SIRIS-Lab/unlabelled-sti-corpus huggingface dataset:
Japanese Management & SMEs application

This project's main objective is to study and develop management methods employed for more than half a century by the Japanese in terms of production management, human resources and everything related to the company stuff, placing them as leaders in the global market indeed in all sectors in terms of efficiency, reliability, quality and safety at work. As a starting point a theoretical analysis of the history, culture and behaviour throughout Japanese history to understand why the concept of Japanese Management is famous throughout the world and is increasingly used by multinational companies of all sectors in the market. The second part deal with everything related of Lean Management and all the concepts that the term carries on such as Just in Time, Kaizen, 5S, etc. Concerning the own experience applying 5S in a multinational. The knowledge gained is then applied to a Spanish company in the sector of surface‟s treaters with has solvency problems, although it has an amazing projection in the close future. So it is applied the concept of lean manufacturing to reduce costs primarily through process redesign and time recovery of unnecessary daily tasks at work and it is applied to achieve working as a team and as a family. It requires a long-term projection to achieve the Lean Manufacturing company so unfortunately it is not possible to quantify the results as regards efficiency because the lack of time, however, it is reflected how is studied the current situation, how it begins to act dramatically and all the pros and cons found, making a comparative between a Japanese and Spanish company.
Despite major drawbacks, it is expected that though the work done during this thesis the company will be able to reduce production costs by at least 10% and 20% structure costs as well.
Healthcare- and pharma-economic models in support of the international consortium for personalised medicine

HEcoPerMed responds to the demand for economic models that evaluate treatments made possible through innovations in personalised medicine and seeks to identify funding and reimbursement mechanisms that provide financial incentives for the rapid development and uptake of such innovations. HEcoPerMed goes beyond current assessment and payment models in order to serve the requirements of personalised medicine for more compre-hensive cost-effectiveness estimates that incorporate patient and societal perspectives and enhance sustainable affordability of cutting-edge health innovations. HEcoPerMed will provide an overview of and guidance on high-quality methodological approaches for model-based economic evaluations. In three case studies, HEcoPerMedwill apply state-of-the art economic modelling to demonstrate practical and methodological issues in evaluating personalised medicine innovations. The project team will also study existing shortcomings in stimulating the adoption of personalised medicine and pro-pose financial agreements that accelerate its diffusion in European health systems.  HEcoPerMed will construct future scenarios, considering the trends and drivers as well as challenges and benefits of personalised medicine for the European social model of care and its financial viability. For a better financial integration of personalised medicine and new economic models, the project team will develop appropriate diffusion and communication strategies to be in direct contact with experts and a wide variety of stakeholders, taking their needs into account while offering new solutions for the players within the European health systems. These comprehensive measures will fill a gap identified by the ICPerMed to support their efforts in the promotion of personalised medicine in Europe and beyond. The project will support health care decision makers to manage their budgets while providing the best possible care for patients in the field of personalised medicine.
Modification and validation of a quasi-analytical algorithm for inherent optical properties in the turbid waters of Poyang Lake, China

Knowing the inherent optical properties (IOPs) of water bodies is useful for many water environment studies and applications. To derive the IOPs from remote sensing reflectance, a multiband quasi-analytical algorithm (QAA) was modified and validated for the highly turbid Poyang Lake in China. In order to supplement and expand the dynamic variation range of the measured water optical properties, a Hydrolight simulated dataset was generated to develop a regional QAA (QAA710) for this area. The QAA710 model was then validated with simulated data, simulated data with random noise, and in situ data. The results show that the effects of random noise (within ±20%) of remote-sensing reflectance on the derived total absorption coefficients (at) and the particulate backscattering coefficients (bbp) by the QAA710 model are insignificant (a band-averaged mean relative error of 4.1% and 12.0%, respectively). The validation of in situat shows a 28.6% mean relative difference. The model process, modeling data, and validation data introduce uncertainties into the derived results. These analyses demonstrate that the QAA710 model, based on the characterization of local environments, performs well in retrieving Poyang Lake’s IOPs.
Topology optimization of freeform large-area metasurfaces

