SIRIS-Lab/unlabelled-sti-corpus huggingface dataset:
Advancing disaster policies by integrating dynamic adaptive behaviour in risk assessments using an agent-based modelling approach

Recent floods in the United States and Asia again highlighted their devastating effects, and without investments in adaptation, the future impact of floods will continue to increase. Key to making accurate flood-risk projections are assessments of how disaster-risk reduction (DRR) measures reduce risk and how much risk remains after adaptation. Current flood-risk-assessment models are ill-equipped to address this, as they assume a static adaptation path, implying that vulnerability will remain constant. We present a multi-disciplinary approach that integrates different types of adaptive behaviour of governments (proactive and reactive) and households (rational and boundedly rational) in a continental-scale risk-assessment framework for river flooding in the European Union. Our methodology demonstrates how flood risk and adaptation might develop, indicates how DRR policies can steer decisions towards optimal behaviour, and indicates how much residual risk remains that has to be covered by risk-transfer mechanisms. We find that the increase in flood risk due to climate change may be largely offset by adaptation decisions. Moreover, we illustrate that adaptation by households may be more influential for risk reduction than government protection in the short term. The results highlight the importance of integrating behavioural methods from social sciences with quantitative models from the natural sciences, as advocated by both fields.
The effects of commitment and identification on consumption

Previous work has demonstrated relationships among consumers' perceptions of a service organization's characteristics, their affiliation history with the organization, their consumption of the organization's products and services, and their identification with the organization. Other work has examined similar sets of variables, but using commitment in lieu of identification. This study uses structural equation modeling to test whether affiliation characteristics and perceptions of the organization affect consumption, and whether identification and commitment mediate the effect. The rival hypothesis that consumption affects identification is also tested. The pathway from organizational characteristics to consumption is found to be mediated by commitment and identification. Affiliation characteristics have a direct effect on consumption.
Precision measurements to discover new scalar and vector particles

The Standard Model of particle physics successfully describes all known particles and their interactions. However, questions like the nature of dark matter or the hierarchy of masses and couplings of quarks and leptons remain to be understood. Hence, one searches for new phenomena that will lead to a superior theory that can explain these questions. All such theories introduce additional quantum corrections. Decay rates of processes which are strongly suppressed in the Standard Model are highly sensitive to these corrections.

The LHCb experiment at CERN has recorded the world’s largest sample of beauty mesons. In the five years of this proposal, this sample will be enlarged by more than a factor of five. This sets an optimal environment for precision tests for new phenomena in strongly suppressed beauty decays.

This proposal aims to discover new scalar or vector particles in precision measurements of leptonic and semi-leptonic beauty decays. These new particles are not predicted by the Standard Model of particle physics, a potential discovery would mark the most important finding in High Energy Physics of the last decades. Some existing anomalies in flavour data can be interpreted as hints for the particles searched for in this proposal. Two classes of measurements are planned within this proposal: the complete scan of purely leptonic beauty decays which include flavour changing neutral current as well as lepton flavour violating modes. Lepton flavour universality is tested in loop decays through a novel inclusive strategy. All proposed measurements will advance the world’s knowledge significantly and have a large discovery potential.
Randomness and learning in networks

Large Networks is one of the key notions in contemporary science and technology. The availability of massive amounts of data and interaction between individuals of large populations of any kind, whether biological, social or computer units, places network analysis at the forefront of current scientific challenges. The mathematical foundations of large networks have now become the focus of research in the later decades from diverse perspectives. The project RandNET brings together leading researchers worldwide from the areas of combinatorics, probability theory, computer science and statistics with the aim of blending approaches from these areas in the rigorous mathematical foundations for analysing random networks. The whole project is driven by real applications in data science and learning on large networks. This is planned through an alliance between academic and industrial partners. A second goal of the project is to establish a wide platform of knowledge dissemination on the topic of randomness and learning in networks for use of specialists from all scientific disciplines.
Plug-And-Use renovation with adaptable lightweight systems

