SIRIS-Lab/unlabelled-sti-corpus huggingface dataset:
Experimental and discrete element modeling studies of the trapdoor problem: influence of the macro-mechanical frictional parameters

Granular soils have the inherent ability to develop load transfers in their mass. Mechanisms of load transfers are used as a basic principle of many civil and geotechnical engineering applications. However, their complexity makes it difficult to formulate relevant design methods for such works. The trapdoor problem is one of the ways to reproduce load transfers by the arching effect in a granular layer in non-complex conditions. In addition, many analytical solutions for the prediction of load transfer mechanisms are based on the trapdoor problem. However, some of the parameters required are still being widely discussed, in particular the ratio of horizontal stress to vertical stress. For this paper, an experimental device for trapdoor tests in plane strain conditions was created and several geomaterials were tested. Three phases in the response of the materials were consistently observed. Each of these phases corresponded to a specific displacement of the trapdoor. A first phase of high load transfer was observed followed by a transition phase which was followed by a critical phase for which the load transfer amplitude increased and stabilized. Analytical solutions and experimental values of load transfers were compared. Considerable differences between the stress ratio needed to fit the experimental data and the stress ratio proposed in the analytical models were noted. Based on the conclusions of the experimental study, the discrete element method was used to model the same trapdoor problem. A wide range of granular materials was modeled and tested in the trapdoor problem. The three phases in the response of the layer were also observed in the numerical modeling. In addition, it was shown that the shear strength of the material is the key parameter of load transfers: peak shear resistance for the small displacements of the trapdoor and critical shear strength for the larger displacements. A micro-mechanical analysis showed that the effective stress ratio in the sheared zone does not vary as much with shear strength. Stress ratios here were again greater than those proposed in the analytical solutions. Nevertheless, the relevance of the solution of Terzaghi was confirmed as soon as the stress ratio was correctly chosen.
Genome-Wide analysis of rna and protein interacting profiles during a plant virus infection

Plant (+)strand RNA viruses account for important losses in crop yields worldwide. They complete complex infectious cycles by replicating, moving and inactivating plant defense mechanisms through multiple interactions of their RNA or proteins with host factors. Plants have evolved two main antiviral immunity systems operated by ARGONAUTE (AGO) proteins that target viral RNAs in the RNA silencing pathway or by resistance proteins that recognize viral-encoded proteins through protein-protein interactions. However, neither the identification of AGO target sites in viral RNAs nor the elucidation of the entire repertoire of proteins interacting with viral proteins has been reported for any plant virus. Now, the recent development of new technologies (and associated tools) such as high-throughput DNA sequencing and high performance mass spectrometry (MS) platforms makes possible to address these questions at a genome-wide level. InterAcTEV will combine these new technologies to study the recently described Arabidopsis/Tobacco etch virus (TEV)-TAMPS pathosystem with a multidisciplinary approach aimed to identify AGO target sites in TEV RNAs and to generate the first complete protein-protein interactome map for a plant virus. First, RNA-immunoprecipitation coupled with high-throughput sequencing methods will be optimized to identify AGO target sites in TEV RNAs at a genome-wide level. Second, we will combine novel high-affinity purification methods with MS analyses to identify the specific pool of Arabidopsis proteins interacting with each TEV protein. InterAcTEV will generate key knowledge to open new avenues for the understanding of resistance mechanisms in plants and to develop novel antiviral strategies for crop protection and securement of world’s food supply. Finally, the funding of InterAcTEV will allow the Experienced Researcher to initiate his own research project in the host laboratory and facilitate his transition to an independent research position in Europe.
Signon - sign language translation mobile application and open communications framework

