SIRIS-Lab/unlabelled-sti-corpus huggingface dataset:
Integrated and detailed image understanding

The aim of this project is to create the technology needed to understand the content of images in a detailed, human-like manner, significantly superseding the current limitations of automatic image understanding, and enabling new far reaching human-centric applications. The first goal is to substantially broaden the spectrum of visual information that machines can extract from images. For example, where current technology may discover that there is a ``person'' in an image, we would like to produce a description such as ``person wearing a red uniform, tall, brown haired, with a bayonet, and a long black hat.'' The second goal is to do so efficiently, by developing integrated image representations that can share knowledge and computation in multiple computer vision tasks, from detecting edges to recognising and describing thousands of different object types.

In order to do so, we will investigate, for the fist time in a systematic manner, the breadth of information that humans can extract from images, from abstract patterns to object parts and attributes, and we will incorporate it in the next generation of machine vision systems. Compared to existing technology, the new algorithms will have a significantly richer and more detailed understanding of the content of images. They will be learned from data building on recent breakthroughs in large scale discriminative and deep machine learning, and will be delivered as general-purpose open-source software for the benefit of the research community and businesses. In order to make these systems future-proof, we will develop methods to extend them automatically, by learning from images downloaded from the Internet with very little human supervision. These new advanced capabilities will be demonstrated in breakthrough applications in large scale image search and visual information retrieval.
A Metric Characterisation of Repulsive Tilings

A tiling of \({\mathbb {R}}^d\) is repulsive if no r-patch can repeat arbitrarily close to itself, relative to r. This is a characteristic property of aperiodic order, for a non-repulsive tiling has arbitrarily large locally periodic patterns. We consider a non-periodic, repetitive tiling T of \({\mathbb {R}}^d\), with finite local complexity. From a spectral triple built on the discrete hull \(\varXi \) of T and its Connes distance, we derive two metrics \(d_{\mathrm{sup}}\) and \(d_{\mathrm{inf}}\) on \(\varXi \). We show that T is repulsive if and only if \(d_{\mathrm{sup}}\) and \(d_{\mathrm{inf}}\) are Lipschitz equivalent. This generalises the previous works on subshifts by J. Kellendonk, D. Lenz, and the author.
An ICN In-Network Caching Policy for Butterfly Network in DCN

In-network caching is a key component of information-centric networking (ICN) for reducing content download time, network traffic, and server workload. Data center network (DCN) is an ideal candidate for applying the ICN design principles. In this paper, we have evaluated the effectiveness of caching placement and replacement in DCN with butterfly-topology. We also suggest a new cache placement policy based on the number of routing nodes (i.e., hop counts) through which travels the content. With a probability inversely proportional to the hop counts, the caching placement policy makes each routing node to cache content chunks. Simulation results lead us to conclude (ⅰ) cache placement policy is more effective for cache performance than cache replacement, (ⅱ) the suggested cache placement policy has better caching performance for butterfly-type DCNs than the traditional caching placement policies such as ALWASYS and FIX(P), and (ⅲ) high cache hit ratio does not always imply low average hop counts.
Hazy Days: Forest Fires and the Politics of Environmental Security in Indonesia

The Indonesian “haze” that engulfs Southeast Asia is a result of the burning of forests and has a detrimental effect on the health of millions of people. Indonesia is currently the third largest emitter of carbon dioxide in the world. In response to the dangers posed by forest fires to national and global environmental security, the then Indonesian president publicly declared a “war on haze” in 2006 and called for the use of all necessary measures to stop the deliberate setting of fires. Although his strong “securitising” rhetoric received much public support, it is yet to produce results. The Indonesian authorities have had little success in preventing fires or prosecuting the culprits. Indonesia thus appears to be a null case – that is, a case of an unsuccessful securitisation. We argue that this unsuccessful securitisation needs to be understood against the backdrop of Indonesia's vast decentralisation process, which resulted in certain powers being devolved from Jakarta to the provinces. We find that it is the ability of local and regional elites (often entrenched in patronage networks with plantation owners) to curtail environmental policies which explains the continuation of forest fires. With regard to securitisation theory, our findings suggest that securitising moves and audience acceptance do not necessarily lead to the successful implementation of emergency measures. It appears that there are intermediate factors – in our case mainly linked to the nature of and the distribution of power within the political regime – that impact on the success of securitisation processes.
La innovación social en los cuidados 0-3

