SIRIS-Lab/unlabelled-sti-corpus huggingface dataset:
Neandertal-Modern Human Contact in Western Eurasia: Issues of Dating, Taxonomy, and Cultural Associations

AbstractSupporting Assimilation views of Neandertal/modern human interaction, chronostratigraphic reasoning indicates that the “transitional” industries of Europe predate modern human immigration, in agreement with their association with Neandertals in the Châtelperronian at the Grotte du Renne and St.-Césaire. Supporting the Neandertals' species separateness and less developed cognition, those industries are alternatively claimed to relate to pioneer groups of modern humans; the latter would have been the true makers of the precocious instances of symbolic material culture that, under Assimilation, are assigned to the Neandertals. However, the taxonomy of the Kent's Cavern and Grotta del Cavallo dental remains is uncertain, and their poor stratigraphic context precludes dating by association. The opposite happens at the Grotte du Renne, whose stratigraphic integrity is corroborated by both taphonomy and dating. Not questioning that the Early Ahmarian is a cultural proxy for modern humans and a source for the Protoaurignacian of Europe, its claimed emergence ~46–49 ka ago at Kebara reflects the dating of Middle Paleolithic charcoal—to be expected, because the Early Ahmarian units at the back of the cave are made up of reworked Middle Paleolithic sediments derived from the entrance. The dating of inherited material also explains the old results for the Aurignacian of Willendorf II and Geissenklösterle. At the latter, the dates on anthropically modified samples of the hunted taxa (reindeer and horse) place its Aurignacian occupations in the same time range as elsewhere in Europe, after ~40 ka ago. The hypothesis that Neandertal/modern human contact in Europe resulted in a process of assimilation in connection with the spread of the Protoaurignacian ~41.5 ka ago remains unfalsified.KeywordsAurignacianBayesian modelingChâtelperronianChronostratigraphyRadiocarbon
Vertical cavity surface emitting laser having continuous grading

A first stack of distributed Bragg mirrors having alternating layers of aluminum gallium arsenide differing in concentrations of an aluminum are disposed on a surface of a substrate with a first plurality of continuous gradient layers positioned between the alternating layers of differing aluminum concentrations to dynamically move the aluminum concentration from one of the alternating layer to another alternating layers. A first cladding region is disposed on the first stack of distributed Bragg mirrors. An active region is disposed on the first cladding region with a second cladding region being dispose on the active region. A second stack of distributed Bragg mirrors having alternating layers of aluminum gallium arsenide differing concentrations of aluminum are disposed on the second cladding region with a second plurality of continuous gradient layers being positioned between the alternating layers of differing aluminum concentrations to dynamically change the aluminum concentration from one of the altering layers to another alternating layers.
ARM DEPLOYMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD

Embodiments of the present disclosure include a deployment system including an actuator. The deployment system also includes an actuator arm coupled to the actuator. The deployment system further includes a crank rotatably coupled at a pivot point. The deployment system also includes a first link arm coupled to the actuator arm at a first end and the crank at a second end. The deployment system includes a second link arm coupled to the crank at a first end and a deployment arm at a second end, the second link arm transmitting rotational movement of the crank to the deployment arm.
Enabling transformation: linking design and land system science to foster place-making in peri-urban landscapes under increasing globalization

Unprecedented urbanization is threatening landscape diversity, bringing along new social and environmental problems. Standardized business centers, single family residential areas and shopping malls displace highly productive agricultural land, while the culture and lifestyles of local communities become absorbed into the sphere of globalization. This dramatic uniformisation is nurtured by the ever increasing global human migration. People are losing their sense of place and their motivation to initiate change. Uniformed international landscapes start dominating peri-urban areas. The result is a tremendous increase in fragility of these new landscapes of the twenty-first century, calling for an active and creative landscape shaping process to secure the long-term provision of critical ecosystem services. Up until now, however, models and tools developed in land system science have not caught up with the needs to understand and ultimately foster humans’ capacities to shape their landscapes. 

This project will contribute to a next generation of tools and methods to foster the development of resilient landscapes. I suggest linking design and probabilistic modeling in a collaborative landscape development tool to enable the transformation of spaces into places. This unconventional approach is necessary to deal with the probabilistic nature of landscapes. Landscapes can only be defined by including the observer – a concept severally neglected in today’s research efforts. Anchored in four peri-urban case studies, the interdisciplinary experimental and modeling work will have impact far beyond predicting transformation pathways of peri-urban landscapes under increased globalization. The resulting methods and tool will redefine the status quo of current geodesign tools, promote novel ways of deliberative decision-making and governance, and ultimately support humans to intentionally transform peri-urban landscapes.
ASSEMBLY AND PROCESS FOR FORMING DOUBLE-STRAND MONOFILAMENT LINE FOR USE IN FLEXIBLE LINE TRIMMERS