Nowadays any communication barrier is detrimental to society. This project will research and develop the SignON communication service that uses machine translation to translate between Sign and spoken languages. This service will facilitate the exchange of information among deaf and hard of hearing, and hearing individuals. In this user-centric and community-driven project we will tightly collaborate with European deaf and hard of hearing communities to (re)define use-cases, co-design and co-develop the SignON service and application, assess the quality and validate their acceptance. Our ultimate objective is the fair, unbiased and inclusive spread of information and digital content in European society.
Our project will develop a free, open application and framework for conversion between  video (capturing and understanding Sign language), audio and text and translation between Sign and spoken languages. To facilitate these tasks we propose a common representation for mapping of video, audio and text into a unified space, that will be used for translating into the target modality and language. To ensure wide uptake, improved sign language detection and synthesis, as well as multilingual speech processing on mobile devices for everyone, we will deploy the SignON service as a smart phone application running on standard modern devices. We envisage the application as a light-weight interface. The SignON framework, however, will be distributed on the cloud where the computationally intensive tasks will be executed.The project will be driven by a focused set of use-cases tailored towards the deaf communities. We target the Irish, British, Dutch, Flemish and Spanish Sign and English, Irish, Dutch, Spanish spoken languages. However, SignON will incorporate sophisticated machine learning capabilities that will allow (i) learning new Sign, written and spoken languages; (ii) style-, domain- and user-adaptation and (iii) automatic error correction, based on user feedback
A new colloidal cybernetic system towards 2030

COGITOR represents a novel approach to cybernetics, proposing the study of Colloidal (liquid) Cybernetic Systems (CCS), a multifunctional liquid-based platform that we have designed to be capable of pressure sensing (i), computing and data storage (ii), energy harvesting (iii) and integrating fully custom electronics (iv). A CCS provides operation in extreme environments by definition, having distributed architecture (homogeneous liquid plus random network architecture), being fault-tolerant and featuring self-healing capabilities. Within COGITOR in 48 months the consortium will provide a platform where liquid electronics efforts can converge from all over the world, making European research the point of reference for this big step forward. COGITOR measurable and specific objectives are: i) creating an impedance liquid state pressure sensor with spatial and temporal resolution; ii) producing an holonomic reversible memory written/erased electrically and read by tomographic Microwave Impedance Spectroscopy; the electrical operation will be used to implement learning (both sequential and concurrent) and calculation, where the system acts as a many-input Boolean circuit; iii) harvesting energy from a thermal gradient artificially induced by IR radiation upon the prototype; iv) integration and testing of the final CCS prototype, testing self-healing and fault tolerance capabilities, as well as assessing interference, also under EE conditions varying T, p and B. The engineering applications that we plan to exploit will be part of the intellectual property of a spin-off company. The consortium is well-balanced with cutting edge Research Organizations across EU (IIT – Italy, UWE – UK, EMPA - Suisse) and companies (PC – Germany, PNO – Spain) that will closely collaborate to develop and really transfer knowledge and innovations into products and related services.
FMHL+ extension project of the existing Veytaux powerplant - ongoing works and interaction challenges

FMHL (Forces Motrices Hongrin-Leman SA) is the Owner of Veytaux power plant and belongs to the shareholders Romande Energie SA, Alpiq Suisse SA, Groupe E SA and the City of Lausanne. Alpiq Suisse SA (Alpiq), which acts as the Owner's representative, is in charge of the supervision of the study and the implementation of the extension project. The existing power plant is operated by HYDRO Exploitation SA. FMHL chose the GIHLEM consortium, constituted by Stucky, EDF-CIH and Emch-Berger, to design the project, prepare the tender documents including the specifications and bidding procedure and moreover the execution design and the supervising of the final commissioning of the new power plant.The FMHL+ project consists of extending the existing pumped-storage plant Veytaux I, built in the early seventies, by constructing a new power house cavern. The new power plant is integrated into the existing waterway between the lake Hongrin (upper reservoir with a capacity of around 52 Mio. m3 at 1255 masl), and the lower Leman Lake at 372masl, basically by connecting the new units to the existing pressure shaft and tailrace channel.To increase the total installed capacity of the plant from 240 MW (four ternary units with 60 MW each) to 480 MW (including 60 MW as reserve) using most of the existing upstream and downstream waterway and a gross head of 878 mWC is a challenging task. The new power plant comprises two new ternary units with a capacity of 120 MW each.
The Mediterranean Islands Sustainability Iso-Based Action Plan ‘‘2006-2015’’

