SIRIS-Lab/unlabelled-sti-corpus huggingface dataset:
More efficient wind blades

The objective MEWi-B is the implementation and production of universal aeroelastic wind blades, which are recyclable, highly efficient and able to operate in both high and low winds regimes. 
This means achieving more sustainable and efficient wind systems at a lower environmental impact than with traditional technologies. The innovation of MEWi-B product lies in passive aeroelastic deformation; in the innovative design of the aerodynamic profile, in the innovative and recyclable materials used; in the lighter blades; in the reduction of the rotors diameter at the same power produced.
The new blades will allow to produce wind energy in areas where to date it is not cost effective because of low wind, but also to increase the efficiency (20%) of existing wind farms through the re-blading programme. To date, it estimated around 10.000 turbines in Europe that could benefit from re-blading. The wind energy landscape is moving towards a very difficult phase due to incentive cuts for Renewable Energy System, energy wholesale price reduction and expensive system charges. All factors are determining lower than expected returns on assets in operation. As a result, most new wind projects are now being abandoned due to unattractive returns. In this contest MEWi-B provides superior quality blades which delivers over-performance valued by customers.
The potential customers are wind turbines manufacturers which will put on their market an innovative solution, owners of existing wind farms, managing company which will benefit from more efficiency and longer life-cycle by replacing the obsolete blades, and developer of new wind farms which could use also marginal sites. The feasibility evaluation of the phase1 will cover in particular: the technical/scientific and economic feasibility, the potential market for the EU and non-EU and the risks related to the project business idea. Phase2 will focus on demonstration, testing and prototyping of product/process and market replication.
DOWNLOADING A COMMUNICATION PROFILE IN A WEARABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE BY USING THE USER INTERFACE OF A MOBILE DEVICE

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a first communication module configured to establish a communication channel to an external electronic device based on wired communications or short-range communications, a second communication module that supports a communication service provided via a base station; a control module configured to obtain a communication profile required for operating the second communication module using the external electronic device connected through the first communication module, and a memory configured to store the communication profile.
Discrepancies between erythrocyte sedimentation rate and C-reactive protein in non-infectious inflammatory diseases

There are few data in the Spanish population about the causes of death in patients admitted to Internal Medicine departments for heart failure (HF). Their study according to left ventricular ejection fraction (reduced: rEF, mid-range: mEF, and preserved: pEF) could improve the knowledge of patients and their prognosis.Prospective multicentre cohort study of 4144 patients admitted with HF to Internal Medicine departments. Their clinical characteristics, mortality rate and causes were classified according to pEF (≥50%), mEF (40%–49%) and rEF (<40%). Patients were followed-up for a median of one year.There were 1198 deaths (29%). The cause of death was cardiovascular (CV) in 833 patients (69.5%), mainly HF (50%) and sudden cardiac death (SCD, 7.5%). Non-cardiovascular (Non-CV) causes were responsible for 365 deaths (30.5%). The most common Non-CV causes were infections (13%). The most frequent and early cause in all groups was HF. Patients with pEF, compared to the other groups, had lower risk of SCD and higher risk of infections (P < .05). The causes of death in patients with mrEF were closer to those with pEF.The causes of death in patients with HF were different depending on EF strata. Patients with mEF and pEF, due to their high comorbidity and higher frequency of NoCV death, would require comprehensive management by Internal Medicine.Los datos disponibles de las causas de muerte en pacientes ingresados por Insuficiencia Cardíaca (IC) en Servicios de Medicina Interna y en población española según Fracción de eyección (FE) reducida (FER), preservada (FEP) e intermedia (FEI) son escasos. Su estudio puede mejorar el conocimiento de estos pacientes y su pronóstico.Estudio de cohortes multicéntrico y prospectivo de 4144 pacientes que ingresaron por IC en unidades de Medicina Interna. Se registraron sus características clínicas, tasa de fallecimientos y sus causas agrupados según FEP (≥ 50%), FEI (40%–49%) y FER (<40%) durante una mediana de seguimiento de un año.Se registraron 1198 fallecimientos (29%), de los que 833 fallecieron por causas cardiovasculares (CV) (69,5%), fundamentalmente por IC (50%) y por muerte súbita (MS) (7,5%); y 365 por causas no cardiovasculares (NoCV) (30,5%), principalmente por infecciones (13%). La causa más frecuente y temprana en todos los grupos fue la IC. Los pacientes con FEP tenían menor tasa de MS y mayor de infecciones (P < ,05). Las causas de muerte en FEI fueron más parecidas a las de FEP.Las causas de muerte en pacientes con IC fueron diferentes dependiendo del tipo de FE. Los pacientes con FEI y FEP, por su elevada comorbilidad y mayor frecuencia de muerte NoCV, son los que más se beneficiarían de un manejo integral por parte de Medicina Interna.
Development of new biotech advanced materials based on hyaluronic acid and nanoparticles to prevent surgical adhesions and post surgical infectionns

