SIRIS-Lab/unlabelled-sti-corpus huggingface dataset:
Critical metal recovery from industrial wastewater by bioflotation using surface active siderophores

The recycling rates of critical metals like In, and Ga are very less and it is high time to improve their recovery from secondary sources in an environmentally friendly way. However, the low concentration of target metals and presence of other metals in the industrial wastewater makes the recovery challenging. BioFlot aims to explore the use of amphiphilic siderophores (marinobactins) from Marinobacter sp. as highly specific extractants for recovery of CRMs (In, and Ga) from secondary sources (industrial wastewater) by means of bio-flotation technique. Marinobactins are composed of amphiphilic and hydroxamate functional groups which makes them an ideal candidate for bioflotation. The marinobactin-CRM interactions will be studied at molecular levels which will shed the light on their unexplored capacities and form the basis for the development of recovery process. The project proposes to employ the marinobactins as green flotation extractants in bioflotation technique for metal recovery and subsequent extraction and optimization of process parameters for maximum selective binding of metals and marinobactins so as to increase the flotation yield. And further optimization for separation of marinobactin from metals in flotation product to regenerate marinobactin and recover target metal. The next phase of the project would involve semi-continuous and continuous experiments to scale-up the best possible configuration selected during the batch study. Finally, an economic evaluation will be carried out to support the commercialization of the developed technology.
This project will develop a novel and ecofriendly recycling process which will increase the recycling rates, reduce the waste and proliferate the circular economy in EU and also contribute in reducing its CRM dependency on non-EU countries. It will also train the experienced researcher in developing green technology and soft skills and make the host eminent in innovative biotechnology.
Intuitive self-inspection techniques using augmented reality for construction, refurbishment and maintenance of energy-efficient buildings made of prefabricated components

NEED FOR INNOVATION: The critical mass of Energy-efficient Buildings (EeB) in Europe by 2020 will be achieved through sustainable industrialisation of high-performance architectural, structural and building-service components. However, realising the targeted performance in design is hampered by critical shortcomings during on-site construction and refurbishment that cause a lower built-quality and sub-optimal energy-saving in the building lifecycle. OBJECTIVE OF THE PROJECT: INSITER aims to eliminate the gaps in quality and energy-performance between design and realisation of energy-efficient buildings based on prefabricated components. The key innovation of INSITER is the intuitive and cost-effective Augmented Reality that connects the virtual model and the physical building in real-time. INSITER will develop a new methodology for self-instruction and self-inspection by construction workers, subcontractors, component suppliers, and other stakeholders during on-site working processes, supported by a coherent set of hardware and software tools. HOW THE OBJECTIVE WILL BE ACHIEVED: INSITER will substantially enhance the functionalities and capabilities of measurement and diagnostic instruments (like portable 3D laser scanners, thermal imaging cameras, acoustic and vibration detectors, real-time sensors) by means of a smart Application Programming Interface (API) and data integration with a cloud-based Building Information Model (BIM). The triangulation of Geospatial Information, Global and Indoor Positioning Systems (GIS, GPS, IPS) will support accurate and comprehensive Virtual and Augmented Reality (VR and AR). RELEVANCE TO THE WORK PROGRAMME: Through new self-inspection techniques, INSITER will fully leverage the energy-efficiency potentials of buildings based on prefab components, from design to construction, refurbishment and maintenance. It will scale-up the use of BIM for standardised inspection and commissioning protocols, involving all actors in the value-chain.
Sviluppo smart mailbox

Svilupperemo una cassetta di posta intelligente che consentirà di rendere più efficiente la consegna di cibo e pacchi dell'ultimo miglio sia per i consumatori privati che per i corrieri. Svilupperemo inoltre un sistema informativo per le compagnie di corriere in modo che, al posto dei servizi regolari di corriere, sia legalmente possibile per il cliente privato e il corriere tecnico iniziare a consegnare pacchi senza contatto in modo sicuro ed efficiente, riducendo così anche gli impatti ambientali dei trasporti in eccesso.
Generation in motion

Stura and Ubaye Valley have always been at the heart of a movement of economic migrations: on the Italian side, people moved toward France to find a summer job and from France, itinerant traders were coming in Italy. 
From this observation, starts the idea of the project: rebuilt the former road of migration, developing a physical and intellectual path dedicated to walkers and bikers, which will allow to link Caraglio and Barcelonnette. This road integrates paths of outdoor migration movements with break moments in cultural and environmental emblematic places of the territory, where we can find places to eat and animations. 
The path creates the occasion to think about migration thematic, considered as a movement toward the discovery of a characteristic place, of a memory, but also as a comeback movement to the mountain, for young people who want to take up the challenge and undertake new professions in the field of tourism, handcraft, conservation of the environmental heritage and cultural. 
This discovery path allow the promotion of tourism over the territoryof Stura and Ubaye Valley, and to generate in the same time un local, concrete and sustainable development.
A game for everyone: learning with digital teaching and student skills

