SIRIS-Lab/unlabelled-sti-corpus huggingface dataset:
The basal roughness of ice sheets from radio-echo sounding

The subglacial environment beneath the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets is one of the physically least well characterised environments on Earth. Ice sheet model simulations demonstrate high sensitivity to their basal sliding parameterisation which is governed by basal roughness, the thermal state of the bed, and lithology (presence or absence or deformable sediments). Compiling observations of the current state of the glacier bed is therefore crucial for the accuracy of ice sheet modelling and future predictions of sea level change. Radio-echo sounding (RES) is the only existing geophysical technique that has sufficient data coverage to enable ice-sheet-wide information to be obtained from the bed. In general, however, quantitative analysis of radar sounding data, and integration with electromagnetic and geostatistical approaches, lags significantly behind the data availability.
         In this fellowship I will develop an integrated framework for characterising the roughness of glacier beds; exploiting information from the electromagnetic scattering of the radar pulse and the statistics of the basal topography. This approach will enable an unprecedented characterisation of the scale dependence of basal roughness from the kilometre to the metre scale - the scale that is most relevant for basal sliding.  Via a synthesis with ice sheet models I will challenge assumptions that are made regarding basal roughness and its relationship with other geophysical data fields, enabling new radar-derived constraints to be placed upon the bed of ice sheets. Subsidiary goals include: adapting electromagnetic scattering models for fractal surfaces to ice penetrating radar; identifying and mapping regions of deformable bed; and developing a framework for combining electromagnetic scattering information from different radar systems. This fellowship represents a unique opportunity to transfer knowledge and techniques from the US geophysical radar community to European glaciology.
Towards demonstration of photonic payload for telecom satellites

OPTIMA aims at demonstrating photonic payloads for telecommunication satellites by joining the efforts of industrial and academic European actors from both the worlds of space and terrestrial communications.
In the near future, a major increase in telecoms satellites capacity is required to address the challenges of the Digital Agenda for Europe, and to remain in line with the skyrocketing evolution of terrestrial communications, in a globally connected world.
A major technological breakthrough is needed to meet the capacity increase objectives within the mass, size and power envelope allowed by the foreseen evolution of launchers and satellite platforms.
Photonics has largely contributed to the revolution of Information Technology for ground applications and is the most promising technology to overcome the issues faced by Satcoms, thanks to the compact, lightweight and low-power nature of optical-fibre based equipment.
However, great efforts are required to bring these benefits to the world of telecoms payloads as all the photonics equipment used on ground need to be adapted for space.
In OPTIMA, Airbus Defence and Space (UK, FR), a world-leading satellite prime manufacturer, will define, assemble and a test photonic payload demonstrator based on building blocks developed, adapted for space and provided by other members of the consortium: DAS Photonics (ES), Linkra (IT), SODERN (FR), IMEC (BE) and Polatis (UK).
By gathering all these actors around a concrete project, in a real-world industrial environment, OPTIMA will provide a strong initial impulse to make photonics technology available to the Satcom industry and pave the way towards an in-orbit demonstration as early as 2020. 
This will not only allow the European space industry to address the challenges of the DAE 2020, but also strengthen its position in a very competitive, worldwide market and create new opportunities for each of the members of the consortium (new applications, products and markets).
Waste Picking in Morocco Valuing Bodies, (Discarded) Objects and Savoir-faire

Sur la base d’une recherche de terrain menée entre Casablanca et Rabat (Maroc), l’article apporte un éclairage sur le savoir-faire technique spécifique des récupérateurs de déchets. Leurs gestes quotidiens de valorisation, de collecte et de recyclage sont interprétés comme s’inscrivant dans des relations flexibles et hétérogènes entre acteurs sociaux ( chiffonniers , institutions, ONG), outils de travail (chariot, chenilles, machines de traitement des déchets), matériaux (déchets), lieux de travail (rue, déchetterie) et systèmes de représentation. Plus précisément, j’explorerai les modalités par lesquelles la sphère institutionnelle tentent de redéfinir et valoriser des activités de récupération et de recyclage des chiffonniers , en transformant leur savoir-faire en devoir-faire.
Regional aircraft 2020-2021

