SIRIS-Lab/unlabelled-sti-corpus huggingface dataset:
The hidden treasures of the Mediterranean

The key idea of this project (Hidden Treasures of the Mediterranean) is to increase the international competitiveness of small and very small tourism businesses operating in 'hidden' internal areas by forming local networks and a cross-border macro system. The plan is also to develop a wide range of accommodation facilities such as holiday homes, B&Bs and farmhouses as an alternative to regular hotels, and combine them with hiking, biking, green traveling and tasting local products. The areas concerned are the following:   Genoese Valleys and Val d'Aveto (Liguria), Sorgono area (Sardinia), Municipalities of Evisa and Tolla (Corsica). The businesses have the challenge to attract travellers to little known, scarcely developed locations as compared to the overcrowded coasts. They need to attract slow tourism by offering experiences and a greater connection with the local culture, involving especially foreign visitors.  In order to acquire a competitive market position, a portfolio of residences and related activities (and typical products) will be created and adapted to international quality standards, followed by thematic and cross-regional tour packages. The geographical and cultural proximity of the 3 regions will help build paths (from north to south) between Liguria, Corsica and Sardinia.  The innovation of the project is organisational: the local networks will set up and manage together the widespread hospitality systems, while the cross-border macro network will manage the marketing of the brand (through the web portal and the network points of sale).  An innovative orchestration portal will make tourism products more easily manageable (for network operators) and usable (for tourists).
Regulation of mammalian genes by new classes of promoter proximal transcription start sites

Regulation and fidelity of gene expression is fundamental to the differentiation and maintenance of living organisms. Moreover, understanding how genes are regulated is an essential research question of importance for biomedical application. Although our knowledge about key factors influencing gene expression has increased substantially over the past years, the complexity of gene expression regulation remains elusive. In this project, I intend to discover novel gene expression regulatory circuits operating in mammalian genomes facilitated by pervasive transcription. Although some scattered examples of how pervasive transcription may regulate gene promoter activity exist, no systematic study has been conducted. Here, I will address this question by using a new protein depletion strategy, developed in the host laboratory, to inactivate the nuclear exosome, a major 3’-to-5’ ribonuclease complex, and its co-factors in HeLa and mouse embryonic stem (mES) cells, thus, to create an ideal situation to observe ‘hidden’ cellular transcription events, which would not normally be visible. I intend to assess whether and how this ‘hidden’ transcription contributes to the regulation of promoter activity in HeLa and mES cells, further expanding our knowledge of the regulation of protein-coding genes and ultimately revealing the extent of regulation instigated by pervasive transcription. This study will lay a foundation for future research in the field and at the same time provide novel conceptual information, which might be exploited in prevention or treatment of human diseases.
PERILAKU OVERREACTION JANGKA PANJANG DI PASAR MODAL BERKEMBANGSTUDI EMPIRIS PADA BURSA EFEK INDONESIA

Facts in a variety of researches in the field of capital markets and the
behavioral finance state that there are some deviations which affect the stock
price. Such deviations are the implications of the phenomenon of overreaction.
Overreaction is defined as an overreaction concerning the response to the
emergence of new information. Overreaction concept has also been introduced in
an investment strategy called contrarian strategy. This strategy is a strategy that
allows investors to buy loser stocks and sell winner stocks, so that investors can
earn abnormal returns.
This study was aimed to: 1) test the overreaction of investors in the period
in which company event is informed by the company which consists of the
information acquisition of shares by institutional investors, 2) test the overreaction
of investors in the period when market events occurs, which is the information of
the announcement of an increase of Indonesia's rating into Investment Grade, 3)
test whether the contrarian strategy is able to produce a positive abnormal return.
Sample selection was carried out by using purposive sampling method.
The criteria used as the basis for this study sample were: 1) Shares which were
used as samples were companyâ��s stocks listed on the Stock Exchange with a longterm
observation period, namely the observation period 2009-2011, and 2) These
shares did not experience any delisting during the period of observation. The data
used in this study were window 36-long weekly stock price data for the company
event and 30 for market events.
The data testing was conducted by using the One Sample T-Test to see the
movement of stock prices around the week of the event. Independent Samples
T-Test was used to see whether overreaction occurred as the result of the event by
comparing the abnormal returns of both winner and loser stocks during the testing
and the formation period. Independent Samples T-Test was applied to test the
contrarian strategy in order to see the comparison between the winner and loser
stocks in the testing period.
The results of this study indicated that there was an overreaction caused by
the information of the company event as well as the market events. The results of
the analysis also showed that the contrarian strategy was able to produce a
positive return that came from the changes in the value of abnormal return which
was demonstrated by stock loser that had a negative abnormal return value in the
formation period and turned its direction into a positive in the testing period.
Research on relationship between Shanghai Security Composite Index and macroeconomic variables based on path analysis

