SIRIS-Lab/unlabelled-sti-corpus huggingface dataset:
The Younger Dryas and Preboreal landscape in the Moervaart area (northwestern Belgium) and the apparent decrease in human occupation

This paper presents the results of multi-disciplinary research carried out on the deposits of a residual channel (“Peerdemeers”) of the Kale/Durme River in the Moervaart depression, NW Belgium. The combination of physical, botanical, zoological and chemical analyses allowed a detailed reconstruction of the channel ecosystem and the vegetation in the surrounding landscape during the Younger Dryas and Early Holocene. A chronology for the record was provided by radiocarbon dating. Vegetation patterns were influenced by major climate changes that occurred during this period. During the early Younger Dryas, the river channel was active and vegetation was open with scattered birch copses, shrubs, grasses and herbs. The channel was cut-off in the late Younger Dryas, while some heath developed in the area. The Friesland Phase is characterised by a lithological change and increase in water level in the residual channel. Dwarf birch disappeared and boreal forests developed. The area however, remained relatively open compared to other coversand areas in NW Europe. The Rammelbeek Phase is considered as a drier, more continental climate phase in which forest expansion was temporarily interrupted and grasslands became more abundant. Also at the “Peerdemeers” site an increase in grasses is recorded. During the entire period (ca. 1,000 years) there is no hard evidence for human activity. The absence of archaeological evidence is in sharp contrast with the preceding (Allerod) and succeeding periods (Boreal). This suggests that environmental conditions during the YD and PB were probably too unfavourable for hunter-gatherers to remain in the Moervaart area.
Wild rice culture and indigenous food sovereignty in north america

The 370 million indigenous people in the world make up 5% of the total population, yet they constitute one third of the 900 million extremely poor rural people. Indigenous women are affected disproportionately by these hardships as they struggle to provide healthy food for their families. Indigenous peoples’ traditional food is a critical, yet deeply compromised, dimension of their culture, health and well-being. In Europe and around the world, food sovereignty is being embraced by scientists, social movements and some governments as a framework that can be used to realise more sustainable and just food systems. Food sovereignty, in the indigenous North American context, involves a re-connection to traditional land-based food and political systems. While an emergent body of research has begun to chart out indigenous food sovereignty, this is an embryonic field. This fellowship will focus on the hitherto under-examined gendered dynamics of access to natural resources in indigenous food sovereignty. Dr. Jessica Milgroom will analyse how the indigenous-led revitalisation of wild rice, a culturally important food for the Ojibwe people of the Upper Great Lakes area of the United States, has become an important strategy to assert control of natural resources and work towards food sovereignty. Using a feminist political ecology perspective, the project will explore the historical and current patterns of control of access to wild rice by Ojibwe people. The project will be hosted by the largest centre in the world focusing on food sovereignty and will be co-produced with indigenous communities using an innovative, transdisciplinary research approach that combines western and indigenous research methods. Dr. Milgroom will expand her experience in transdisciplinarity, her expertise in food sovereignty and feminist political ecology, and by leading a major research project will be well positioned to restart her career as a high-level researcher in Europe after a career break.
Development of an innovative technology for producing thin sheets with controlled stresses from post-production waste from structural steel sheet rolling mills.

The purpose of this project is to develop a pilot installation for the production of sheets and formats of defective DC01-DC06 steel coils from various sheet rolling mills. The applicant plans to develop a technology for repairing defective metal coils together with a dedicated pilot installation. To this end, studies will be carried out at the outset to determine the most common defects in the waste raw material. This information will be used to prepare a matrix of the most common imperfections in 6 categories. For each of them, a sheet straightening process will be defined taking into account the defects occurring in a given class. As a result, it will not be necessary to carry out detailed tests to identify each batch of material before starting production of sheets from recycled raw materials. Manufactured sheets and formats on the pilot installation will be designed for the automotive industry. DC01-DC06 steel is used for the manufacture of automotive parts such as: body parts, mounting elements of various types of shields, electrical and electronic components. The objectives of the project will be achieved through the implementation of a research agenda consisting of 3 stages (2 industrial research and 1 development works). The first phase of the project will focus on identifying the defects in the reckling raw material and defining the parameters of the cold rolling process and between operating heat treatment. The second stage will consist of developing the heat treatment process and the parameters of the straightening process. In stage 3, the applicant will focus on the construction, testing and optimisation of the pilot installation. At this stage, test sheets of sheets will also be produced. A unique feature of the installation will be installed
Production et circulation des savoirs dans une monarchie polycentrique