Learning platforms are currently main organization models for digital and remote teaching. Researches have highlighted learning outcomes as a critical area during the health emergency, also partially due to low prepardeness of teachers for digital and distance teaching. Evidence Based Education informs that gamification can efficiently be implemented as a teaching methodology, using games to involve students in digital activities in an inclusive manner. In order to monitor the level of appreciation and to identify the more appropriate game models according to students’ literacy skills, a study was performed in Marche region (IT) in 2021 in two first year high school classes involved in gamificated learning activities. All students appreciated the games used, but different reasons for appreciation are reported according to student skills. The escape room and the quiz design were identified as the most inclusive instrument, but other strategies were referred as very useful for inclusion: the variation of the graphic elements and the use of no time limited games.&#x0D; &#x0D; Un gioco di tutti e di ciascuno: l’apprendimento con la Didattica Digitale Integrata e le competenze degli studenti.&#x0D; Le piattaforme didattiche oggi rappresentano un modello di organizzazione dello spazio di lavoro irrinunciabile per gli interventi in DDI e DaD. Gli studi hanno individuato nei bassi risultati di apprendimento degli studenti una delle maggiori criticità del periodo della pandemia, in parte imputabile anche alla limitata capacità dei docenti di operare efficacemente a distanza attraverso strumenti digitali. In prospettiva Evidence Based, tra le metodologie ritenute più adeguate a conciliare l’efficacia didattica mediata dalla tecnologia e la dimensione inclusiva, figura la gamification, nelle sue varie declinazioni. È stato realizzato nel 2021 un monitoraggio su due classi prime di un liceo scientifico marchigiano, che hanno sperimentato un’attività integrata con elementi di gioco variamente caratterizzati, condotto con lo scopo di verificare il gradimento e individuare le modalità di giochi online più adatti a vari gruppi di studenti, distinti in base al livello di competenze nell’area alfabetico funzionale. La proposta didattica ha incontrato il gradimento di tutti, sebbene per distinte ragioni riferibili a diversi livelli di competenze. È inoltre emerso che è possibile individuare strategie, come la strutturazione su livelli e la progettazione di quiz, e modalità di gioco, senza limiti di tempo e con una variazione degli aspetti grafici, ampiamente inclusive.
Towards p-type conductivity in in0.5ga0.5n nanocolumns on a si (100) substrate with gan buffer layers

We propose a 24-months-project, working on the growth and characterization of Mg doped InxGa1-xN Nanocolumns (NCs) on a Si (100) substrate with a GaN buffer layer, aiming to achieve the p-type conductivity in In0.5Ga0.5N NCs. In the previous study, selective area growth (SAG) of In(Ga)N NCs on top of a GaN buffered Si  substrate by using plasma-assisted molecular beam epitaxy (PAMBE) has been achieved. Subsequently, the major challenges for fabricating p-In0.5Ga0.5N/n-In0.5Ga0.5N/p-Si/n-Si stacking solar cells deal with the achievement of controllable p-type conductivity in In0.5Ga0.5N NCs and its reliable assessment. Ordered Mg-doped InxGa1-xN NCs will be grown on a Si (100) substrate with a GaN buffer layer by using PAMBE. The growth will start with Mg-doped In0.3Ga0.7N/GaN NCs. Then Indium mole fraction in subsequent samples will be increased gradually, approaching 0.5. During the process, different characterization measurements will be performed in order to optimize the growth conditions.The proposed project will provide high quality p-type InxGa1-xN, 0.3≤x≤0.5, NCs on a Si (100) substrate with a GaN buffer layer for further processing. The electronic and structural properties of Mg-doped InxGa1-xN, 0.3≤x≤0.5, can be abstracted from the characterization results in the project. The information will fill the research gap in the Mg-doped InxGa1-xN, 0.3≤x≤0.5.
Holoprosencephaly: signaling interactions between the brain and the face, the environment and the genes, and the phenotypic variability in animal models and humans

