SIRIS-Lab/unlabelled-sti-corpus huggingface dataset:
TbSAXO is a MAP6-related protein involved in motility of Trypanosoma brucei flagellum

The microtubules (MTs) of most vertebrate tissue cells will disassemble at low temperature, but some remain cold-stable or resistant to drugs such as nocodazole. It has been shown that MT cold- and nocodazole-resistance is largely due to the association with the class of Microtubule Associated Proteins (MAP) known as MAP6 (previously named STOP for Stable Tubule Only Polypeptide) [1]. MAP6 proteins are expressed only in vertebrates, and have been localized in neurons, astrocytes, oligodendrocytes, fibroblasts, and several tissues. In eukaryotes, the MT-based organelles centrioles, cilia and flagella MT have cold-resistant MTs, but, so far, MAP6 proteins have not been characterized in these organelles. We have recently identified TbSAXO (for Stop AXOneme), a novel flagellar protein in the protozoan parasite Trypanosoma brucei. We show here that TbSAXO is a microtubule stabilizing protein with properties similar, upon cold and nocodazole treatment, to those of the microtubule-stabilizing Mn domains of the MAP6 proteins, thus identifying the first MAP6-related protein in a protozoan. Further, we demonstrate, in the parasite, that TbSAXO is an axoneme-associated protein, which plays a role in flagellum motility. We also show that TbSAXO is the first member of a group of MAP6-related proteins (that we named SAXO proteins) present only in organisms with centrioles / cilia / flagella and ranging from protozoa to mammals, suggesting potential roles of the SAXO proteins in cilia and flagella function.

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DEVICE FOR SAMPLING SOLID PRODUCTS IN A BOREHOLE, ASSOCIATED SAMPLING ASSEMBLY AND METHOD

The invention relates to a device (10) for sampling solid products (14) in a borehole (12), comprising: - a frame (32) having an outer wall intended to be placed facing the inner side wall (28) of the borehole (12), - a filter basket (34) mounted on the frame (32) having a lower wall and a side wall connected to the lower wall, the side wall defining an upper opening for the passage of solid products (14). The outer wall of the frame (32) and/or the side wall of the filter basket (34) are configured to loosen at least a portion of the solid products (14) by scraping the inner side wall (28) of the borehole (12).
A data platform for the cognitive ports of the future

DataPorts will boost the transition of European seaports from connected and digital to smart and cognitive, by providing a secure environment for the aggregation and integration of data coming from the several data sources existing in the digital ports and owned by different stakeholders, so that the whole port community could get real value from this data in order to improve their processes, offer new services and devise new AI based and data driven business models. 

To this end, DataPorts will design, implement and operate an Industrial Data Platform (Cognitive Ports Data Platform) that:  i) connects to the different digital infrastructures currently existing in digital seaports, enabling the interconnection of a wide variety of systems into a tightly integrated ecosystem, ii) sets the policies for a trusted and reliable data sharing and trading based on data owners rules and offering a clear value proposition, and iii) leverages on the data collected to provide advanced Data Analytic services based on which the different actors in the port value chain could develop novel AI and cognitive applications. 

DataPorts project involves the design and implementation of the platform, its deployment in two relevant European seaports connecting to their existing digital infrastructures and addressing specific local constraints, a global use case involving these two ports and other actors and targeting inter-port objectives, and all the actions to foster the adoption of the platform at European level. 