An aircraft that can transport between approximately 30 and 100 passengers, and is intended for short and medium haul flights can be considered to be a Regional Aircraft. The challenge is to improve the passenger experience so that regional aircraft offer a comparable level of inflight comfort, free from noise and vibration, with a comfort level comparable or better than today’s modern jets and with a reliability of service well beyond today’s service into small and regional airports.
The global strategy of the REG IADP is to integrate and validate, at a/c level, advanced technologies for regional and multi-missions aircraft, so as to drastically de-risk their integration on future products. 
The goal is to accelerate the innovation enabling regional and multi-missions vehicle products and services that will bring significantly environmental and socio-economic benefits as soon as they are technically and economically viable.
Forensic investigation of submersion deaths

The diagnosis of the cause and the establishment of the manner of death in submersion cases are routine challenge for forensic pathologists as it presents considerable diagnostic difficulties.To concisely review the main questions during a submersion death investigation and to give the respective documented answers.The search strategy included a literature search of PubMed, Medline and Google Scholar databases, as well as a review of the cited references by the identified studies and a hand search of relevant textbooks and reference works.A complete autopsy, histopathological examination and full toxicological screening are important to determine whether death indeed followed submersion in the water, or to see whether any natural disease or substance use have contributed or caused death. In ambiguous situations, the co-estimation of circumstantial evidence may be of invaluable importance toward the conclusion concerning the cause and the manner of death. The thorough forensic investigation of the submersion deaths not only serves the justice administration, but it also presents considerable benefits for the public health.
A polynomial chaos approach to narrow band modeling of radiative heat transfer in non-uniform gaseous media

Abstract An accurate treatment of non-uniformities is required in many applications involving radiative heat transfer in gaseous media. Usual techniques to handle path non-uniformities rely on simplifying assumptions, such as scaling or correlation of gas spectra. Those approximations are usually accurate but may also fail to provide accurate results, especially when large temperature gradients are considered. The objective of the present work is to show that this problem can be treated rigorously. The proposed method can be applied to any arbitrary narrow band model. It is based on some results from Polynomial Chaos׳ framework and copulas theory. Although the mathematical derivation may appear sophisticated, applying the method is straightforward. It is shown that adding only one coefficient to any uniform narrow band model (for a simple case involving a non-uniform column discretized into two uniform sub-paths) allows to achieve almost LBL accuracy for radiative heat transfer calculations. The technique is described and applied to some “severe” test cases from the literature.
DETECT-AND-AVOID METHOD AND ARCHITECTURE FOR ULTRA-WIDEBAND SYSTEM

A method and system for detecting the presence of narrowband transmitters utilizing frequencies also utilized by wider band communication systems. In some embodiments an ultrawideband transceiver detects signals at specific frequencies within a spectrum of frequencies, and analyzes the signals to determine if the signals indicate transmissions by a narrowband transmitter in a narrowband communication system. In further embodiments transmission circuitry reduces signal components at frequencies occupied by the narrowband transmitters.
Peningkatan Komunikasi melalui Demonstrasi Bermain Alat Peraga dalam Pengembangan Kemampuan Berbahasa Sederhana pada Anak TK Pertiwi Kecamatan Kalikotes Kabupaten Klaten 2014/2015