Holoprosencephaly (HPE) is the most common developmental defect of the forebrain characterized by inadequate or absent midline division of the forebrain into cerebral hemispheres, with concomitant midline facial defects in the majority of cases. Understanding the pathogenesis of HPE requires knowledge of the relationship between the developing brain and the facial structures during embryogenesis. A number of signaling pathways control and coordinate the development of the brain and face, including Sonic hedgehog, Bone morphogenetic protein, Fibroblast growth factor, and Nodal signaling. Mutations in these pathways have been identified in animal models of HPE and human patients. Because of incomplete penetrance and variable expressivity of HPE, patients carrying defined mutations may not manifest the disease at all, or have a spectrum of defects. It is currently unknown what drives manifestation of HPE in genetically at-risk individuals, but it has been speculated that other gene mutations and environmental factors may combine as cumulative insults. HPE can be diagnosed in utero by a high-resolution prenatal ultrasound or a fetal magnetic resonance imaging, sometimes in combination with molecular testing from chorionic villi or amniotic fluid sampling. Currently, there are no effective preventive methods for HPE. Better understanding of the mechanisms of gene-environment interactions in HPE would provide avenues for such interventions.
Labeling flavivirus capsid protein to unravel its dynamics during infection and egress by correlative super-resolution fluorescence and cryo-electron microscopy

Vector-borne diseases are major worldwide threats. Specifically, mosquito-borne diseases from the flavivirus genus such as West Nile and dengue viruses are raising major concerns on human health. There are few or no treatment/vaccine strategies to fight these viruses and the relatively poor knowledge of their life cycle (entry and egress) contributes to the deficit in treatment possibilities. A deeper knowledge of the virus cycle is required to unlock the development of antivirals.
Understanding the dynamics of the viral proteins and their interactions in vivo strongly relies on quantitative and high resolution imaging methods. These methodologies in turn require specific protein-labeling strategies, which are presently quite limited for flavivirus. Significant advances in understanding flavivirus biology can be expected if such labeling tools were available.
The major goal of this project is to understand the delivery of the flavivirus genome to its translation site at the cytoplasmic side of the ER membrane; the cellular components and machineries that intervene and the role and paths of the Capsid protein during this process. Super-resolution PALM/STORM techniques will be used and superposed to cryo-EM data and the yellow fever virus attenuated 17D strain will be used as model flavivirus for the main project milestones. We will devise and optimize new labeling strategies for capsid protein and use them to track the virus in vivo and follow the path of the capsid protein after release from the virus during cell entry.
The project, thus aims to provide a labeling tool that will boost flavivirus research and to advance our knowledge of flaviviruses’ life cycle.
Research and innovation network for europe and africa

In response to the present objectives of the EU-Africa partnership in science, technology and innovation, and addressing the STI priorities of the 2014 EU-Africa Summit, RINEA addresses three specific and complementary objectives by a range of targeted activities:
1. Strengthening the quality and quantity of partnerships between research and innovation actors in EU Member states, in Associated Countries and in countries in Africa through networking events between research and business communities, through proposing the elimination of cooperation obstacles and optimising framework conditions and through raising awareness and disseminate information of cooperation opportunities for research and innovation partnerships offered by H2020 and by other major programmes in Europe and Africa.
2. Encouraging transnational coordination of programmes and policies for international cooperation in STI for greater coherence, joint ownership and resource efficiency, through advancing the model established by ERAfrica for jointly owned EU-Africa funding instruments for STI cooperation and through facilitating the launch and the management of calls for proposals around topics of mutual concern and relevance to the EU-Africa bi-regional partnership. 
3. Supporting and enriching formal and informal processes of bi-regional STI policy dialogue between the EU and Africa through building wider understanding of the objectives and outcomes of formal bi-regional policy dialogue, through contributing to the evidence base for policy and decision making, including strategic priority setting, by the recognised governance structures of the EU-Africa STI partnership, e.g. HLPD, through supporting the implementation of outcomes of formal policy dialogue and through fostering exchange between formal and informal dialogue processes, and with relevant regional and sub-regional structures such as SFIC, AU technical committees and RECs.
RINEA´s activities will build on recent and existing initiatives an
Method and apparatus for resetting a circuit breaker.

The present invention ensures a desired maximum reset number for a circuit breaker following detection of faults within a predetermined period. The method of resetting a circuit breaker consists in; - carrying out a maximum number of resets during a predetermined period; -returning the operation to zero if the number carried out is less than a maximum number permitted during the said period; - blocking the resets if the reset number carried out is equal to the maximum number permitted during this period. <IMAGE>
Structural, genetic and functional analyses of broadly neutralizing antibodies against human pathogens

