SIRIS-Lab/unlabelled-sti-corpus huggingface dataset:
DOOR ARRANGEMENT

1432213 Pressure resistant door WARTSILA AB OY 31 Aug 1973 [1 Sept 1972] 41069/73 Heading F2P A door arrangement comprising a movable door 2, a stationary wall 1 and bolt devices 13 with driving means to press the door hermetically against the wall, is characterized in that the driving means of the bolt devices is connected to a motion transmitting system comprising an axially movable, double-ended secondary shaft 6 one end of which is connected by means of a toggle joint mechanism 11 to bolt devices 13 of the upper part of the door and the other end of which is connected by toggle joint mechanisms to bolt devices of the lower part of the door. As shown the driving means consists of a hand wheel 3 mounted on wall 1 and a shaft 4 rotatable by the wheel 3 and connected to gearing 5 mounted on the door, the gearing 5 being connected to the shaft 6 The latter has oppositely handed screw threads at its respective ends which engage with slides 7 so that rotation of shafts 6 moves the slides 7 towards or away from each other. The slides 7 have motion transmitting elements 10 which operate the toggle mechanisms 11 to move bolts 13 into engagement (or out of engagement) with bolt receiving holes in pieces 12 fixed to the wall 1. The ends of the bolts are tapered so that by a wedging action they force the door against the wall (Fig. 2, not shown). The shaft 6 has slight axial freedom of movement, e.g. by mounting the gearing 5 on the door with some resilience so that possible differences in the bolting forces in the upper and lower parts of the door are balanced through the shaft. There may be some clearance between the elements 10 and the toggle mechanisms so that the initial movement of the driving means can be used to bring about some additional function, e.g. the operation of a pressure balancing valve if the door is used in conjunction with an air lock. The door may be provided with flexible seals and a mechanical stop to prevent overcompression of the seals and the door is preferably mounted on arms 19 hinged to the wall at 20 and to the centre of the door at 17.
Treatment of Basic Red 29 dye solution using iron-aluminum electrode pairs by electrocoagulation and electro-Fenton methods

The aim of this study is the treatment of Basic Red 29 (BR29) dye solution using hybrid iron-aluminum electrodes by electrocoagulation and electro-Fenton methods. The effect of current density, initial pH, supporting electrolyte, H₂O₂, and initial dye concentration on dye removal efficiency was investigated, and the best experimental conditions were obtained. Time-coarse variation of UV-Vis spectra and toxicity and chemical oxygen demand (COD) removal were also examined at the best experimental conditions. Both systems were found very successful for the removal of BR29 dye. The removal efficiency of >95% for BR29 dye solution was reached easily in a short time. At the best experimental conditions, for the initial BR29 concentration of 100 mg/L, >95% BR29 dye and 71.43% COD removal were obtained after 20 and 40 min of electrolysis, respectively. Additionally, toxicity results for electro-Fenton treatment of 100 mg/L BR29 were also very promising. According to the results obtained, although electro-Fenton is more effective, both systems can be used successfully to treat textile wastewater including dyes.
A bonded-particle model for cemented sand

Abstract We propose an extension of the Discrete Element Method for the numerical simulation of cemented sands, in which spherical particles are bonded together by elastic beams connecting the centers of the spheres. The parameters of this model are the strengths and stiffnesses of the bonds and particles. For small strains, the elasticity of the bond element is equal to the well-known linear finite-element Timoshenko beam element with reduced integration. The finite rotations are represented by unit quaternions. An efficient way to compute relative rotations and to decompose them into their components is presented. The results of triaxial compression tests on artificially cemented sands are used to verify that the model can capture the macroscopic behavior of such materials. The results show that peak stress mainly depends on the strength of the bonds and the number of initially bonded particles in the material. Results of triaxial tests with different cement contents are reproduced by the analysis. An important parameter of the model is the strength difference between tension and compression of the bond element. This property controls the influence of the confining pressure on peak strength. In the future, the model could be adapted to other types of bonded materials like asphalt or rock.
Dynamics of amorphous semiconductors: intrinsic nature and application in neuromorphic hardware