The main objective of the project is to assist MED-ISOLAE islands to improve their environment and maintain sustainability via: (1) Environmental ISO procedures, (2) Environmental SDI (spatial data infrastructure) technology, (3) ISO & SDI pilot applications, and (4) A dissemination plan that includes a Portal and an ISO Topic Centre. Promoting a sounder & more sustainable evolution (environmental, social, economic & administrative) for Med-Islands is of paramount importance to EU. This requires adoption of island-specific development strategies which: • Take more fully into account interests of all stakeholders concerned • Are based on a larger & more diversified palette of economic, social & administrative opportunities • Do not exceed carrying capacity of environment. The project is based on the premises that there are no true methodologies on how to achieve sustainability and the related actions for sustainability. The current state-of-approach is to keep the actions in balance via “standardized” procedures and methods whilst safeguard optimal endeavours and policies or actions taken (e.g., waste management, tourism satisfaction). These actions, aught to be based on «standardised» procedures in order to become effective. In addition ISO procedures aught to be supported by Spatial Database Infrastructures (SDI) upon which ISO procedures are based in order to be effective. Med-Isolae establishes EN ISO procedures related to an island’s sustainability sectors as: EN ISO 9001:2001, 22000:2001, 14001:2004, British BRC and HACCP. Next to it, MedIsolae employs the INSPIRE Directive and GIS standards for the SDI of the islands. By combining both, the standardised SDI technology and the environmental ISO standardisation, islands are equipped with the basic infrastructure aimed to meet sustainability in the future.
AgentSpeak(PL): A New Programming Language for BDI Agents with Integrated Bayesian Network Model

Within the current BDI paradigm of agent oriented programming, it is not possible to develop a practical and straightforward software when agent's beliefs are based on probabilistic knowledge related to their environment, because the logical base of the programming language do not allow this possibility. Usually, to develop this kind of hybrid agent, it is necessary to make use of advanced programming techniques, which combine and integrate different development environments and programming languages in order to represent the logical part and the probabilistic part of the model, to make implementation feasible. This work presents a new agentoriented programming language called AgentSpeak(PL), based in AgentSpeak(L), a classical BDI programming language. AgentSpeak(PL) integrates the concept of probabilistic beliefs through the use of Bayesian Networks, to core BDI programming concepts. The language is implemented through an extension of the Jason programming environment.
FLOW RESTRICTOR FOR IRRIGATION SYSTEMS

1509294 Irrigation apparatus LEGO M LEMELSHTRICH Ltd 26 March 1975 [26 March 1974] 12794/75 Heading AID The flow rate of a trickle irrigation system is restricted by passing water through a meandering conduit which contains obstructions along its length. The conduit may be formed by a rectangular plate, 1, Fig. 1, having channels b and ridges a matingly engaged with another plate 2, Fig. 2; having channels c, d and ridges e. Water from a pressurised supply enters via a port 4 and emerges from outlet 8. In an alternative embodiment, Fig. 8, two circular discs having serpentine channels are snap-fitted at their peripheries to trap a membrane so that the spiral conduits 21 formed in each disc can be serially connected via a central aperture in the membrane. Water enters at a lower peripheral inlet 19 and emerges from an upper peripheral outlet after flowing through the lower conduit, the central aperture, and the upper conduit.
LIQUIDITÄTSHILFE FÜR KLEINSTUNTERNEHMEN, DIE VON DER COVID-KRISE BETROFFEN SIND

UNTERSTÜTZUNG DER LIQUIDITÄT VON KLEINST- UND KLEINUNTERNEHMEN IM EINZELHANDELS-, LIEFER- UND DIENSTLEISTUNGSSEKTOR, DEREN TÄTIGKEIT INFOLGE DES ERLASSES DES PREMIERMINISTERS VOM 11. MÄRZ 2020 AUSGESETZT WURDE
Parallel Genetic Algorithms to Solve Optimization Problems

