SIRIS-Lab/unlabelled-sti-corpus huggingface dataset:
Comprehensive Evaluation of China’s Prefabricated Decoration Cost Based on Analytic Hierarchy Process

The development of China’s construction industry is geared towards innovating traditional decoration engineering methods and promoting efficient, energy-saving and environmental-friendly prefabricated buildings. As an important part of prefabricated architecture, the slow development of prefabricated decoration has become one of the reasons that hinder the promotion and implementation of prefabricated architecture. The core problem of business is the high prefabricated cost. Accordingly, this study aims to construct a cost evaluation system with five first- and 22 second-level indices by using analytic hierarchy process (AHP). Then, the layer-by-layer analysis was conducted. Results show that the design stage has the highest weight in the first-level index, while the second-level index has the highest weight in the decoration scale assembly rate and costs of house type change, installation labor, and production, respectively, which have the most significant influence on the prefabricated decoration cost. Considering that China’s prefabricated decoration has started late, this study uses China’s prefabricated development as an example with the hope of providing reference for developing countries.
Updating Soil Parameters Using Spreadsheet Method for Predicting Wall Deflections in Braced Excavations

A back analysis procedure implemented in a spreadsheet environment that uses construction monitoring data for supported excavation systems to continuously recalibrate the soil parameters and thus enable updating of the lateral wall deflection predictions is presented. With this framework, the observed maximum wall deflections are used to update the soil parameters through a recently developed semi-empirical polynomial regression model. This paper demonstrates that the updated soil parameters recalibrated from the current stage of excavation can be used to predict the maximum wall deflection in the subsequent stages of excavation. The proposed framework is computationally efficient and can easily be implemented in a spreadsheet. The feasibility and effectiveness of the proposed methodology is illustrated through seven well-documented excavation case histories. The results of the case histories show that the updated soil parameters improve the accuracy of estimations of the wall deflections in braced excavations.
A missing key property in atmospheric aerosol chemistry:  the laplace pressure

Fine aerosol particles are ubiquitous in the atmosphere and have important impacts on climate change and air quality. Organic compounds represent the largest mass fraction of fine particulate matter and their formation is believed to occur through the condensation of oxygenated volatile organic compounds. However, a fundamental physicochemical property of atmospheric aerosols – the Laplace pressure – has never been studied. This “missing” property is expected to have major implications for atmospheric chemistry and may explain the current gaps between ambient observations and modelling studies when evaluating the formation rates, ambient concentrations and the spatial distribution of atmospheric nanoparticles. Hence, my project aims at elucidating the key processes driven by the Laplace pressure in atmospheric aerosols and how they impact on the growth, evolution and physicochemical properties of submicron particles.  MAARvEL focuses on the smallest particles, where the Laplace pressure is expected to have the greatest impact. By exploiting recent instrumental developments and using state-of-the-art mass spectrometry techniques, MAARvEL will provide an unequalled understanding of the processes occurring within the particles. Innovative laboratory experiments will be performed to discover the central role of the Laplace pressure for; (i) condensed-phase reactions, (ii) photochemical processes, and (iii) physicochemical properties of submicron particles. A strong emphasis will be placed on quantifying the extent to which chemical processes govern the growth and evolution of atmospheric nanometre-sized particles.  By revealing how the Laplace pressure controls particle phase chemistry, MAARvEL will provide a major breakthrough to support more accurate predictions of the formation and evolution of atmospheric nanoparticles, thereby decreasing the uncertainties in assessing the magnitude of aerosol effects on climate.
Linking functional impact and microstructural properties of fiber tract demyelination and remyelination in a rodent model of multiple sclerosis

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a diffuse inflammatory and neurodegenerative disease of the central nervous system. Neuroinflammation destroys the myelin sheaths wrapped around the axons and may lead to axon degeneration. Repair processes trigger re-myelinisation. Myelin loss delays or blocks signal propagation along axons in white matter tracts, impairing neuronal integration within the affected brain network. The exact relationship between the amount of axonal de- and re-myelination and the resulting network dysfunction is still poorly understood. Using a rat MS model,  I will bridge the scales from the cellular to the network level,  to disentangle how myelin loss and axonal degeneration leads to network dysfunction. My approach integrates three lines of research: (i) I will prospectively perform diffusion MRI and quantitative MRI to assess the temporal dynamics of microstructural changes in axon diameter and myelin content in the lesioned white matter tract. Leveraging state-of-art expertise at DRCMR, I will optimize MR sequences and biophysical models to create an optimized axon diameter and myelin mapping framework. (ii) In parallel, I will perform resting-state and task-based functional MRI to trace the resulting changes in functional connectivity at the network level. (iii) Building on my expertise, I will combine functional MRI with optogenetics and simultaneous intracellular calcium (and trans-membrane voltage) recording to characterize in detail the functional impact of axonal damage in the lesioned white matter tract on well-defined cell circuits in the inter-connected cortical areas. This unique multimodal approach  will yield novel MRI-based biomarkers that are sensitive and specific to primary demyelination and axonal degeneration on the one hand and reparatory processes such as remyelination on the other hand. These biomarkers will have great potential for monitoring disease activity, informing personalized treatment in patients with MS.
Engineering a trustworthy society: the evolution, perception and impact of china’s social credit system