This project will imply that tools, platforms and systems running in the different seaports all across Europe will benefit from the DataPorts industrial data platform, in order to create an even more trusted, reliable and efficient way of conducting businesses in Europe and to reinforce the European Single Market.
Development of an innovative network for the promotion of extroversion of agro-food companies in Adriatic - Ionian Area

The ADRION area is characterized by low innovation performance, limited capacity of SMEs, inadequate cooperation among companies and research institutes, low synergies among agro-food and tourism sector and low implementation of environmentally – friendly farming practices. On the other hand, there are some strong points, such as the existence of quality agro-food products, the existence of a number of competitive and highly active research and innovation clusters, albeit with poor intraregional joint activities, and also the existence of RIS3, where transnational cooperation can focus on, in order to find solutions in the common problem of SMEs extroversion. The field is complex and requires much learning in terms of internationalization, access to market, financing, networking, innovation capacity, business transfer, entrepreneurship, cross – border & cross – sector co-operation, and environmentally – friendly farming practices . It also entails incorporation of new forms of SME development, such as design, eco-conception and corporate social responsibility. 
The project focuses on the development of links and synergies between farmers, agro-food enterprises, Research Institutes and Public Authorities, for a) the promotion of agro-food products’ extroversion, b) the development of agro-food companies’ internalization, and c) the promotion of environmentally – friendly farming practices. 
Project’s main outputs are: 
1) a Transnational Cooperation Network in agro-food & tourism sector;
& 2) a Virtual Transnational Business Innovation & Entrepreneurship Center (VIBIEC),offering support through e-incubators, e-business network platform, and other self-assesment tools.

The main project’s results are: 
a) the improvement of agrofood SMEs’ productivity, competiveness and access to the international market, 
b)increasing the percentage of agrofood SMEs involved in networking, internalization and innovation process, 
c) strengthening  the links between R&D Institutes, SMEs, and Regional & Local authorities in the field of innovative entrepreneurship and,
d) increasing the use of environment– friendly  farming practices.

Finally, the main project’s beneficiaries are:
a) SMEs in the agrofood & tourism sector, 
b) farmers, 
c)business support organizations, 
d) R&D Institutes, and,
e) Regional & Local Authorities.
Innovative welding processes for new rail infrastructures

WRIST will develop and demonstrate flexible and cost effective joining processes for rail products, and in particular for advanced bainitic rail steels, which have been developed to answer the increasing demands of increasing speed and growth of railway’s load. This will be delivered by the combined development of the joining processes itself, welding experiments, computational modelling, material and joint characterisation and testing, using laboratory tests and full-scale field testing in industrial or commercial test tracks. The project will offer a step change in the joint performance and reliability providing an extended in-service life for a range of rail materials, therefore resulting in a significant cost reduction in maintenance of the track, also freeing up more capacity for rail traffic.

New variants of the aluminothermic and orbital friction welding processes will be developed, which will both reduce the width of the heat affected zone and minimise the loss of mechanical properties in the weld zone. These innovations will enable the use of bainitic rail steels which will deliver an increased reliability, a longer lifetime of the rails and welds combined with a reduction of the maintenance cost.

The project addresses the specific call topics by:
- Development and application of advanced joining technologies, able to join conventional and bainitic rail steels with a higher quality and reliability, to meet the more stringent infrastructure requirements imposed by increased speed and load, resulting in less maintenance and a longer track lifetime.
- Reduction of maintenance cost and life cycle cost of the rail and welds, due to less repair welding associated with a higher weld quality and the longer track lifetime.
- Increased availability of the track; less unforeseen maintenance.
- Profit for users: less disruptions and a higher safety level. 
- Use of a more environmental friendly and energy efficient joining techniques.
Entrevista com o Filósofo Timothy Morton

Hoje tenho o prazer de receber aqui o filósofo Timothy Morton. Timothy Morton é professor na Rice University em Houston, EUA. Ele escreveu mais de quinze livros, como por exemplo: "Hyperobjects: philosophy and ecology after the end of the world”, “Dark ecology”, “Being ecological”, “Ecology without nature” e muitos outros ótimos livros. Ele escreveu mais de 200 ensaios sobre filosofia, ecologia, literatura, música, arte, arquitetura, design e alimentação. Além disso, a obra de Morton foi traduzida em 10 idiomas. Hoje vamos discutir muitas coisas, especialmente a interessante relação entre a Filosofia e a Ecologia. Professor Morton, muito obrigado por aceitar meu convite.
Magnetic nozzle thruster with electron cyclotron resonance

