SIRIS-Lab/unlabelled-sti-corpus huggingface dataset:
Reflexiones en torno a la enseñanza de la arquitectura y el urbanismo en Colombia. Conversaciones con Jorge Vicente Ramírez Nieto y Stefano Anzellini Fajardo. Segunda serie de entrevistas

Las dos entrevistas de la presente serie plantean varios interrogantes sobre la enseñanza de la arquitectura en Colombia durante el último cuarto del siglo XX. Uno de ellos tiene que ver con la relación, las diferencias y las similitudes entre la educación pública y la privada: ¿cuáles fueron las posibles ventajas o carencias que durante ese último tramo del siglo XX encarnaron los programas de las escuelas de arquitectura, y que fueron reforzados por los docentes en ejercicio? El testimonio de los arquitectos Jorge Ramírez Nieto y Stefano Anzellini revela con amplitud un contexto social que ilustra la forma como la sociedad colombiana se encaminaba, en algunas esferas, hacia un fenómeno tempranero de globalización. Por otro lado, el interés de los protagonistas en los viajes de estudio y la construcción de redes profesionales con un alcance regional o global nos sitúan en un panorama de internacionalización de la enseñanza y de la investigación, cuyo impacto real y efectivo en el medio académico colombiano durante aquellos años, merece ser estudiado de manera más amplia.
Hepatitis C virus evasion of adaptive immune responses: a model for viral persistence

Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infects over 170 million people worldwide and is a leading cause of cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma. Approximately 20% [corrected] of those acutely infected clear the infection, whereas the remaining 80% [corrected] progress to chronic infection. Hepatitis C thus provides a model in which successful and unsuccessful responses can be compared to better understand the human response to viral infection. Our laboratory studies the strategies by which HCV evades the adaptive immune response. This review describes the impact of viral mutation on T cell recognition, the role of cell surface inhibitory receptors in recognition of HCV, and the development of antibodies that neutralize HCV infection. Understanding what constitutes an effective immune response in the control of HCV may enable the development of prophylactic and therapeutic vaccines for HCV and other chronic viral infections.
On air pollutant variations in the cases of long-range transport of dust particles observed in central Korea in the leeside of China in 2010

The occurrence and transport of dust storms and anthropogenic air pollutants in East Asia have been monitored using the meteorological satellite data of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and ground-based measurements at Cheongwon, a background observation site in central Korea. The nine cases, measured over 14 days, of natural dust particles caused by dust storms originating from northern China and Mongolia were observed at Cheongwon in the spring, autumn, and winter of 2010. In addition, seven cases, measured over 18 days, of anthropogenic dust particles originating from eastern China were observed over the course of a year. In those cases of natural and anthropogenic dust particles observed at Cheongwon, the level of particle matter (PM) with a diameter of ≤10 μm (PM10) (100 μgm−3 day−1) or PM2.5 (50 μgm−3 day−1) exceeded the air quality standards of Korea for 5 and 6 days, respectively. At the same time, CO concentrations rose higher due to long-range transport, while CO levels in the cases of anthropogenic dust particles (954 ppb) rose higher compared with the cases of natural dust particles (812 ppb). While gusty north–northwesterly winds were blowing in the front side of high-pressure systems, an increase in CO concentrations along with the influx of dust storms was observed at Cheongwon in the three natural dust particle cases with continental background airflow (n-CBAs). However, the other six natural dust particle cases with continental polluted airflow (n-CPAs) were also observed where mass concentrations of TSP, PM10 and PM2.5, and CO increased simultaneously after the CO concentrations rose and fell before dust storms had flowed in, showing double peaks. The mass concentrations of total suspended particle (TSP), PM10, and PM2.5 were high, and the PM2.5/TSP mass concentration ratio was high in n-CPAs, compared with n-CBAs. However, the anthropogenic dust particle cases with continental polluted airflow (a-CPA) are affected by air pollutants transported from eastern China by warm southwesterly winds, since central Korea is located in the rear side of the high-pressure system and in the foreside of the low-pressure system. Also, the anthropogenic dust particle cases with regionally polluted airflow (a-RPA) were observed in central Korea due to a stagnant high-pressure system for several days in the Yellow Sea region. In a-CPA, the mass concentrations of TSP, PM10, and PM2.5; the PM2.5/TSP mass concentration ratio; and the CO concentrations were all higher than in a-RPA.
From Army To Entrepreneurship