The Chinese Social Credit System (SCS) is an ambitious social engineering scheme of an unprecedented nature. It collects information from commercial, legal and social spheres; integrates this data into a centralised platform; and establishes reputations to steer the behaviour of individuals and organisations through incentives and sanctions. The SCS ties in with global discussions on information collection, governance and authoritarian rule. It is of major significance for European interests. Empirical research on the SCS is still in its infancy. What is the shape of this system, how does it vary across regions and how does it evolve? How does the Chinese public perceive and evaluate the SCS? What are its social, political and cultural impacts?

This 60-month project will provide answers to these questions and push forward theoretical debates on governance with information collection and classification schemes, data privacy, trust and trustworthiness. The project’s empirical strategy is centred on public opinion surveys, complemented by field research as well as qualitative and quantitative content analysis. Its survey data will allow an assessment of the utility of face-to-face and online survey methods and generate rarely available longitudinal data from China. The project will help to clarify important unresolved questions on the shape of the SCS and provide the public with empirically grounded insights. It will establish a centre of competence on the SCS in Austria and train junior scholars in social scientific China Studies. 

The project is led by H. Christoph Steinhardt (Assistant Professor, University of Vienna, Department of East Asian Studies). The research team includes a post-doctoral researcher, a doctoral student and two student research assistants. For selected parts of the project, Steinhardt will work with collaborators in Austria, China and Germany.
Concept of the Best Achievable Control

This chapter introduces a special decomposition of the sensitivity function which makes possible to reformulate the classical paradigm: which is the best achievable control. The three decomposed parts are the design loss, the realizability loss, and the modeling loss. This decomposition helps to formulate the optimization of these contributing losses independently. The optimization of the design loss results in selecting the fastest reference models under the amplitude constraints of the actuators. It is possible to develop an iterative redesign technique for the selection of best reachable reference model. For the optimization of the realizability loss, new (energy and supremum) norms E 2 E 2 and E ∞ E ∞ are applied instead of the classical norms H 2 H 2 and H ∞ H ∞ . Unfortunately, these last norms are not applicable for such—mostly integrating—regulator classes, which are important for industrial applications. The norms E 2 E 2 and E ∞ E ∞ are certain generalizations of the classical norms H 2 H 2 and H ∞ H ∞ . The optimization of E 2 E 2 can be usually solved by the application of certain Diophantine equations. The optimization of E ∞ E ∞ can be usually solved by the iterative solution of a nonlinear equation system. The optimization of the modeling loss results in a special binary form of the reference signal, where the switching condition can be computed via a specially formed filter.
MODERNISATION STUDY: COMPUTERISATION AND INNOVATION

MY PROJECT AIMS TO MODERNISE THE STUDY THROUGH COMPUTERISATION, BOTH CLINICAL AND NON-CLINICAL (MANAGEMENT), AND THE INSERTION OF INNOVATIVE EQUIPMENT.  TO THIS END, IT IS NECESSARY TO CREATE A COMPUTERISED NETWORK SYSTEM THAT GESTICAS THE EXTRACLINICAL AND CLINICAL PART AND THE USE OF INNOVATIVE EQUIPMENT THAT ALLOWS THE DIGITISATION OF INFORMATION FOR THE TREATMENT AND DIAGNOSIS, THE IMPROVEMENT OF COMMUNICATION AND UNDERSTANDING P
Framework and Core System of the Most Stringent Water Resource Management System Based on the Concept of Human-Water Harmony

The concept of human-water harmony is one of the main guiding ideologies of flood control of the Chinese Government since 1999. The strictest water resource management(SWRM)system,proposed by the Ministry of Water Resources in 2009,is an important water resource management system and rose to a national management level in 2011. As the strictest protocols to date,China has undertaken much effort to ensure effective implementation of the SWRM system,including work by the central government,research institutions,experts and academics. How to research and implement the SWRM system under the concept of human-water harmony remains of theoretical and practical importance. Here,we analyzed and explained the relationships between the SWRM system and human- water harmony. We discuss the importance and significance of insisting on the concept of human- water harmony when the SWRM system is implemented,and introduced the practice of the concept of human- water harmony in the SWRM system. We also propose a framework for the SWRM system on the basis of human- water harmony,including a technical standard system,administrative system,and policy and regulation system. This study yields strong technological and managerial support for further improving and implementing the SWRM system and promoting its popularization and application.
Automated scanner for kissing bond detection in friction stir welded materials

