SIRIS-Lab/unlabelled-sti-corpus huggingface dataset:
Will COVID-19 fiscal recovery packages accelerate or retard progress on climate change?

The COVID-19 crisis is likely to have dramatic consequences for progress on climate change. Imminent fiscal recovery packages could entrench or partly displace the current fossil-fuel-intensive economic system. Here, we survey 231 central bank officials, finance ministry officials, and other economic experts from G20 countries on the relative performance of 25 major fiscal recovery archetypes across four dimensions: speed of implementation, economic multiplier, climate impact potential, and overall desirability. We identify five policies with high potential on both economic multiplier and climate impact metrics: clean physical infrastructure, building efficiency retrofits, investment in education and training, natural capital investment, and clean R&D. In lower- and middleincome countries (LMICs) rural support spending is of particular value while clean R&D is less important. These recommendations are contextualised through analysis of the short-run impacts of COVID-19 on greenhouse gas curtailment and plausible medium-run shifts in the habits and behaviours of humans and institutions.
CONFIGURATIONS FOR A CARRIER OVERLAPPING MULTIPLE UNLICENSED BANDS

Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may receive a plurality regulation requirement parameters corresponding to an unlicensed carrier, where the unlicensed carrier spans at least a portion of a first unlicensed band associated with a first set of regulation requirements and at least a portion of a second unlicensed band associated with a second set of regulation requirements. The UE may identify, from the plurality of regulation requirement parameters, a set of regulation requirement parameters for an uplink transmission based at least in part on whether a set of frequency resources for the uplink transmission overlaps with the first unlicensed band and the second unlicensed band. The UE may transmit the uplink transmission using the set of regulation requirement parameters.
BULK MATERIAL MILL FOR PROCESSING COARSE MATERIAL

The invention relates to a method for processing a bulk material (8) in a processing plant (1), comprising supplying bulk material (8) into a grinding and separation device (2), wherein the grinding and separation device (2) comprises a grinding device (5) and a separation device (6), the grinding of the bulk material (8) in the grinding device (5) into ground material (23), the separation of the ground material (23) in the separation device (6) into fine material (12) and coarse material (13) and the discharge of the fine material (12) from the grinding and separation device (2), the discharge of at least a part of the coarse material (13) from the grinding and separation device (2), wherein the discharged part of the coarse material (13) amounts to at least 65% by mass of the supplied bulk material (8), and wherein the discharged part of the coarse material (13) is sent for subsequent use. The invention further relates to a processing plant (1) for processing bulk material (8) and the use of a processing plant (1) with a mill and separator for removing dust from ore.
Intelligent assistants for flexibility management

The iFLEX project aims at empowering the consumers by making it as easy as possible for them to participate in demand response. A core concept of the project is the iFLEX Assistant, a novel software agent that acts between consumer(s), and their energy systems, various stakeholders and The iFLEX project aims at empowering the consumers by making it as easy as possible for them to participate in demand response. A core concept of the project is the iFLEX Assistant, a novel software agent that acts between consumer(s), and their energy systems, various stakeholders and external systems helping them to achieve mutual benefits through local energy management and DR. The iFLEX Assistants are designed to provide a common approach to enhance user experience, level of automation and personalization in a wide variety of DR and energy services. Because of different requirements of these services, the project provides a common software framework (i.e., iFLEX Framework) for developing application-specific iFLEX Assistants that are customized for the needs of particular service(s). The focus is especially on households and DR for supporting high penetration of renewables. In addition, there is a need for effective incentives and market structures that encourage consumers to invest in these innovative DR solutions. To this end, the iFLEX Assistants are customizable for different incentive and market mechanisms to allow exploitation of the solution in different countries and climatic regions, as well as, to enable A/B testing of different incentive and user engagement mechanisms with real-users. Although the focus is on electricity, the iFLEX project targets to overcome the current silo-approaches and provide holistic energy management that optimizes across various energy vectors. Co-creation with end-users is inherent in different project phases and coordinated by consumer organisation in the consortium. iFlex validation is carried out with field pilots in three climatic regions.
Multi-Isotopic tracing of human and animal mobility in lowland europe

