SIRIS-Lab/unlabelled-sti-corpus huggingface dataset:
Constrained quantum dynamics

Recently, tremendous progress has been made in exploring non-equilibrium dynamics of correlated quantum matter. The project ConsQuanDyn investigates the relaxation dynamics and the dynamical quantum phases, induced by parameter quenches or by periodic drive, in quantum matter with dynamically constrained excitations. Such constrained systems, which can be dual to gauge theories and host exotic topological order, have been recently realized in Rydberg quantum simulators and have a long tradition in condensed matter physics. However, it is an important open challenge to describe and understand their far-from-equilibrium dynamics. The central focus of the project ConsQuanDyn is to develop new concepts and new theoretical methods to study constrained quantum systems far from thermal equilibrium.

The project has three principal objectives each of which would represent a major contribution to the field:
(O1) To identify glassy dynamics and hydrodynamic transport in constrained quantum lattice gas, quantum dimer and fracton models.
(O2) To demonstrate information scrambling and entanglement growth in constrained Hilbert spaces.
(O3) To predict exotic dynamical quantum phases and to study their dynamical criticality both in quenched and in periodically driven constrained systems.

To successfully meet our ambitious objectives, my team and I will develop two complementary theoretical approaches based on exact numerical techniques and on non-equilibrium field theory. This allows us to understand fundamental dynamical properties of constrained quantum systems and to guide future experiments. Constrained quantum systems may realize topological quantum bits and self-correcting quantum memories. Due to the international effort of inventing new quantum technology, that inherently operates out of equilibrium, it is now the right time to foster a deep understanding of the non-equilibrium dynamics in constrained quantum matter, which is the central goal of the project ConsQuanDyn.
Applications of Topology Optimization Techniques in Seismic Design of Structure

During the last two decades, topology optimization techniques have been successfully applied to a wide range of problems including seismic design of structures. This chapter aims to provide an introduction to the topology optimization methods and a review of the applications of these methods in earthquake engineering. Two well-established topology optimization techniques are introduced. Several problems including eigenfrequency control of structures, compliance minimization under periodic loading, and maximizing energy absorption of passive dampers will be addressed. Numerical instabilities and approaches to overcome them will be discussed. The application of the presented approaches and methods will be illustrated using numerical examples. It will be shown that in seismic design of structures, topology optimization methods can be useful in providing conceptual design for structural systems as well as detailed design of structural members.
Diseño de una metodología que permita la identificación y la valorización de los pasivos ambientales huérfanos petroleros mediante el uso de una plataforma digital

The present work of degree is based on the design of a methodology of identification and valuation of environmental liabilities that do not have a person in charge for the financing of his remediation. In the first instance, a bibliographical review is realized for the development of a theoretical base, needed to understand the environmental and legal area of the managing liabilities in the country and in order to have a base sustainable methodology used the consultation of studies in the mining sector, when this one had a more wide panorama in the topic. In this review, there are identified key parameters that are considered to be the props of the methodology to develop it in the petroleum sector and to design, as such, the mechanism of identification and valuation of environmental liabilities across the measurement of the risk and of the economic value that they represent for the one who will have to answer for this one, besides the establishment of geological and physical details of the zone, as well as of characteristics of the initial condition of the same one before being controlled by the petroleum activity. Once the methodology is executed, this one is in the aptitude to define the responsibility on the remediation of the liabilities, and declares the one who must finance and execute the actions of environmental compensation. The functionality of the design is evaluated on an area affected in the department of the Putumayo, Colombia. Finally, the methodology will be digitized in a platform, in order that he executes in an efficient way, doing that the results are understandable, generated that the tool works in a practical way for the situations in those that it is needed.
Audiological Rehabilitation for Facilitating Hearing Aid Use: A Review

Abstract This article reviews and critically analyzes the design of studies on the effect of audiological rehabilitation (AR) programs on hearing aid (HA) outcomes, in order to guide future research. The design of this study was a narrative review. Studies were included in the review if they were randomized controlled trials that investigated the effects of AR on HA use and outcome between 2000 and 2016. Seven articles that met the inclusion criteria were included in the review. Most used educational rather than counseling approaches. Although educational AR programs seem to be useful in enhancing the use of communication strategies, there is limited evidence for their effect on HA use and self-perceived hearing handicap. More research is needed in this field. Future studies should (1) investigate the efficacy of AR interventions based on counseling and empathetic listening as opposed to or in addition to educational interventions, (2) use stricter criteria to include only a subpopulation of patients who do not get on well with their HAs, (3) measure the amount of HA use via data-logging and self-report questionnaires, and (4) use a matching comparison intervention for patients in the control group.
Applying Local Language: Communication on the Road in a Multilingual Society