Friction Stir Welding (FSW) is a material joining technique that is a major breakthrough due to its substantial advantages compared to other techniques for welding aluminum alloys. This has allowed aircraft manufacturers such as Boeing to achieve 60% cost saving and reduce manufacturing time by 73% in aircraft models. This is only a fraction of what could be achieved. Despite its merits, FSW use is still limited due to a certain defect termed “kissing bond”. Kissing bonds reduce the stress-load resilience of FSW materials and are extremely difficult to detect. Thus, out of fear of low fatigue performance, aerospace and automotive manufacturers cannot leverage FSW to its full potential which translates to manufacturing cost savings of €1.6 billion, fuel savings of €1.9 billion and a reduction of 2 million tons of CO2, during the next 20 years. 

This gap gives rise to a unique business opportunity which Vermon (developer  of nonlinear ultrasonic transducers) and RISE (expert in signal processing algorithms), IKH (high-tech SME specializing in human-machine interfaces and service robotics) along with Coskunoz (leader in FSW machinery with commercial presence in 4 continents) seek to seize with the aid of TWI (world class research institute who originally invented FSW) by commercializing FrictionHarmonics. 

FrictionHarmonics is the fruit of four years of R&D financed by private funds and public grants. It has already been validated in a relevant environment and is proved to detect kissing bonds of less than 0.3mm in diameter with 100% accuracy. 

We now need to finalize the system’s commercial version, certify it, and validate its performance in a complete FSW production line. Our primary target customers will be aerospace and automotive manufacturers in Europe and North America. To this end, we request a grant of €2.2m. Our aim is to grow our businesses by €33.44m in gross cumulative revenue, operating at a profit of €13.83m and generating 215 new jobs over the 5 years after market launch.
Hous-Es

Hous-Es has brought together a strong and varied partnership
representing both the new EU member states and those from
the EU 15 (benefiting or having benefited from URBAN initiatives
or Urban Pilot Projects) with the aim of examining together
the subject of Management and Renewal of Large Housing Areas. The network is characterised by a high degree of differentiation
not only in geographical location but also in the scale of urban
concentration and perspectives, involving 1 provincial authority,
3 capital cities, 1 urban agglomeration, plus city and district
authorities – as well as 4 important associate partners.
The intention was to focus on the policy issues and situations
affecting large housing estates and homogenous inner-city
housing areas with a view to identifying strategies which can
produce improved urban planning, architectural and general
living standards in such areas. The network placed an
important emphasis on the improvement of living conditions
in deprived housing areas and neighbourhoods.
In order to examine and share partner experience and
expertise Hous-Es instigated a series of working seminars
focussing on thematic aspects of the problem but always
referring back to a holistic point of departure. The seminar
topics are outlined below:
> Duisburg (Germany) – An introduction to integrated practices
> Milan (Italy) – The public realm
> Brindisi (Italy) – The physical dimension
> Gelderland (Netherlands) - Process
> Brno (Czech Republic) – Financing housing provision
> Rillieux-la-Pape (Grand Lyon, France) – The social context
> Csepel: Budapest and Dunaujvaros (Hungary) – Review
of partner experience and future perspectives…
The result of these exchanges (based on preparation
of case studies and papers, site visits, and partner debate)
has generated a common understanding of the issues
but also demonstrated a wide variety of experience among
the network members ranging from: the comprehensive and
often sophisticated approach to neighbourhood renewal with
housing as a key component, to; the application of targeted even
punctual actions in response to defined priorities; and the
appreciation of the scale and scope of ongoing difficulties
confronting many cities which is frequently context specific.
Device Authentication In Wireless And Pervasive Environments

Abstract Security can only be guaranteed as long as the hardwaze and other key parameters, including software components, secret keys etc, of a device remain genuine and unrnodified. Under this context, device authentication must be considered as a key security issue, complementary and of equal importance to user authentication, in today’s wireless and forthcoming ubiquitous realms. This paper classifies and analyses possible major solutions proposed until now towazds solving the device authentication issue. We constructively argue on each solution presented examining its advantages and disadvantages. A qualitative comparative analysis for the device authentication schemes in question is also offered, probing its applicability for both infrastructure and ad-hoc deployments. Inter-domain device authentication, where applicable, and users’ privacy as aside-effect are investigated as well.
BRACKET AND APPLICATION OF THE BRACKET

The invention includes a bracket (1, 9, 9A, 9B) suited for fastening of bird comb (6,16), where the bracket (1, 9, 9A, 9B) from an end piece (10) is "U" shaped preferably by the end piece (10) continuing to a part piece (14) via a bend, which via a bend continues to a length piece (1 1 ) where the distance (17,18) between the end piece (10) and the length piece (1 1 ) is reduced from the part piece (14) towards the free end of the end piece (19). The bracket can be mounted without use of tools and without application of screws, nails or similar and used for fastening bird combs in roof constructions. The new technique increases the mounting speed, reduced the risk of roof damages and eases routine cleaning.
Skeletal and dentoalveolar features in patients with deep overbite malocclusion.