La production et la circulation des savoirs dans les contextes ibériques de l’époque moderne se trouvent au cœur de cet article. Plus précisément, celui-ci tente d’analyser les connexions qui, au-delà des liens politiques et commerciaux, se sont établies sur le plan de la culture lettrée entre plusieurs des espaces, africains, asiatiques et américains, où les Portugais étaient présents aux xvi e et xvii e siècles. L’étude vise à éclairer des circulations de savoirs peu explorées au sein de cette monarchie polycentrique. Celles-ci permettent d’observer la constitution de certains lieux en centres d’accumulation, de (ré)élaboration et de dissémination des savoirs produits dans le cadre des expériences ibériques dans les océans Indien et Atlantique. Ces circulations révèlent surtout des dynamiques qui, en marge de la communication avec les centres métropolitains, ont permis de connecter directement entre eux les espaces coloniaux.
An Integrated Approach to Automatic Management of Virtualized Resources in Cloud Environments

Cloud computing, as a newly emergent computing environment, promises dynamic flexible infrastructures required to host Internet applications and application service level objects (SLOs) guaranteed services in a pay-as-you-go manner to the public. However, an important problem that remains to be effectively addressed is how to offer a cloud resource management solution that saves hardware and operations and management costs while meeting various SLOs. It faces the following challenges: complex dynamic relationships between application workload and SLOs and resource utilization, and the virtual machine (VM) placement problem in cloud environments. In this paper, we present an integrated approach that employs three-layered resource controllers using different analytic techniques, including the feedback control theory, statistical machine learning and system identification etc. Compared with Xen, KVM is chosen as the VM monitor to implement the proposed approach. Our experimental results show that the integration of layered controllers can reasonably allocate multiple resources to applications which execute on different VMs in cloud environments to achieve application SLOs under fluctuating time-varying workloads and unpredictable variations of system situations. In addition, it provides application SLO differentiation.
Effects of different wavelengths of light on the biology, behavior, and production of grow-out Pekin ducks

Previous research has shown that red light conditions may improve growth and decrease aggressive behaviors in chickens and turkeys; however, more recent studies suggest that blue-green light may improve production of broilers over red light. To date, no research has been conducted to examine whether different wavelengths of light have an impact on production in the Pekin duck. To determine this, we raised Pekin ducks under aviary conditions that were similar to standard commercial barns. The ducks were kept in 3 different pens: red light (approximately 625 nm), blue light (approximately 425 nm), and white light. Light sources in each pen were standardized to produce a peak energy at 1.6 × 10³ μM photons/m²/s at the level of the ducks' heads. Ducks were given ad libitum access to water and commercial duck diet, and were housed on pine shavings at a density of 0.43 m²/duck. Ducks were evaluated weekly for BW and condition and a subjective measure of the duck's anxiety levels was determined. We found that ducks housed under blue light had significantly (P < 0.01) reduced BW at every age until the end of the study (processing age; 35 d). Unlike ducks housed under red or white light, ducks housed in the blue pen showed a higher level of anxiety; while evaluators were in the pen a majority of them began panting, they were much less inquisitive than other ducks, they took longer to exhibit normal social behavior once evaluation was completed, and they frequently "swarmed" when no people were present. There were no differences in any measurements between the red and white-lighted pens. These data suggest that unlike the chicken, blue lights may be inappropriate for raising Pekin ducks in a commercial setting.
E-government services and tools from regional governments and regional development bodies to support and coordinate the regional research and innovation capital