This study aimed to describe the increase in communication through demonstration play props in simple language skills development in children kindergarten Pertiwi Kalikotes Klaten Regency second semester of academic year 2014/2015. Subject and source of research data as many as 21 students. Data collection method used observation, documentation, and testing. Analysis of data using critical and comparative analysis. Results of research and discussion were that the data obtained from precycle until the second cycle, obtained progress learning achievement of children in learning through demonstration using props, on precycle average of 72 and the first cycle by an average of 76.5 and the second cycle mean average of 84. It seems clear that an increase in the average value of precycle to the first cycle of 4.5 figure (6.3%), from the first cycle to the second cycle there is an increase of 7.5 numbers (9, 8%), from the second cycle precycle to an increase of 12 points (16.7%). The highest value precycle stage at 82 and 86 as well as the first cycle of the second cycle of 92. It is clear that from the stage of the first cycle precycle to an increase of 4 digits (4.9%), from the first cycle to the second cycle an increase of 6 figures (7%), and from the second cycle precycle to an increase of 10 points (12.2%). The lowest value obtained precycle stage at 66 and 70 as well as the first cycle of the second cycle of 76. It can be affirmed that the step of the first cycle precycle to an increase of 4 digits (6%), from the first cycle to the second cycle an increase of 6 figure (8.6%), and from the second cycle precycle to an increase of 10 points (15.2%). Percentage from precycle was obtained by 29% and the first cycle was obtained by 57% and the second cycle of 100%. It seems clear that the step of the first cycle precycle to an increase of 29%, from the first cycle to the second cycle there is an increase by 43%, and from the second cycle precycle to an increase of 71%. Thus, the learning achievement of children in learning through demonstration using props from the second cycle occurred precycle to a significant increase.
Going online to make learning count

Adult students often come to higher education with college-level learning that they have acquired outside of the classroom – from the workplace, military service, self-study, or hobbies. For decades, many forward-thinking colleges and universities have been offering services to evaluate that learning and award it college credit that counts towards a degree. However, for a range of reasons, not every institution can offer prior learning assessment (PLA) in every discipline or for every student. With funding from several U.S. philanthropic organizations, the Council for Adult and Experiential Learning (CAEL) is launching Learning Counts, a national online service that will offer students a range of opportunities to have their learning evaluated for college credit. This online service will expand the capacity of institutions offering PLA to students and provide an efficient and scalable delivery mechanism for the awarding of credit through PLA.
Large-Payload Climbing in Complex Vertical Environments Using Thermoplastic Adhesive Bonds

Despite many approaches proposed in the past, robotic climbing in a complex vertical environment is still a big challenge. We present here an alternative climbing technology that is based on thermoplastic adhesive (TPA) bonds. The approach has a great advantage because of its large payload capacity and viability to a wide range of flat surfaces and complex vertical terrains. The large payload capacity comes from a physical process of thermal bonding, while the wide applicability benefits from rheological properties of TPAs at higher temperatures and intermolecular forces between TPAs and adherends when being cooled down. A particular type of TPA has been used in combination with two robotic platforms, featuring different foot designs, including heating/cooling methods and construction of footpads. Various experiments have been conducted to quantitatively assess different aspects of the approach. Results show that an exceptionally high ratio of 500% between dynamic payloads and body mass can be achieved for stable and repeatable vertical climbing on flat surfaces at a low speed. Assessments on four types of typical complex vertical terrains with a measure, i.e., terrain shape index ranging from -0.114 to 0.167, return a universal success rate of 80%-100%.
Inseguridad ciudadana y delitos de mayor connotación social: formas y extensiones del temor a la delincuencia en Chile

Este artículo explora y analiza la inseguridad ciudadana frente a la delincuencia en Chile, especialmente la vinculada con los llamados delitos de mayor connotación social (DMCS). El diseño metodológico fue de corriente cuantitativa y de tipo analítico-transeccional, utilizando técnicas descriptivas e inferenciales con datos de la Encuesta Nacional Urbana de Seguridad Ciudadana (ENUSC) del año 2019. Los principales hallazgos fueron que los DMCS tienen una marcada preponderancia en el temor ciudadano a la delincuencia; segundo, que en el interior de esta tipología las personas se ven muy expuestas a los DMCS contra la persona, especialmente los robos con violencia y por sorpresa y, tercero, que la inseguridad es un fenómeno transversal entre grupos de comparación. Las conclusiones destacan el carácter polimorfo de la inseguridad, un sentimiento que puede ser afectado por diversas fuentes y tiene sus propias dinámicas.
Amyloage: balancing proteostasis and metabolism in age-related muscular degeneration

After the age of 30, our muscle strength declines by ~14% per decade. In up to 40% of the elderly, this decline culminates in sarcopenia (SP), critically low muscle mass, causing impaired mobility and longer hospitalizations. Muscle decline rates vary greatly between individuals due to genetic and environmental factors. Yet, our lack of insight into these factors impedes developing effective measures against SP. 

