SIRIS-Lab/unlabelled-sti-corpus huggingface dataset:
REtrofitting PUBLic spaces in Intelligent MEDiterranean Cities

Public buildings are considered as a key component towards the development of future smart cities for the following reasons: - The public sector must play a leading-by-example role in formulating energy efficient cities. - The efficiency of public services depends on workers' productivity which is directly affected by indoor comfort and air quality conditions. Measures to ensure the latter elevate productivity and improve services, within the context of a functional smart city. - Most public buildings are old therefore they are not harmonized with recent directives and legislations. - They possess a high energy-saving potential which can be achieved through technical solutions. - They represent reference components in establishing sustainable bridges to future Smart Cities. In addition, microclimatic and environmental conditions in public open spaces (squares and courtyards) affect pedestrians' comfort and hygiene, as well as indoor living conditions and energy consumption. However, current national design tools disregard external microclimate in assessing and suggesting measures to improve indoor conditions and energy performance, while national energy policies do not institute mandatory measures for open spaces. The REPUBLIC-MED project deals with retrofitting of public spaces by utilizing innovative methods for performing complete techno-economical studies. The concept of the approach is to identify inefficiencies of current national design tools and actively respond for the elimination of these drawbacks. The main steps of the project are summarized as follows: - In a first step, the current capabilities and drawbacks of technical studies will be assessed in combination with national policies implemented for retrofitting. - Secondly, innovative design methods (e.g. field models for predicting airflow pattern and for formulating bioclimatic maps) will be identified, that overcome the drawbacks recognized above. These methods will include microclimate, energy consumption indices, decision making strategies and smart financing schemes for choosing the best retrofitting solution in techno-economical terms. In this step, the methods will be organized so that a complete retrofitting methodology is produced. - In a third step, the methodology will be applied through pilot studies in various typologies of public spaces. An action plan agreed at transnational level will define the criteria for selecting the spaces. - The results of the aforementioned experimentation will be analysed and discussed in various capitalization workshops in order to reach a final set of conclusions. Training seminars will be organized in a national level for capacity building of technical personnel of public authorities and SMEs. - Local/regional action plans for incorporating the methodology in local/regional policies. - Finally, a strategic plan will be formulated aiming to the incorporation of the new methodology as a successful story into EU future policies.
Geobone: a unique mineral supplement for bone health and prevention of osteoporosis sustainablyproduced from geothermal resources through a ground-breaking process.

The progressive ageing of the population is coming accompanied by a long list of chronic conditions. Among them is the loss
of bone density, a natural process that begins after the age of 30. The risk of fracture grows proportionally to the disruption
of the bone architecture, advancing from minor osteopenia to severe osteoporosis, which is a global public health concern
that affects today 200 million people. In the EU, the costs derived from osteoporotic fractures reach today €37billion.
Although the reason for bone loss in the adult age is poorly understood, it is believed to be due to a lower capability to
absorb minerals from our diet. Thus, in the adult age clinicians recommend the intake of mineral supplements to cover for
the dietary insufficiency. Although most bone health supplements are based on calcium, it is the mineral silica the one with
higher impact on bone mineralization. Despite its recognized effects on bone and connective tissue, its market uptake has
been long hindered due to the low concentration, low bio-availability, inadequate presentation and poor absorption rates of
current supplement products. In response, we at geoSilica have developed geoBone, a silica-rich drinkable supplement that
offers this mineral in high concentrations and in the highest bio-absorbable form. Its properties result from our unique
production method, which purifies silica from the mineral rich water byproducts of geothermal power plants. After validating
the concept and production sustainability, this project aims to take geoBone to market readiness by finalising its
development & industrialising its production process. The Feasibility Study planned in Phase 1 will serve to warrant the
project from all technical, commercial & financial standpoints. Besides bringing huge benefits for society, healthcare and
environment, geoBone will secure the growth of our company. In 5 years from market launch we expect to hire 11 new
people and gain €10 million in profit (ROI 8.2)
Observations by Spectral-Domain Optical Coherence Tomography Combined with Simultaneous Scanning Laser Ophthalmoscopy: Imaging of the Vitreous