ISOPATH’s main aim is to unlock patterns of mobility – an essential socio-economic strategy – in non-literary societies of Europe. This study will cover a well-defined and surveyed area – the region of Kuyavia, a typical postglacial landscape of the North European Plain. To explore assumed evolutionary changes a long-time perspective is proposed, comprising ~2500 years from Middle Neolithic to Middle Bronze Age (ca. 3700–1200 cal. BC). The main scientific tool selected for the project is strontium (87Sr/86Sr) isotope analysis of human and cattle tooth enamel, using both TIMS and LA-MC-ICP-MS techniques, and sequential oxygen (δ18O) and carbon (δ13C) stable isotope analysis of cattle tooth enamel. They will be applied to samples of human and animal remains from one of the most densely inhabited and best investigated regions in European prehistory. The specific aims of the project are: (1) reconstruction of cattle herding strategies in lowland areas; (2) understanding human’s journeys, residential mobility and individual life histories. ISOPTAH will address the questions of mobility and migration, fundamental problems of the modern world, to some of the earliest generations of Europeans, following the policy European Year of Cultural Heritage (2018). It will also contribute to the development of the European Research Area (ERA) by enhancing the cooperation and knowledge exchange between the Partner Organisation. A comprehensive training-through-research embedded in this proposal aims at significant enhancing of applicant’s career prospects.
Disseminating Innovative STRategIes for Capitalization of Targeted Good Practices

European regions need to restructure their economies from traditional manufacturing industry towards a new model of development based on knowledge and innovation. The objective of the project will be the exchange of experiences and good practices (GPs) among regional partners to improve the effectiveness of regional policies in the areas of innovation, research and technological development. The project will build upon the experiences gained by the partners through their regional development programmes and former european projects such as the Interreg IIIC DISTRICT RFO to capitalise consolidated GPs and improve the partners policy capacity to:
- modernise traditional manufacturing sectors through product innovation and internasionalisation strategies for global competitiveness;
- foster the interaction between knowledge providers and enterprises to increase the innovation capability of firms with a focus on eco-innovation;
- provide innovative financial products and services and support innovative entrepreneurship for young researchers;
- develop regional innovation skills through professional training in the field of innovation management;
- build regional and local strategic planning capacity in front of global transitions through foresight techniques and technological audit.

The partnership will include six regional public authorities that are in charge of managing the 2007-2013 ERDF Regional Operational Programmes: Lead Partner Tuscany (IT), West Midlands (UK), Saxony-Anhalt (DE), Vastra Gotaland (SE), Lower Silesia (PL) and Brasov County (RU). This mix of convergence (Obj. 1) and competitiveness (Obj. 2) regions will increase the network’s added-value in terms of policy impact.

To achieve its results the project will implement an intense schedule of interregional activities (thematic workshops and study visits, joint interregional training sessions, etc.)  to exchange policy experience between more and less advanced regions. It will
specially focus on the capitalisation of GPs in lagging regions such as those belonging to new MS that are in the process of managing their first large scale multi-annual ERDF ROPs.

As a miniprogramme, the project will support a limited number of sub-projects (SPs) in the above policy areas. SPs will provide an additional platform for interregional cooperation by exchanging experiences and GPs at the local level. They will involve a high number of regional and local public authorities that are in charge of managing local development initiatives (e.g., territorial or sectorial good practices) and other relevant actors and stakeholders belonging to the different regions.  SPs will be selected through interregional calls for proposals and will deliver their results to the partners regional authorities.
Outputs will include: GPs transferability handbook; strategic guidelines for policy-makers with policy recommendations; policy/GP feasibility studies for pilot action in target regions.
Experimental and numerical multiscale multiphasic heat exchanger