La innovación social es un concepto teórico que ha sido aplicado al debate sobre el estado de bienestar en el ámbito local, por su capacidad de identificar propuestas de iniciativa comunitaria con potencial para generar buenas prácticas para la innovación en las políticas públicas. A pesar de su reconocido potencial innovador, muchos autores han adoptado una mirada crítica hacia estas experiencias. La participación en la innovación social se concentra entre los individuos de clase media ya involucrados en actividades comunitarias y participativas. La atención que han generado en el ámbito municipal dentro de los gobiernos locales, gracias a su capacidad para expresar sus demandas y propuestas, podría percibirse como competidora de la asignación de recursos públicos a los estratos más vulnerables y excluidos de la población.Este artículo aspira a situarse en el debate sobre la compleja relación entre la innovación social y la equidad, en referencia al cuidado de la temprana infancia (0-3 años). Centrándose en el caso de Barcelona, responde a las siguientes preguntas: ¿en qué medida y por qué el acceso a las innovaciones sociales en la etapa 0-3 años presenta un sesgo socioeconómico?; ¿en qué se diferencia la concepción de innovación social en la etapa 0-3 años que tiene la ciudadanía y la que tiene el gobierno local?; ¿cuáles son las potencialidades y los límites de la política pública local para compatibilizar la innovación social y la equidad?
A PESQUISA SOCIAL NA AMAZÔNIA COMO PRINCÍPIO PEDAGÓGICO EM TEMPOS DE PANDEMIA

O trabalho tem o propósito de realizar uma reflexão sobre a importância da pesquisa social na Amazônia para a aprendizagem de graduandos de Ciências Sociais. A Amazônia sempre despertou o interesse internacional, dada as suas riquezas naturais, que motivam a cobiça do capital, e o desenvolvimento de pesquisas que favoreçam a descoberta de novas possibilidades de exploração da sociobiodiversidade (HÉBETTE, 2004). Essas pesquisas têm se colocado como fundamentais para o encontro de soluções de uma infinidade de problemas. Nesse sentido, essa região se coloca como um território central para a sustentabilidade do planeta.
Fish tourism & ichthyotourism: implementation of joint marketing strategies for the sustainable management of the environment and tourist demand

The project Fish Tourism aims to implement in a pilot scale a fishtourism & ichthyotourism project in Greece utilising Italian experience & know-how. Fishermen and other stakeholdes will have an alternative activity, aiming to provide an alternative occupation and reduce and control the fishing effort in nature and subsequently reduce the pressure of the natural stocks. The socio-economic fabric of the EU areas involved in fishing are affected by the structural reforms of the CFP. The Community must be able to provide accompanying measures to efface the consequences for the fisheries sector and for the economy of areas dependant upon fisheries. Fish tourism is an ideal alternative that will preserve the natural and cultural heritage of the targeted areas and will offer alternative employement in areas dependent on fisheries and other coastal areas. Objectives • Creation of a solid legal framework for ichthyotourism. • Fishermen and workers of the whole sector will have available a set of basic and simple tools to improve their competences and capabilities to recognise and directly manage new working opportunities also with solutions of seasonal or part time work in their traditional social, economical, environmental and cultural heritage • Local policy and decision makers will have available a basic simple methodology and set of tools to read, classify and exploit “local resources” as potential resources attracting new employment and working opportunities, both for younger & surplus manpower coming from different economic sectors (& fishery too). • “Map of the Working Opportunities at local level” will be published and available; it should represent the best example of methodology of how to approach conversion activities and surplus manpower and labour market problems assuming the concept of “effectiveness” of the interventions.
(16807.19102018.132000297) FORMULACOVER — COVERING FORMULATION ON GLASS

