SIRIS-Lab/unlabelled-sti-corpus huggingface dataset:
Papuans on the move. the linguistic prehistory of the west papuan languages.

This project combines urgent documentation of endangered languages in Indonesia with rigorous investiga-tion of a linguistic puzzle that has important implications for our understanding of both Melanesian and Southeast Asian prehistory. Some two dozen Papuan languages, scattered over a 1000km on and around the Bird's Head of West Papua, show signs of sharing a common origin. The OUTOFPAPUA project uses cut-ting-edge methods in historical linguistics to test the hypothesis that these languages belong to a single West Papuan language family, and to investigate the possibility that their distribution reflects a migration of Papuan people, in relatively late prehistoric times, from the New Guinea mainland outward and westward into the Indonesian archipelago. The project will also address the question of what drove this putative expansion, in particular the possibility that it had to do with indigenous agricultural innovations. Thus, it contributes both to the difficult enterprise of uncovering genealogical relationships among the diverse languages of New Guinea, and to a growing body of research that questions the orthodox linguistic understanding of eastern Indonesia's prehistory in terms of an eastward expansion of Austronesian speakers at the expense of less dynamic Papuan populations. At a methodological level, the project furthers the development of techniques for establishing remote historical linguistic relationships in the absence of written records of relevant languages. The project will make innovative comparisons using a suite of techniques, including the application of new computational methods, the construction of a lexical database of unparalleled richness in Papuan linguistics, and by giving a prominent role to semantic shifts, paleolinguistics, and morphology and paradigms in the reconstructive project. This research aims at achieving a breakthrough in the study of human prehistory in one of world’s oldest areas of human settlement.
New portable multi-sensor scientific instrument for non-invasive on-site characterisation of rock from planetary surface and sub-surfaces

This proposal intends to make a ground-breaking advance in magnetometry with the development of a new portable and compact multi-sensor instrument for on ground exploration which measures the complex susceptibility with high resolution. The combination of complex susceptibility and vector measurements would provide for the first time a complete and non-invasive in situ magnetic characterization of rocks from planetary surface and subsurfaces. 

These topics represent a challenge since present magnetic prospectionsare principally based on measurements of magnetic field intensities and on ground surveys have never been complemented with in situ measurements of complex susceptibility.

In the design of such an instrument the consortium will include two important innovative developments: on the one hand a challenging system of frequency generation and measurement (ultra precise and with accuracies better than 1:106), and on the other hand an original system for the power generation of multiple voltages based on magnetic amplifiers which apart from being intrinsically immune to radiation, are expected to improve the energy efficiency.

NEWTON project will open a breach for magnetic instrumentation on board landers and rovers with the inclusion of novel instrument in short-term and mid-term future missions.
Improve regional policies for bio-energy and territorial development

BACKGROUND- In a context of global climatic, energetic and economic crisis, renewable energy is an urgent priority. Among renewable energies, bio-energy generated from different types of “biomass” has a big potential. In 2005, the EU approved its Biomass Action Plan (BAP) and invited the Member States to adopt national BAPs.   OBJECTIVES- The BIO-EN-AREA project is a mini-programme aimed at exchanging and transferring experiences in order to increase the capacities of EU regions to favour and optimize the use of bio-energy. The whole project's activities are dedicated to this objective, focusing on the elaboration of Regional BAPs.   PARTNERSHIP- The partnership is a mix of more and less experienced partners in bio-energy, from South, Central and North Europe, involving The Regional Entity of the Energy of Castilla y Léon (Spain), Lead partner, and The Region of Western Macedonia (Greece) in South Europe, The Autonomous Province of Trento (Italy) and The Self-governing Region of Kosice (Slovakia) in Central Europe, The South-East Regional Authority of Ireland, The Regional Energy Agency of South-East Sweden and The Tartu Regional Energy Agency in South Estonia, in North Europe.  ACTIVITIES- In component 3, partners share experiences on policy issues at regional level. Key-events will be 3 thematic seminars on the development of bio-energy from 1) forest & wood biomass, 2) energy crops, agricultural by-products & livestock wastes biomass, 3) urban waste biomass. In component 4, participants in sub-projects share experiences on good practices for bio-energy development at local level, transfer methodologies relating to promising practices, develop new approaches for bio-energy planning at territorial level. Communication is a major activity, with the EU regions and bio-energy stakeholders as main target, and the project’s website, a semi-annual newsletter and open seminars and conferences as main communication tools.  OUTPUTS- The main synthetic outputs will be 5 draft Regional BAPs elaborated by PAT Trento, SRG Kosice, Western Macedonia, SE Sweden and South Estonia, and 2 BAP Implementation guidelines by SERA Ireland, and EREN Castilla y Léon. A good practices database will be accessible on-line. The final publication will show the results of the exchange and transfer of experience among partners on public policy issues at regional level, and among participants in sub-projects.
COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR SELECTIVE DEPOSITION MODELING