PLURAL aims to design validate and demonstrate a palette of versatile, adaptable, scalable, off-site prefabricated plug and play facades accounting for user needs (“Plug-and-Use” kits).  Three different core systems are assessed, coupling heating-cooling, ventilation, heat harvesting systems with smart windows, 3D printing, low carbon footprint and nano-enabled coating materials to reduce the building total primary energy consumption to less than 60 kWh/m2 per year and ensure on-site renewable energy generation to more than 50 kWh/m2  reaching NZEB status for different European climates and different residential building typologies. 
A BIM based big data management platform and a Decision Support Tool (DST) are coupled to enable the optimal component selection, and integration, best PnU kit design, speedy and low-cost manufacturing and installation. Renewable energy and smart control systems are coupled with low environmental footprint prefabricated façade components to create the integrated all-in-one PnU kits for post war residential building deep renovation. The project creates best practice renovation examples for the residential sector based on innovation and competitiveness, with benefits for the citizens and the environment. It develops business cases and models for key stakeholders and improves the life cycle based performance standards applied in the building sector.
The solutions are implemented in three real and three virtual residential buildings to evaluate reduction in renovation time and costs, the PnU kit performance, carbon saving and users’ acceptance. The selected buildings cover all European climatic zones and are representative residential typologies.  PLURAL will achieve at least 50% reduction in the time required for deep renovation of e.g. multi-family blocks. 58% reduction in renovation costs will be achieved through off-site prefabrication lean manufacturing and construction, interactively supported by the BIM based platform and DST.
Med Pot - Mediterranean Pack Of Tourism by the Art of Pottery and Ceramic

Context: 
The project responds to the need to create opportunities for cultural exchange between two realities Mediterranean Sicily and Malta, bringing the SMEs in the province of Agrigento specialised in the production of ceramics, especially those of Sciacca to those Maltese, thereby creating the conditions not only for the transfer of techniques for processing and production, but also the opportunity for a deepening of tourist characteristics of their respective territories, from the perspective of sustainable tourism, or that tourism that by definition requires the integration of the natural environment, cultural and human affairs and respect of 'balance that characterizes many tourist resorts, especially small islands and environmental areas at risk. 
Aims: 
The main objective of the project is to disseminate product innovation for the ceramic industry and services for the tourism sector from the enhancement of cultural heritage and turning it into value added through a cooperation that celebrates the common values of the two countries, Italy and Malta. The project pursues a model of development of ceramics production quality eco-compatible and new forms of sustainable tourism, especially cultural off-peak tourism.
ECOlogical NETwork for the promotion of convergent conservation strategies in COastal HAbitatS of CommuniTy significance

The aim of the project ECONET COHAST is to promote convergent conservation strategies at landscape scale for coastal habitats of Community significance. An ecological network of stakeholders and a knowledge base on impact assessment for coastal habitats will be established, which will support capacity building and policy actions throughout the region. The dissemination of best practices for coastal habitats management will promote harmonious territorial integration throughout ARCHIMED. Coastal zones in the Mediterranean region display a high diversity of habitats, such as sandy beaches, salt marshes, coastal plains. Despite the designation of many of these habitats in the Natura 2000 network their long-term conservation effectiveness is questioned. This is because coastal zones are influenced by inland processes, often at the scale of the river catchment and thus subject to an increased degree of threat. Therefore biodiversity conservation success in those habitats depends on understanding landscape processes of both natural and socio-economic origin. Recent policy developments, such as Integrated Coastal Zone Management (ICZM), account for changes at a broader spatial scale. However, in practice there is no real integration of ideas between ICZM and biodiversity conservation. Therefore there is a need to establish and adopt common tools and methodologies in ARCHIMED region to assess landscape scale processes and deliver guidelines for conservation management of coastal habitats in the long term. Objectives: • Establish a network of research institutes and local authorities involved in coastal habitats management • Establish a common knowledge base on Environmental Impact Assessment and Decision Support for coastal habitats • Training of researchers and professionals on best practices for coastal habitats management • Support the planning process for Natura 2000 management • Establish a portal service for the post-project period that will provide information to stakeholders and the public Main activities: Identify and contact main stakeholders Identify landscape processes that influence coastal habitats Quantify and evaluate the effects of these processes Development of planning tools Dissemination of the results Expected results: Collaborative network for coastal habitat conservation, Coastal habitat monitoring system, Portal Service, Increased expertise, Improved public awareness Deliverables: Training package, Workshops with stakeholders, Dissemination material, Project website, Technical and scientific publications, Monitoring indicators of change, “best practice” handbooks, Cartographic outputs, policy guidelines Direct beneficiaries: Local authorities, management agencies of Natura 2000 sites, educational and research institutes, SMEs
DUAL-DRIVE FOR RIGID PANEL DOOR