To determine the ability to detect normal vitreous structure, evolving posterior vitreous detachment (PVD), and related vitreoretinal changes with combined spectral-domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT) and scanning laser ophthalmoscopy (SLO).Observational cross-sectional study.Simultaneous SD-OCT and SLO imaging instruments (SD-OCT/SLO) were used to image both eyes of patients with symptoms of PVD. The vitreous cortex, preretinal lacunae, hyaloid, and its relations to the retinal surface were analyzed. In addition, ultrasound was performed in a subset of patients to determine the stage of PVD.Two-hundred two eyes of 113 subjects were scanned. There was a high correlation between diagnosis of complete PVD by clinical examination and OCT (95 vs 93 eyes, respectively; kappa, 0.82). A partial PVD was detected more frequently by SD-OCT/SLO than by biomicroscopy examination (45 vs 7 eyes; P < .0001). Ultrasound was performed in a subset of 30 eyes. A high agreement was found between ultrasound and SD-OCT/SLO results for both complete PVD (kappa, 0.933) and incomplete PVD (kappa, 0.91). Vitreous cortex was detected in 181 eyes, and posterior precortical vitreous pocket was detected in 85 eyes. The effects of PVD, including vitreoretinal traction, paravascular lamellar holes, and fine changes at the fovea, could be visualized reliably in detail only with SD-OCT/SLO. In all these eyes, SD-OCT/SLO allowed improved visualization of the vitreoretinal relationship.SD-OCT/SLO provides unprecedented in vivo information about the physiologic and pathologic vitreous structure; it allows an extremely detailed analysis of the vitreoretinal interface, and it is particularly useful for defining focal changes and PVD.
La construction locale de l’encampement : les centres pour migrants au prisme de l’économie politique sicilienne (2010-2019)

À partir d’une approche « par le bas » ancrée en Sicile, cet article analyse la construction locale des centres pour migrants, mais aussi ce que les centres font à ce territoire local spécifique. La diffusion de l’encampement dans cette île frontière s’opère dans un contexte de crise et dans un cadre décentralisé qui font des centres un objet de marchandage multiniveau. Les enjeux financiers permettent souvent à ces négociations d’aboutir, révélant l’importance de la dimension économique de l’encampement. En effet, la délégation de la gestion des centres à des acteurs du tiers secteur a créé un marché lucratif structuré par des dynamiques clientélistes et des transactions informelles. Enfin, cet article met en lumière l’évolution du profil des travailleurs sociaux et des coopératives sociales en charge des centres, en particulier leur professionnalisation, la mise à l’écart des profils militants et leur recomposition au profit des grandes coopératives solidement ancrées.
Methane oxidative conversion and hydroformylation to propylene

Propylene production is classified as the 4th largest emitter of greenhouse gases among the major chemical compounds. As the polypropylene market is huge and still growing, it is essential to find alternatives to current, energy-intensive production processes to meet the European environmental challenges. Other C3 derivatives, more specifically propanol and propanal, are also very high added-value chemicals with growing markets, obtained via waste-generating and energy-consuming processes.
Today, unused carbon resources are widely available and most of the time wasted.The C123 project’s main goal is the validation in a relevant environment (TRL5) of an efficient and selective transformation of current generally accessible, unexploited, cheap methane resources (stranded gas (CH4) and biogas (CH4+CO2)) to propylene in particular and C3 products in general.
To this aim, C123 will develop new catalytic materials in novel process configurations and related operating procedures allowing the conversion of these resources to propylene through Oxidative Conversion of Methane, leading to an ethylene, carbon monoxide, and hydrogen mixture with an optimised composition for further HydroFormylation into propanal and/or propanol, ultimately being dehydrated into propylene, either in an integrated manner or as a stand-alone step.
C123 will adopt an integrated approach, not studying each step separately but considering the process as a whole, optimising recycling, avoiding separation, using variable feedstocks, and increasing resource and carbon efficiency.
The process will be evaluated and validated for implementation both as decentralised localised units (~10 kt/y) – the modular route, and in existing large facilities (>140 kt/y) –the add-on route.
Throughout the development and thanks to the perfect complementarity of the partners and the very strong industrial commitment, emphasis will be put to maximise further exploitation of the results through industrial implementation.
Determing symbiont factors that affect compatibility with a novel host

Symbiosis between multicellular organisms and microbial symbionts is near universal, and it is now clear that many aspects of organismal biology in health and disease cannot be understood without reference to interactions with microbes. In insects, this includes a diverse range of heritable symbionts, which pass from a female host to her progeny. These symbionts are highly adapted to their host, and encode important properties, such as defence against natural enemies. In contrast to classical adaptive phenotypes, symbiont traits generally arise through a host shift event – the movement of a microbe from into a novel host species. Experimental host shift experiments indicate that there is a compatibility filter: some symbionts in novel host species cause little pathology and transmit vertically efficiently, whereas other do not. Understanding this compatibility filter will clarify the patterns through which host shifts occur in nature, and create a principled basis for manipulation of compatibility, for instance in symbiont-mediated control of vector competence. In this proposal, the causes of poor symbiont-host compatibility will be established for the first time. We will first examine what symbiont/host systems malfunction in a poorly performing symbiosis, examining whether phage lysis or illegitimate toxin production affect symbiont titre and virulence in the novel host. We will then determine the genetic basis of symbiont compatibility using a novel experimental evolution approach. Symbiont compatibility is known to increase on passage in novel hosts, and the proposal will use comparative genomics of evolved vs ancestral symbionts to establish the loci that are subject to selection during the evolution of compatibility. The results of this project will impact both upon our understanding of an important natural process and enable better exploitation of symbiont encoded traits in control of vector born disease.
Canadian clinical practice guidelines for the management of anxiety, posttraumatic stress and obsessive-compulsive disorders

