SIRIS-Lab/unlabelled-sti-corpus huggingface dataset:
Dynamics of avian influenza in a changing world

DELTA-FLU aims to determine the key viral, host-related, and environmental factors that determine the dynamics of avian influenza (AI) in poultry and other host species, with the goal of improving prevention and control strategies against this disease. As a result of rapidly changing dynamics, AI continues to cause unexpected and devastating outbreaks in poultry in the EU, as well as world-wide. Its potential to become pandemic is also of great concern to public health. The key viral, host-related, and environmental factors that drive AI dynamics are poorly understood, which currently impedes the development of effective control and prevention strategies. As the problems caused by AI require global solutions, DELTA-FLU is a consortium with top-level experts from Europe, North America, and Asia. Through interdisciplinary research focused on key questions of AI, DELTA-FLU will determine 1) potential for some highly pathogenic avian influenza viruses (HPAIV, e.g. H5N8 clade 2.3.4.4) to be maintained in wild bird populations and spread over long-distances, 2) key viral, host, and environmental factors for incursion of HPAIV from wild birds into poultry holdings, 3) roles of viral, host, and environmental factors in the transition of low pathogenic avian influenza virus to HPAIV in poultry, 4) effect of flock immunity against AI on early detection and viral genetic drift, and 5) viral genetic factors that allow reassortants of avian and mammalian influenza viruses to transmit efficiently among pigs. Primary sectors and end-users are involved through participation in the Multi-Actor Panel, which will also play an important role in the translation of the results into effective prevention and control strategies. As such, DELTA-FLU will make significant advances in knowledge of AIV dynamics and provide the evidence base for improved diagnosis, prevention, and control strategies for AI in poultry, as well as for reducing the possible risk of AI to become potentially pandemic.
Multicellular regulation of insulin secretion from pancreatic islets

Type 2 diabetes mellitus, one of the major healthcare challenges of our time, is characterized by failure of beta cells to functionally adapt to increased peripheral insulin resistance. The resulting chronic elevations in blood glucose concentration are associated with heart, kidney, liver, nerve and retinal disease, as well as cancer. Here, by combining novel optogenetic, photopharmacological and innovative imaging approaches, we aim to unravel the complexity underlying the multicellular regulation of insulin secretion from islets of Langerhans during health and disease. In particular, we will examine a role for privileged pacemakers/hubs in orchestrating population responses to stimuli, identify what makes these specialized cells unique at the RNA/protein level, and understand how they contribute to islet development and failure. Furthermore, we will address whether the intraislet regulation of insulin secretion operates in vivo to determine glucose homeostasis, focusing on the neural-endocrine interface. Lastly, the mechanisms underlying islet cross-talk will be investigated directly in situ within the pancreas of living mice, paying close attention to the roles of the vasculature and secreted factors. As such, these studies should unveil a new route for restoration of insulin secretion in man, as well as provide the foundation for the de novo construction of islets for transplantation.
Understanding media accessibility quality

Media Accessibility (MA) - the research area dealing with the theories, practices, services, technologies and instruments that provide access to media products, services, and environments for people that cannot, or cannot properly, access that content in its original form - is at the core of the most pressing priorities of the European Commission, such as the European Disability Strategy 2010-2020 and the Digital Single Market Strategy. For a long time, policies involving MA have been concerned with quantity, that is, setting quotas for inducing the widespread adoption of MA solutions, e.g. hours per year of subtitled TV programmes. Now that quotas are being met in many EU countries, attention is shifting over to quality. Standardisation is the very instrument through which quality requirements are implemented at a policy level. Unfortunately, accessibility standardisation at a EU level is subject to a fragmented situation due to a plethora of divergent rules. Difficulties in harmonising the various standards, beyond mere differences in terms of national systems, are mainly due to a lack of research: the absence of a theoretical framework for understanding quality in media accessibility. The overall aim of this project is indeed to carry out the first comprehensive analysis of the notion of quality in MA and provide a unified theoretical framework for understanding it. Under the hypothesis that MA groups a series of practices to manage, transform and transfer information, the project will draw on scholarship on information quality and investigate if and how it can help to successfully deal with MAQ. The project will boost a coordinated research programme at an international level and enable the creation of a set of recommendations aimed at strengthening the EU policies, which will in turn benefit all the stakeholders in the accessibility value chain and facilitate the achievement of a Digital Single Market.
A comparative study of using static and ultrasonic material testing methods to determine the anisotropic material properties of wood

Abstract This paper presents a comparative study using static and ultrasonic testing for the determination of the full set of orthotropic material properties of wood. In the literature, material properties are typically only available in the longitudinal direction, and most international standards do not provide details on the testing of the other two secondary directions (radial and tangential). This work provides a comprehensive study and discussions on the determination of all twelve orthotropic material properties of two hardwood species using static testing and an alternative testing approach based on ultrasonic waves. Recommendations are given on the execution of the tests and the interpretation and calibration of the results.
Earth system models for the future

The current generation of Earth System Models (ESMs) provides an important scientific basis to understand climate change and inform policy action, both with respect to mitigation and adaptation to global change. However, ESMs need further development to reach their full potential to thoroughly design and assess options necessary to meet the goals of the Paris Agreement (PA), including the environmental impacts of both the mitigation pathways themselves and climate change associated with these pathways.