A door lifting assembly which includes at least two motors that are coupled to a shaft- linkage though torque transmission means. The door lifting assembly may include two spaced-part supports and a plurality of drums connected thereto. The drums may be configured to coil and uncoil a plurality of panels of a door that is moved by the at least two motors.
Earliest floral grave lining from 13,700–11,700-y-old Natufian burials at Raqefet Cave, Mt. Carmel, Israel

Flowering plants possess mechanisms that stimulate positive emotional and social responses in humans. It is difficult to establish when people started to use flowers in public and ceremonial events because of the scarcity of relevant evidence in the archaeological record. We report on uniquely preserved 13,700–11,700-y-old grave linings made of flowers, suggesting that such use began much earlier than previously thought. The only potentially older instance is the questionable use of flowers in the Shanidar IV Neanderthal grave. The earliest cemeteries ( ca . 15,000–11,500 y ago) in the Levant are known from Natufian sites in northern Israel, where dozens of burials reflect a wide range of inhumation practices. The newly discovered flower linings were found in four Natufian graves at the burial site of Raqefet Cave, Mt. Carmel, Israel. Large identified plant impressions in the graves include stems of sage and other Lamiaceae ( Labiatae ; mint family) or Scrophulariaceae (figwort family) species; accompanied by a plethora of phytoliths, they provide the earliest direct evidence now known for such preparation and decoration of graves. Some of the plant species attest to spring burials with a strong emphasis on colorful and aromatic flowers. Cave floor chiseling to accommodate the desired grave location and depth is also evident at the site. Thus, grave preparation was a sophisticated planned process, embedded with social and spiritual meanings reflecting a complex preagricultural society undergoing profound changes at the end of the Pleistocene.
AN ARRANGEMENT FOR ADJUSTING ROTOR POSITION IN A ROTING SLUICE

The invention concerns an arrangement for the adjustment for wear of the position of the rotor of a sluice feeder within the casing. The rotor has the form of a truncated cone and the play between the rotor and the surrounding casing is adjusted depending on the wear between the rotor and the casing through the rotor being axially displaced a predetermined displacement. According to the invention, the complete driving unit, motor 60 and gear box 61, is suspended on the journal of the rotor 7, and where the driving unit receives support from a torque support in the form of a beam 70a, 70b fixed in the casing. The complete driving unit accompanies the rotor shaft during adjustment and makes contact with the torque-absorbing beam 70a, 70b through sliding bearing supports 73a, 73b, 72a, 72b. Initiation of the adjustment takes place in an adaptive manner, depending on a parameter, driving torque or leakage flow, that is indicative of the current degree of wear between the rotor and the casing, and the adjustment is initiated when a threshold value of the parameter is passed.
Does Compound Nucleus remember its Isospin- An Evidence from the Fission Widths