Assembly and process for forming flexible cutting line for rotary trimmers having two or more monofilament lines mounted on a common spool. The lines (10) are joined side-by-side by a severable bond. The process includes extruding one or more pairs of filaments and directing the strands together about a collecting guide (68) in a cooling quench bath (66). The collecting guide elevation within the bath is adjustable to vary the strength of the severable bond. The strands are stretched and heated for molecular alignment of the polymer chains. The strands are then heated in a relaxed disposition, wetted and gathered on spools (72).
O desafio de envelhecer na América Latina: cuidados prolongados na Costa Rica

Resumo Embora políticas públicas de cuidados prolongados estejam começando a ser implementadas na América Latina, poucos estudos analisam a situação dos países que compõem a região. Este estudo tem por objetivo examinar programas públicos de cuidados prolongados na Costa Rica e estimar a demanda do país por cuidados formais. Os dados foram obtidos por meio de revisão das Contas Nacionais de Saúde, cinco entrevistas com representantes de instituições governamentais, revisão da literatura científica e relatórios oficiais, e análise dos dados extraídos de uma pesquisa nacional de cuidados. Os resultados indicam a existência de programas fragmentados e focados no enfrentamento à pobreza que não foram projetados para atender às necessidades de cuidados prolongados. Estima-se que, atualmente, 13,4% dos idosos da região necessitam de ajuda na execução de atividades básicas da vida diária, e que o trabalho informal de cuidados é intensivo, oferecido principalmente por um membro da família, e não remunerado.
A cyber range training platform for medical organisations and systems security

AERAS aims to  develop a realistic and rapidly adjustable cyber range platform for systems and organisations in the critical healthcare sector, to effectively prepare stakeholders with different types of responsibility and levels of expertise in defending high-risk, critical cyber-systems and organizations against advanced, known and new cyber-attacks, and reduce their security risks. The platform will be a virtual cyberwarfare solution enabling the simulation of the operation and effects of security controls and offering hands-on training on their development, assessment, use and management.
The platform will be based on an evidence-based approach where virtual cyberwarfare and simulations are configured according to evidence regarding: (i) the occurrence of cyber threats, and (ii) the effectiveness of the operation of the internal and external system defence mechanisms. Evidence will be collected by multi- faceted real-time monitoring and assessed according to Cyber Range Security Assurance (CRSA) models specifying potential cyber-attacks, the security mechanisms used against them, and the methods for assessing their effectiveness. The AERAS solution will be delivered at TRL-7 and validated through two different pilots in the healthcare sector: (i) a hospital medical systems pilot; and (ii) a public health systems pilot.
BON DE STAGE PRÉCOCE~TEATRI DE BARI — CONSORTIUM SOCIÉTÉ COOPÉRATIVE~ANALYSE

Réalisation d’un CHECK-UP d’EXPORTATION pour vérifier les potentialités, les forces et la debolezza de la COMPAGNIE POUR L’EXPORTATION AVEC INDICATION *individuelle* À ADOPTER ET RELATIVE MARKETING PLAN DE COMMERCIALISATION. ANALYSE ET ÉVALUATION DU CONTEXTE CULTUREL ET THÉÂTRAL DES PAYS DE RÉFÉRENCE.
Sector empresarial y sostenibilidad en el Ecuador: análisis multicriterio. Año 2011

The need to develop mechanisms to measure sustainability in the countries has grown
considerably in recent years, therefore this research aims to determine the sustainability of
business in Ecuador for 2011, building a synthetic index or added to allow measuring
sustainability, as well as obtain a ranking of the provinces and economic sectors in terms
of sustainability. For this, the sustainability of the business sector will be characterized
based on a set of indicators of economic, social and environmental issues, using a
methodology based on goal programming.
As a result as the provinces of Pichincha and Guayas are most sustainable due to factors
such as concentration of large firms, more skilled work, among other factors. And overall,
the Ecuadorian business sector is not sustainable, is not perform their operations within a
framework of sustainable relationship with the environment.
Improving the utility of erosion pins: absolute value of pin height change as an indicator of relative erosion