The project aims to develop E-government services for business (G2B), tailored to the needs of local enterprises of Western Greece and Puglia regions, that will assist the smart match-making between demand and supply of innovation. The project will deliver a set of innovative support and management tools for specific areas of Western Greece and Puglia in the fields of agro-business, tourism, culture, information and communication technologies. Young entrepreneurs will be provided a marketplace to explore their ideas further and potential investors will be able to find appropriate guidance for planning their investments. The local economical authorities will gain valuable insight of the markets through an international research, and innovative tools will gather, process and analyze market data in order to support them in the development planning and added value to the local economies and job creation.
QUICK-COUPLING ASSEMBLY

A quick-coupling assembly for fluid conduits and of the kind comprising a first sleeve-shaped member, which at one end is provided with a number of resilient tongues provided with at least one projection intended to be locked behind at least one shoulder or the like in a second sleeve-shaped member for being connected to this and a ring being actually displaceable in the second member towards and away from the shoulder and being designed to cooperate with the tongues for compressing these so that they can be moved past the shoulder. The object of the invention is to provide a quick-coupling which despite high pressures (e.g. 350 bar) is easily rotatable so that a pressure hose connected to the coupling really can rotate, which is especially important at many hydraulic arrangement where relative movements occur between different structural parts connected to each other by pressure hoses. This object has been solved by the fact that the shoulder (5) comprises a ring (10) which is rotatably but undisplaceably arranged with respect to the second sleeve-shaped member (4).
Invited Commentary: Artificial Intelligence in Surgical Care: We Must Overcome Ethical Boundaries

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Functional and advanced insulating and energy harvesting/storage materials across climate adaptive building envelopes

Buildings account for around 40% of total energy use and 36% of CO2 emissions in Europe  . According to the recast Directive on the energy performance of buildings (EPBD)   all new buildings after 2020 should reach nearly zero energy levels, meaning that they should demonstrate very low energy needs mainly covered by renewable energy sources. EU 2030 targets aim at least 40% cuts in greenhouse gas emissions (from 1990 levels), at least 32% share for renewable energy, at least 32.5% improvement in energy efficiency , and 80% reduction of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 2050 . Therefore, an urgent need is present for a deep market transformation by deploying efficient materials and technologies in the construction sector to support the real implementation of nearly zero-energy/emission and plus-energy buildings with high indoor environment quality across Europe. As energy consumption of buildings depend strongly on the climate and the local weather conditions, additional aspects arise (such as environmental, technical, user experience, functional and design aspects) on the selection of the appropriate material and technical components installation for a successful implementation of nZEBs. Further, this selection of materials and design for climate should be based on a circular economy perspective considering environmental, economic and social effects along value chains. Better utilisation of products and resources via reuse-repair-recycling is essential in achieving a transformation from a linear to a circular economy model. Many of the current materials and technical systems still have varying degree of difficulty in accomplishing a circular perspective. Material and technical system development in a ZEB framework should focus on building thermal performance improvement, high quality of indoor environment according to occupants’ comfort and health needs, while reducing the emission intensity in terms of production, maintenance, assembling and operation.
Modeling of an Extreme Flooding Event in the Amazon Basin Using the WRF-Hydro Model

In the Amazon, the frequency of extreme events has been increasing notably in recent decades. In April, May, and June 2021, the city of Manaus faced the greatest flood in 119 years, and the Rio Negro reached at a level of 29.98 m. Because of this, the present work aims to evaluate the performance of the WRF-Hydro model in simulating precipitation during an extreme flood event in the Amazon Basin. The simulations were performed with 1 km spatial resolution and a 250 m channel network from April 30 to June 5, 2021. Such applications were evaluated using comparisons of the variability of accumulated precipitation with observed data from National Water Agency rainfall stations. The results showed a tendency for the model to underestimate the accumulated precipitation, slightly reproducing some observed precipitation patterns. We concluded that the tool presents a capacity for precipitation estimation, with potential for operational purposes.
METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MANUFACTURING A METAL PANEL