After decades of perfecting the established way of computing, it is now evident that the fundamental logic of today’s computers will prevent them from ever reaching the efficiency of neural networks as found in nature. Neuromorphic hardware promises a leap forward by following the inherent working principles of biological neural networks. In very-large-scale integrated neuromorphic circuits incorporating an immense number of artificial neurons, the even much larger number of synapses poses the challenge of imitating especially the synaptic functionality in a most compact way. Over the last years, various memristive devices have been proposed to represent the weight of a synapse, determining how well electrical spikes are transmitted from one neuron to another. Existing attempts to achieve spike-timing-dependent plasticity, however, possess inherent problems.
The NEURAMORPH project aims to develop a simple and compact circuit element to regulate the access to the memristive device for weight modifications. The dynamics of electrical excitability intrinsic to the employed amorphous semiconductors will naturally be able to mimic spike-timing-dependent plasticity. For full control over the properties of these synaptic access elements, a fundamental understanding of the relaxation processes in such amorphous materials is imperative. To this end, amorphization conditions will be systematically varied over a wide-range to create very distinct amorphous states. As a measure for relaxation the temporal evolution of their electrical properties will then be investigated. Based on experimental results for a variety of materials, molecular dynamics simulations will be employed to elucidate the relationship between elemental composition, structural dynamics and changing electrical excitability. Finally, as proof of concept, a prototype of a neuromorphic chip will be developed incorporating the new kind of synaptic device.
Genetic markers assisted selection for improvement of swine breeding productivity.

Laboratorios Dr. Larrasa. S.L is a privately owned biotechnology company founded in 2002. Led by a team of experts in veterinary, genetics and molecular biology (most of them PhDs), the company was born as a veterinary diagnostics laboratory to serve the needs of the farming industry.

The ultimate objective we seek in the SWINE-GEN project is to implement in farms a unique and proprietary technology for improving swine breeding productivity. The core component of our technology is a genetic biochip specifically designed for the analysis in blood samples of those genetic markers that affect swine prolificacy (litter size at birth). Through our technology it will be possible to select the most fertile animals to mate, upon the most accurate information of genetic markers linked to reproductive traits in pigs. In this way, it will be possible to increase the number of piglets per litter in swine breeding (from an average of 9-10 piglets/litter to 11-12 piglets/litter). Moreover, as the selection will be based on genetic markers, it will be possible to stimulate a higher % of inheritance of selected genes from parents to their offspring. Therefore, the solution we propose will allow the improvement of swine breeding productivity generation after generation, having a huge impact on the productivity of the pork industry.
Antioxidant potential of Thymoquinone against Arsenic mediated neurotoxicity

Introduction: Arsenic, an established poisonous metalloid has widespread occurrence in the environment which is posing a constant threat to health and survival of all living organisms. In view of arsenic induced oxidative stress and toxicity, this study focuses on the mitigatory role of thymoquinone, a major active component in the volatile oil of Nigella sativa (commonly known as black cumin); as its nutraceutical value can fulfil the demand of such dietary supplements in high risk population areas. Methods: In the current study, brain preparations of male wistar rats were used to assess different biochemical markers of oxidative stress and genotoxicity. Results: Significant and dose-dependent alterations in the level of enzymatic and biochemical biomarkers of oxidative stress were observed in the As-treated system. However, pre-treatment with thymoquinone brought about significant reduction in the As-induced neurotoxicity. Also, a significant decline in arsenic-induced DNA damage was recorded on pre-treatment with thymoquinone in comet assay. Conclusion: This study proves usefulness of antioxidant potential of thymoquione in mitigating the arsenic induced neurotoxicity.
Finanziamento delle spese per le PMI relative al mantenimento delle operazioni quotidiane dell'impresa e alla garanzia della sua liquidità finanziaria a seguito della COVID-19 — nr RPMA.03.03.00-IP.01-14-112/20

Il progetto prevede sovvenzioni per KADO S.C., che ha sofferto a causa della pandemia di COVID-19, a causa della pandemia, il fatturato della società ha notevolmente diminuito la sovvenzione garantirà che le operazioni e l'occupazione della società saranno mantenuti per un periodo di 3 mesi.
Modelling of Consequences of Biogas Leakage from Gasholder

This paper describes modelling of consequences of biogas leakage from a gasholder on agricultural biogas station. Four scenarios were selected for the purpose of this work. A rupture of gasholders membrane and instantaneous explosion of gas cloud, blast of gas with delay, emptying of whole volume of gas (without initiation) and initiation of gas with Jet-Fire. Leakage of gas is modelled by special software and consequences are determined on the basis of results. The first scenario was modelled with help of equations because used software does not include an appropriate model. A farm with high building density was chosen as a model case. Biogas is replaced by methane because used software does not support modelling of dispersion of mixtures. From this viewpoint, a conservative approach is applied because biogas contains “only” approximately 60% of methane (in dependence on technology and processed material).
Accidents in Engineering and Socio-technical Systems: The Science and Recent Advances