The main purpose of this study is to reveal the regularity of the interaction between Shanghai Composite Index and macroeconomic variables. The method used in the study is the path analysis in structural equation modeling. The results show that the consumer price index and industrial production value added (lag two) are the observable exogenous variables. Money supply, savings deposits of urban and rural and Shanghai Composite Index are observable endogenous variables. There are not only direct influences but also indirect effects among these variables. Through research, the authors obtained valuable data and analyzed the model combined with the history of China's economic development.
Effects of Single and Combined Administration of Fermented Barley Extract and γ-Aminobutyric Acid on the Development of Atopic Dermatitis in NC/Nga Mice

We examined the effects single and combined administration of fermented barley extract P (FBEP), prepared from barley-shochu distillery by-products, and gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) on the development of atopic dermatitis (AD)-like skin lesions in NC/Nga mice. Single administration of FBEP and GABA dose-dependently reduced the development of AD-like skin lesions in mice. GABA reduced the development of AD-like skin lesions by suppressing serum immunoglobulin E (IgE) and splenocyte interleukin (IL)-4 production, while FBEP reduced skin lesions without affecting the IgE or cytokine production. However, in mice with induced AD-like skin lesions, combined administration of FBEP and GABA decreased serum IgE levels and splenic cell IL-4 production, and increased splenic cell interferon-gamma production. These results suggest that combined administration of FBEP and GABA alleviated AD-like skin lesions in the NC/Nga mice by adjusting the Th1/Th2 balance to a Th1-predominant immune response.
An object storage model for the truffle language implementation framework

Truffle is a Java-based framework for developing high-performance language runtimes. Language implementers aiming at developing new runtimes have to design all the runtime mechanisms for managing dynamically typed objects from scratch. This not only leads to potential code duplication, but also impacts the actual time needed to develop a fully-fledged runtime.In this paper we address this issue by introducing a common object storage model (OSM) for Truffle that can be used by language implementers to develop new runtimes. The OSM is generic, language-agnostic, and portable, as it can be used to implement a great variety of dynamic languages. It is extensible, featuring built-in support for custom extension mechanisms. It is also high-performance, as it is designed to benefit from the optimizing compiler in the Truffle framework. Our initial evaluation indicates that the Truffle OSM can be used to implement high-performance language runtimes, with no performance overhead when compared to language-specific solutions.
Exercício de tradução do português para o italiano da crônica Mineirinho, de Clarice Lispector