The project aims at developing economic growth and diversification,through specific measures to support the conversion of military brownfields into Business Support Centres (BSC) or Incubators (BI) in regions,where the promotion of entrepreneurial spirit and the creation of innovative firms represent pivotal assets for the local economy and where the rehabilitation of military brownfields is a priority of the regional/local agenda of the administrations. To reach the project goal all the activities will involve both the strategic (public administrations, RDAs and other regional/national Institutions) and the operational level (Informest, CDCAS, ZCFEP, Drama Chamber of Commerce) of the partnership. Integrated vertical, orizontal and transnational cooperation, active involvement of target groups and stakeholders and cross-sectoral activities envisaged are the approach to ensure the best result from the rehabilitation of military brownfields into BI/BSCs and to give sustainability to the action. Activities expected have follow up national investments and can be summarised as follows: definition and application of models on property disposal and restructuring of ex military assets; mapping and assessments of military brownfields; analysis of economic and entrepreneurial context; setting up of strategies to foster entrepreneurship; pilot actions, feasibility studies, operational plans and investment projects on rehabilitation and transformation of military brownfields into BSC/BI; incisive dissemination action. Main project outputs and results are represented by: transfer of methodologies; adoption of programming/recommendations on military brownfields restructuring;urban planning for the creation of BSC/BI with high technological & management standards; BI/BSCs business plans(strategy/feasibility); position paper on brownfield property transfer process from central to local level; adoptions of a common strategy to promote entrepreneurship; PPPs for rehabilitation investments; durable partnership.
CAPABLE COUNTRIES

"This project is part of the plan PAYS SAGES": The main objective of the simple PAYS CAPABLES project is to design and test tangible and intangible technical training courses for professionals, young people and job seekers in order to meet the needs of companies.
The project offers trainings on tourism aims to implement new quality tourism products in the cross-border territory, training on risk management, flooding, earthquakes, fires, attacks in direct link, training on the renovation and renovation. sustainable building construction and the use of sustainable materials.
These trainings will also be supplemented by training experiences in the area in order to enhance skills, know-how and sharing between companies in the cross-border territory.

The PITER area comprises a long coastal segment extending over the French and Italian territories, the southern Piedmont hills system, and the last foothills of the Maritime Alps, acting as a junction. The partnership, made up of administrations working at the departmental or regional level, universities and chambers of commerce, wants to establish, on the territory, a form of public-private governance on several levels. The objective is to support competitiveness and sustainable economic development within the territory, through the enhancement of one of its strong points: the landscape, as a synthesis of identity, fruit of nature and men's work. Projects contribute to the strategy, by combining landscape and safeguarding (OS 

1.2 - energy redevelopment of built heritage), management (OS 

2.2 - building resilience and risk prevention policies), development (OS 

3.1 - creation of sustainable tourism products, intended for a responsible public, with high spending capacity) and training (OS 

4.2 - creation of specialists in project-related subjects, able to provide support to the socio-economic operators of the territory). The synergy between the coastal Liguria and PACA systems and the Langhe and Roero hills system makes it possible to jointly develop strategies with the aim of maintaining the tourist positioning of these areas on an international scale.
Tropical tree mortality in a changing climate

Climate change increases tree mortality worldwide, and in tropical forests in particular. While it is established that tropical tree mortality increases under hot and dry conditions, key questions regarding why and how remain unresolved. Which traits predispose trees to mortality? How does drought and heat interact to affect tropical tree growth and survival under field conditions? The overall goal of my project is to determine the sensitivity of tropical tree species to heat and drought, and based on this knowledge develop a trait-based tree mortality model that can be used to provide recommendations on which trees are suitable to different climatic regions in Rwanda, central Africa. Such recommendations are crucial for reforestation programs and climate change adaptation in Rwanda, a low-income country which has been heavily deforested in the past. To achieve this goal, I will identify which tree traits (structural, hydraulic, physiological, biochemical) that control the vitality and survival of tropical trees in multi-species plantations established at three sites in Rwanda. The sites exhibit large natural variation in precipitation and temperature, and experimental manipulations of water supply (irrigation, rainfall exclusion) are imposed at each site. Traits will be determined using a broad range of gas exchange, hydraulic and biochemical methods in the field as well as in the lab. A multi-trait model of drought- and heat-induced tree mortality will be derived based on data from the experimental sites, and evaluated using independent data from additional sites with larger trees. Based on this model, I will provide tree plantation recommendations to relevant stakeholders in Rwanda and the region. By bringing together perspectives from experimental ecology and vegetation modelling to address critical knowledge gaps this projects will make original contributions to improve the understanding and predictability of tropical tree mortality in a changing climate.
POLLUTANT INTERCEPTOR

Apparatus (10) for intercepting solid matter from a fluid flowing through a drain, pipe or the like, includes a coupling (12) adapted for being coupled to an outlet of the drain, pipe or the like. The apparatus also includes a diversion mechanism, which in one form is a netting (14) adapted for intercepting the solid matter in the fluid and attached to the coupling in a manner such that fluid leaving the outlet can pass through the netting. Further, the apparatus includes a netting release mechanism (38) adapted for interacting between the netting and the coupling so as to release the netting from the coupling when a predetermined amount of solid matter has been intercepted. The diversion mechanism can also be provided in the form of an offtake pipe (70) or as overflow vents (80, 82).
Copper-Based flow batteries for energy storage renewables integration