Solving the Optimization problem efficiently is an open challenge in computer science. Most of problems in this category are hard to be solved in less time. As the problem size increases the solution becomes worse. Genetic Algorithms are used in past to get a good solution for these problems effectively. Genetic Algorithms are parallel in nature at many steps. In this paper, this parallelism of genetic algorithm is exploited and genetic algorithm is coded in two aspects, simple genetic algorithm and parallel genetic algorithm. Parallel genetic algorithm performs better on a parallel hardware, where all of the processors become busy in execution of algorithm, which leads to quick solutions.
Enhancing seafood ethics and sustainability: a values and ecosystem-based management approach

This project aims to explore new ways of securing seafood sustainability by embedding ethics and values in the management framework. In resource management and governance the explicit articulation of values is missing. Values can aid decision-makers in resolving inherent policy trade-offs that emerge at the science-policy nexus. This will facilitate more transparent, accountable, and inclusive public decision-making. eSEAS’ objectives are threefold: a. to promote cutting-edge, interdisciplinary research in the nascent field of seafood ethics; b. to develop three innovative multidisciplinary “fit-for-purpose” decision-support tools to enhance seafood ethics and sustainability; and c. to implement ethical approaches to European management challenges, including the complex multijurisdictional Norwegian-spring spawning and North Sea herring fisheries. The eSEAS action consists of five integrated research and training activities: 1. to define seafood ethics in relation to marine resource sustainability, policy, and governance within a post-normal science approach; 2. to develop an integrated ethical triage approach to assess sustainability with ethical indicators and test it for the balanced harvesting approach; 3. to conduct value chain analyses of European case studies, in response to consumer demand for ethical seafood; 4. to refine the values- and ecosystem-based management approach (VEBMA) I developed by incorporating a robust knowledge quality assessment and a game-theoretical / agent-based modelling approach to search for stable equilibria given stakeholder preferences; and 5. to introduce an ethical approach and apply aspects of the refined VEBMA to the NSS and North Sea herring fisheries management at ICES participatory workshops. Through public engagement and dissemination, eSEAS will catalyze a science-society dialogue and collective actions to enhance seafood ethics and sustainability.
ON-SITE SHELTER PRODUCTION FACILITY

A shelter production facility comprises one rollforming machine with two possible configurations or two rollforming machines each with one configuration. One configuration produces a frame section and the other configuration produces a cladding profile. Frame sections are cut to lengths required and fixed to the ground and bolted to each other to form a framework. Cladding profiles are then bolted to the framework to form a shelter.
Modeling of mass transfer of uranium on different nanoadsorbents for the remediation of contaminated aquatic system

AbstractIron oxides, as a group, have important applications as pigments, catalysts, gas sensors, magnetic recording media, etc. Among these iron oxides, akaganeite (β-FeOOH) and goethite (α-FeOOH) have attracted much investigation because of its unique sorption, ion exchange, and catalytic properties. The present study on uranium transport through akaganeite and goethite has been performed using batch experiments. The transport mechanism of uranium which comprises a diffusion process from aqueous phase on akaganeite and goethite was described by two kinetic models consisting of derived equations: the homogenous particle diffusion model (HPDM) and the shell progressive model (SPM). It was confirmed that the process was controlled by diffusion rate of uranium that penetrated the reacted layer at uranium concentrations in range of 75–150 mg/L. The effective particle diffusion coefficient Deff values were calculated from both the HPDM and SPM equations. The theory–experiment comparison has revealed that pred...
E-textile tooling: new tools—new culture?