We present an evidence of isospin effects in nuclear fission by comparing the fission widths for reactions involving different isospin states of the same compound nucleus (CN). Yadrovsky [1] suggested this possibility in 1975. Yadrovsky obtained the fission widths for two reaction data sets, namely 206 Pb( α ,f) and 209 Bi(p,f), both leading to same CN, and concluded that “a nucleus remembers the isospin value of the nuclear states leading to fission”. We obtain the fission decay widths for both the T 0 + ½ and T 0 − ½ states of CN by using two appropriate reaction data sets. We then compare the fission widths for the two isospin states of CN. More specifically, we have chosen the combination of 206 Pb( α ,f) and 209 Bi(p,f) same as presented in Yadrovsky’s paper [1] in this study. A significant difference between the ratios of fission decay widths to total decay widths for different isospin values suggests that isospin plays an important role in fission.
Vantage generation and interactive playback

Video data of an environment may be prepared for presentation to a user in a virtual reality or augmented reality experience. According to one method, a plurality of locations distributed throughout a viewing volume may be designated, at which a plurality of vantages are to be positioned to facilitate viewing of the environment from proximate the locations. For each location, a plurality of images of the environment, captured from viewpoints proximate the location, may be retrieved. For each location, the images may be reprojected to a three-dimensional shape and combined to generate a combined image. The combined image may be applied to one or more surfaces of the three-dimensional shape to generate a vantage. The vantages may be stored such that the vantages can be used to generate viewpoint video of the scene, as viewed from a virtual viewpoint corresponding to an actual viewer's viewpoint within the viewing volume.
Sertraline-Associated Rhabdomyolysis

1Dipartimento di Salute Mentale, Ospedale Infermi, U.O Neuropsichiatria Infantile, Rimini, Italy 2IRCCS Istituto delle Scienze Neurologiche di Bologna, U.O.C. Neuropsichiatria dell'Età Pediatrica, Bologna, Italy 3Dipartimento di Scienze Mediche e Chirurgiche (DIMEC), Università di Bologna, Bologna, Italy The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare. Informed Consent was obtained.
ARTICC

PROJETO N.º 088610200363 — CENTROCLINIC E LÍDER DE DIAGNÓSTICO G.B. MORGAGNI SRL*VIADEL BOSCO, 105* ASSOCIAÇÃO DE BIOMOLECOLEESTRATTE DE LARANJAS VERMELHAS SICILIANAS PARA REDUZIR OS EFEITOS SECUNDÁRIOS DA TERAPÊUTICA CONTRA O CANCRO (ARTICC — ARANCEROSSE EM TERAPIA ONCOLÓGICA INTEGRADA)
N-acetylcysteine attenuates reactive-oxygen-species-mediated endoplasmic reticulum stress during liver ischemia-reperfusion injury

To investigate the effects of N-acetylcysteine (NAC) on endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress and tissue injury during liver ischemia reperfusion injury (IRI).Mice were injected with NAC (300 mg/kg) intraperitoneally 2 h before ischemia. Real-time polymerase chain reaction and western blotting determined ER stress molecules (GRP78, ATF4 and CHOP). To analyze the role of NAC in reactive oxygen species (ROS)-mediated ER stress and apoptosis, lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) was examined in cultured hepatocytes treated by H2O2 or thapsigargin (TG).NAC treatment significantly reduced the level of ROS and attenuated ROS-induced liver injury after IRI, based on glutathione, malondialdehyde, serum alanine aminotransferase levels, and histopathology. ROS-mediated ER stress was significantly inhibited in NAC-treated mice. In addition, NAC treatment significantly reduced caspase-3 activity and apoptosis after reperfusion, which correlated with the protein expression of Bcl-2 and Bcl-xl. Similarly, NAC treatment significantly inhibited LDH release from hepatocytes treated by H2O2 or TG.This study provides new evidence for the protective effects of NAC treatment on hepatocytes during IRI. Through inhibition of ROS-mediated ER stress, NAC may be critical to inhibit the ER-stress-related apoptosis pathway.
Economies of Scale on the Municipal Level: Fact or Fiction in the Czech Republic?