ESM2025 will develop such a new generation of ESMs through: (1) improving their representation of climate and biogeochemical cycles, using state-of-the-art observations, detailed theory and advanced machine learning techniques; (2) implementing new interactions and couplings between different components of the Earth system, enabling ESMs to run using emissions of major anthropogenic greenhouse gases (CO2, CH4 and N2O), aerosols and their precursors, delivering an unprecedented holistic modelling framework to simulate future Earth system changes; (3) co-developping an innovative framework for linking Integrated Assessment Models (IAMs) and ESMs through improved consistency of their respective representations of climate and land-use, enabling the development of geophysically-sound mitigation pathways.

To achieve these objectives, ESM2025 brings together a world-leading team of experts in Earth system modelling, model evaluation and feedback analysis, IAMs, reduced complexity carbon-cycle climate models, climate education and science-policy communication, all working towards a common goal of developing and assessing robust pathways for realizing the PA. The new generation of ESMs and IAMs will maintain Europe at the forefront of international efforts to model the Earth system and provide invaluable support to European climate policy and climate-related educational activities, as well as to climate services and future IPCC assessments.
TEXTILE LATEX

A textile coating composition which has a fast drying rate is disclosed. The coating composition comprises an aryl vinyl monomer, an aliphatic conjugated diene monomer, and an acrylamide-based monomer. The coating composition exhibits a Complete Drying Temperature of less than about 140 DEG C.
Density functional evaluation and a feasibility study of intramolecular thione-thiol tautomerization

Performance of various density functionals for use in geometry and energetics calculation of thiocarbonyl systems is evaluated. The three biologically significant systems such as 2-methyl-3-thiosemicarbazide, 1-acetyl-2-thiohydantoin and bornane-2-thione are selected for the geometry analysis. Energy of tautomerization of thioacetone and enthalpy of formation of 2-thiohydantoin are considered for analyzing the performance in energetics. Minnesota functionals such as M05-2X, M06-2X and range separated hybrid functional wB97 give best results in both geometry and energetics calculations. Studies on basis set effect showed reliable performance by 6-31 + G* and 6-31++G** over higher basis sets. Feasibility of tautomerization in the aforementioned thiones has been investigated using the best performing density functionals. The proposed thione–thiol tautomerization step during PPC-DC catalyzed decarboxylation reaction has also been investigated and the computed high energy barrier shows less feasibility of the reaction.
The politics of legitimacy: non-partisan global governance and networked ingo power in the global governance of post-war states

POLINGO maps, analyses and theorizes the contribution of informal interpersonal networks to shaping the policies, programmes, and approaches of international non-governmental organisations (INGOs) in the international governance of crisis areas, particularly post-war states. By accompanying, complementing or even contradicting institutional linkages between state and non-state agencies, interpersonal networks transcend and bypass the conventional divide between governmental and non-governmental organisations. Since INGOs predominantly rely on their reputations as independent, disinterested and impartial to be able to work in post-war states, these closely knit interpersonal networks between state and non-state institutions raise questions regarding the sources and construction of legitimate INGO authority and credibility in global governance. Despite the ubiquity of such informal interpersonal networks, there has not been any systematic attempt to study their role in shaping, enabling or transcending institutional structures and means of cooperation in the global governance of post-war states. POLINGO addresses this gap by combining a longitudinal Social Network Analysis (SNA) with two in-depth qualitative case studies. The project breaks new ground theoretically and empirically by studying the institutional and interpersonal/informal interfaces between non-state and state-based forms of power in global governance as summarized in the following overarching research question: How do interpersonal networks between state- and non-state agencies shape INGO practices and positions in the global governance of post-war states?
METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVISIONING PORTABLE DESKTOPS

A method is disclosed for provisioning of a peripheral portable desktop device. The peripheral portable desktop device is coupled with a workstation. A data file relating to an image for being stored within the peripheral portable desktop device is provided. The image includes secured data that is other than accessible absent user authorization data of a virtual user. Within the peripheral portable desktop device is stored data reflective of the image. A first user is then authorized to the peripheral portable desktop device by providing first user authorization data. For the first user is created a user account secured based on the first user authorization data. The account of the virtual user is accessed via the user account and the user account is configured to access the account of the virtual user upon access to the user account.
Review on software metrics thresholds for object-oriented software