The maker movement in recent years has shed light on the blurring boundaries between crafts, creativity, and technology. Tools are a key part of the creation process, shaping both our process of making and the objects we make. They do so through their form and material influence, the matter they can handle, as well as the skills needed to utilize them. Often, tools also evoke stereotypical associations of who is using them and what is being produced with them.In the following, I focus on needlework tools and the crafting of electronic textiles. I introduce research into the shape and aesthetics of needlework tools that incorporate the functionality of electronic probes. On a functional level, they can be used to construct pieces of textile crafts as well as to connect and test their electrical functions while making. On a metaphorical level, they allude to a possible alternative realm of creating electronic devices and components. In connecting the skills and aesthetics of textile crafting to electronic objects, we want to spark an exchange between different making cultures and enable diverse approaches for expression.
AN OIL PUMP ASSEMBLY FOR A VEHICLE LUBRICATION SYSTEM

The invention provides an oil pump assembly for a vehicle lubrication system comprising a pumping device (301), the oil pump assembly presenting an outlet (302) leading from the pumping device (301), and an inlet (303) leading to the pumping device (301), the oil pump assembly further comprising a relief valve (5) presenting a valve chamber (501) arranged to communicate via an outlet relief passage (502) with the outlet (302), and to communicate via a relief deposit passage (503) with a relief deposit location (504), the relief valve (5) further comprising a plunger (505) located in the valve chamber (501), the plunger (505) being movable between a closed position, in which communication between the outlet relief passage (502) and the relief deposit passage (503) is prevented, and an open position, in which communication between the outlet relief passage (502) and the relief deposit passage (503) is provided, the oil pump assembly further comprising a control valve (4) for controlling the relief valve (5), and a control passage (401) adapted to provide a communication between the outlet (302) and the control valve (4) via the valve chamber (501).
Capacity-Building and transnational cooperation for national contact points (ncps) for the eic and access to risk finance – access2eic

ACCESS2EIC is a 16-months coordination and support action aimed to empower and facilitate transnational cooperation within the network of National Contact Points - NCPs focused on the Horizon 2020 European Innovation Council - EIC Pilot and the specific objective Access to Risk Finance - ARF. It involves a consortium made of formally appointed NCPs under ‘Future and Emerging Technologies – FET’, ‘Innovation in SMEs – SME’ and ‘Access to Risk Finance - ARF’ areas of Horizon 2020. 

Overall, the network will aim at: 

-	developing an improved, more consistent and professionalized NCP service across Europe, thereby helping simplify access to EIC Pilot calls, and lowering the entry barriers for newcomers;

-	identifying and sharing good practices and raising the general standard of support to EIC and ARF programme applicants in close collaboration with other NCPs and EU networks, taking into account the novelties of those instruments and the diversity of actors that make up their constituency.
IAS/IFRS and insurance: A gradual shifting from insurance to finance

Financial year 2005 marks the gradual introduction of the international accounting standard (IAS) as part of a broad project promoted by the EU to achieve consistency and comparability and, consequently, greater transparency in corporate accounts, with benefits for the users and institutions who make use of, or exercise control over them. The present paper will not address all the related complex profiles (e.g., actuarial methodologies, financial evaluation models, cash-flows scenarios generation techniques). Actual aim is to bring evidence for the gradual shifting of perspective promoted by the financial community as far as the insurance companies are concerned: Once considered as unknown ”black-boxes” because of their peculiarities, western countries' most authoritative agencies and largest private investors felt for a long time uneasy to manage insurance companies' disclosures. More recently, since the industry has been absorbed in the world-wide trend toward global conglomerate encompassing banking, finance and insurance, western regulators have undertaken a sound effort to move insurance disclosures from a technical to a financial view, boosting a dramatic homologation to other financial institutions (Cesarini & Varaldo, 1992; Forestieri & Moro, 1993; Locatelli, et al., 1999). The trade-off, the authors intend to show, is now between more transparent outlook and an insider's knowledge of an industry whose peculiarities are inescapable.
Unterstützung für die Aufrechterhaltung der wirtschaftlichen Tätigkeit des Unternehmens Hurt and Retail Food and Agricultural Products Anna Siekierko in einer Situation mit einem erheblichen Umsatzrückgang aufgrund von COVID-19.

Das Projekt betrifft die Unterstützung des Betriebskapitals des Unternehmens Wholesale and Retail Food and Agricultural Products Anna Siekierko im Falle eines erheblichen Umsatzrückgangs (Umsatzerlöse) aufgrund der wirtschaftlichen Störung infolge von COVID-19.