RESUMO: Embora não seja uma prática usual, o presente ensaio traz soluções e compensações que um tradutor de língua materna português brasileiro encontra ao verter para o italiano a crônica “Mineirinho”, de autoria de Clarice Lispector, inspirado na morte do inimigo público número um da polícia nos anos 60, chamado José Rosa de Miranda, o Mineirinho. Considerando a natureza do texto, tentou-se transpor para a língua italiana estranhamentos típicos da sintaxe de Clarice Lispector, com resultado que julgamos satisfatório. Além disso, para ilustrar algumas das soluções encontradas, serão destacados trechos em que ambas as traduções divergem.Palavras-chave: Clarice Lispector. Traduções comparadas. Traduzir para língua não materna. Contexto social como instrumento de tradução. Tarefa do tradutor.ABSTRACT: Nonostante non sia una pratica usuale, questo saggio propone soluzioni e compensi che un traduttore, madrelingua portoghese brasiliano, trova nel tradurre in italiano la cronaca, scritta da Clarice Lispector, ispirata alla morte del nemico pubblico numero uno della polizia negli anni 60’ chiamato José Rosa de Miranda, o Mineirinho. Considerata la natura del testo, si è cercato di trasporre alla lingua italiana straniamenti tipici della sintassi di Clarice Lispector, con un risultato che riteniamo soddisfacente. Inoltre, al fine di illustrare alcune delle soluzioni riscontrate, verranno evidenziati stralci in cui entrambe le traduzioni divergono.Parole chiave: Clarice Lispector. Traduzioni a confronto. Tradurre in una lingua non nativa. Contesto sociale come strumento di traduzione. Compito del traduttore. ABSTRACT: Although it is not a usual practice, this essay brings solutions and compensations that a Brazilian Portuguese mother-tongue translator finds when translating into Italian the chronicle “Mineirinho”, by Clarice Lispector, inspired by the death of public enemy number one of the police in the 60s, called José Rosa de Miranda, o Mineirinho. Considering the nature of the text, an attempt was made to transpose typical estrangements of Clarice Lispector's syntax to the Italian language, with a result that we consider satisfactory. In addition, in order to illustrate some of the solutions found, excerpts in which there are divergences between a previous translation and the one proposed will be highlighted.Keywords: Clarice Lispector. Compared translations. Translating into non-native language. Social context as a translation tool. Translator's task.
An artificial intelligence capable of detecting counterfeit products using a cell phone camera

Counterfeiting is a crime, involving the manufacturing or distribution of goods under someone else's name, and without their permission. According to an International Chamber of Commerce, the total value of counterfeit and pirated goods globally is around €1.77 trillion. Each year EU companies lose €83 billion in sales due to counterfeited products. Although the counterfeiting has been a problem for decades, there is no effective solution that allows consumers to simply verify authenticity of products or for companies to effectively protect supply chains. Moreover, counterfeit goods are generally made from lower quality components that put the health and safety of consumers at risk. In these days of international emergency the news report that China has confiscated over 31 million counterfeit medical face masks that have fled the market due to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) emergency. Global retailers such as Amazon and Etsy have also reported cases. 

Cypheme introduces two AI-based counterfeit detection systems that allow a consumer to determine if a product is an original branded product using only a standard smartphone camera. Microguard labels use a combination of novel security features, including a micro-structured varnish that can only be read with an artificial intelligence technology developed by Cypheme to authenticate the product. Microguard DeepTrace is an algorithm able to extract deep spectral information from printed pigments, providing a revolutionary measure of authenticity without any modification of the packaging or product. Microguard is unique in the level of security it provides and its resistance to forgery by counterfeiters. Microguard solutions have already gained market traction, trusted to protect more than €140 million worth of products. The Phase 2 project will address the technical challenges to achieve scale up and provide commercial demonstration and validation with suitable partners to facilitate full-scale market entry.
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A variant of variationally optimized perturbation, incorporating renormalization group properties in a straightforward way, uniquely fixes the variational mass interpolation in terms of the anomalous mass dimension. It is used at three successive orders to calculate the nonperturbative ratio $F_\pi/\Lambda$ of the pion decay constant and the basic QCD scale in the MSbar scheme. We demonstrate the good stability and (empirical) convergence properties of this modified perturbative series for this quantity, and provide simple and generic cures to previous problems of the method, principally the generally non-unique and non-real optimal solutions beyond lowest order. Using the experimental $F_\pi$ input value we determine \Lambda^{n_f=2}\simeq 359^{+38}_{-25} \pm 5 MeV and \Lambda^{n_f=3}=317^{+14}_{-7} \pm 13 MeV, where the first quoted errors are our estimate of theoretical uncertainties of the method, which we consider conservative. The second uncertainties come from the present uncertainties in F_\pi/F and F_\pi/F_0, where F (F_0) is $F_\pi$ in the exact chiral SU(2) (SU(3)) limits. Combining the \Lambda^{n_f=3} results with a standard perturbative evolution provides a new independent determination of the strong coupling constant at various relevant scales, in particular \alpha_S (m_Z) =0.1174 ^{+.0010}_{-.0005} \pm .001 \pm .0005_{evol} and \alpha_S^{n_f=3}(m_\tau)= 0.308 ^{+.007}_{-.004} \pm .007 \pm .002_{evol}. A less conservative interpretation of our prescriptions favors central values closer to the upper limits of the first uncertainties. The theoretical accuracy is well comparable to the most precise recent {\em single} determinations of \alpha_S, including some very recent lattice simulation determinations with fully dynamical quarks.
LUBRICANT FOR USE IN A WELLBORE