THE COMPANY? INTEX SYSTEM SRL INTENDS TO DEVELOP A COLORIMETRY SYSTEM ABLE TO PERFORM THE FORMULATION OF COVERING PAINTS ON GLASS OR CRYSTAL SUBSTRATES THAT MUST THEN BE OBSERVED FROM THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE APPLICATION SURFACE. FROM A TECHNICAL POINT OF VIEW, IS IT DIFFICULT? PRINCIPALLY LIES NOT IN THE COLORIMETRIC FORMULATION OF COVERING PAINTS (A PROBLEM OVERCOME BY DECADES) BUT IN THE FACT THAT THE COLOR TO BE IMITATED, SO? HOW THE POSSIBLE QUALITY CONTROL MEASURE ARE DEFINED AND PERFORMED ON THE FACE OF THE SUBSTRATE OPPOSITE TO THAT OF APPLICATION OF THE PAINT. IT’S THERE? IT FORCES THE OBSERVER TO OBSERVE THE PAINT THROUGH A LAYER OF GLASS WITH A HIGH THICKNESS (E.G. 2 CM), A CIRCUMSTANCE THAT HEAVILY CHANGES THE APPARENT COLOR. THE DIFFICULTY? A TECHNIQUE THAT NEEDS TO BE SOLVED BY THE PROJECT IS PRECISELY IN DEVELOPING A MODEL OF PHYSICAL-MATHEMATICAL CALCULATION THAT ALLOWS TO CORRECTLY PREDICT THE COLOR OF THE PAINT SEEN THROUGH THE GLASS.
Impaired transactivation of the human CYP2J2 arachidonic acid epoxygenase gene in HepG2 cells subjected to nitrative stress

Human cytochrome P450 2J2 (CYP2J2) generates epoxyfatty acids that modulate cellular apoptosis and proliferation. CYP2J2 regulation has not been intensively studied but induction of the activator protein-1 (AP-1) subunit c-fos mediates CYP2J2 down-regulation in hypoxia, a component of ischaemic injury. Decreased CYP2J2 expression may contribute to tissue injury.HepG2 cells were treated with sodium nitroprusside (SNP) to induce nitrative stress, which has been associated with inflammation and infection in liver and other tissues. CYP2J2 protein and mRNA expression were evaluated by immunoblotting and real-time PCR respectively. The role of mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinases in CYP2J2 dysregulation was assessed using specific inhibitors and dominant negative MAP kinase expression plasmids. CYP2J2-luciferase reporter constructs and electromobility shift assays (EMSAs) were used to identify SNP-regulated regions in the CYP2J2 gene.Cytochrome P450 2J2 was down-regulated by SNP while the AP-1 proteins c-jun and c-fos were up-regulated; inhibition of p38 and ERK MAP kinases normalized their expression. The gene elements at -105/-95 and -56/-63 were required for the down-regulation of CYP2J2 induced by nitrative stress.p38 and ERK MAP kinases transduce stress stimuli that down-regulate CYP2J2. Targeting these kinases may prevent the loss of CYP2J2 and epoxy-fatty acids that protect cells against deleterious stresses.
Effects of microstructure on creep deformation of Sn-3.5Ag alloys

Creep data of Pb-free solder alloys vary widely even for a given composition. Main culprits are differences in the solder microstructure. The role of β-Sn granular and particle size is particularly interesting as it is determined by the solidification rate of the solder from the melt. In the present work, creep tests were conducted under uniaxial tension by using the Sn-3.5Ag alloys with varying microstructures. The minimum strain rate (e) showed d1.8∼2.5 dependence where d is the granular size of the primary β-Sn phase. This is pretty much opposite to the grain size effect in creep where e decreases inversely (D−2 and D−3 respectively) with the grain size (D). The inverse relationship originates from the diffusive matter transport through the bulk or along the grain boundary, but the granular effect observed in the eutectic solders has no resemblance to the former. Here, primary β-Sn granules are surrounded by walls of creep resistant eutectic regions which are mixtures of the β-Sn phases and Ag 3 Sn precipitates, and the stress which drives the creep deformation of the eutectic phase increases with the granule size in a manner similar to that of the Hall-Petch relation.
Energy smart livestock farming towards zero fossil fuel consumption