MINOTOR’s strategic objective is to demonstrate the feasibility of the ECRA technology as a disruptive game-changer in electric propulsion, and to prepare roadmaps paving the way for the 2nd EPIC call, in close alignment with the overall SRC-EPIC strategy.
Based on electron cyclotron resonance (ECR) as the sole ionization and acceleration process, ECRA is a cathodeless thruster with magnetic nozzle, allowing thrust vectoring. It has a considerable advantage in terms of global system cost, where a reduction of at least a factor of 2 is expected, and reliability compared to mature technologies. It is also scalable and can potentially be considered for all electric propulsion applications, from microsatellites to space tugs. 
Although the first results obtained with ECRA have been encouraging, the complexity of the physics at play has been an obstacle for the understanding and development of the technology. Thus an in-depth numerical and experimental investigation plan has been devised for the project, in order to bring the technology from TRL3 to TRL5. The strong consortium is composed of academic experts to perform the research activities on ECRA, including alternative propellants, along with experienced industrial partners to quantify its disruptive advantages on the propulsion subsystem and its market positioning.
ECRA’s advantages as an electric thruster technology can be a disruptive force in a mostly cost-driven satellite market. It would increase European competitiveness, help develop low-cost satellite missions such as constellations, provide end-of-life propulsion, and pave the way for future emerging electric propulsion technologies.
The 36 months MINOTOR project requests a total EC grant of 1 485 809 M€ for an experienced consortium of 7 partners from 4 countries: ONERA (FR, Coordinator), industries Thales Alenia Space (BE), Thales Microelectronics (FR), SNECMA (FR), Universities Carlos III (ES) and Giessen (GE), and SME L-up (FR).
Hydrothermal carbonization of anaerobically digested maize silage

Hydrochars were prepared by hydrothermal carbonization (HTC) of maize silage previously treated at 55 °C in a two-stage solid-state reactor system. The HTC was carried out in a 1-L stirred pressure reactor with pH regulation by citric acid. The treated silage carbonized at relatively mild conditions (190 °C, 2 h), and the hydrochars showed mainly amorphous macro-size features with a carbon content of 59-79% (ash-free, dry) and a higher heating value of 25-36 MJ kg⁻¹. Temperature was the main influencing factor. The surface area according to Brunauer-Emmett-Teller (BET) analysis was highest at 190 °C (12.3 m²) g⁻¹). Based on these results, the hydrochars are potentially interesting for applications such as an alternative fuel or a soil conditioner.
The age prospective memory paradox within the same sample in time-based and event-based tasks

The present research investigated the age prospective memory (PM) paradox by testing the performance of the same participants on laboratory and naturalistic PM tasks. Younger, middle-aged, and older adults performed three tasks (time-based, event-based with focal cue, and event-based with nonfocal cue); first in the laboratory, then in the context of their everyday lives. Additionally, the social importance of PM tasks was manipulated in the laboratory. As expected, age-dependent declines on the laboratory tasks were reversed in the naturalistic tasks. Middle-aged adults performed as well as younger adults in the laboratory and as well as the elderly outside of the laboratory. When the social importance of laboratory tasks was stressed, the performance of younger adults fell. In addition, older adults showed higher self-reported commitment to the naturalistic tasks than both younger and middle-aged adults. Findings are discussed in the context of possible explanations for the age PM paradox.
Twinning for reaching sustainable scientific and technological excellence in the field of green electronics