The CuBER project proposes the validation of a promising RFB technology, the all-copper redox flow battery (CuRFB), able to cover a wide range of the aforementioned market applications due to its simple, modular and scalable design, security and sustainability. Firstly, a 5kWDC CuRFB pilot will be designed for its integration in Smart Cities and residential self-consumption market segments within the CuBER action. Subsequently, the planning of further developments will allow its application at larger scales, both as back-up power system in isolated areas (i.e. copper mining) and for energy management and grid balancing in renewable power production.

CuBER thus focuses first on improving the infrastructures for renewables self-consumption and grid integration within the Smart Cities and Net Zero Buildings concepts. It seeks to unify the expertise of different European actors in the field of Electrochemistry, Electrochemical Energy Storage, Electronics, Process Engineering, Smart Sensors, IoT´s and Solar Power Industries with the objective of deploying functional pilots capable of validating an holistic and innovative way of producing and consuming renewable energy in urban, rural and industrial areas all around the EU, that will change the actual O&M paradigm, increasing significantly the competitiveness of RFB energy storage solutions in the global energy sector and creating new business opportunities for the companies involved.
Rac1/PAK1 signaling promotes epithelial-mesenchymal transition of podocytes in vitro via triggering β-catenin transcriptional activity under high glucose conditions

Ras-related C3 botulinum toxin substrate 1 (Rac1), together with its major downstream effector p21-activated kinase 1 (PAK1), has been identified a central role in cellular events such as cell cytoskeletal remodeling that contributed to cell migration and epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT). And there are data implicating that podocytes underwent EMT under pathological conditions. However, little is known about mechanisms of podocytes undergoing EMT. To address this, we assessed the cellular changes of podocytes after high glucose stimulation in vitro, detected the effects of Rac1/PAK1 signaling on podocytes in response to the stimuli, and investigated interactions of Rac1/PAK1 axis with β-catenin and Snail under high glucose conditions. We found that in vitro high glucose treatment led to remarkable down-regulation of nephrin and P-cadherin, as well as significant up-regulation of α-SMA and FSP-1, suggesting that in the presence of high glucose, podocytes underwent EMT, during which Rac1/PAK1 signaling was activated. And these were notably ameliorated by Rac1 gene knockdown. Furthermore, β-catenin and Snail nuclear translocation were triggered by Rac1/PAK1 axis, which were both markedly reversed via Rac1 gene knockdown or pretreatment of IPA-3, a PAK1 inhibitor. These findings elaborated that Rac1/PAK1 signaling contributed to high glucose-induced podocyte EMT via promoting β-catenin and Snail transcriptional activities, which could be a potential mechanism involved in podocytes injury in response to stimuli under diabetic conditions.
Soc & csirt response to attacks & threats based on attack defence graphs evaluation systems

Organisations in Europe face the difficult task of detecting and responding to increasing numbers of cyber-attacks and threats, given that their own ICT infrastructures are complex, constantly changing (e.g. by introduction of new technologies)  and there is a shortage of qualified cybersecurity experts. There is a great need to drastically reduce the time to detect and respond to cyber-attacks, and to enable organisations to structurally stay ahead of the threat.
SOCCRATES will develop and implement a new security platform for Security Operation Centres (SOCs) and Computer Security Incident Response Teams (CSIRTs), that will significantly improve an organisation’s capability to quickly and effectively detect and respond to new cyber threats and ongoing attacks. The SOCCRATES Platform consists of an orchestrating function and a set of innovative components for automated infrastructure modelling, attack detection, cyber threat intelligence utilization, threat trend prediction, and automated analysis using attack defence graphs and business impact modelling to aid human analysis and decision making on response actions, and enable the execution of defensive actions at machine-speed.
The SOCCRATES platform will be implemented and deployed at two pilot environments with highly complex and diverse ICT environments and typical application scenarios: an organisation’s internal SOC, and a Managed Security Service Provider. The threat trend prediction component will be deployed at a third pilot environment at which large amount of malicious infrastructure data is collected and analysed. The aim is to exploit the SOCCRATES platform and its components in commercial products. 
The SOCCRATES platform and innovative components enables organisations to improve the resilience of their infrastructures and increase productivity and efficiency at the SOC. SOCCRATES’s outcome contributes to a more secure cyberspace and strengthens competitiveness in the EU digital single market.
Consistency without ordering