An increased overbite may be due to a skeletal or dental etiology that may influence treatment. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the skeletal and dentoalveolar features in patients with deep bite malocclusion in an Iranian population and to determine the most and least effective and contributory variables causing deep bite.Lateral cephalograms and study casts of normal (n=85) and deep bite (n=85) subjects were used to evaluate skeletal and dentoalveolar variables. Data were analyzed statistically by independent t-test. The percentages of each variable within normal limits, less and more than one standard deviation were calculated for deep bite subjects.The most significant skeletal contributing factors were gonial and basal angles, as well as the posterior facial height, ramus length, lower anterior facial height and upper anterior facial height. An increased curve of spee and decreased mandibular first molar height were predominant dental variables in the deep bite group. The variables with the greatest variances from the normal limit were the ratio of the lower anterior facial height to the total anterior facial height, the lower anterior facial height to the upper anterior facial height and the ramus length.The counterclockwise rotation of the mandible and the increased curve of spee were the dominant feature of deep bite malocclusion.
COMPOSITE ARTICLES WITH A VARIABLE BASIS WEIGHT AND UNIFORM THICKNESS

Methods of producing core layers with a variable basis weight across a width of the core layer and with a substantially uniform thickness across the width of the core layer are described. The core layers can be used in wall panels such as those present in recreational vehicle panels. Systems and various materials used to produce the core layers and articles are also described.
Morphology beyond inflection. building a wordformation based dictionary for latin

The proposed project aims at the compilation of a derivational morphological dictionary of the Latin language, which connects lexical elements on the basis of wordformation rules, through the use of computational linguistic methods. 
The final resource will be both a standalone tool accessible through its own website, and interconnected with the Index Thomisticus Treebank (IT-TB), a syntactically annotated corpus of texts of Thomas Aquinas, currently based at the Centro Interdisciplinare di Ricerche per la Computerizzazione dei Segni dell’Espressione (CIRCSE), at the Universita’ Cattolica del Sacro Cuore in Milan. 
The integration with the IT-TB will be operated through the embedding of the dictionary data within the morphological layer of annotation of the treebank, using TEI (Text Encoding Initiative) P5 conformant XML encoding which will ensure easy sharing and linking of the data across a variety of potentially related projects, and will make sure, through the use of an internationally recognised standard for the encoding of textual data, such data will be re-usable and expandable in the future.
Fabrication of perovskite-type Ba(Sn1−x Ta x )O3 ceramics and their power factors

Perovskite-type Ba(Sn1−x
 Ta
 x
 )O3 (0.01 ≤ x ≤ 0.06) ceramics with high relative densities (92.7–94.4 %) were fabricated using the hot isostatic pressing (HIP) method at 1273 K and 196 MPa for 4 h in an atmosphere of argon gas. The lattice parameter decreased slightly with increasing x. From the XPS measurement, the Ta5+ ion was stable in Ba(Sn1−x
 Ta
 x
 )O3 ceramics and the broad peak of the Ta4f level was the overlap between the Ta5+4f5/2 and Ta5+4f7/2 levels. Ba(Sn1−x
 Ta
 x
 )O3 ceramics were n-type semiconductors, and their electrical resistivities increased with increasing x. The increase in the electrical resistivity was explained by impurity scattering due to the presence of the Ta ions. The absolute value of the Seebeck coefficient (S) increased with increasing temperature and x. The power factor (S
 2
 σ), which was calculated from electrical conductivity (σ) and the Seebeck coefficient, was ca. 1.0 × 10−5 W m−1 K−2 at x = 0.01.
The Role of the Jesuit University in the Evolving "Innovation Triangle" of Business, Government, and Academia

The purpose of this paper is to suggest a role for Jesuit universities to play in the evolving collaboration among business, government, and academia. Specifically, this paper will identify an “innovation triangle” whose aim is the creation of innovative ways to meet the challenges of a global economy. For purposes of the International Association of Jesuit Business Schools 2015 Conference in Montevideo, Uruguay, the subject area is “Jesuit inspiration at the university level: business challenges.” Our methodology consists of evaluating the role of Jesuit universities through the case study of a conference organized by the presenters of this paper. Although not actually held, the conference was scheduled to take place at Unisinos Business School in Sao Leopoldo, Brazil. Entitled “Doing Brazil in Brazil,” it involved a new structure in which participants were to work alongside government officials, university faculty, and students while exploring the ethical dimensions of foreign investment and business in Brazil. This was to have been done in conjunction with a techpark adjacent to the university.