This project proposal aims at significantly strengthening research and innovation capacities of the University of Novi Sad (UNS), Serbia in the emerging field of Green Electronics by twinning action with EU internationally-leading research institutions – Italian Institute of Technology (IIT), Italy and Technical University of Denmark (DTU), Denmark. Through this project, networking gaps and deficiencies between the UNS and EU leaders will be decreased as well as RDI capacity of the involved institutions will be enhanced and staff’s research profile will be improved. Green Electronics or Food-based electronics or electronic devices which can be consumed through the digestive system, provides solution for continuous monitoring of physiological parameters of the human body and represents alternative for invasive and painful approaches in conventional medicine. The GREENELIT work program envisages: (1) Sustainable linking for excellence - through transfer of knowledge and expertise during secondments, best practices will circulate between UNS and EU leading research institutions (IIT and DTU); (2) Raise research profile of the UNS and its staff - through delivering lectures by experts, short-term on-site training, organization of workshop/conference and strengthening the research management and administration unit at UNS; (3) Scientific strategy for stepping up in the field of Green Electronics - through benchmarking analysis and creating the Strategy and Action plan for its implementation; (4) Involvement of early stage researchers - focused on promotion of involvement of ESRs at UNS and improvement prospects of their career through training, mentoring and networking measures; (5) Dissemination and outreach activities - aimed to present the GREENELIT achievements to a wider community. This project will significantly support the UNS on the route to be a dynamic ""innovation engine"" capable of sustaining regional and national scientific, economic and social growth.
Analisis dan Evaluasi Pengaruh Temperatur, Pencahayaan dan Kebisingan terhadap Jumlah Produksi pada Fabrikasi Ekstrusi Alumunium dengan Menggunakan Metode Sugeno dalam Logika Fuzzy

The concept of ergonomics in the work environment is an important to be applied in an industry. The application of ergonomics is expected to create a safe, healthy and comfortable work environment so that work becomes more productive and efficient and there is a guarantee of work quality. Based on the problems that occur, a method is needed to overcome fluctuations in the amount of production, one of the ways is by using fuzzy logic. The conclusion of this paper is the analysis and processing of data carried out using the Sugeno method, both software and manual by entering the temperature input variable of 31o C, lighting of 500 lux and noise 85 db, the results obtained for the amount of production in the next period of 531 in the manual calculation , while the software count is 487. Based on these results the number of manual calculations and Matlab software with fuzzy logic using the Sugeno method has a difference that is not far from the data received by 281. This means that the percentage of matching fuzzy logic processing with received data is 97.76% .
Methods and systems for characterizing a surface of a structural component

A method includes projecting a first reference image onto a first surface region that includes a component target; capturing a first pair of images that both include (i) the first reference image, (ii) a first ring target located at a first position on an inner ring, (iii) a third ring target located at a third position on an outer ring, and (iv) the component target; projecting a second reference image onto a second surface region; capturing a second pair of images that both include (i) the second reference image, (ii) a second ring target located at a second position on the inner ring, and (iii) a fourth ring target located at a fourth position on the outer ring; and based on the first pair of images and the second pair of images, generating coordinate data that defines the first surface region and the second surface region within a coordinate space.
Dental anthropology at the pleistocene-holocene transition – insights on lifestyle and funerary behaviour from neolithic liguria (italy)

The purpose of the proposed research is using dental anthropology to contribute to our understanding of lifestyle, societies, and belief systems at the Pleistocene-Holocene transition. This is a key moment of our past, during which we shifted from hunting-gathering to the production economy on which we still live. The project will mainly focus a large (150-200 individuals) Neolithic (8-4,000 BP) skeletal assemblage from Liguria (north-western coast of Italy). The research will also involve comparisons with other Neolithic, Mesolithic (10-8,000 BP), and Upper Palaeolithic (30-10,000) sites in Italy and Europe.
A number advanced and classic methodologies in dental anthropology will be applied, including microCT analysis and 3D scanning, geometric morphometrics, and non-metric analysis. The resulting data about growth and development, diet, and disease, will be cross-referenced with information from the funerary rite. The research questions bioarchaeological, i.e. inherently multidisciplinary in methods and in the theoretical framework, taking advance of the body of theory of biological anthropology, human ecology, and (social) archaeology. In particular, we will investigate (1) the time of weaning in Neolithic children: was it more or less stressful than in earlier/later times? Were non-weaned children buried in living spaces with no rite? (2) how did dental external and internal structure changed with the Neolithic? Is it microadaptation or due to genetic drift? (3) how did growth and development of the dentition and the skeleton compare to modern times? (4) is the funerary rite influenced by biological parameters such as health, diet, provenience? Was there selection of the buried? Were Neolithic caves real cemeteries?
The host organization, UBx, has an excellent and productive team of researchers specialized in dental anthropology, and offers advanced labs and specialized training, which complements the already excellent knowledge and potential of the Applicant.
More fires and more fighters