Software metrics like any other measures have been advocated as the essential tool in Object-oriented systems. Controlling software metrics is an important for building quality software systems. Software metrics thresholds have been used in various disciplines in identifying the unsafe design by setting an alarm at a place where the value of the specific internal measure exceeds some predefined values. Although, the researchers and other practitioners tried to introduce a variety of software metrics, but the issue of thresholds has been given limited attention. A few meaningful software metric thresholds have been introduced in the literature. In this review paper, the authors went through different literatures to identify the existing object-oriented software metrics thresholds in order to gain an insight about the phenomena. By studying the validation process and the sensations of the metrics presented in the literature, the study found the thresholds for CK metrics have been validated more than any other metrics.
The Triple I Hypothesis: Taking Another(’s) Perspective on Executive Dysfunction in Autism

The executive dysfunction theory attempts to explain not only the repetitive behaviours but also the socio-communicative difficulties in autism. While it is clear that some individuals with autism perform poorly on certain executive function tasks, it remains unclear what underlies these impairments. The most consistent and striking difficulties are seen on tasks that are open-ended in structure, lack explicit instructions and involve arbitrary rules. I propose that impairment on such tasks is not due to executive dysfunction; instead, poor performance results from difficulties forming an implicit understanding of the experimenter's expectations for the task, resulting in egocentric and idiosyncratic behaviour. These difficulties in taking another's perspective may be explained parsimoniously by the mentalising difficulties robustly demonstrated to exist in autism.
What can we learn about the mobility of the elderly in the GPS era?

Until recently, the assessment of outdoor mobility of the elderly relied mainly on self-administered time-space diaries or on reports of family caregivers and institutional staff, using observational approaches, activity monitoring, or behavioral checklists. In recent years, however, the rapid development and availability of small, inexpensive, and reliable tracking devices has led to a growing volume of research that uses this technology as a tool for data collection in various disciplines. This paper presents new insights that are now available regarding the outdoor mobility of the elderly due to the analysis of GPS data with automatic scripts and GIS platforms. The data presented are based on the activity of 49 elderly people from the Tel-Aviv Metropolitan area (Israel), who took part in an interdisciplinary project, involving researchers in geography, social work, gerontology, psychology and medicine, that studies the outdoor activities of elderly people in time and space using advanced tracking technologies. Participants were tracked for an average of 28 consecutive days using a location kit that combined GPS with RFID technology. Differences were found in various walking and driving parameters, such as speed, length, timing, and frequency of participants with different levels of cognitive function. The trends present a general decline in out-of-home mobility of elderly people with cognitive impairment and illuminates as well the important role that additional factors as age, gender, and the accessibility to a private car play in determining levels of out-of-home mobility.
SULFUR CONTAINING SILICA PARTICLE

A silica containing composition is disclosed. The composition comprises a compound having the following formula: (SiO2)x(OH)yMzSaFB: wherein M is at least one of the following metal or metalloid cations: boron, magnesium, aluminum, calcium, titanium, vanadium, manganese, iron, cobalt, nickel, copper, zinc, zirconium, molybdenum, palladium, silver, cadmium, tin, platinum, gold, and bismuth; wherein S is a sulfur-based species selected from at least one of the following: sulfide salts, dithiocarbamates, polymer-based dithiocarbamates, and polysulfide salts;wherein F optionally exists and said F is at least one of the following: a functionalized organosilane, a sulfur-containing organosilane, an amine-containing organosilane, and an alkyl-containing organosilane at a surface area coverage of about 0.01 to about 100 %; wherein the molar ratio of y/x is equal to about 0.01 to about 0.5, the molar ratio of x/z is equal to about 0.5 to about 300 or from about 0.5 to about 100, and the molar ratio of a/z is about 0.5 to about 5; and wherein B is a hygroscopic solid at a water to solid molar ratio of 0.1-6 and preferably comprises at least one alkaline earth oxide or lanthanide oxide.
Towards a Socioanalysis of Money, Finance and Capitalism