Abstract Many countries have carried out extensive amalgamation-related territorial reforms at the level of local self-government and created relatively large municipalities. The Czech Republic is one of the few remaining European countries with a fragmented territorial structure. There is a lot of discussion in the country about the need for amalgamation, but this discussion is mainly based on political arguments rather than on empirical evidence about the feasibility of amalgamation and its potential to improve local government performance. This paper analyses economies of scale on the local level as a factor that should be reflected in debates about the pros and cons of amalgamation in the Czech Republic. To add to the existing knowledge about the reality of economies of scale on the municipal level in the Czech Republic, we processed the municipal costs of three selected areas on a representative sample of municipalities in the South Moravian Region. The analysis showed that economies of scale can be identified for collecting local fees and for pre-school and elementary education, but not for local administration. Our results suggest that the existence of too small municipalities in the Czech Republic results in inefficiencies and should be addressed.
Evaluación de cuatro métodos de extracción del ADN de Histoplasma capsulatum y su uso en reacciones de PCR

Histoplasma capsulatum is a fungus endemic from Cuba and it is the etiologic agent of histoplasmosis. This mycosis appears as epidemic outbreaks and affects people regardless their immunological status. Diagnosis of histoplasmosis is based on microbiological, histopathological and serological methods, which show moderated sensitivity or are time-consuming. Rapid and efficient molecular tools are highly demanding. Four DNA extraction methods (enzymatic, mechanic, and two chemistry: guanidine tiocianate and TX-100) were evaluated from a H. capsulatum strain in the mold phase. DNA concentration, purity, integrity and yield were estimated by spectrophotometry and agarose gel electrophoresis. Two PCR techniques were tested using specific and arbitrary primers. The best DNA extraction method results were obtained with the enzymatic procedure. Sixteen different Cuban H. capsulatum strains were confirmed by the PCR standardized with specific primers. Different sequences were amplified using the arbitrary primer. The enzymatic protocol is the best option for obtaining a good quality DNA for molecular analysis. This work has created a platform a faster and reliable diagnosis of H. capsulatum in Cuba, and provides the ability to identify strains with genetically related structure of pathogenicity and virulence markers useful as vaccine immunogen.
Addressing challenging issues for turbulent premixed hydrogen combustion modeling using novel technologies

Hydrogen is enjoying a renewed and rapidly growing attention in Europe and around the world. The most important advantage of hydrogen usage is that it does emit greenhouse gases. The EU's priority is to develop renewable hydrogen where the H2 is produced from the electrolysis of water, with the electricity stemming from renewable energy. This meets the goal of net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. There are two options for hydrogen usage. One is the drop-in approach, where only a limited amount of H2 can be added to the fossil fuel to reuse the existing chambers, due to the very different properties of H2. However, this option still emits a large amount of greenhouse gases. The other one is to redesign the existing chambers to burn substantial H2. The most challenging issues for burning substantial H2 are the strong differential diffusion and its induced instabilities. The state-of-the-art combustion model cannot capture these phenomena with accuracy, particularly when they further interact with turbulence. The aim of this proposal is to develop and validate such a model to close this gap. The model will be based on a flamelet approach, and a novel machine learning technology will be introduced to consider the differential diffusion (objective 1). To model the positive and negative curvatures in the unstable premixed H2 flame, a novel flamelet model will be developed based on the detailed a priori and a posteriori analyses of the state-of-the-art DNS datasets (objective 2). Finally, the developed flamelet model will be extended to LES with the differential diffusion and curvature related sub-grid scale (SGS) effects being considered with the artificially thickened flame (ATF) model. Particularly, the SGS effects will be considered by modifying the efficiency function. LES will be conducted for the DNS configuration and a turbulent methane flame with substantial H2 addition using the developed flamelet model coupled with the modified ATF approach (objective 3).