Hartnell’s firefighter game models the containment of the spreading of an undesired property within a network. It is a one-player game played in rounds on a graph G in which a fire breaks out at f vertices of G . In each round the fire spreads to neighboring vertices unless the player defends these. The power of the player is limited in the sense that he can defend at most d additional vertices of G in each round. His objective is to save as many vertices as possible from burning. Most research on this game concerned the case f = d = 1 , which already leads to hard problems even restricted to trees. We study the game for larger values of f and d . We present useful properties of optimal strategies for the game on trees, efficient approximation algorithms, and bounds on the so-called surviving rate.
The Exploration of a Sense of Belonging: An Explanation of Naipaul’s Novel Half a Life & Magic Seeds

V. S. Naipaul is a Trinidad-born Nobel Prize-winning British writer known for his comic early novels set in Trinidad. This famous post-colonial writer, V. S. Naipaul, has been paying close attention to the social reality and life in post-colonial society. In 2001, his novel Half a Life won the booker prize; It tells the story about Willie Chandran’s first 18 years’ life. However, it is not a complete story; it is a precursor to Naipaul’s novel Magic Seeds. In 2004, Naipaul completed the story by his novel Magic Seeds. Seeking for a sense of belonging is the theme throughout the whole process in this two books. In his last novel Magic Seeds, this theme has got a full explanation. Through an interpretation of these two books about Willie’s life, this paper aims to explore the protagonist---Willie’s life process in seeking his sense of belonging and the reason for its missing. Willie is only one of the representatives among the diasporas who try their best to claim for their identity and a sense of belonging. So at the same time, it aims to reveal the theme and relate to the contemporary situation to interpret the realistic significance of the importance of a sense of belonging. Literature is the reflection of our society, its development and change, however subtle it is, this is also true of Naipaul’s two famous novels. They shed lots of light on our daily life and heart.
Performance of Personal Pension Funds in Portugal

This paper analyses the performance of personal pension funds in Portugal, during the period from 1999 to 2016, providing the first detailed analysis of this matter. Three performance measures are used: the Sharpe ratio, the difference between the returns of the fund and its benchmark, and the M2 measure. The findings show that the performance of these funds is very low and that their returns are not significantly different from zero, which might be the result of government-imposed limits concerning asset allocation. Additionally, evidence was found confirming that these funds, on average, underperform their benchmarks. Tax gains seem to be the main reason why people decide to invest a portion of their wealth in these funds, rather than in other investment forms where there are no penalties in the case of early withdrawals.
Towards “mouldable code” via nested code graph transformation

Program transformation is currently de facto restricted to abstract syntax tree rewriting. However, many program transformation patterns, in particular in the realm of high-performance code generation, can more naturally be understood and expressed as graph transformations. We describe the conceptual organisation of a system based on application of algebraic graph transformation rules to data-flow and control-flow graphs, and outline the work, both theoretical and of implementation nature, that still needs to be done to realise this long-term project. • Many program transformations are usefully understood as flow graph transformations. • Correctness proofs require semantics in Kleene algebras and relational categories. • Different layers of nested flow graphs use common data structures. • Graph-based transformation design will enable complex code adaptation mechanisms. • The overall approach goes back to Gunther Schmidt's ideas of “mouldable code”.