Since the invention of the steam engine, many engineering innovations have propelled the human civilization forward and the society has changed dramatically. At the same time, accidents of various kinds (e.g. car, rail, aircraft, ships, industrial, etc.) have never stopped taking place. Hence, for any engineering and socio-technical system, safety has become one of the most important concerns in modern society. In order to understand the science of accidents, some notable accident theories and models were reviewed in this paper and their relative merits and demerits were discussed as well. The study finds that accident models and theories are diversified and different from each other. Therefore, the science behind accident cannot be unified into a single discipline. Also, changes in human civilization over the years have given birth to new modes of accidents (such as automobile, aircraft, spacecraft and etc.). This study, thus, searches the unified science of accidents and therefore, discusses the newly developed accident analysis technique called the Logic Programming Technique (LPT). It is expected that this new domain of safety engineering may contribute to achieving safety in the future automobile industry.
Light weight airframe structures through combination with high performance materials

A further step towards more light weight airframe parts is the combination of existing materials with new high performance materials. This project aims at qualifying new high performance materials for airframe structures following a bulding block approach. To do so, the three first levels of the building block approach will be covered, including coupons, elements and sub-structural details. State-of-the-art test will be introduced in the qualification test campaign that will provide useful material parameters for damage tolerance analysis.

The consortium is formed by experienced partners in composite material testing and design. All the coupons and parts will be manufactured by an experienced manufacturer equipped with the latest manufacturing technologies, with the most demanding quality certifications and currently qualified by Airbus and Airbus Helicopters.
Catalogo dei Ropaloceri della Provincia di Grosseto (Toscana meridionale)

Vengono sintetizzate le conoscenze sulla fauna a Ropaloceri della provincia di Grosseto (Toscana meridionale) sulla base di quanto fino ad oggi pubblicato nella letteratura e nella sitografia e sulla base di materiale inedito. Per la provincia sono riportate 115 specie (Papilionidae: 3; Hesperiidae: 18; Pieridae: 13; Riodinidae: 1; Lycaenidae: 34; Nymphalidae: 46). Le specie più interessanti dal piunto di vista conservazionistico e biogeografico sono Carcharodus baeticus (Rambur, 1839), Iolana iolas (Ochsenheimer, 1816), Lysandra hispana (Herrich-Schäffer, 1851), Hipparchia aristaeus (Bonelli, 1826) e Coenonympha corinna (Staudinger, 1901). Gegenes nostrodamus (Fabricius, 1793), Carcharodus lavatherae (Esper, 1783), Pyrgus sidae (Esper, 1784), Lycaena thersamon (Esper, 1784), Thecla betulae (Linnaeus, 1758) e Satyrium w-album (Knoch, 1782) rivestono un certo interesse in quanto considerate in declino nella Lista Rossa italiana.
Partnership for the Observation and study of new Routes and Transnational Sea-highways

Motorways of the Sea are constantly expanding with a goal of offering an extensive network of fast, frequent, reliable maritime links for the transport of trucks, trailers, cars and other rolling cargo in the Mediterranean and North Europe. Sea transportation as the natural alternative to the already congested motorways, thus promoting the EU&#39;s policy of shifting goods from the road to more environmentally friendly transport solutions.
 
The PORTS project intends to study the impact of new routes and MoS between Apulian, Montenegrin and Albanian coasts, particularly between the ports of Taranto, Kotor and Durres, and to analyse their socio-economic impact.  It also aims to increase  cross-boarder dialogue and ultimately accessibility, by:
-creating a large international network including all the relevant stakeholders in the area;
-creating an international research laboratory (PORTS LAB) to study new forms of integrated transport RO/PAX and new cruiser lines between the ports of Taranto, Kotor, Bar and Durres and to analyze data with a mathematical provisional transport model;
-organizing international round tables in order to discuss main findings of the research
-sharing good practices and training professional within the industry.
Main target of the actions are public authorities managing transport of passengers and freight, and economic operators along the spine of the eastern Balkans.

Through this actions and by using this approach we expect to:
-Increase the number of contacts among public and private stakeholders in program areas,  study the market area and ultimately promote a sea link connecting Taranto, Albania and Montenegro;
-Develop new and global visions for connecting the Area;
-Produce documents and material publicly available that will support this vision.

The international approach is a prerequisite for achieving the indicated results.
Artists from two Minorities

 “Artists from two minorities” is a cross-border project in the field of painting that sees the participation of the Slovenian minority in Italy and the Italian minority in Slovenia. The main objective of this project is to contribute to evoking among the people the perception of the border area as, in fact, a single yet varied and composite cultural space where Minorities play a significant role, as an element of junction and contact between two distinct geopolitical areas and, also, as a bridge and a cultural mediator between peoples. The project consists in the organisation of a collective and itinerant art exhibition that - in the spring and summer of 2004, as the Republic of Slovenia joins the European Union - takes place in several exhibition venues along the border, in order to celebrate the creativity of a group of painters belonging to the two Minorities. Each of them is represented by seven artists: Cej, Jussa, Klanjšček, Palčič, Raza, Švara and Vecchiet representing the Slovenian Minority in Italy, and Apollonio, Bassani, Juričič, Paladin, Stipanov, Ugussi and Zudič the Italian Minority in Slovenia. Painters of different ages, with a solid background, at ease between tradition and innovation, often engaged in teaching activities in academies and schools at various levels, the artists of the two Minorities are the creative image of an identity that is deeply rooted and a culture that knows no borders. The exhibitions take place in the Kulturni Dom in Gorizia and the Beneška Galerija in San Pietro al Natisone and, on the Slovenian side of the project, in the towns of Koper- Capodistria, Piran-Pirano and Nova Gorica.
Dissecting the epigenetic control of totipotency.