Anxiety and related disorders are among the most common mental disorders, with lifetime prevalence reportedly as high as 31%. Unfortunately, anxiety disorders are under-diagnosed and under-treated.These guidelines were developed by Canadian experts in anxiety and related disorders through a consensus process. Data on the epidemiology, diagnosis, and treatment (psychological and pharmacological) were obtained through MEDLINE, PsycINFO, and manual searches (1980-2012). Treatment strategies were rated on strength of evidence, and a clinical recommendation for each intervention was made, based on global impression of efficacy, effectiveness, and side effects, using a modified version of the periodic health examination guidelines.These guidelines are presented in 10 sections, including an introduction, principles of diagnosis and management, six sections (Sections 3 through 8) on the specific anxiety-related disorders (panic disorder, agoraphobia, specific phobia, social anxiety disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and posttraumatic stress disorder), and two additional sections on special populations (children/adolescents, pregnant/lactating women, and the elderly) and clinical issues in patients with comorbid conditions.Anxiety and related disorders are very common in clinical practice, and frequently comorbid with other psychiatric and medical conditions. Optimal management requires a good understanding of the efficacy and side effect profiles of pharmacological and psychological treatments.
Recovery of Molybdenum from Molybdenum Ore with a High Content of Carbon by Separating Carbon from Sulfur

The study was aimed to recover molybdenum minerals from molybdenum ore with a high content of carbon by flotation process. The material belonged to a kind of refractory molybdenum ore from which molybdenum minerals could not be extracted effectively using traditional beneficiation and metallurgy, because of their similar floatability between carbon minerals and molybdenite and complex intergrowth. Based on the research on the properties of the material and lots of experiments, the carbon-molybdenum bulk flotation experiment was firstly carried out to concentrate molybdenum, and then some potassium permanganate and lime were added in carbon-molybdenum bulk flotation products to inhibit sulfide minerals along with appropriate air agitation. Under such a condition, the floatability of sulfide minerals was weakened and carbon was separated from sulfur. Then carbon concentrate and sulfur concentrate were used to extract molybdenum through metallurgy respectively.
Antonio de Lebrixa grammatico en su medio milenio

La impronta nebrisense en la tradición lingüística occidental y misionera no deja de fascinar y de sorprender aún hoy, rayando el medio milenio de su muerte. Sobre el maestro Antonio de Lebrixa, cuya producción lingüística fue extensa, se ha escrito consecuen­temente mucho y con toda probabilidad seguirá haciéndose, dada la complejidad y envergadura intrínsecas de su doctrina y su re­percusión más allá de la península ibérica. Este volumen reúne 17 trabajos engranados a modo de piezas de puzle para que el lector tenga una perspectiva de conjunto acerca de (a) cómo es la lengua española a finales del siglo XV, (b) cómo es su Gramática sobre la lengua castellana y qué relación se establece con respecto a sus Intro­ductiones Latinae y (c) en qué consiste el efecto Nebrija en la lexico­grafía y gramaticografía posteriores (en España y fuera de ella, en la tradición hispánica y en otras como la misionera o la portuguesa). Los especialistas arrojan datos e interpretaciones novedosos desde una óptica multifocal: análisis gramaticográfico y lexicográfico in­manentes, acercamiento externo (glotopolítica) y examen ecdótico. La visión de futuro del maestro y un mejor conocimiento de las fuentes primarias permiten que sigamos avanzando en el análisis de su obra.
Rheology of yield stress fluids: a multiscale approach