Disclosed is a method for manufacturing a metal panel (1), characterised in that: two metal strips intended to form facings (2, 3) for said panel (1) are unwound, continuously or stepwise (2, 3), by passing each of the strips over the surface of a cylinder (5, 6), said cylinders (5, 6) being rotated in opposite directions about two axes situated in the same plane, said facings (2, 3) and said cylinders (5, 6) defining an air gap; said air gap is supplied with a metal material in powder or wire form, intended to form the core (4) of the panel (1); a source of energy is supplied to said metal material which results in an at least partial melting of said metal material, and/or the welding thereof against the facings (2, 3), forming a porous or trellis structure between the facings; and said panel is advanced (1) by the unwinding of the facings (2, 3) and the rotation of the cylinders (5, 6). The invention also relates to a device for implementing said method.
A new approach for the extraction of pollutants from wastewaters handled by the graphic industry

It is widely recognized that the Graphic Industry handles toxic products and produces, in its various operations, toxic wastes. These wastes can cause serious environmental damages and can lead to severe health problems. In this work we report an efficient, simple and cheap to run method for the removal of some of the most common pollutants involved in the various stages of the Graphic Industry production, using a Solid-Phase Extraction (SPE) methodology. We have determined equilibrium constants, K(eq), and adsorption (k(up)) and desorption (k(off)) rate constants for the extraction of benzene, xylene, toluene and ethylbenzene (BXTE) from water, using C18 disks. The removal of these compounds was monitored by UV-vis spectroscopy, at room temperature. Average extraction efficiencies were of 60% in a mixture of BXTEs and close to 80% when pollutants were assessed separately. Since the retention mechanism in the C18 disk is essentially governed by hydrophobic interactions between the compounds and the alkyl chains of the disk, we have also shown that these pollutants' lipophilicity plays an important role in the rationalization of their behavior during the extraction process.
A demand chain design for Chinese oatmeal companies

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to provide a demand chain design framework for Chinese small and medium enterprises in the oatmeal industry, to help them blaze a new trail in China's oatmeal market. Design/methodology/approach: The approach using in the demand chain design is extended Quality Function Development (QFD), which provides a communication tool so that designers can find a way to integrate customers’ needs into design chain. Findings: This paper illustrates an investigation of oatmeal consumed in China, and the result shows 9 factors influencing consumer’s purchasing decisions mostly. Then use these factors to design the demand chain, and the most important processes and tasks for the enterprises are come out from the fist and the second House of Quality (HOQ), which are the main part of the design. Finally, a demand chain design is completed. Research limitations/implications: It is an application of a demand chain design framework in real Chinese oatmeal market, but the data sample is limited. Consumption surveys should have more data sources with more detailed consumer groups. And the design model needs more real-life examples to verify Practical implications: Since oatmeal products industry develops rapidly in China, oatmeal market is becoming a vast bright market. And due to the low customer satisfaction of Chinese oatmeal market, it is crucial that companies can find a way to design their demand chain, so they can completely meet the needs. Originality/value: A demand chain design framework is presented with being specific to Chinese oatmeal market. It shows a real-life example of demand chain design, and provides the domestic oatmeal companies with an approach to compete in the market.
TRANSITÁRIOS INTERNACIONAIS S.R.L.