The sociolinguistic phenomenon called multilingualism has created two different camps. The first camp is the camp of those who believe that the phenomenon is a curse to the society while the second camp believes that it is a source of novel delight and subtle experience, a blessing. Those who believed that multilingualism is a curse find their solace in the biblical history of the tower of Babel as recorded in Genesis 11:9, as a punishment for people’s pride. The history of the Dolgan fairy tale and the mother goddess of Acola tribe in New Mexico also supported this view. The Dolgan fairy tale claims that diversity of the tongue is a punishment of people’s quarrelling. The New Mexico mother goddess curses his people with multiple tongues to prevent quarrelling. However those who supported the view that multilingualism is a blessing also find their solace in the words of Holy Quran 30:22, where diversity of tongue is seen as a blessing and the new testaments account of the Bible in the Act of Apostle 2:4, where the apostles were empowered with the miraculous gift of tongue. This work touches upon the view of multilingualism as a blessing and therefore advocates the need to explore the use of mother tongue in multilingual society to give road instructions. This, we discover will reduce road mishaps in our society. Questionnaires were set out to ask about the educational qualification of most commercial drivers and to know which language they will prefer to see the road instructions. Most of them will be delighted to see the instructions in their local languages. Road users within Ibadan metropolis were given questionnaire to respond to. Three hundred questionnaires were administered while two hundred and eighty one were recovered which signifies 93.7%. The result shows that most of the road users prefer to see road instructions in their mother tongue.
FOOD FRANCESCA BY RAFFO FRANCESCA

THE PROPOSED INTERVENTION, PARTLY INITIATED AND PARTLY TO BE CARRIED OUT CONSISTS OF THE PURCHASE OF EQUIPMENT OF MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT THAT ALLOWS THE EXPANSION OF THE ACTIVITY AND THE DIVERSIFICATION OF THE PRODUCT SOLD THROUGH THE PRODUCTION OF BAKERY PRODUCTS TO BE SOLD DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, AS ALREADY ILLUSTRATED. TO MAKE CIO IS NECESSARY THE PURCHASE OF EFFICIENT MACHINERY THAT ALLOWS THE PRODUCTION OF A QUANTITY OF PRODUCT THAT CAN BE PROFITABLE (I.E. IN THE CASE OF OVEN CONTAINING AN ADEQUATE NUMBER OF TRAYS OR KNEADING MACHINE THAT PRODUCES AN ADEQUATE QUANTITY OF DOUGH)
PROCEDURE AND ARRANGEMENT TO MAKE REDUNDANCY FOR A RADIO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM

An arrangement to make transmission redundancy for a first radio communication system (1), for which a transmission connection (4) is arranged for communication between a first base station control unit (3) and a first base station (2), multiplexed with communication between a second base station control unit (7) and a second base station (6) in a second radio communication system (5). The base stations (2, 6) are at that located together in a base station site (8). A first supervisory unit (9) is connected to said first base station control unit (3), and is arranged to, depending on supervisory data from said second supervisory unit (10), selectively connect said first base station control unit (3) to said first base station (2), either via said transmission connection (4), or via a third base station (16) in said second radio communication system (5) to a second supervisory unit (10), connected to said first base station (2).
Computational microscope on molecular binding: from atom to cell membrane scale

Molecular binding is a major research topic that has undoubtedly benefited of recent technological innovation, especially in the area of the so-called computational sciences. However, the predictive power of computations remains low mainly due to the poor correlation of the in-silico models with the real world. A clear example is drug discovery where the drug in vivo efficacy is seen correlated to the ligand residence time, which is hardly predictable by current computational methods. The present proposal tackles the challenge aiming at reshaping the border of the state-of-the-art simulations in molecular binding. I outline a research program that realises a vision where drug design is entrusted to ligand binding affinity and kinetics prediction, and molecular binding interactions are simulated in a realistic plasma membrane model. To achieve the ambitious goals of the research, my team will develop and apply cutting-edge computational techniques based on free-energy calculations, machine learning and multiscale molecular dynamics simulations. Evidence of the innovative nature of the developed approaches will be given by elucidating fundamental aspects of the functional mechanism of the G-protein coupled receptors (GPCRs), a pharmacologically prominent membrane protein family targeted by ~ 40% of marketed drugs. We will achieve a thorough characterization of the binding thermodynamics and kinetics of signal molecules (antagonists and agonists) that will be used by an original machine learning model to identify novel receptor antagonists with prescribed binding affinity and residence time. We will then investigate the receptor conformational transition from the inactive to the active state and develop an ad hoc multiscale approach to characterize the formation of GPCRs dimers, oligomers and clusters in cell membrane and their interaction with the G-protein that activates the signal transduction. Experiments will be performed to validate all the in-silico results.
Studies on the activity of TRAIL anticancer protein on human normal and neoplastic cells