Yield stress fluids defy our conventional notions of liquid and solid, keeping their shape as soft solids at low loads, yet yielding and flowing like liquids at larger loads. They can then suffer arbitrarily large deformations in this liquid state, but will recover a solid state if the load is removed. Their internal microstructure and macroscopic shape are thus determined directly by the processing history they experience. Such materials are all around us: in colloids, microgels, emulsions, foams, pastes, slurries, and their biological counterparts. They find widespread applications in foods, pharmaceuticals, construction, oil extraction, lubricants, coatings, etc. Despite this importance to so many engineering processes, we still do not understand how their remarkable macroscopic rheological (deformation and flow) properties emerge out of the collective dynamics of their constituent microscopic substructures: colloid particles, microgel beads, emulsion droplets, etc. Addressing key questions emerging from recent experiments, RheoYield aims to build new theories to inform and potentially transform our understanding of the rheology of yield stress fluids. Within a multiscale approach, the project will capitalise on rapid recent progress in understanding how microscopic rearrangement events cooperate to give macroscopic flow. Using theoretical and computational tools that I have recently developed, and new ones that will be developed here, RheoYield aims to: 1. Identify the microscopic changes that take place in a soft solid as it slowly yields into a fluidised state. 2. Understand the profound influence of boundary physics on bulk yielding. 3. Develop the first microscopically founded continuum constitutive model that captures all the key features of yield stress rheology. 4. Establish a microscopically founded computational fluid dynamics of yield stress fluids. 5. Develop basic new science underpinning strategies for the optimised control of yield stress rheology.
Icfostepstone phd programme for early-stage researchers in photonics

ICFOstepstone is being proposed as an evolution of the current PhD-programme, offering competitive fellowships, paired with dedicated training actions within the chosen research field as well as for acquiring transferable skills, implementing mobility-actions in form of compulsory secondments at partner institutions in academia and industry alike, aiming at an integrated PhD aligned with the objectives in H2020.

We aim at promoting an international research environment where traditional boundaries between fields and sectors are crossed and multidisciplinary projects undertaken, therefore aiming at covering the triple “i” dimension. It is expected that the award of a Fellowship under the proposed Programme will significantly boost the Fellow’s career perspectives and their connections, enabling a diverse career path in the most important institutions worldwide of their chosen sector, therefore guaranteeing a smooth and successful transition to their next career step.

The ICFOstepstone is considered to be a natural advancement from the COFUND programmes ICFO launched in the past, in terms of now expanding our efforts to the postgraduate level, to establish a long-term talent pipeline at any career level. This COFUND action therefore proposes a change in the focus group of potential recipients from the Experienced Researchers to Early Stage Researchers. Also, with ICFOstepstone, the excellence approach not only aims at an enhancement of the Recruiting & Hiring Life-Cycle but also at an enhancement of the Career Development Plan.
As shown in the proposal, ICFO has the necessary expertise to implement and develop the programme due to its broad and proven track record in the management of international research and education programmes. The proposal is also in line with current strategical ICFO HR and Education Objectives: working towards the implementation of the “HR Strategy for Researchers” and towards further strengthening and enlarging our training programme.
Monitoring and Performance Analysis of Workflow Applications in Large Scale Distributed Systems

The chapter presents the design, implementation and testing of the monitoring solution created for integration with a workflow execution platform. The monitoring solution is a key for modeling and performance analysis of Grid systems considered as a networking and collaborative systems. The monitoring solution constantly checks the system evolution in order to facilitate performance tuning and improvement. The novelty of the work presented in this chapter is the improvement of distributed application obtained using the real-time information to compute estimates of runtime which are used to improve scheduling. Monitoring is accomplished at application level, by monitoring each job from each workflow and at system level, by aggregating state information from each processing node. The scheduling performance in distributed systems can be improved through better runtime estimation and the error detection can automatically detect several types of errors.
Determinants of xylella fastidiosa host specificity

The pathogenic bacterium Xylella fastidiosa threatens European agricultural and natural flora through the loss of economically, environmentally and culturally important host plants such as grape, olive and oak. This bacterium was first detected in Italy in 2013 and then in Corsica,France. Although X. fastidiosa is a generalist pathogen, infecting over 300 plant species, only a few plant species develop disease symptoms, and these infections always depend on a specific pathogen genotype. Although X. fastidiosa has been studied for over 80 years in the U.S.A., the determinants of X. fastidiosa host specificity remain unknown. In other words, it is not know why genotypes cause disease in one plant species but not another. Understanding what constrains X. fastidiosa host specificity is of paramount importance because it is currently not possible to predict what plant species are susceptible in Europe; this represents a major knowledge gap and limiting an adequate analysis of the risks posed by X. fastidiosa. This project aims to answer this important question by studying populations of the bacterium that are already host specific as well as one epidemic population exploiting a novel plant species in the EU. This will be done through collaboration between U.C. Berkeley -a leading expert on this pathogen- and BGPI, a French institute with excellent expertise in population genomics and interdisciplinary research. Besides reinforcing the link between the U.S.A. and European research on a subject of major importance, this project will result in the training of a European expert on this emerging pathogen. It will also broaden the Experienced Researcher's knowledge in plant-pathogen interactions. Finally, this project intends to disseminate knowledge on X. fastidiosa to the European society through (i) a collaboration with the French non-academic institute ANSES, (ii) a website dedicated to this pathogen and (iii) a collaboration with European farmers and agronomical schools.