Abstract Erosion pins can be an inexpensive and intuitive method to estimate hillslope soil erosion and deposition. It is common practice to calculate annual erosion/deposition rates (also called ground advance/retreat or ground lowering) from pin measurements as the mean net change in pin height over a given area. However, many studies have found this net ‘real number’ change does not produce strong relationships with erosion rates estimated using other methods, or with variables expected to be highly correlated with erosion, calling into question the efficacy of this approach. Here we evaluate an alternative (or complementary) approach - using the absolute value of pin height change to capture the overall magnitude of soil movement as an indicator of erosion. We used measurements from erosion pins in experimental plots across different maize-bean production systems and forest-fallows in northern El Salvador to compare both the absolute and ‘real number’ change in erosion pin height against modeled erosion, related factors (e.g., slope and soil cover), and soil loss collected in erosion pits. We found that the absolute value of pin height change was strongly correlated (r = 0.67, p
Demonstration of a scalable and cost-effective cloud-based digital learning infrastructure through the certification of digital competences in primary and secondary schools

CRISS is a user-driven, flexible, scalable and cost-effective cloud-based digital learning ecosystem that allows the guided acquisition, evaluation and certification of digital competences in primary and secondary education, and easily scalable to other educational levels. CRISS proposes an innovative adaptive learning solution supported by the most advanced pedagogical methodologies and technologies that will be tested with a very large scale pilot with more than 490 schools including 25.400 students and 2.290 teachers across Europe.

CRISS aim to contribute to the modernisation of the educational and training system at different levels:
a) Support schools and educational institutions in the definition and creation of a curricular programming aligned to European and national policies, encouraging the active participation of all teachers and creating an interdisciplinary framework and highly diversified contents, activities and educational experiences for the acquisition and evaluation digital competences of students.
b) Offers teachers and students an adaptive and intelligent environment for personalizing the process of teaching and learning that allows them to easily and dynamically generate and integrate programming a wide variety of new learning experiences and integrate new methodologies, fostering a creative and motivating use of technologies focused on minimizing the distance between digital competences acquired at school and the required in the labour market. 
c) Through its learning analytics module CRISS can generate an innovative and unique student ICT Dynamic Profile, showing strengths and weaknesses, achievements, interests, skills acquired, certification and other recognition, on the one hand facilitating the personalization of teaching / learning, and on the other the entry into the labour world.
d) Thanks to its evaluation and certification of digital competences will contribute to the standardization of digital competences at European level.
Relativity In Transylvania And Patusan: Finding The Roots Of Einstein’s Theories Of Relativity In Dracula And Lord Jim

This thesis investigates the similarities in the study of time and space in literature and science during the modern period. Specifically, it focuses on the portrayal of time and space within Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1897) and Joseph Conrad’s Lord Jim (1899-1900), and compares the ideas presented with those later scientifically formulated by Albert Einstein in his special and general theories of relativity (1905-1915). Although both novels precede Einstein’s theories, they reveal advanced complex ideas of time and space very similar to those later argued by the iconic physicist. These ideas follow a linear progression including a sense of temporal dissonance, the search for a communal sense of the present, the awareness and expansion of the individual’s sense of the present, and the effect of mass on surrounding space. This approach enhances readings of Dracula and Lord Jim, illuminating the fascination with highly refined notions of time and space within modern European culture.
Ancient routes and communication logistics in the municipal land of Iulia Concordia from the 12th century b.c. to the II century a.c.

This project has retrieved some data and information about the communication system in the territory of Concordia from the 12th century b.c. to the 11th century a.c. in the greater network of exchanges that included the nearby Istrian coast and in particulare the Slovenian coast. The inclusion of the Slovenian territory resulted in further research on maritime communications in the Northern Adriatic, especially with regard to the navigability of rivers in the Eastern Veneto plain. The project is based on a physiographic research of the territory concerned and of the settlement strategies related to the the time frame of our research, with regard to the protohistoric period: topography and roads, waterways and port facilities. Apart from these topics, more targeted interventions have dealt with peoples, trade and coinage. Issues concerning transports and materials have also been taken into consideration, identifying the enterprises, professions and historical characters of that time. Legal and historical investigations have dealt with the law and the regulations of trade, and some anthropological issues concerning beliefs, languages and dialects have been highlighted. A computerized database has been set up and divided into “forms” according to the topics. Every topic is then resumed and dealt with by the Centro Studi per l’Archeologia del Veneto Orientale (Centre for Studies on Archaeology in the Eastern Veneto region) which is being set up in Concordia Sagittaria. The biennial investigations envisage a monographic publication, as publishing activity of the Centre. The database is going to be presented in Concordia Sagittaria and Piran - Pirano in the framework of a study meeting that will be attended by Italian and Slovenian scholars.
Action understanding in human and robot dyadic interaction