One of the most critical epigenetic and chromatin remodelling processes in mammalian development occurs shortly after fertilization restoring totipotency. Due to limited cell numbers and lack of experimentally tractable systems, the mechanisms and regulation of this developmental stage are poorly understood. This proposal will provide important mechanistic insights into the epigenetic control of early embryonic gene expression, and its relevance to somatic reprogramming. 

Murine embryonic stem cells (ESCs) contain a rare sub-population of early embryonic like (EEL) cells expressing genes normally restricted to the pre-implantation embryo, with enhanced extra-embryonic differentiation capability. Firstly, using novel single-cell technologies, I will characterize the EEL cells in detail, validating them as an in vitro model of pre-implantation development. On-going research in the host lab that I am involved in has identified an epigenetic enhancer that expands this EEL sub-population. Through bioinformatic analysis of pre-implantation transcriptome data, I have shortlisted 34 epigenetic and chromatin-associated proteins, including the previously identified factor, which will be systematically screened to identify new enhancers of totipotency. Validated EEL regulators, including two additional newly confirmed factors, will be analysed mechanistically determining their interaction partners, interdependencies, and mode of action. Finally, the contribution of the totipotency regulators towards the efficiency and fidelity of somatic reprogramming will be determined, potentially improving the use of this technology for personalised gene therapy and regenerative medicine.

This state-of-the-art proposal uses innovative and novel cutting-edge technologies and combines the expertise of the researcher and the host. It has the potential for significant impact across several fields from epigenetics and stem cell biology to reprogramming and regenerative medicine.
Un gruppo poco conosciuto: generalità, raccolta, allevamento e studio degli embiotteri italiani e mediterranei

Gli Embioptera sono tra gli ordini di insetti meno studiato e quindi meno conosciuto in Italia. Al fine di stimolare e facilitare nuove ricerche su questi singolari insetti, vengono presentate le generalità sulla loro biologia, le tecniche di raccolta, allevamento e studio e le attuali conoscenze sulla loro presenza in Italia e in Europa. Viene presentata anche una chiave per l’identificazione dei generi e una bibliografia essenziale.
Collaborative dominance: when doing unto others as you would have them do unto you is reasonable

In this article, we analyze how reasonable it is to play according to some Nash equilibria if players have a preference for one of their opponents' strategies. To formalize our argument, we propose the concepts of collaborative dominance and collaborative equilibrium studying some of its properties. First, we prove that if the collaborative equilibrium exists, then it is always efficient, what can be seen as a focal property. Moreover, we argue that one reason that may lead players not to collaborate is that they can focus on security instead of efficiency properties, in which case they would prefer to play according to maximin strategies. This argument allows us to reduce the hall of reasonable equilibria for games where a collaborative equilibrium exists. Finally, we show that two-player zero-sum games do not have collaborative equilibrium, and that if they contain a strategy profile composed only of collaboratively dominated actions, then such profile is a Nash equilibrium of the game.
Formation of nano-crystalline C3N4 thin films on stainless steel from hexamethylenetetramine and urea using simple sol–gel method

Abstract Nano-crystalline C3N4 thin films have been deposited on stainless steel (SS) substrates from hexamethylenetetramine (HMTA) and urea separately using simple sol–gel method. For that purpose hot-dip coating processes were carried out. The coated specimens were annealed at 800 °C in N2. The samples were analyzed using field emission scanning electron microscopy, nanoindenter, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and X-ray diffraction. The deposits show C3N4 with clear hexagonal morphology and size range of 50–500 nm. The hardness values of the synthesized films show 2.74–4.35 times higher than that of SS. The hardness and Young's modulus of the films synthesized from HMTA show the highest values; 16.10 and 394.29 GPa, respectively. This significant achievement of the production of nano-crystalline C3N4 from inexpensive sources and simple methods at ambient pressure opens up a door for its low cost production on SS for a wide range of applications. Irrespective of the sources with different chemical structures we got similar product, which implies that different sources of carbon and nitrogen might be used with our methods of sol–gel deposition.