A SPEDIMAR S.R.L. OPERA DESDE 1998 NO DOMÍNIO DAS ATIVIDADES RELACIONADAS COM O TRANSPORTE MARÍTIMO NACIONAL E INTERNACIONAL E OS EMBARQUES. COM SEDE EM GÉNOVA, ADQUIRIU AO LONGO DOS ANOS UMA SÓLIDA EXPERIÊNCIA NA ÁREA DE EMBARQUES E TRANSPORTES MARÍTIMOS E TERRESTRES COM UM KNOW-HOW ESPECÍFICO EM LOGÍSTICA E OPERAÇÕES ESTRITAMENTE ALFANDEGÁRIAS. A SOCIEDADE TEM CONTRIBUÍDO PARA O DESENVOLVIMENTO DE UMA REDE QUALIFICADA DE ATIVIDADES NOS PORTOS DE GÉNOVA, GÉNOVA VOLTRI, SAVONA, EU VOU LIGURE E LA SPEZIA, BEM COMO NOS PRINCIPAIS PORTOS NACIONAIS E INTERNACIONAIS DE ESCALA COM ALTOS PADRÕES ORGANIZACIONAIS E DE QUALIDADE.
Saucerization: A Modified Uncapitonnage Method of Surgery for Pulmonary Hydatidosis

There are contrary opinions regarding the surgical treatment of pulmonary hydatid cysts. We report our experience performing a modified version of uncapitonnage surgery, called "saucerization," for treating pulmonary hydatid cysts.A total of 78 patients with pulmonary hydatid cysts were studied regarding their surgery outcome and the complication rate. The procedure used for cyst evacuation depended on whether the cyst had ruptured. If ruptured, cystotomy was done; otherwise, enucleation was preferred. To deal with the residual cavity in an uncapitonnage manner, we removed the thin margins of the pericyst and closed the bronchial openings at the cavity floor. All patients were followed up at least for 6 months.The intensive care unit stay ranged from 1 to 9 days. Incomplete lung expansion (six patients) was the main postoperative complication followed by wound infection (four patients) and persistent air leak (≥7 days) (one patient). There was one death. Dependence on mechanical ventilation and subsequent septic shock were also observed. The other patients exhibited no complications during the follow-up period.Our experience demonstrated a low complication rate associated with removing the thin margins of the residual cavity and changing the shape of it into a "saucer." The results were satisfactory and comparable to the results of other studies on pulmonary hydatid cysts.
Novel Propelling Mechanisms Based on Frictional Interaction for Endoscope Robot

In this work, two propelling mechanisms for a medical endoscope robotic system that can effectively move inside the intestinal track with minimum tissue damage were proposed. The first propelling mechanism utilized the rotational motion of a spiral-shaped body, and the second used the expansion and contraction motion of a stretchable body covered with polymeric surface structures. Both mechanisms were based on the frictional interaction between the robot body and the intestine surface. Through experiment, the biotribological behaviors of these mechanisms were investigated, and the major design parameters to achieve effective propelling motion with minimum tissue damage were identified. The results of this work will aid in the design of new endoscope robots that have motion control capability with adequate safety.
Hybrid markerless augmented reality tracking method for planar surface

Markerless tracking for augmented reality should not only accurate but also fast enough to provide a seamless synchronization between real and virtual beings. Current methods showed that a vision-based tracking is accurate but requires high computational power. This paper proposes a real-time hybrid-based method for tracking unknown environments in markerless augmented reality. The proposed method provides collaboration of vision-based approach with accelerometers and gyroscopes sensors as camera pose predictor. To align the augmentation relative to camera motion, the tracking method is done by substituting feature-based camera estimation with combination of inertial sensors with complementary filter to provide more dynamic response. The proposed method managed to track unknown environment with faster processing time compared to feature-based approach. Moreover, the proposed method can sustain its estimation in a situation where feature-based tracking loses its track. The collaboration of sensor tracking managed to perform the task for about 22,97 FPS, up to five times faster than feature-based tracking method used as comparison. Therefore, the proposed method can be used to track unknown environments without depending on amount of features on scene, while requiring lower computational cost.