Humans have fascinating skills for grasping and manipulation of objects, even in complex, dynamic environments, and execute coordinated movements of the head, eyes, arms, and hands, in order to accomplish everyday tasks. When working on a shared space, during dyadic interaction tasks, humans engage in non-verbal communication, by understanding and anticipating the actions of working partners, and coupling their actions in a meaningful way. 
The key to this mind-boggling performance is two-fold: (i) a capacity to adapt and plan the motion according to unexpected events in the environment, (ii) and the use of a common motor repertoire and action model, to understand and anticipate the actions and intentions of others as if they were our own. Despite decades of progress, robots are still far from the level of performance that would enable them to work with humans in routine activities.
ACTICIPATE addresses the challenge of designing robots that can share workspaces and co-work with humans. We rely on human experiments to learn a model/controller that allows a humanoid to generate and adapt its upper body motion, in dynamic environments, during reaching and manipulation tasks, and to understand, predict and anticipate the actions of a human co-worker, as needed in manufacturing, assistive and service robotics, and domestic applications.
These application scenarios call for three main capabilities that will be tackled in ACTICIPATE: a motion generation mechanism (primitives), with a built-in capacity for instant reaction to changes in dynamic environments; a framework to combine primitives and execute coordinated movements of head, eyes, arm and hand, in a way similar (thus predictable) to human movements, and model the action/movement coupling between co-workers in dyadic interaction tasks; and the ability to understand and anticipate human actions, based on a common motor system/model that is also used to synthesize the robot’s goal-directed actions in a natural way.
Inimputabilidad y vacíos normativos para el restablecimiento de derechos en la ley 1098 de 2006 en la población menor de 0 a 14 años responsable de una conducta punible

On November the Eighth (8th) of Two Thousand Six (2006), the honorable Congress of the Republic of Colombia demanded the law 1098 of 2006 known as Childhood and Adolescence Code with the purpose of regulating in a special way the childhood and adolescence in Colombia, looking for guarantee with more efficiency the rights and duties of the under-age, also establishing rules for the criminal behaviors in which there is a participation of an under-age, understanding under-age as the population under 18 years old.
However, with the creation of this referred rule, the effectivity around its accomplishment has not been the expected, due to that in the punitive part of the juridical norm stays short, or does not guaranties a real an effective justice for the victims, taking into account the condition of the under-age which the normativity defines as unattributables, being them the subjects who are not illicit responsible because their condition of comprehension about behaviors against the law is unknown for them. Under-ages are not treated as responsible subjects in criminal record matters, going through unattributable, until being responsible on minor way.
Case Report: Management of idiopathic chylothorax

<ns4:p>Chylothorax is characterized by the presence of chyle in the pleural space and results from lesion or obstruction of the thoracic duct. We present two cases of non-traumatic, idiopathic chylothorax in two females that were treated differently. The first is a 42 year old female who presented with a symptomatic right chylothorax. Treatment by a low-fat diet supplemented with medium chain triglyceride and evacuation of the pleural fluid was sufficient. The second patient is a 25 year old female admitted for a bilateral chylothorax. Despite optimal medical therapy, chylothorax continued to persist. Finally thoracic duct ligation was performed, which resulted in resolution of the effusion. These two cases illustrate that the management of idiopathic chylothorax can be surgical or nonsurgical.</ns4:p>
Working capital grant for JM Structure.

The project concerns support to the company to provide liquidity and to support its day-to-day operations in view of the financial difficulties that have occurred in the company as a result of the COVID-19 outbreak. Financial aid under scheme SA.57015
Bangladesh Politics: Confrontation, Monopoly and Crisis in Governance

Abstract Despite the restoration of parliamentary democracy in Bangladesh since 1991, political governance of the country is still mired by innumerable ills. It broadly features a wide array of confrontation, competition, monopolization of state institutions and resources by the party in power. This trend of politics has tremendously weakened the formal accountability mechanisms and put governance in crisis. This article depicts the nature of confrontational politics in Bangladesh, its causes and impacts on governance with supportive evidence from both primary and secondary sources. As case examples, it shows how bureaucracy and local government institutions are grossly politicized as a result of confrontational politics and their impact on governance.
Articulação entre os interesses produtivos e sociais da saúde no Sistema Nacional de Inovação de Saúde: a experiência do Instituto Nacional de Traumatologia e Ortopedia (INTO)

Abstract: This article has two parts. The first discusses the relationship between industry and health interests based on three different but non-mutually exclusive logics: (a) independent; (b) divergent; and (c) convergent. The second part describes the experience at the Brazilian National Institute of Traumatology and Orthopedics (INTO) with a technology management model. The accumulated expertise in orthopedics at INTO can favor Brazil's domestic medical equipment industry without jeopardizing the country's social health needs. This means directing the production of feasible technologies adapted to the national reality, with a focus on safety and quality, without burdening the public coffers and by overcoming the country's dependency on imported products. The proposal is to promote socioeconomic development through a virtuous circle by attracting reserves and fomenting national competitiveness in domestic and foreign markets while improving social conditions and access to health.