SP is clinically similar to inclusion body myositis (IBM), the most common myopathy in the elderly, and their molecular phenotypes are very similar. Preliminary data from my host lab, the Laboratory of Integrative Systems Physiology (LISP), show that high-fat diet induces amyloid-containing aggregates in the muscles of aging mice.  Such aggregates are hallmarks of muscle proteinopathies such as IBM. Hence, these diseases may be the pathological extremes of natural protein aggregation in the muscle. 

LISP recently described the protective, therapeutic role of activating mitochondrial stress responses in aggregation diseases. Activating these pathways prevents aggregate formation in cells, worms and transgenic Alzheimer’s mice. I thus hypothesize that mitochondrial dysfunction worsens the pathology of muscle aggregation diseases and SP. 

My project AmyloAge will explore natural aging in muscle in large, genetically diverse populations of worms, mice and humans. I will use my expertise in proteomics to study the evolution of muscle protein composition and find the genetic determinants associated with unhealthy protein aggregation and muscle decline. With my expertise in biostatistics, I will build an analysis pipeline to find the genes and molecular pathways responsible for protein aggregation and metabolic dysfunction in the muscle. 

AmyloAge will increase our knowledge of the molecular and physiological variability in muscle aging. This will lay the groundwork for preventive interventions against SP and protein aggregation diseases like IBM.
LOCKING MAGNET CLOSURE

The invention relates to a closure for closing preferably handbags, furniture, doors, and comparable objects, made of a first closure module (1) and a second closure module (2) having the following characteristics: a magnet-anchor design (21, 22) pulling closure module (1) and closure module (2) together in the closing direction, closure module (1) and closure module (2) being rotatable or displaceable laterally to the closing direction X for opening in the opening direction Y, a locking device having at least one spring locking element (9) made of an engaging protrusion (9a) and a spring (9z), wherein the locking piece (7a) pushes the spring locking element aside in a direction Z when closing and then engages with the engaging protrusion, and wherein the locking piece and the spring locking element are pushed against each other from an engagement position into a non-engagement position when displacing closure module (1) and closure module (2) in the opening direction Y, wherein the spring of the spring locking element is designed and disposed so as to have a double function, i.e. the spring resiliently deflects in the direction Z during the closing action while being rigid when the closure is loaded against the closing direction X.
Quantum topological polaritonics

The recently proposed idea of topological band classification in photonic crystals has led to the prediction and observation of
topologically nontrivial photonic phases, phenomenologically similar to Quantum Hall and Quantum Spin Hall electronic
phases, and to the development of a new field in physics – topological photonics. Photons at the edges of topologically
nontrivial photonic crystals are protected from backscattering and can be used for unidirectional guiding of light, which is
extremely promising for optical logical device applications and for future optical computers. These ideas have recently given
a new dimension to the field of polaritonics, which is the semiconductor optics equivalent of cavity quantum electrodynamics,
where bound electron-hole pairs, or excitons, are strongly coupled to cavity photons to give rise to interacting quasiparticles:
polaritons. Topological polaritonic states were shown to emerge in nanostructured microcavities solely from polariton
repulsive interactions and can be controlled by optical means, contrary to the purely photonic case. In contrast to electronic
and photonic topological physics, quantum topological polaritonics combines strong nonlinear and non-Hermitian quantum
effects that remain to be explored. This project will provide the fundamental theory basis for quantum topological
polaritonics, a new emerging field that unites topological photonics with polaritonics. The applicant, in collaboration with the
host group, will develop the geometric theory and the topological classification of polaritonic states, accounting for their
strongly nonlinear and non-Hermitian nature. He will also apply this theory to the experimentally studied polaritonic systems
with potential impact on optical devices of the future.
Business Process Mining and Reconstruction for Financial Audits