exPerimental And Numerical mulTiscale mulTiphasic Heat ExchangeR

Heat exchangers have a fundamental role in aviation engineering. Heat echanger development is ever in progress, to reduce the heat exchanger volume and to enhance the performances. Although the F-gas II regulation does not yet apply to the aeronautical field, actions are being taken by the entire industry to reduce the environmental footprint of air traffic and investigate the use of low GWP refrigerants. Currently, multiphasic heat exchanger headers have mainly been designed and optimized with an empirical approach and an experimental validation. And the multiphasic heat exchanger core is up-to-now designed with experimental-based correlations, all obtained with the high GWP fluids.

PANTHER project totally fits in the breakthrough requirements, taking advantage of the new optimization strategy of headers coupled with innovative CFD models of the heat exchanger core. The greatest strength of the PANTHER project is close collaboration of the CFD model development together with the experimental facilities for an optimum validation. 

PANTHER project will carry out numerical simulations to optimize multiphasic heat exchanger performances: through a 3D CFD porous media model taking into account phase change phenomena and fin structures.  For the optimization, topological optimization and adjoint methods will be assessed.

To validate the developed CFD models, PANTHER will design, construct, and characterize and two experimental facilities; 
•	The adiabatic experimental set-up will validate the adiabatic multiphasic porous media model
•	The multiphasic experimental set-up will validate the multiphasic porous media model with heat and mass transfer model, and validate also the optimization chain methodology. The facility will work with an air mass flow range of 0.01 kg/s to 0 0.5 kg/s, an air temperature range of [-10:60°C], refrigerant flow range up to 80 g/s. The chosen fluid for testing is R1234ze.
METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE POSITION OF CLOSED HOLES, DEVICE AND PROCESSING DEVICE

By introducing solid, but releasable pins (4', 4'',...) into a structural part, the position of drilling axes of holes can be precisely determined by comparative measurement before and after coating.
Comprehensive experimental studies of early-stage membrane scaling during nanofiltration

Abstract Nanofiltration (NF) membranes have found more frequent use in recent years for the desalination of seawater and other sources of brackish water because they can be used at lower pressures than more traditional reverse-osmosis (RO) technologies, and thus provide overall energy savings. However, membrane fouling still presents a common and significant challenge in practical applications. Currently, the performance of membrane-based liquid separation processes is most often monitored by external, volumetric flow-based techniques that provide delayed information on fouling layer development. The delay between initial growth and the observation of fully established fouling reduces the efficacy of cleaning and remediation measures. The focus of this study is the use of ultrasonic time–domain reflectometry (UTDR) as a non-destructive method for real-time, in-situ monitoring of early-stage inorganic scaling layer formation on NF membranes. This work utilizes miniature-scale ultrasonic transducers that are internally integrated into a flat-sheet cross-flow filtration module and in contact with the membrane. Comparisons are made with results obtained from externally mounted UTDR transducers, a more commonly used arrangement. Results show that while the internal sensors can be somewhat more sensitive, the significance of this improvement can be negated by scaling deposition that is hindered by the presence of the sensor.
Moomin/Mūmin/Moemin: apartheid-era dubbing and Japanese animation

AbstractUnder apartheid, the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) dubbed large quantities of Japanese children's animation into Afrikaans, to fulfil bilingual broadcasting requirements. This article examines one such work, Moemin, which was dubbed into Afrikaans during the early 1990s, just as apartheid's grip on the national broadcaster was slipping. This series presents a unique case study of apartheid-era dubbing, because the dubbing team did not have access to full scripts and had to invent dialogue and plot as they went along. This means that the Afrikaans and Japanese versions differ significantly. This article uses a comparative close reading of the Afrikaans and Japanese versions to show how the process of dubbing should be seen as one of hybridisation between a transnational cultural commodity and a local specificity. In this case, the hybridisation provides glimpses into both the ideological flux that characterised South African life during the early 1990s, and into a transitional phase...
Ecofer: next generation slag and mineral processing technology