We demonstrate optimization of optical metasurfaces over $10^5$--$10^6$ degrees of freedom in two and three dimensions, 100--1000+ wavelengths ($\lambda$) in diameter, with 100+ parameters per $\lambda^2$. In particular, we show how topology optimization, with one degree of freedom per high-resolution "pixel," can be extended to large areas with the help of a locally periodic approximation that was previously only used for a few parameters per $\lambda^2$. In this way, we can computationally discover completely unexpected metasurface designs for challenging multi-frequency, multi-angle problems, including designs for fully coupled multi-layer structures with arbitrary per-layer patterns. Unlike typical metasurface designs based on subwavelength unit cells, our approach can discover both sub- and supra-wavelength patterns and can obtain both the near and far fields.
A DEVICE FOR SEALING AND CLEANING A LEAD-THROUGH, PREFERABLY IN A REACTOR VESSEL

A device for closing and sealing a lead-through (1), comprising means intended to open, clean and again close the lead-through. A cone (2) with a head (21), a rod-shaped part (22) and a sealing surface (23) arranged between said head and said rod-shaped part is arranged with the head inserted into the lead-through. In the end of the cone opposite to the head, the cone is provided with means (24) for connecting the cone to a flush pipe (5) arranged in the form of an extension of the rod-shaped part of the cone. An annular flange (3) is attached to the lead-through and around said rod-shaped cone, inserted into the lead-through, to retain the head of the cone in the lead-through. A sealing surface (31), arranged on the annular flange in the form of a seat, is adapted to correspond to and make contact with the sealing surface of the cone to close and seal the lead-through.
Family matters: post-natal sociality and the outcomes of maternal stress in a social lizard

Mothers can alter the characteristics of their offspring through non-genetic maternal effects. For example, stress experienced by mothers during gestation can have organizational effects on offspring behaviour and physiology – such effects may substantially influence the subsequent success of these offspring. Theory suggests that, depending on the environment in which they occur, maternal effects have the potential to accelerate or constrain the rate, and alter the direction, of evolutionary change. It is therefore critical to know how ecological variation influences the outcomes of maternal effects, such as maternal stress effects, in order to understand the evolutionary importance of maternal effects in different species. A source of environmental variation likely to be important in determining the outcome of maternal effects, and maternal stress specifically, is the post-natal social environment – in other words, whether offspring remain with their mother/parents, or not. I propose an integrative research project to test how the outcomes of maternal stress are influenced by the post-natal social environment. To achieve this, I will combine a large-scale field experiment using a social lizard species (Liopholis whitii) in which the degree of post-natal mother-offspring association varies naturally, with physiological laboratory analysis and meta-analytical methods to: experimentally address how the post-natal social environment alters the effects of maternal stress on key phenotypic traits (such as growth, and dispersal and competitive behaviours), identify potential endocrinological and neurological mechanisms underlying these effects, and test the generality of these patterns across taxa in a meta-analytical framework. This work will provide novel insights into the long-term consequences of maternal stress-induced maternal effects for offspring fitness and the extent to which these effects may show the evolutionary and ecological trajectory of populations.
Walks of peace

The project aims to promote tourism in the Natisone valley, by enhancing the architectural and historical WWI heritage the area between Castelmonte (Municipality of Prepotto) and Tribil Superiore (Municipality of Stregna) up to the Kolovrat mountains (Drenchia), Matajur (Savogna), Mia and Mladesiena (Pulfero). To this end, a multilingual tourist guide will be published as well as brochures presenting the cross-border routes along the trenches and the paths of the 1915-1918 war, and other thematic itineraries of the territory in the Natisone valley and the Isonzo valley from Bovec to Duino. In this sense an integrated tourist policy between the two areas enables them to enter the tourist markets with a wider and stronger tourism offer. The appeal of historical tourism regarding WWI is enhanced by the offer of the crossborder partner, thanks to which the various territorial vocations - e.g. rafting on the upper Isonzo river and speleology in the Natisone Valley - can consolidate mutually and synergic ally.
Reliable, digital and non-contact precision measurement system for remote structural health monitoring of any structure

The monitoring of structures is one of the ultimate challenges to engineering companies today. Ageing and increasing number of extreme events (e.g. earthquakes or strong wind) are degrading the long-term performance of the structures. A collapse or closure of structure can lead to chaos, significant financial losses, and, in some cases, heavy casualties. The recent collapse of the Morandi bridge (Genoa, Italy) due to ageing structures and poor maintenance led to 43 deaths and €600 million loss. Whereas, a single-lane closure of the Forth Road Bridge in Scotland due to the safety risk caused a €734k loss daily. Unfortunately, the current solutions are expensive, slow and unreliable, leading to ineffective monitoring and reduced number of analysis. The currently adopted techniques request the installation of permanent devices on the structure to be monitored, implying: high installation and monitoring costs, time-consuming monitoring and low versatility. To address these problems, Imetrum has developed VG360, a non-contact, full field digital measurement system for remote structural health monitoring of any type of structure, 24×7×365. It is composed of a digital camera connected to a commercial Robotic Total Station (RTS), computer, and intelligent field software. The software is based on Imetrum’s proprietary algorithms for pattern recognition and Digital Imaging Correlation (DIC) for robust image tracking.
Within the overall innovation project, Imetrum aims to upgrade VG360 core technology with new intrinsic features and integrate it within the Topcon RTS series; perform a long-term pilot demonstration and validation of the VG360 system at different site locations and develop a sound commercialization and market strategy.
Unlocking the full potential of grarages and paving the way for 21st century garage