The aim of the ADHESION Project is to strengthen the anti-adhesion and anti-bacterial characteristics of a NOVAGENIT® proprietary  product (DAC®), by tuning and validating a new more competitive solution targeted to the orthopaedic and cardiovascular surgery. NOVAGENIT® will take the opportunity to expand its own business in the anti-adhesion market by taking advantage of the intrinsic barrier effect of the DAC® hydrogel. A new formulation of the DAC® product will add an anti-bacterial power to the anti-fouling/anti-adhesion intrinsic action. This could be due to a combination of silver nano-particles and to Vitamin C added to the derivatized hyaluronan based gel original formulation. The new formulation, comprising a lyophilized membrane, will increase the usability for the end user, and will prolong the shelf life of the biotech, advanced material product.NOVAGENIT® intends to address both the adhesion and infection issues, as it is a complete novelty in the market of anti-adhesion products. Specifically the business opportunity consists in the combination of the three key product features (anti-fouling, antibiotic and usability) into a novel product not yet market available, and to target two surgery markets (cardiovascular and orthopaedic ones) in order to generate the appropriate return on the investment.
This phase 1 consists in the feasibility study devoted to assess the economic/technological viability of the innovative idea and to generate its business plan. It will be followed by a phase 2 where the product will be industrialized and make ready for sales through a targeted marketing plan. The envisaged advantage for the European Health-care system from the results of the ADHESION Project is to spare the costs of re-interventions, both for the post-surgical adhesions (about 2 billion Euros/year), and the post-surgical infections (about 3 to 5 billion Euros/year). Future opportunities of this product on different markets will be exploited.
Multi-hazard assessments for disaster risk reduction : lessons from the Philippines and applications for non-govermental organisations

Disaster risk reduction (DRR) should be underpinned by multi-hazard assessments that integrate community and scientific knowledge. Humanitarian and development non-governmental organisations (NGOs) are key implementers of DRR, but there is little guidance for them regarding the requirements of a multi-hazard approach. Using mainly qualitative methods, a conceptual framework for multi-hazards is proposed, which emphasises the interrelations between hazards as well as the need to address more than one hazard. This framework is compared to existing NGO hazard assessment methods at Head Office and in the Philippines (a multi-hazard hotspot), along with a case study of the 2006 Typhoon Reming lahars disaster at Mayon Volcano. Throughout the research, the role of scientific knowledge is explored. Interviewees assume that their community-based assessments ‘toolkits’ capture multi-hazards, but these are constrained by preconceptions related to DRR, the confined temporal and spatial scales of analysis and the emphasis on community knowledge. Particularly amongst Head Office NGOs, the need for science and a more anticipatory approach is driven by climate change adaptation rather than DRR. However, the Reming lahars disaster emphasises that DRR strategies must anticipate, prepare for and respond to simultaneous hazards, whilst accounting for how previous hazards might amplify or alleviate the anticipated event. The disaster emphasises the limits of community knowledge but also those of the available science, along with the need for good communication between scientists, NGOs and communities. The conceptual multi-hazard framework provides NGOs with a multi-hazard ‘lens’ to their analyses, but the findings emphasise that multi-hazard assessments require more than a toolkit. NGOs need the skills to access, understand and evaluate science and engage with scientists. There are numerous ideological and practical barriers to integrating science, which are partly addressed by a set of practical guidelines developed alongside the research. Beyond NGOs, the research has important implications for DRR policy.
Smart tools for quick and easy business start-up in Europe: the once-only challenge

START EASY is an initiative promoted by the Government of Catalonia in cooperation with national, regional & local authorities as well as other stakeholders from all corners of Europe (BE, ES, FR, IT, LT, LV, PL), which endeavours to create the best conditions for growth. The project will improve policy making & deliver smart tools that enable a conducive environment for business to start easy & quickly, boosting business startup activity & competitiveness in Europe.

By learning from one another (peer reviews), exchanging & integrating good practices (GP) from all over Europe (study visits, research and studies, etc.), & developing joint strategies (workshops & other events), the partnership will overcome common challenges identified such as: the difficult and costly process behind regulations governing business creation which tend to discourage entrepreneurial activity; the limited responsiveness of the public administration to the needs of these new startups, thereby making necessary to catch up in the digitalization of public services, once-only principle (OOP) for business data registration, one-stop shop (OSS) models, etc.