The main objective of the project is the assessment of TRAIL biological activity on a panel of human cells from colon and bladder tissues, either normal or neoplastic, and of the molecular mechanisms governing the response to TRAIL. The results of these studies could lead to the development of an alternative or complementary approach to the conventional treatment of bladder and colon carcinomas, by using TRAIL in combination with traditional or new pharmacological compounds, which can increase the average TRAIL-mediated cytotoxicity and thus overcome the resistance to conventional chemotherapy. In particular, the research is focused on the following aspects: characterizing the TRAIL effects on the above-mentioned types of cells; studying TRAIL role in the mutual interaction of NK and LAK cells with their tumor targets and understanding whether and how TRAIL can be upregulated on the surface of normal NK cells; defining the molecular bases of TRAIL biological activity on the cells considered; exploring/developing pharmacological combinations, in order to increase TRAIL cytotoxicity against bladder and colon carcinomas. The tests carried out lead us to believe that recombinant TRAIL and/or anti-TRAIL-R1 and anti-TRAIL-R2 antibodies are very promising biological molecules from the oncological point of view, with regard to their applicability to solid and haematological neoplasias. Together with a direct antineoplastic effect due to TRAIL capacity to induce cellular apoptotic death in several types of cancer cells deriving from solid or haematological neoplasia, the intense research activity carried out by the project groups made it possible to establish that TRAIL could play a significant role even in the osteoclastogenesis modulation, a major process which characterizes bone destruction in several types of solid and haematological neoplasias. The availability of oncologically relevant animal patterns (SCID-human mice) to directly test the potential therapeutic effect of TRAIL or anti-TRAIL-R1/-R2 antibodies is the natural continuation of the studies carried out in this field and represents a major challenge for the near future.
Coffee, Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor (G-CSF), and Neurodegenerative Diseases

Coffee is the second most popular beverage worldwide, after water. This popularity may be due to coffee drinkers believing that it is somewhat beneficial to their health. However, past research has failed to provide convincing evidence about the biological function of coffee. Here, we share our and other's research findings indicating that coffee has some effects against Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease (PD), the two most common neurodegenerative diseases. We have discovered that coffee has more potent health benefits than pure caffeine and decaffeinated coffee in animal studies. Research has also demonstrated that habitual coffee intake can prevent memory decline in a human by promoting the production of granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF), interleukin (IL)-6, and IL-10. However, other molecules in coffee also need caffeine to reduce the production of amyloid-β (Aβ) to reduce stress to immune cells and allow them to produce beneficial cytokines or neural growth factors. Our research examining the impact of coffee on different genotypes of mice also demonstrated that Aβ is the major negative regulation factor of cytokine production. It has been reported that coffee can help PD patients as well. Collectively, coffee can be used as an immune modulator, and the long-term anti-aging and memory protection is through upregulation of G-CSF.
The question of prehistoric silks in Europe

Textiles and clothing are among the most visible aspects of human social and symbolic behaviour and yet they have left all too few traces in the archaeological record and it is easy to overlook their importance. Luxury textiles such as silk can additionally provide evidence of long-distance contact, notably between Europe and China during the Han dynasty and the Roman empire. But can these connections be projected back in time to the prehistoric period? The late Irene Good proposed a number of identifications of silk in Iron Age Europe and was instrumental in bringing the issue to wider attention. Closer examination reported here, however, calls those identifications into question. Instead, the case is put that none of the claimed Iron Age silks can be confirmed, and that early traffic in silk textiles to Europe before the Roman period cannot be substantiated.
Ground and excited states of neutral and cationic thieno[3,2-b]thiophene: A DFT study

Abstract Geometry and excitation energy of the ground and low lying singlet excited states together with the ground state aromaticity of isomers of neutral and cationic thieno[3,2- b ]thiophene (TT) are studied by using density functional theory (DFT) and time dependent density functional theory (TD-DFT). Excitation leads to structural distortion in all the four isomers. Excitation wavelengths of the four isomers differ considerably. Aromaticity of ground state structures is quantified in terms of Nucleus Independent Chemical Shift (NICS) and Harmonic Oscillator Model of Aromaticity (HOMA). Plots of the chemical shifts and corresponding out of plane components as a function of the distance from plane of the molecule are also obtained.
Universalism or selectivism? what citizens think about the institutional design of the future welfare state