The adaptation of RES technologies and machinery and their demonstration at a large-scale on farm level, require supporting measures with respect to spatial planning, infrastructure, different business models and market organisation, trends that are not all under control from a farmers’ perspective. RES4LIVE project will fill these gaps ensuring a wider adoption of RES and energy efficiency technologies, machinery and techniques in livestock farms towards a zero-fossil fuel consumption. A great part of RES4LIVE technical work deals with the adaptation of specific technologies for both renewable energy and biofuels so that to perfectly fit livestock farming and becoming attractive in terms of cost effectiveness, operational flexibility and with low maintenance. The key technologies include PVT systems, modular heat pumps, biogas upgrading to biomethane, and tractors retrofitting to be fuelled by biomethane. Except these technologies, standard RES and other solutions are included in the integrated energy system, such as the use of PV panels, geothermal energy, and electrification of on-farm machinery.
The RES4LIVE project emphasises on the demonstration of the selected technologies in 4 pilot farms in Belgium, Italy, Germany and Greece, for a duration of at least 12 months, to serve as the means of de-fossilising evidence and impact generation. The aim is to totally replace the fossil fuel consumption of certain needs in the pilot farms, proving that fossil-free-energy farming is possible to be achieved with a sustainable way. At the same time, the replicability potential is another key activity so that to prepare the commercialization process of the solutions. The overall objective is to provide advanced and cost-effective technologies to the livestock sector that ensure the sustainability of the farms’ operation, and the superior thermal comfort of the animals for increased productivity with minimum climate change impact.
Traces of research

TRACES is a nationally extensive project, aiming to foster visibility of multidisciplinary science and its results, as well as interaction and collaboration between the public and researchers in Finland. The ultimate aim is to enhance involvement and evidence-based impact of research in the society in order to improve our everyday life in a rapidly changing world. Grounded on successful earlier nation-wide NIGHT-collaboration in 2016-2017, this project brings together several universities, research institutes, research funding agencies, and expert organisations for science communication. It spans many facets of research and covers numerous individual researchers with diverse backgrounds and research topics. We will deliver a message of cutting edThe project aims to foster collaboration between the public and researchers in Finland in order to improve our everyday life in a rapidly changing world. This project brings together several universities, research institutes and expert organisations for science communication. It spans many facets of research in Finland and covers numerous individual researchers with diverse backgrounds and research topics. We will deliver a message of cutting edge research conducted in Finland and introduce the general public with the large number of researchers and the significant work they perform. We want to break stereotypes the general public may have on researchers. The programme for activities during the night will include content for everyone, from children to seniors. However, the specific aim is to promote research careers especially to high school and university students, and young people in general who are about to make their first real career choice. Our message is that high education is fun and could provide them with a secured future. Many Finnish universities and organisations have united for a widespread European Researchers’ Night and will simultaneously perform activities targeted for the general public around the country.
DEBT POLICY RULE, PRODUCTIVE GOVERNMENT SPENDING, AND MULTIPLE GROWTH PATHS: A NOTE

In a very interesting endogenous growth model, Futagami, Iwaisako, and Ohdoi [ Macroeconomic Dynamics 12 (2008), 445–462] study the long-run growth effect of borrowing for public investment. Their model exhibits (i) the multiplicity of balanced growth paths (BGPs) in the long run (two steady states) and (ii) a possible indeterminacy of the transition path to the high-growth BGP. The goal of this note is to show that their results depend on a sharp assumption, namely the definition of the public debt target as a ratio to private capital. If the target is defined in terms of public debt–to–GDP ratio, both results vanish: the model exhibits a unique BGP (no multiplicity) and the adjustment path to this unique equilibrium is determinate (no indeterminacy).
Protein dynamics in antiviral processes

The innate antiviral defense system is of central importance to protect from viral pathogens. Its ability to mitigate a detrimental outcome of an infectious event relies on interactions that happen between viral and host-derived proteins as well as on signalling cascades that regulate the cellular response. However, despite the importance of these interactions, the involved processes and proteins are not yet fully understood.