The present invention provides methods and apparatus for reducing friction and preventing galling between surfaces in a wellbore. In one aspect of the invention, mating threads are coated with fullerene to reduce galling of the threads during make up and break down. In another aspect, a fullerene is used between surfaces of an expansion tool and a tubular to be expanded in order to reduce friction and prevent galling therebetween. Preferably, the fullerene is a spherically shaped carbon 60 molecule otherwise known as buckyball or C60. The fullerene coating provides an intermediate surface between two metal surfaces, thereby preventing galling between the two surfaces. In another aspect of the invention, the fullerene is placed between the roller of an expander tool and the surface of the tubular to be expanded in order to reduce friction and galling.
JUNO physics and detector

The Jiangmen Underground Neutrino Observatory (JUNO) is a 20 kton LS detector at 700-m underground. An excellent energy resolution and a large fiducial volume offer exciting opportunities for addressing many important topics in neutrino and astro-particle physics. With 6 years of data, the neutrino mass ordering can be determined at 3-4 sigma and three oscillation parameters can be measured to a precision of 0.6% or better by detecting reactor antineutrinos. With 10 years of data, DSNB could be observed at 3-sigma; a lower limit of the proton lifetime of 8.34e33 years (90% C.L.) can be set by searching for p->nu_bar K^+; detection of solar neutrinos would shed new light on the solar metallicity problem and examine the vacuum-matter transition region. A core-collapse supernova at 10 kpc would lead to ~5000 IBD and ~2000 (300) all-flavor neutrino-proton (electron) scattering events. Geo-neutrinos can be detected with a rate of ~400 events/year. We also summarize the final design of the JUNO detector and the key R&D achievements. All 20-inch PMTs have been tested. The average photon detection efficiency is 28.9% for the 15,000 MCP PMTs and 28.1% for the 5,000 dynode PMTs, higher than the JUNO requirement of 27%. Together with the >20 m attenuation length of LS, we expect a yield of 1345 p.e. per MeV and an effective energy resolution of 3.02%/\sqrt{E (MeV)}$ in simulations. The underwater electronics is designed to have a loss rate <0.5% in 6 years. With degassing membranes and a micro-bubble system, the radon concentration in the 35-kton water pool could be lowered to <10 mBq/m^3. Acrylic panels of radiopurity <0.5 ppt U/Th are produced. The 20-kton LS will be purified onsite. Singles in the fiducial volume can be controlled to ~10 Hz. The JUNO experiment also features a double calorimeter system with 25,600 3-inch PMTs, a LS testing facility OSIRIS, and a near detector TAO.
Foreign direct investment and firm productivity: evidence from firm-level data

This study examines the effect of foreign direct investment (FDI) on productivity of firms in Ghana. The paper also investigates the effect of FDI spillovers on domestic firms in Ghana. The results indicate that firms with high proportion of foreign capital are more productive than those with low or no foreign capital. This could be attributed to the fact that firms with more foreign capital injection are in a better position to employ advanced forms of technology, employ managers with better international exposure and skills in modern management techniques, adopt good corporate governance and management practices, and may have better access to credit from the international financial markets. We find no significant effect of spillovers from FDI on the productivity of domestic firms. Spillovers from FDI may not be high enough to warrant any significant effect on the productivity of domestic firms. It is also likely that the absorptive capacity of domestic firms in Ghana is not strong enough to generate positive spillovers from FDI. The findings of this study have relevant implications for economic policy.
Engineered Nanostructures of Antigen Provide an Effective Means for Regulating Mast Cell Activation