Numerous activities have been therefore structured in Phase 1 to promote active interregional exchange and effective stakeholder engagement for joint development of Action Plans (AP), as well as EU-wide dissemination. The plans should conduce improvements in the policy instruments selected, delivering new & enhanced public services & tools that facilitate the entry of new businesses into the marketplace (new projects supporting digital services, OOP, OSS, & administrative simplification in general will be supported). They should also conduce to better governance, engaging multiple stakeholders in policy understanding, development and implementation, in particular key decision and policy makers at the different governance levels (including Managing Authorities (MA)), agents from the startup ecosystem and business enabling institutions (BEI)).
Classically scale-invariant B-L model and dilaton gravity

We consider a coupling of dilaton gravity to the classically scale-invariant B-L extended standard model which has been recently proposed as a phenomenologically viable model realizing the Coleman-Weinberg mechanism of breakdown of the electroweak symmetry. It is shown in the present model that without recourse to the Coleman-Weinberg mechanism, the B-L gauge symmetry is broken in the process of spontaneous symmetry breakdown of scale invariance at the tree level and as a result the B-L gauge field becomes massive via the Higgs mechanism. Since the dimensionful parameter is only the Planck mass in our model, one is forced to pick up very small coupling constants if one wishes to realize the breaking of the B-L symmetry at TeV scale.
LIQUID LUBRICANT SUMP LEVEL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

A liquid lubricant sump level management system which includes a scavenge pump circuit communicating with the lubricant sump. A centrifugal deaerator (22) is provided in the circuit. A liquid reservoir (28) is in liquid communication with deaerator. A sensor (26) is operatively associated with the deaerator for sensing the liquid level condition in the deaerator, and providing for passage of liquid from the deaerator to the reservoir in response to high liquid level condition and for passage of liquid from the reservoir to the deaerator in response to a low liquid level condition.
Glucobeam: a portable device for pain-free glucose self-monitoring in diabetic patients

Diabetes mellitus (DM) is one of the largest health challenges currently faced by modern society, affecting 382 million people in the world. DM cannot be cured, but via well-controlled therapy, a high quality of life with diabetes can be obtained, with a minimum of short- and long-term complications. The key to a successful diabetes therapy is a well-controlled blood glucose level, which is obtained by carefully balancing insulin intake, diet, and exercise and with Self-Monitoring of Blood Glucose (SMBG) as a cornerstone. Conventional SMBG is an invasive test requiring the patient to prick his/her finger with a lancet to extract a blood droplet onto a disposable strip for electrochemical analysis of the glucose concentration. Repeating this uncomfortable and painful task 4-8 times per day leads to severe loss in life quality, often resulting in poor compliance leading to costly complications.

RSP’s proprietary non-invasive SMBG technology relies on the capabilities of Raman spectroscopy for directly detecting individual substances, refined by a unique critical depth optical scanning to collect glucose signals from the right tissue depth range, thus avoiding sources of errors during the measurement. Our GlucoBeam device will enable DM patients to test their glucose levels in around 30s and as often as desired – at no added cost or pain – thereby empowering them to better manage their treatment and minimizing the risk for acute complications. 

GlucoBeam’s successful commercialization will position RSP to secure an aggregated turnover of approx. €253 million over the 5 years post-project period. Furthermore, it has the potential to reach double digit billion savings for EU’s healthcare systems and will ultimately lead to significantly improved life quality for the large population of diabetic patients. Moreover, GlucoBeam’s commercialization will allow RSP to set a market foothold in order to leverage its medium term innovation strategy.
A complimentary inspection technique based on computer tomography and plenoptic camera for mems components

For the latest generation of micro-fabricated devices that are currently being developed, no suitable in-line production inspection equipment is available, simply because current inspection equipment expects planar processing while most of the devices are often highly 3D in nature e.g. medical. This lack of automated processing feedback makes it difficult to steer process development towards higher yields in micro-components and MEMS production. Another visible problem is the need to document and record process data, even on the individual device level, with the degree of traceability as is required for example, for medical devices fabricated under ISO13485. Both factors in the end limit the possibility of reliable and cost effective manufacturing of MEMS and micro-components. 
Thus, CITCOM has been proposed to address the industrial needs of MEMS and micro-manufacturing which will offer an in-line production inspection and measurement system for micro-components. The system will be developed and demonstrated at TRL7. The system will be based on optical and X-ray techniques combined with computer tomography and advance robotic system capable of analyzing defects that occur in production of micro components e.g. stains, debris, fracture, abnormal displacements, chemical composition of surface coatings, surface traces etc. enabling 98% yield and 100% reliability.
Ultimately, CITCOM will cut such costs by 60% as it will offer a system with automated knowledge and inspection data based process feedback that will allow the detection and traceability of faults that may occur in MEMS production, especially for critical applications like aerospace, space and healthcare.
CITCOM will give Europe a technological and competitive advantage in the growing manufacturing and production industry. The consortium behind this action is strongly driven by industrial need and problem having Philips and Microsemi as end users and validators of the technology.
Diagnostic apparatus for exhaust gas clarification apparatus for internal combustion engine