We established state of the art mass spectrometry techniques and statistical modelling to characterise protein-protein interactions that are affected by viruses. We identified a class of proteins we name “viral affected proteins changing their interaction” (iVAPs). In addition, we established protein turnover rates of >6900 proteins in virus infected cells and identified a group of “viral affected proteins changing turnover rates” (tVAPs). tVAPs are regulated on basis of protein stabilisation, degradation or translation. Preliminary experiments show critical importance of iVAPs and tVAPs in antiviral immunity, suggesting functional similarities to Interferon stimulated genes (ISGs). Alike ISGs, VAPs therefore represent a critical component of the immune system. 

ProDAP will establish the function of iVAPs and tVAPs in the antiviral immune response. Systematic screens employing depletion and overexpression experiments, integration of these data in functional networks and mechanistic follow up studies will be performed. Already identified and new candidate proteins will be tested mechanistically for their immune-regulatory capacity and their influence on virus infections in vitro and in vivo. 

ProDAP will allow insights in yet unstudied modulators of host-pathogen interplay and will influence our current understanding of immune regulation in general. It is well established that ISGs are of central importance to defend virus infections and we hypothesize that VAPs may fulfil a similarly important protective function that has yet not been elucid
Historical stained-glass window laser preservation: The heat accumulation challenge

Stained-glass windows form an important part of cultural heritage. Short pulse lasers open new opportunities for safe decontamination. In this work, and for the first time, the interaction of sub-nanosecond and femtosecond pulsed lasers with some contemporary stained-glasses has been analyzed exploring their applicability to safely clean stained-glass windows. The results show that, in these materials, damage can be induced using energy levels below damage thresholds due to the heat accumulation in the coating layer that is being eliminated. The latter generates significant thermal stresses on the glass volume, which induce crack formation. In consequence, in order to apply safe stained-glass cleaning protocols, laser parameters have to be selected to control the temperature increase within this layer. To achieve the latter goal, two alternative irradiation procedures were explored in this work. As a first option, a reduction of the effective pulse repetition frequency to values lower than 20 kHz was applied. A second alternative was used for lasers with pulse repetition rates in the hundreds of kHz. In this case, the burst mode was employed controlling the number of pulses emitted and combined with an adequate time lapse selection between two consecutive burst runs. A proof of concept demonstration was carried out on a stained-glass sample from the Cathedral of Cuenca, dated at the end of the XV century. Las vidrieras constituyen un elemento esencial de nuestro patrimonio cultural. Los láseres de pulsos ultracortos ofrecen nuevas oportunidades para desarrollar procesos de restauración seguros. En este trabajo, por primera vez, se estudia la interacción de láseres pulsados emitiendo pulsos en el rango de los subnanosegundos y femtosegundos con piezas de vidrieras contemporáneas, con el fin de explorar la posibilidad de desarrollar procesos seguros de restauración de vidrieras. Los resultados muestran que, en estos materiales, incluso trabajando con niveles de energía por debajo de los umbrales de daño, se puede generar deterioro por la acumulación de calor generada en la capa que se está eliminando, lo cual puede generar niveles de tensiones térmicas que provocan la ruptura del vidrio. Por tanto, para desarrollar protocolos de limpieza seguros, los parámetros de procesado deben escogerse de tal manera que se minimice la temperatura que se alcanza en esta capa. Se han explorado dos alternativas. Una es reducir la frecuencia de trabajo hasta valores por debajo de los 20 kHz. En el caso de láseres que trabajen a frecuencias más elevadas, la alternativa es trabajar en modo burst, limitando el número de pulsos en cada serie y estableciendo tiempos de espera entre dos series. Estas ideas se han aplicado sobre una pieza de vidriera de la Catedral de Cuenca de finales del siglo XV.
COMPOSITE COMPRISING A METAL REINFORCING ELEMENT AND AN ELASTOMER COMPOSITION CONTAINING AN ADHESION PROMOTING RESIN

A composite comprises at least one reinforcing element exhibiting a surface comprising an alloy of copper and zinc, the reinforcing element being embedded in an elastomeric composition based on at least a diene elastomer, a reinforcing filler, a sulfur crosslinking system and a phenol/aldehyde resin based on at least one aromatic polyphenol and on at least one dialdehyde compound comprising two aldehyde functions, in which the content of phenol/aldehyde resin is less than 10 phr.