodies – result in a lack of transparency and democratic control, which in turn lead to more authoritative and privatised forms of decision-making. Moreover, mega-projects – through their focus on expertise and technocracy and a populist politics and discourse constructed around them – play a crucial role in the erosion of democracy and the establishment of a consensual politics where ideological struggle does not exist.
Qualità - Cross-border enhancement of quality vegetable production.

By means of technical and professional contacts with the Slovenian partner, this project is going to increase, improve and promote the trade of the quality typical production to be found in the cross-border territory. The communication with the operators of the fruit-and-vegetable, distribution, restaurant and tourism sectors and with consumers aims at illustrating the importance of producing quality healthy food, with a high service content. The general purpose of the project is carrying out an information campaign on the European certified quality production, also by divulging information about the regulation concerning quality production; all of which, in order to foster the presence of registered products on the Italian and Slovenian markets, to the detriment of nonregistered products. At first, the fruit-and-vegetable sector in the cross-border area has been analysed, studying also the direct and indirect economic features of the territory and the local population’s consumption propensity. Then, a trilingual brochure has been published, highlighting the economic characteristics of the sector; for each product, the average production, the methods of production, processing and preservation have been indicated together with the respective forecast consumption per head. Finally, several informative meetings have been organized, whereby both Italian and Slovenian fruit and vegetables were promoted. On those occasions, the CD-rom and the DVD, which were prepared in the framework of the project and illustrate the aims of the initiative - promoting the food-and-wine products of the two regions - were distributed, to cement consumers’ loyalty to products whose quality has been recognized.
Estudo do Pantanal após a ocorrência dos focos de calor em 2020 e a gestão pública do bioma

Estudou-se o Bioma Pantanal durante a ocorrência desenfreada de incêndios florestais durante o período de estiagem do ano de 2020. Para isso, coletou-se imagens do Landsat 8 (OLI) disponibilizadas pela United States Geological Survey - USGS, em seguida aplicou-se o geoprocessamento com auxílio do índice espectral Normalized Difference Vegetation Index - NDVI, posteriormente aplicou-se a colorização falsa-cor. A partir disso, fez-se possível o estudo da ausência de vegetação no Bioma Pantanal após os eventos de incêndio florestal. Em síntese, as imagens engendradas foram assertivas e podem, futuramente, serem utilizadas de base para estudos na região, a fim de garantir uma maior segurança ambiental.
Carta Social Europea en Francia: avances... pero se puede hacer más

Sin duda, Francia es un buen alumno en cuanto a sus compromisos con la Carta Social Europea. Sin embargo, en el ámbito nacional, los antecedentes fueron más variados en cuanto a la falta de eficacia de la Carta debido al rechazo de su justiciabilidad. En los últimos años, la suerte de la Carta ha mejorado gracias al reconocimiento de su efecto directo por parte de los jueces franceses. Sin embargo, como este reconocimiento es sólo parcial y persisten algunas incoherencias de la legislación francesa con la Carta, todavía hay margen de progreso.
Drivers and barriers towards circular economy in the building sector: Stakeholder interviews and analysis of five European countries policies and practices

Circular economy has become central in the European policy arena, and the Member States have promoted a number of initiatives and programs to shift from their traditional linear economy towards a circular economy. This is particularly relevant for the construction sector, which is the highest producer of waste and one of the main causes of resources consumption. The paper objective is to analyse the present level of application of circularity strategies, identifying the related barriers and drivers, through interviews with building stakeholders across five European countries, Belgium (Flanders), Netherlands, United Kingdom, Denmark, and Italy. The analysis focuses on the building level and assesses the level of application in current policies and practices of circular strategies in three key field: resource and waste management, design for reversible building, and business for the networking of operators in the construction value chain. The results highlight the different and fragmented circular strategies currently applied in the analysed countries analysed, highlighting the need for more effective and coordinated actions and policies promoted by European Commission. In particular, the current legislative framework promotes the waste management strategies, focusing more on recycling practices than on reuse or resource management. The design strategies for reversible building are generally in private initiatives, driven by market competitions, rather than by public incentives. The application of circular business models and the creation of circular networks among the operators of the value chain is still lacking. Furthermore, the use of life-cycle tools to assess the environmental effectiveness (sustainability) of circular strategies is rarely applied. The recommendations that emerged from the comparison of the current applications of circular economy strategies across the countries analysed and demanded by key players in the construction sector interviewed, include the need for greater international coordination in terms of policy, practices and enabling tools (digital data, platforms, traceability). Improvements in both the legislative framework and practices are needed. Future development of research regards, in particular, the fields of digital supporting tools and environmental assessment (LCA), circular relationships and business models and the definition/training of new expertise related to enabling aspects.
Method for evaluation of renovation measures with regards to moisture and emission loads : Based on risk assessments

Renovating the European building stock has for almost two decades been a matter of importance. For Sweden, it is important to renovate its multifamily buildings in order to achieve a reduced energy use, but also because renovation is needed due to building materials and services reaching (or having passed) the end of their life span. In order to renovate properly, renovation measures must be implemented correctly to avoid negative impact on the building materials and the indoor environment. For this purpose, renovation measures need to be evaluated with regards to moisture and emission loads, and the risks related to these. This thesis has developed a realistically applicable method for this type of evaluation, called RememberL, and tests RememberL on two renovation measures as case studies. Through laboratory tests, in-field measurements, building performance simulations, hygrothermal simulations and surveys, the renovation measures are evaluated according to the methodology. RememberL thereby yields useful results for understanding the impact that these methods have on building materials and the indoor environment and vice versa. Furthermore, through the application of RememberL on these case studies, it is further developed to a method that proves flexible through several alternatives. (Less)
Big data value ecosystem

The mission of BDVe is to support the Big Data Value PPP in realizing a vibrant data-driven EU economy or said in other words, BDVe will support the implementation of the PPP to be a SUCCESS.
Behind that mission, there are multiple goals to achieve, which should be taken into full consideration when defining the directions of the PPP. Some of the most challenging ones are: (1) achieving a more competitive landscape of European Big Data providers, leading to bigger market share; (2) creating the context for a more competitive EU industry (transport, manufacturing, public sector, agrifood, media, energy…) in the advent of a data-driven revolution where many traditional players will have to transform their processes and re-think their business if they want to remain completive –or in some cases, just to survive-; (3) ensuring the sustainability of the investments and actions triggered by the PPP.

BDVe has broken down those high-level goals into 7 major priorities for the project:
• Being accurately informed about most important facts in Big Data so that we have a solid basis to support the decision-making process in the PPP
• Supporting the implementation of the Big Data PPP from an operational point of view
• Developing a vibrant community around the PPP
• Supporting the development of a European network of infrastructures and centers of excellence around Big Data
• Setting-up a professional Communications strategy
• Setting up a framework that supports the acceleration of data-driven businesses, and
• Ensuring the sustainability of the investments and actions triggered by the PPP.

The BDVe consortium includes a set of partners that have shown commitment and dedication to the success of the PPP for several years. They have already invested and they have committed to invest along the coming years. We believe that this CSA cannot be a neutral action that offers operational support without further commitment.