A diagnostic apparatus for exhaust gas clarification apparatus for internal combustion engine is disclosed. The diagnostic apparatus can diagnoses the individual catalyst independently by means that an air/fuel ratio sensor is mounted before and after the individual catalyst, and that the individual catalyst is diagnosed by estimating the correlation of the output signals from the air/fuel ratio sensors mounted before and after the individual catalyst, and furthermore, that the individual diangosis operation is performed at distinctive operation regions adequate for their corresponding diagnostic mode.
Interregional cooperation for competitive and sustainable regional food industries

I4Food project has gown out from the changes have taken place within European food producing industry. The fundamentally different playing field this sector is facing now is characterised with increased international trade in food and beverages, significant changes to traditional markets and consumer expectations. Whilst on one hand it is needed to participate in the European and in the world market, on the other there are constraints to contribute to European and regional social-economic-territorial cohesion and also to stimulating and making European food industry itself more innovative, competitive and sustainable. When assessing these challenges, several issues are to be considered: food industry means employment opportunities in regions where high value added sectors are not present, could be a source of innovation and economic cooperation for regional SMEs. By exploiting safe, healthy and regional food products SMEs may target new market areas, attract investments and skilled
workforce into their regions, simultaneously preserving their environmental values. I4Food regions are all affected by these challenges. To respond properly, they have their own development strategies to adjust/develop accordingly.
Project partnership covers wide European area (N-E-S-W) of 6 regional authorities/bodies of 6 EU member states, with comparable strategies/good practices in common food industry sub-sectors. The Lead Partner comes from an East-European (HU) convergence region.
The project addresses INTERREG IVC Programme priority innovation and knowledge economy, and is dedicated to entrepreneurship and SMEs. Partners set as their overall objective to improve their development policies for competitive and sustainable regional food industries and SMEs based on European wide experience exchange. Sub-objectives and activities target 6 policy areas: employment-jobs, innovation-knowledge, regional business cooperation, acces to finance and markets, safe-healthy food products and
environmentally conscious SMEs. By focusing on key regional strategies, key SMEs and actors, key actions and key good practices of their food industries, they develop a common understanding of food industry challenges based on regional analyses and by joint learning in the form of manual and study visits. To exploit findings, partners improve their regional strategies with implementaion plans and good practice transfers to strengthen innovation capacity of food industry SMEs, influence the EU-wide policy context of food industry with recommendation on the six policy areas mentioned. Effective communication serves the involvement of policy and decision makers at regional, interregional and EU level. By this the horizontal and vertical networking capacity of I4Food partner regions also develops.
I4Food results are more effective regional development policies targeting the increase of competitiveness and sutainability of the food industry SMEs at regional and EU level in 6 policy areas.
Towards radically innovative materials for better and sustainable organic solar cells

Organic compounds could provide a sustainable revolution in the generation of electricity from sunlight. Organic photonic material nanostructures, capable of efficient light harvesting when employed as active layer in solution processable organic solar cells and photovoltaic devices are essential. The present proposal demonstrate an innovative strategy for the direct application of conceptually new, chiral donor-acceptor (D-A) materials in organic solar cells (OSCs). Taking a leaf from nature’s book, we envision that introduction of chiral functionalities in the active layer could administer anisotropic charge transport with excellent charge carrier mobilities, precise molecular ordering with nanoscopic D-A domains and re-enforced intra/inter molecular communication. The proposal brings together an experienced researcher with expertise in the area of design and synthesis of D-A supramolecular conjugates and ultrafast time resolved spectroscopy with an internationally recognized host laboratory in the University of Nottingham, UK with an expertise in the synthesis of chiral  superstructures for organic materials and developing photovoltaic device fabrication. It is our strong conviction that the novel approach depicted here, will instigate new breakthroughs for the construction of novel photofunctional materials with enhanced solar cell efficiencies. As the proposal integrates skill sets from extended network of collaborators such as chemists, engineers and physicist with diverse backgrounds, and we believe that it will eventually enhance and contribute towards European excellence in sustainable solar light harvesting.