The overall goal of this project is to understand the molecular mechanisms that lead to the generation of potent and broadly neutralizing antibodies against medically relevant pathogens, and to identify the factors that limit their production in response to infection or vaccination with current vaccines. We will use high-throughput cellular screens to isolate from immune donors clonally related antibodies to different sites of influenza hemagglutinin, which will be fully characterized and sequenced in order to reconstruct their developmental pathways. Using this approach, we will ask fundamental questions with regards to the role of somatic mutations in affinity maturation and intraclonal diversification, which in some cases may lead to the generation of autoantibodies. We will combine crystallography and long time-scale molecular dynamics simulation to understand how mutations can increase affinity and broaden antibody specificity. By mapping the B and T cell response to all sites and conformations of influenza hemagglutinin, we will uncover the factors, such as insufficient T cell help or the instability of the pre-fusion hemagglutinin, that may limit the generation of broadly neutralizing antibodies. We will also perform a broad analysis of the antibody response to erythrocytes infected by P. falciparum to identify conserved epitopes on the parasite and to unravel the role of an enigmatic V gene that appears to be involved in response to blood-stage parasites. The hypotheses tested are strongly supported by preliminary observations from our own laboratory. While these studies will contribute to our understanding of B cell biology, the results obtained will also have translational implications for the development of potent and broad-spectrum antibodies, for the definition of correlates of protection, and for improving vaccine design.
Integrated telematics for next generation 5g vehicular communications

The imminent need of deploying advanced communication and autonomous driving capabilities in vehicles is turning the race towards the realization of the so called fifth generation new radio (5G NR) networks into a real odyssey for the European automotive industry. The challenges arising from the coexistence of MIMO systems on vehicles, the growing number of sensors and radars and cooperative intelligent transport systems (C-ITS) in the realm of vehicle-to-everything (V2X) communications are piling up. Many of them have not been solved yet due to the lack of qualified personnel with joint expertise in communications and sensing technologies. Thus, the acute need of the proposed ITN-5VC project, a European Industrial Doctorate (EID) training network, arises. 

ITN-5VC aims to investigate the key problems of the integration of multi-band multi-antenna communications, including mmWave, with radar heads and other wireless sensors into the same telematics unit, so that transmission chains and radiation systems were efficiently reused in a cost-efficient manner while delivering the required performance. Multiple antenna deployment, joint operation and performance of the resulting automotive solution will be investigated by 11 Early Stage Researchers (ESRs) working with top industrial manufacturers and academia in Europe. The training will tackle three main topics:
•	Vehicular communications integrated with radar sensors for the sake of simplified telematics.
•	Improved antenna and phased array technology deployment on the vehicle’s body or surface.
•	Efficient protocol integration on V2X-specific system on chips for joint communication and sensing deployment on vehicles.

ITN-5VC will apply a new training Programme that follows the EU principles for Innovative Doctoral Training. Additionally, ITN-5VC training will apply short term missions, periodic challenges and an ECTS credit competition to boost the participation and engagement of the students to the Programme.
Learning the language of belonging: barriers to inclusion in refugee education

Public education creates places for children in the future of a society. This is what the United Nations Refugee Agency intends by promoting the inclusion of refugee children into national education systems in countries of first asylum. However, everyday schooling experiences of refugee children exemplify that education presents less a magic portal to social inclusion than a site of continuous struggle over legitimate membership and equal opportunity. The proposed project aims to better understand the barriers to social inclusion in public schooling by examining how language preparatory classes socialize refugee students and their caregivers. While becoming proficient in the official language of the host country is understood to be a prerequisite for both educational and social inclusion, language learning is not a simple matter of an acquisition of a new skill. Rather, language learning constitutes a power-laden process, which introduces learners to broader social hierarchies. Accordingly, the proposed project seeks (i) to acquire new knowledge on how language preparatory classes frame conditions of social acceptance and how refugee communities respond to such educational measures, (ii) to contribute to the global discussion on barriers to social inclusion within refugee education while informing policymaking on a national scale in the country where it takes place, and (iii) to develop a collaborative and empowering research methodology when working with refugees. For this purpose, the study will employ a participatory action research methodology, which is based not only on inviting refugee caregivers to become active investigators of the study but also on developing a university-community partnership. The fellowship will support the researcher’s career development by expanding her methodological skills, improving her networking and cooperation skills, and building her capacity for higher social impact.
Heated trough for molten aluminum

A method of heating molten aluminum flowing in a heated trough member comprising the steps of providing a source of molten aluminum and providing a rough member comprised of a first side and a second side, the first and the second sides having outside surfaces, the sides formed from a ceramic material resistant to attack by molten aluminum. The first side and second side have heating element receptacles provided therein with protection tubes provided in the receptacles. The protection tubes are comprised of a refractory selected from the group consisting of mullite, boron nitride, silicon nitride, silicon carbide, graphite, silicon aluminum oxynitride or a metal selected from Kovar(R) and titanium. Electric heating elements are positioned in the tubes. Molten aluminum is flowed along the trough member from the source and electric power is passed to the heating elements to heat the molten aluminum as it flows along the trough member.