Throughout the years, it has become conventional wisdom in social policy literature that universal policies, accessible to all citizens/residents, enjoy higher levels of popular support than selective policies targeted at the poor only. At first sight, the empirical evidence in support of this claim seems convincing. A large number of public opinion studies, conducted in different countries and different years, reveal the same pattern: universally targeted programs, such as most old-age pensions and healthcare systems, consistently receive higher levels of support than selective programs, such as means-tested social assistance and housing allowances. There are, however, two very good reasons why we need further research into the social legitimacy of universal vis-à-vis selective welfare. First, the studies that are typically cited to support the claim that universalism is more popular are inconclusive, because they conflate the institutional design of welfare programs with their respective target groups: the programs that are compared differ not only in terms of their design, but also in terms of the groups they target. Second, there appears to be considerable variation in public support for universalism and selectivism across countries, time, and policy domains. Therefore, the social legitimacy of universal vis-à-vis selective welfare provision remains very much an open question for future research to explore. Based on a unique combination of cross-national, experimental and longitudinal data, this project will reveal under which circumstances -when, where and why- one social policy design option is more popular than the other. In doing so, it makes a vital contribution to ongoing academic and political debates on the institutional design of the future welfare state.
SYSTEM FOR SETTING UP AT LEAST ONE MEDIA PATH FOR A MEDIA STREAM AS WELL AS A METHOD AND SOFTWARE FOR CONTROLLING A MEDIA DEVICE

A system for setting up at least one media path for a media stream in at least one network (2, 3) comprises a media device (10) in at least part of said media path. Said media device (10) is controlled by a media controller (20). The media device is capable of controlling said part of the media path and its interaction with the media stream at least nearly autonomously under control of the media controller. A method controls the media device in terms of separate resources (11-16, 121-124, 131, 132), which represent functional components within the media device (10), and connections between resources. The media path is created and maintained by joining relevant resources and connections and setting relevant properties of the relevant resources. In software for carrying out the method, one or more of the resources and connections are represented in terms of separate, substantially encapsulated objects having properties. These resources and connections are controlled by setting the relevant properties of the associated objects.
A METHOD FOR ELECTRONIC VOTING USING BIOMETRIC DOCUMENTS

A "Vote" method for electronic voting using biometric documents involves a voter using a biometric document when voting, wherein information about the holder of said biometric document and a biometric image of said holder are entered into a single base when the document is issued, using technical devices and a programme for controlling the action of said devices. Access to a voting procedure is granted after verification of the match between the biometric image of the voter entered into the document and the voter's real-life biometric image. The technical result of the use of the proposed method is to obtain reliably non-falsified voting results by replacing existing multi-step methods for declaration of intention, at each step of which intentional forgery, unintentional errors and falsified results in the voting are possible, with a single-step method which is protected against any outside interference throughout an established voting period, up until the vote count is completed and an election commission receives the result reports from a computer, said reports being completely ready to be signed by the commission members. The method eliminates the possibility of repeated voting by a voter, and makes it as difficult as possible and impractical to vote for another voter. The proposed method can be used in any type of voting on any issue, both in regions and in individual organisations or in groups thereof. The use of this method, particularly in combination with other measures, makes it possible to minimise expenses on an election campaign and conduct voting on pressing issues frequently, as and when needed.
Fiction, imagination, and early cinema

The project investigates two closely interrelated issues: what is the role of imagination in early cinema and what does it mean for a representational work to be fictional? Specifically, it asks what the criteria are according to which we categorize texts as fictional and what counts as proof for reconstructing the experience of historical spectatorship. The project innovatively proposes that the period between 1880 and 1915 provides a unique opportunity for construing how a  representational medium becames employed in the production of fictions and the crucial role the discourse on imaginary engagement plays in this process. In other words, the project asks why we engage some films as fictions and other as documentaries despite the fact that they are both based on actuality material – photographs. For instance, why, when watching Méliès’ 1898 The Astronomer’s Dream or the Man in the Moon, do we nowadays regularly say that we are watching an astronomer whose gazing at the moon turns into a series of fantastical mishaps? Why do we engage such a film as a fiction rather than as a documentary of actors performing in front of painted sets? Especially if during the early era, such films were regularly seen as instances of “canned theater”, i.e. as documentaries of theatrical performances. 
Methodologically, the project is highly unique in its twofold approach. On the one hand, the proposal draws on analytic philosophy to articulate the key concepts informing the inquiry – fiction and imagination. Fiction, crucially, is construed as “any mandated imagining/make-believe"" following the work of Kendall Walton. On the other, the project applies the new film history method to late 19th and early 20th century  sources such as trade press, catalogues, lectures, and more general discourse on cinema and adjacent cultural practices to determine what place the notions of fiction and imagination played in the production, promotion, exhibition, and reception of early cinema.