Steelmaking is one of the most important and energy intensive industries globally. Until now the repurposing of steelmaking slag, the main production by-product, has remained low-value, incomplete and has an enormous environmental impact. 
Ecofer, an Estonian cleantech company, has developed next generation slag processing technology, which processes the steelmaking slag completely and increases the value slag over 20 times. 
This is achieved by recovering 99% of Fe-metal, and providing first technology to separating metal oxides and heavy metals from the slag. The technology is based on proprietary and cutting-edge screening, crushing, milling, fractioning and magnetic separation processes.
The technology will generate new growth and market opportunities for the steelmaking industry, as the low-value of steelmaking slag has been a major industry pain-point for decades. Moreover, Ecofer technology directly supports the lowering CO2 emissions – each ton of repurposed steelmaking slag saves one in ton of CO2 emission, reduces the need for virgin material and provides technology for zero-waste steelmaking. 
Ecofer already signed piloting and commercial pre-agreements with large-scale steel-mills from Europe and Middle-East.   
During the feasibility study Ecofer will:
•	Update the route-to-market strategy and business plan; 
•	Conduct a freedom-to-operate study;
•	Conduct pilot line manufacturability study.
As a result of the Phase-1 study Ecofer is ready for entering final development and market uptake phase, as well fully prepared for SMEI Phase-2.
Backward Induction in the Wild? Evidence from Sequential Voting in the US Senate

In the US Senate, roll calls are held in alphabetical order. We document that senators early in the order are less likely to vote with the majority of their own party than those whose last name places them at the end of the alphabet. To speak to the mechanism behind this result, we develop a simple model of sequential voting, in which forward-looking senators rely on backward induction in order to free ride on their colleagues. Estimating our model structurally, we find that this form of strategic behavior is an important part of equilibrium play. We also consider, but ultimately dismiss, alternative explanations related to learning about common values and vote buying. (JEL D72, D82, D83)
Gadolinium (Gd) [Z = 64]

The variations are substantial within the REE class of ore deposits, and the formation of an REE ore deposit gives little information about its classification. Besides, classifying REE ore deposits on the basis of only their genetic evolution would quickly induce misinterpretations. For instance, the class of copper-gold-uranium-REE-iron (IOCG) includes the well-known Olympic Dam deposit (South Australia), the iron deposits of Kiruna (Sweden), the iron-REE deposits of Box Bixby and Pea Ridge (Missouri, United States) and possibly the REE-rich Bayan Obo (Mongolia), the Palabora carbonatite-hosted copper, and the Vergenoug iron-fluorine deposit (South Africa). When examined in detail, these deposits are remarkably different.
COVER FOR A POOL OR THE LIKE

The invention relates to a cover for a pool or the like. Said cover comprises at least two interlinked, substantially rigid parts (1, 2, 3, 4, 5) that form a substantially flat surface when in the closed position. The cover is provided with at least one drive (7, 8, 15) for opening and closing the cover. The aim of the invention is to provide such a cover at low costs that guarantees a maximum of safety, especially for infants, and heat insulation while being simple in design. To this end, at least one element (1) can be pivoted via a drive (7, 15) and the elements (1, 2, 3, 4, 5) rest on the floor that surrounds the pool or the like, for example via wheels (10) or supports (11). The cover has a protective function but it can also be used for other purposes, for example for heating via solar collectors that are integrated in the cover. The elements (1, 2, 3, 4, 5) can be configured as elements that are displaced with respect to one another or that are articulated with one another.
The Influence of Board Characteristics on Shareholders Assessment of Risk for Small and Large Firms: Evidence from Pakistan