In modern companies business processes and information systems are highly integrated and transactions are executed system based and automated. The data generated in the course of processing transactions commonly provides the basis for internal and external financial reporting. The financial statements are subject to audits due to regulatory requirements. Contemporary audit approaches take into account internal control frameworks over relevant business processes and underlying information systems, but they lack adequate audit procedures needed to handle voluminous data flows when business processes are highly integrated and automated. We face a discrepancy between an integrated and automated transaction processing on the one side and manual audit procedures on the other. Financial audits would be more effective and efficient if an audit approach with system based and automated procedures would be applied. This article describes how business process mining and reconstruction of mined processes can be used to overcome this discrepancy.
Experiences of being co-assistant: a pilot study

Background: Co-assistant program is an important part in medical education in Indonesia. However, the evaluation for the effectiveness of this program is needed to produce the professional medical doctors. This study aimed to explore the experience of being co-assistance in medical education in Indonesia. Methods: This study used the descriptive qualitative approach by involving 12 medical doctors who had the experience of being co-assistant. The data in this study were analyzed by content analysis model using four cognitive processes: comprehending, synthesizing, theorizing, and re-contextualizing. Results: The findings emerged from the data consisted of having good learning experiences, seniority matter, and inappropriate examination. Conclusions: Considering the information from the students in this program was value, therefore, it is suggested that medical educators need to reconsider and evaluate the process of co-assistance program.
Universal CAGE-WANT Questionnaire: "Think & Fill in the Suspect, Self-Assess and Screen! You May Need Help For, What You Have Filled In!"

In 1970, John A. Ewing [1] developed CAGE questionnaire for identifying hidden alcoholism. It has been almost a half-century since 1970s [2] and CAGE questionnaire has expanded its promise and utility in identifying other addictions like for drug use as CAGE-AID in 1990s [3] and for personal electronic devices as University of Rochester Modified CAGE Questions in 2010s [4]. It seems the time is ripe to document a Universal CAGE Questionnaire ( Table 1 ): Universal CAGE-WANT Questionnaire) wherein any and every subject of fascination and/or any and every human urge to WANT can be incorporated for self-assessment and/or screening to identify addiction for the suspected and tested WANT.
Kebijakan pemerintah provinsi DKI Jakarta terhadap pengurusan areal reklamasi pantai utara Jakarta (perbandingan dengan reklamasi Pantai Losari Makassar dan Pantai Boulevard Manado) = Jakarta provincial government policy on administration of reclamation area of Jakarta’s north coast (comparison with reclamation in Losari coast Makassar and boulevard coast Manado)

Special Capital Region of Jakarta (DKI Jakarta) as the capital city of the Republic of Indonesia is a special region that is authorized to carry out administration of reclamation in the Jakarta’s North Coast based on Presidential Decree No. 52 of 1995 on the North Coast Jakarta Reclamation and pursuant to Presidential Regulation No. 54 Year 2008 on Spatial Planning Region of Jakarta, Bogor, Depok, Tangerang, Bekasi, Puncak, Cianjur, DKI Jakarta is included in the area of National Strategic Importance. However, since the issuance of Presidential Regulation No. 122 of 2012 on Reclamation in Coastal Areas and Small Islands which states that reclamation permit in areas of national strategic importance is the authority of the Minister of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries. This makes overlapping authority of granting reclamation permit of Jakarta’s North Coast between Jakarta Provincial Government and the Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries. To provide legal certainty for all parties, the Government should establish a national regulation as a legal basis for reclamation in Indonesia in order to prevent conflicts in granting reclamation permits in Indonesia.