Nanostructures containing 2,4-dinitrophenyl (DNP) as antigen were designed and produced to investigate antibody-mediated activation of mast cells. The design consists of nanogrids of DNP termini inlaid in alkanethiol self-assembled monolayers (SAMs). Using scanning probe-based nanografting, nanometer precision was attained for designed geometry, size, and periodicity. Rat basophilic leukemia (RBL) cells exhibited high sensitivity to the geometry and local environment of DNP presented on these nanostructures. The impact included cellular adherence, spreading, membrane morphology, cytoskeleton structure, and activation. The highest level of spreading and activation was induced by nanogrids of 17 nm line width and 40 nm periodicity, with DNP haptens 1.4 nm above the surroundings. The high efficacy is attributed to two main factors. First, DNP sites in the nanostructure are highly accessible by anti-DNP IgE during recognition. Second, the arrangement or geometry of DNP termini in nanostructures promotes clustering of FcεRI receptors that are prelinked to IgE. The clustering effectively initiates Lyn-mediated signaling cascades, ultimately leading to the degranulation of RBL cells. This work demonstrates an important concept: that nanostructures of ligands provide new and effective cues for directing cellular signaling processes.
Disrupting the digital publishing and advertising markets by new digital services

PubCoder is an Italian company founded in 2012 by a group of senior executives and software developers with an extensive experience in the digital publishing domain.  PubForward is our project to upgrade and launch the first truly integrated and end-to-end authoring tool for the new generation of digital interactive storytelling. PubForward is building on the demonstrated technology of PubCoder2.0 to innovate at business level.  With the PubForward project we leverage the advancements in digital storytelling to disrupt not just the way digital books are being produced, but also to create new markets and business opportunities for advertising through active content, introducing connected books, leveraging metadata and user-driven metrics for targeted active content, and the advancement of a design-as-a-service model to increase revenues for self-published authors. PubForward will be exploiting a business opportunity of 7.5 B€/year. With PubForward the costs of the publishing industry to create an interactive e-book will be reduced by 75% as compared to other existing authoring tools. PubForward targets the segments of layout and design and authoring and publishing platforms, which have an estimated value of $910M and €1549M for 2017, and are growing at a CAGR of 16.2% and 28.2% respectively. PubForward fosters user-centric publishing businesses, and the creation of new downstream services, to support businesses. PubForward will also include specific accessibility features to create contents adapted for the dyslexic persons and other learning disabilities. With PubForward we are bringing a turnkey solution to enhance advertising opportunities for publishers through: BigData exploitation, Cross-device targeting, Connected books to increase customer retention by 20%, and embedded advertising through non-invasive active content. We expect at least 91.000 new international professional users (houses and self-published authors) and a ROI of 6.05 by 2021.
Betätigungseinheit für ein Kraftfahrzeugschloss

Gegenstand der vorliegenden Erfindung ist eine Betätigungseinheit für ein Kraftfahrzeugschloss und insbesondere Kraftfahrzeugtürschloss (1). Die Betätigungseinheit ist zu diesem Zweck mit einem ersten Betätigungselement (3) und einem zweiten Betätigungselement (4) ausgerüstet, welcher mit einem gemeinsamen flexiblen Verbindungsmittel (5, 6) mittelbar oder unmittelbar wechselwirken. Das Verbindungsmittel (5, 6) ist mit einem Endstück (8, 9) an einem Betätigungshebel (7) zur Beaufschlagung des Kraftfahrzeugschlosses angeschlossen. Erfindungsgemäß ist das Endstück (8, 9) zweiteilig mit einem am Betätigungshebel (7) gelagerten sowie gegenüber dem Verbindungsmittel (5, 6) bewegbaren Hebelstück (8) und einem an das Verbindungsmittel (5, 6) angeschlossenen Zugstück (9) ausgebildet.