This unique study examines the alliance between board characteristics and shareholders assessment of risk as revealed in the volatility of stock returns for Pakistani listed companies. For this purpose, a sample of 30 manufacturing companies is used that are listed on Karachi Stock Exchange for the period of 2004 to 2013.  The study uses panel data analysis and reports that random effect model is the best results yielding method. Our hypothesis incorporates preceding evidence that the small and large firms have spectacularly diverse constitution of boards, shimmering the firms diverse monitoring and counseling needs. It is hypothesized and locate confirmation with the intention of entrenched the large firms are able to produce affirmative net benefits, in the appearance of lesser risk, form board independence, gender diversity and director ownership. On the other hand the finding of this study showed the board size is negatively associated with the shareholder assessment of risk for large firms and the positive associated with the assessment of risk for small firms. The CEO duality is positive associated with the assessment of risk for large and negative associated amid assessment of risk for small firms. The results have insinuation for regulatory authorities, shareholders and directors to take steps to improve the board competanices for better performance. Keywords: Board Characteristics, Shareholders Assessment of Risk, Panel Data Analysis, Karachi Stock Exchange JEL Classifications: G32, G34, G38.
Combining genome-wide and transcriptome-wide analyses reveal the evolutionary conservation and functional diversity of aquaporins in cotton

Aquaporins (AQPs) are integral membrane proteins from a larger family of major intrinsic proteins (MIPs) and function in a huge variety of processes such as water transport, plant growth and stress response. The availability of the whole-genome data of different cotton species allows us to study systematic evolution and function of cotton AQPs on a genome-wide level.Here, a total of 53, 58, 113 and 111 AQP genes were identified in G. arboreum, G. raimondii, G. hirsutum and G. barbadense, respectively. A comprehensive analysis of cotton AQPs, involved in exon/intron structure, functional domains, phylogenetic relationships and gene duplications, divided these AQPs into five subfamilies (PIP, NIP, SIP, TIP and XIP). Comparative genome analysis among 30 species from algae to angiosperm as well as common tandem duplication events in 24 well-studied plants further revealed the evolutionary conservation of AQP family in the organism kingdom. Combining transcriptome analysis and Quantitative Real-time PCR (qRT-PCR) verification, most AQPs exhibited tissue-specific expression patterns both in G. raimondii and G. hirsutum. Meanwhile, a bias of time to peak expression of several AQPs was also detected after treating G. davidsonii and G. hirsutum with 200 mM NaCl. It is interesting that both PIP1;4 h/i/j and PIP2;2a/e showed the highly conserved tandem structure, but differentially contributed to tissue development and stress response in different cotton species.These results demonstrated that cotton AQPs were structural conservation while experienced the functional differentiation during the process of evolution and domestication. This study will further broaden our insights into the evolution and functional elucidation of AQP gene family in cotton.
Evidence of horizontal gene transfer by transposase gene analyses in Fervidobacterium species

Horizontal Gene Transfer (HGT) plays an important role in the physiology and evolution of microorganisms above all thermophilic prokaryotes. Some members of the Phylum Thermotogae (i.e., Thermotoga spp.) have been reported to present genomes constituted by a mosaic of genes from a variety of origins. This study presents a novel approach to search on the potential plasticity of Fervidobacterium genomes using putative transposase-encoding genes as the target of analysis. Transposases are key proteins involved in genomic DNA rearrangements. A comprehensive comparative analysis, including phylogeny, non-metric multidimensional scaling analysis of tetranucleotide frequencies, repetitive flanking sequences and divergence estimates, was performed on the transposase genes detected in four Fervidobacterium genomes: F. nodosum, F. pennivorans, F. islandicum and a new isolate (Fervidobacterium sp. FC2004). Transposase sequences were classified in different groups by their degree of similarity. The different methods used in this study pointed that over half of the transposase genes represented putative HGT events with closest relative sequences within the phylum Firmicutes, being Caldicellulosiruptor the genus showing highest gene sequence proximity. These results confirmed a direct evolutionary relationship through HGT between specific Fervidobacterium species and thermophilic Firmicutes leading to potential gene sequence and functionality sharing to thrive under similar environmental conditions. Transposase-encoding genes represent suitable targets to approach the plasticity and potential mosaicism of bacterial genomes.