1. Introduction Burkard Sievers and Susan Long Part 1: Money 2. What is the Value of Money? Allan Shafer 3. Greed Susan Long 4. Money as a Fetish: The Financial Market Crisis from a Psychodynamic Perspective Claudia Nagel 5. Inside the Minds of the Money Minders: Deciphering Reflections on Money, Behaviour and Leadership in the Financial Crisis of 2007-2010 Alison Gill and Mannie Sher 6. The Attempted Murder of Money and Time: Addressing the Global Systemic Banking Crisis Richard Morgan-Jones Part 2: Finance 7. Towards a Socioanalysis of the Current Financial Crisis Burkard Sievers 8. Sense Making Stories and Evaluative Cultures of Fund Managers: Evidence from Istanbul Emre Tarim 9. Socioanalysis of a Wall Street Failure William M. Czander 10. What Me Worry? Deregulation and its Discontents: Accurate Reality Testing Reveals Flaws to Deregulation Seth Allcorn and Howard F. Stein 11. The Failure of Risk Management in the Financial Industry: The Organization in the Mind of Financial Leaders Byron Wollen 12. Risk as Present Futures: An Elaboration on Risk and Fear Peter Pelzer 13. Trading Opportunities and Risks: Conflicting Methods of Coordination in Investment Banks Jesper Blomberg, Hans Kjellberg and Karin Winroth 14. Roles, Risks and Complexity: An Exploration of the Triangle Institutional Investors, Executive Boards and Supervisory Boards in The Netherlands Erik van de Loo and Angelien Kemna 15. When Profit-Seeking Trumps Safety: The Risks and Opportunities of Liminality in Commercial Aviation in Post-9/11 America Amy L. Fraher 16. Social Dreams of the Financial Crisis W. Gordon Lawrence 17. The Consumer Credit Boom and its Aftermath in Hungary: On the Changing Role of Commercial Banks Sandor Takacs 18. Falling Bankers and Falling Banks: A Psychoanalytical Exploration of the Phaethon Motif and the Fall in Financial Careers Hans van den Hooff 19. Melting the Iceberg Unveiling Financial Frames: Compliance Officers and the Performance of Norms in Contemporary Financial Markets Marc Lenglet Part 3: Capitalism 20. Pathology of the Capitalist Spirit David P. Levine 21. Trust and the Global Financial Crisis Douglas Kirsner 22. The Financial Crisis: Exploring the Dynamics of Imagination and Authority in a Post-Industrial World Larry Hirschhorn 23. Profit as Organizing Meaning: The Financial Industry and the Dynamic Theory of Multiple Function Ian S. Miller 24. Anti-Oedipal Dynamics in the Sub-Prime Loan Debacle: The Case of a Study by the Boston Federal Reserve Bank Howard S. Schwartz 25. Capitalist Imperatives and the Democratic Capacities' Constraint: An Examination of the Interface of Modern Capitalist Markets with the World's Largest Worker-Owned Corporation The Mondragon Corporation of Spain Laura Yu 26. Market Masculinities and Electronic Trading Matthias Klaes, Geoff Lightfoot and Simon Lilley Part 4: Conclusion 27. Money, Finances and Capitalism: Issues in Organizational Life for Now and the Future Susan Long and Burkard Sievers
Investigación tecnológica aplicada: Domocaña

In Peru, there is a growing need for housing, especially for families in extreme poverty; as well as occurrence of earthquakes and environmental degradation. That is the reason why new solutions with quality, accessible and ecological are searched. 
Studies in Peru and other countries have shown the cane or bamboo goodness as structure earthquake resistant, distribution, enclosure or decorative. However, its use for social housing is limited; population uses it in a precarious way.
In this context, the Domocana Roof was proposed by the Architecture School of the National Engineering (UNI). Trials of static charges carried out in the Laboratory of Seismic Research Centre and Disaster Mitigation (CISMID-UNI) were satisfactory. The experimental houses built using the improved technology of adobe and Domocana roof resisted dynamic loads in the earthquakes of Moquegua (2003) and Pisco (2007) without suffering any damage. 
UNI, by order of the Commission of the Ministry of Housing, Construction and Sanitation of Peru, and to give technical standard, is studying the physical and mechanical properties of the material to establish design parameters and construction conditions for the use of cane and bamboo buildings.
Predictive and adaptative algorithms for smart cities, hr and finance industries

Braincities wants to build a human Supportive Artificial Intelligence (hSAI) with judging and empathy capabilities by using the latest advances in Deep Machine Learning technologies. The idea is to create a context-aware recommendation system to scan, analyse and match patterns, supporting Human Resources, Smart Cities and finance industries with better guidance powered by AI.
This design is based on the concepts of Actionable AI, Steady States Analytics, Natural Language Processing and AI-based time series operating over a Decentralised Blockchain Big Data storage system.

Braincities has been supported by sponsors, partners and start-up accelerators that are conscious that a great amount of research is needed to plot, construct, test and implement the architecture, logic and training methods of the several Artificial Neural Network algorithms needed to such complex system. 
To accomplish this, the hSAI has been split into several independent smart layers in order to fulfil specific demands or ‘use cases’ for different allied companies. With Porsche (Stuttgart), the idea is to build a career planning tool adapted for personal planning and based on employees CVs and personal statements. With Careaway we will mine patients habits and emotional steady states to help doctors perform better diagnosis and monitor the overall evolution of the patient.
An alliance with Bita Index (Frankfurt) is made to build an AI model ‘able to predict the stock market behaviour’ using stocks and social media data.

The research and innovation required for each individual application, and the integration of them into the final system, is expected to be done by an experienced researcher with diverse skills who at the same time should be open to perform several advanced trainings to improve and diversify his competences.