Modern file systems use ordering points to maintain consistency in the face of system crashes. However, such ordering leads to lower performance, higher complexity, and a strong and perhaps naive dependence on lower layers to correctly enforce the ordering of writes. In this paper, we introduce the No-Order File System (NoFS), a simple, lightweight file system that employs a novel technique called backpointer-based consistency to provide crash consistency without ordering writes as they go to disk. We utilize a formal model to prove that NoFS provides data consistency in the event of system crashes; we show through experiments that NoFS is robust to such crashes, and delivers excellent performance across a range of workloads. Backpointer-based consistency thus allows NoFS to provide crash consistency without resorting to the heavyweight machinery of traditional approaches.
The enigmatic universality of glass

The explanation for the distinct low temperature behavior of amorphous solids (glasses) is a long-standing open question. Specific puzzles include the nature of the low energy excitations (LEEs) that are responsible for their low temperature thermal and mechanical behavior and the origin of the remarkable universality of their low temperature mechanical dissipation. The phenomenological tunneling model proposes that the LEEs are atomic-scale tunneling two level systems (TLSs) and successfully explains much of the low temperature behavior of glass, but not the universality. Recently, individual TLSs were probed in the amorphous tunnel junction of superconducting qubits, but such dielectric measurements might not access the LEEs responsible for universality. In contrast, I propose to search for individual TLSs using purely mechanical measurements. The glass samples containing the TLSs will be nanomechanical resonators, and the strain coupling between the mechanical mode and the TLS will be used to control the quantum state of the latter. This strain coupling allows coherent state transfer between the mechanical mode and the TLS. Identifying individual TLSs and controlling their quantum state in this manner will demonstrate that the LEEs responsible for the characteristic low temperature properties of glass are indeed TLSs. Furthermore, these measurements will reveal the characteristics of individual TLSs and their interactions with their environment, in contrast to bulk measurements in which, according to the model, the effects of many TLSs are averaged. The results of the proposed study may therefore strongly support the tunneling model. This would require reconsideration of potential explanations for universality which are thought to be inconsistent with the existence of TLSs. Alternatively, if the hypothesized TLSs are absent, then the tunneling model must be replaced by a new interpretation of the low temperature properties of glass.
Olive trees in the history, the landscape and the economy of Brda area and on the hills of Eastern Friuli: conservation and development.

In Brda area and on the hills of Eastern Friuli, olive-growing has always played a significant role, although less important than vine-growing, which is the main source of income. This project aims at developing olive crops in these areas, by studying and enhancing the local varieties and by improving agricultural techniques; all of which, in order to ensure a differentiated agricultural production, a high landscape and environmental value, and a supplementary income for the farms. Moreover, this project intends to preserve both the natural and the cultural heritage of this crop, whilst fostering the use and production of olive oil - a healthy product. Against this background, the native varieties and the varieties which were introduced in this territory in the past have been thoroughly studied, even by means of molecular analysis. The vegetative characteristics, the climatic adjustment, the resistance to pest attacks and the productive potential of the afore-mentioned varieties have been carefully described. Physical, chemical and organoleptic analyses have been carried out on the oil produced, in order to properly define its qualitative features. Rational growing techniques have been promoted, whilst safeguarding the landscape and the environment, in order to increase the production of oil and to improve the quality of production, since the quality of olive oil produced at the Northern climatological limit is quite good; therefore the project intends to enhance the whole territory. In Slovenia, an olive-processing plant has been set up, and a cross-border territorial brand has been created for the promotion and marketing of the most interesting varieties. Apart from the oil mill, two exhibits have been organized: one in Dobrovo (Slovenia) and one in Cividale del Friuli, where the locals, tourists and visitors may receive and taste the oil produced. In addition to the afore-mentioned processing plant, olive-growing has been generally developed as a complementary activity of vine-growing; native varieties have been enhanced whilst providing the necessary information and methods for a proper crossborder, agronomic and environment-friendly management of olive trees.
Flexibility activated zero energy districts

The Ren(n)ovates proposal focuses on the deployment and demonstration of an innovative systemic, 4-step holistic approach comprising state-of-the-art renovation with state-or-the-art smart ICT control. Deep renovation of residential buildings will be carried out including the installation of a standardised pre-fabricated energy module equipped with communication technology converting the buildings into Net Zero Energy Buildings. This can be achieved with minimal disturbance to the tenant and with minimal renovation costs for the tenant/building owner by means of an innovative business model. The inclusion of interoperable smart control strategies introduced at building- , cluster- and business level, implemented on existing software platforms and standard compliant serve to ‘unlock’ the residential energy flexibility for grid and system level services. The project addresses the call for Energy-Efficient Buildings (H2020-EeB-2015), more specifically the topic EeB-08-2015 : Integrated Approach to Retrofitting of Residential Buildings.