HomyHub GARAGE is a “plug and play device” for garage openers that turns any Smartphone into a smart garage remote control. Allowing users to control, monitor, and manage the access to their garage, anywhere and at anytime from their smartphone.In this 6 months project we are focusing on finding new business partners in EU countries and finalise our prototype, to make it commercial viable product. The main objective of our SME1 project is to gain proof of evidence that HomyHub’s product can be commercialized at a full speed from 2018 . For this, we have identified two important challenges to commercially fully exploit HomyHub’s product: 1) Our ambition is to become a worldwide leader in IoT devices for garage access. HomyHub is a young, fastly growing startup that is revolutionizing the world of smart mobility through delivering cutting edge technologies for garage access control. HomyHub has a balanced and very competitive founding team from Spain with strong IoT background: more than 40 years combined experience in Hardware, Firmware, Software and Business development. Our goal: to make a global business plan through the implementation of a feasibility study in this proposed Phase 1 (SMEi-1), to reach an international business uptake.
Impact of Inflation and Monetary Policy Stabilisation on Economic Growth Performance in Nigeria

Generally, both fiscal and monetary policies seek at achieving relative macroeconomic stability through maintaining stable prices or low and stable inflation. In the light of this, this study empirically investigates the impact of inflation and monetary policy on economic growth performance in Nigeria with the use of econometric technique - O L S method using time series data from CBN statistical bulletin from 1981-2008. The results revealed that although money supply is positively related to economic growth performance, but the result is however insignificant in the case of GDP growth rates on the choice of inflation rate has no significant impact on economic growth performance. This study reveals that monetary policy alone is incapable of controlling inflation. It should therefore be supplemented by fiscal measures, non monetary and non fiscal measures. Fiscal measures are highly effective for controlling government expenditure, personal consumption expenditure, and private & public investment. The study therefore recommends that the Central Bank of Nigeria needs to deal with monetary policy in a more transparent manner so as to address the issues of expectations as inflation exhibits a high degree of inertia. Keywords: Monetary policy stabilisation; inflation; economic performance; Nigeria.
Estimating the DNA strand breakage using a fuzzy inference system and agarose gel electrophoresis, a case study with toothed carp Aphanius sophiae exposed to cypermethrin

The DNA breakage has been widely used in ecotoxicological studies to investigate effects of pesticides in fishes. The present study used a fuzzy inference system to quantify the breakage of DNA double strand in Aphanius sophiae exposed to the cypermethrin. The specimens were adapted to different temperatures and salinity for 14 days and then exposed to cypermethrin. DNA of each specimens were extracted, electrophoresed and photographed. A fuzzy system with three input variables and 27 rules were defined. The pixel value curve of DNA on each gel lane was obtained using ImageJ. The DNA breakage was quantified using the pixel value curve and fuzzy system. The defuzzified values were analyzed using a three-way analysis of variance. Cypermethrin had significant effects on DNA breakage. Fuzzy inference systems can be used as a tool to quantify the breakage of double strand DNA. DNA double strand of the gill of A. sophiae is sensitive enough to be used to detect cypermethrin in surface waters in concentrations much lower than those reported in previous studies.
ηρ-Pareto optimization and comparative evaluation of inverter concepts considered for the GOOGLE Little Box Challenge

In recent years, driven by worldwide growing environmental awareness the research in power electronics was focusing on the development of highly efficient but mostly bulky converter systems e.g. for interfacing renewable energy to the grid. The GOOGLE Little Box Challenge was impulse to give the power density again more attention by motivating engineers worldwide to design a single-phase solar inverter system at the cutting edge of what is technically possible. In this paper a comparative evaluation of inverter concepts considered by a team of ETH Zurich, FH-IZM and Fraza company for the GOOGLE Little Box Challenge is given. Based on the lessons learned from the participation in the competition, for the considered inverter concepts the achievable efficiency, power density and the optimal modulation scheme are identified with a multi-objective ηρ-Pareto optimization. This provides a sound basis for the redesign of the existing system pushing the forefront of power density even further.
SURFACE-EMITTING SEMICONDUCTOR LASER AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME

The invention relates to a surface-emitting semiconductor laser which comprises a semiconductor layer sequence (20) having a pump laser (7), and which comprises a second semiconductor layer sequence (3), arranged on the first semiconductor layer sequence (20), having a vertical emitter (1). Said vertical emitter (1) comprises a radiation-emitting active layer (4), a radiation emitting side (5) and a fastening side (6) opposite the radiation emitting side (5), the pump laser (7) being arranged on the radiation emitting side (5) of the vertical emitter (1) and a supporting body (2) being arranged on the fastening side (6) of the vertical emitter (1). The invention further relates to a method for producing a surface-emitting semiconductor laser.
SELF-EXTRACTING STOPPER

The invention relates to a self-extracting stopper which can be accommodated inside the neck of the bottle, and which does not require a corkscrew or any other tool for the extraction thereof, formed by an assembly of parts preferably made of a plastic material and which, once assembled, permit a bottle or container to be stoppered. The face of the drum (8) and the surface of revolution of the flexible cylinder (4) can also carry marks that are engraved or in shallow relief. In this way, the assembly of the self-extracting stopper is formed by six elements and a cork cover (1), a nut (2), a flexible cylinder (5), a drum (8), a screw (12) and a wing nut (15), all of which are disposed and assembled according to their axial geometry, and which permit a method and process to be provided whereby bottles and/or containers can be stoppered or opened manually or automatically, and said self-extracting stopper being reusable.
DRIVE SYSTEM TRANSMITTING MAGNETIC TORQUE WITHOUT MECHANIC CONTACT

The invention relates to a drive system transmitting magnetic torque without any mechanic contact realizing thereby a motion transfer between at least two rotating units. The essence of the invention is that the at least two rotating units are arranged so that the axis (3) of the first rotating unit is essentially perpendicular to the axis (4) of at least one second rotating unit; the first rotating part comprises further magnets (5 and 23; 6 and 22) of even numbers arranged in at least two parallel rows perpendicularly to its axis (3), and the magnets being side by side in one row are arranged so that they have alternating polarities and between them, they have free spaces (9, 10); the rows above each other are arranged so that the magnets in one row (5, 6, 23) fall above the free spaces (10, 9) between the magnets in the other row ( 6, 5, 22). In the second rotating unit, in at least one row magnets of even number (7) are situated along an arc with alternating polarities so that between the magnets being side by side (7) free spaces (8) are formed, the widths of which are the same as the thickness of magnets (5, 6) being on the first rotating unit, e.g. on the first rotating disc (2).
DEVICE AND METHOD FOR COMPENSATING SHRINKAGE AND AVOIDING SINKMARKS FOR MOLDING PLASTICS

A carrier assembly controls movement of a movable member within a mold tool to first receive a quantity of molten material, and then displace that molten material back into a mold cavity during solidification of a molded article. The moveable member moves relative to the surface of the mold cavity to compensate for local volume changes in a molded part that occur during solidification to substantially eliminate depressions and sink marks on an outer surface of a plastic injection molded part.
Anticipate Future Jobs on Alpine Remote Areas landscape

The project aims at identifying attractive job profiles, which have the potential to induce young people to stay in or to return to Alpine rural areas. The project focuses on the identification, analysis and mapping of specific activities as well as on the exchange among stakeholders. The identification of job profiles as a contribution to counterbalance depopulation in Alpine rural areas will be carried out through meetings in selected areas and through collection of good practices gathering of information from enterprises, relevant institutions and young adults, where the matching of the labor demand and offer was successfully implemented. In so doing the project can be seen as innovative pre-mature project responding to the actual needs in the Alpine Region. Due to the restrictions of the ARPAF in terms of timelines and budget and in view of the spatial dimension of the Alpine Region the project can only touch on a very broad and substantial topic, which however tackles a concrete issue. The necessary high flexibility and unconventional thinking of this approach is not reproduced in other funding schemes. The project addresses the ARPAF intervention field “Demographic changes” focused on the target group „youth“. The project has also strong connections to the ARPAF intervention field “Circular economy”. The project results will provide ideas for the implementation of the work plans of EUSALP AG 3, AG 6 and possibly other AGs, such as AG 

7.