There is provided compositions and methods for producing three-dimensional objects by selective deposition modeling with a polar build material (30) and a non-polar support material (31). The build material (30) comprises a hydrocarbon wax material and a viscosity modifier, and the support material (31) comprises a hydrocarbon alcohol wax material and a viscosity modifier. After the selective deposition modeling process has been completed, the object (44) can be placed in a bath of polar solvent to remove the support material The particular materials provided herein, and the post-processing methods associated therewith, provide for improved part quality of the three- dimensional object (44) and for improved post-processing techniques. The three-dimensional objects (44) can subsequently be used in a number of applications, such as patterns for investment casting.
Demonstration and implementation of an integrated process for the plasma-enhanced chemical solution deposition of pmma-multicomponent coatings on wood and wood-based substrates

This action will implement the new Plasma-Enhanced Chemical Solution Deposition (PECSD) technique for coating of wood and wood-based substrates. This technique synergistically employs plasma-chemistry in the gas phase and polymer chemistry in the liquid formulation, thus combining all benefits of conventional surface coatings and plasma-based deposition technologies. This will be carried out as a novel integrated process for the continuous coating of substrates including three steps:
(a) Plasma pre-treatment for optimized substrate wetting and liquid uptake,
(b) Application of poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA)-based liquid formulations including various additives,
(c) Film formation via fast plasma curing.

This overall goal is divided into three main objectives:
Objective I: Building the integrated device,
Objective II: Optimization of the deposition parameters, and
Objective III: Demonstrating the technique’s capability and priming the industrial implementation.

These objectives can only be achieved in the proposed collaboration, i.e. with my knowledge of plasma deposition and design of suitable devices, the wood coating experts’ knowledge of surface wood finishing at the University of Ljubljana, as well as the knowledge of plasma and surface diagnostics at the Jožef Stefan Institute. This complementarity is unique in all of Europe and will ensure the success of the action.

Further, the knowledge exchange will not only help me to implement a stable career path in research and innovation, but also yield a cross-border propagation of this new and innovative field of research. The cross-cutting objectives especially extend the new technique to contribute to the pan-European sustainable development by implementing a novel environmentally friendly production technique that will allow to use renewable (e.g. wood-based) resources in novel settings. The transfer of this technology to the industrial sector will be already primed by the action.
Time-Resolved electron spectroscopy of a challenging highly innovative collective excitation study

Plasmons are collective modes of the solid-state electrons representing a characteristic elementary excitation in solids. In theory plasmons are simplified as quasi particles with a well-defined energy and momentum from the instant of their creation to their decay. The dynamics of plasmons and the concomitant liberation of solid-state electrons is not yet fully understood. It is the aim of the present project to unveil the dynamics of this complex many-body process with unprecedented temporal resolution. The fundamentals of plasmonics are at the core of this project, as well as technologies involving secondary and hot electrons. Albeit challenging, the above scientific vision of the applicant is not only innovative, but it is timely and relevant to various scientific and technological fields ranging from space technology, to photovoltaics and semiconductor industry, as well as life sciences and biology. With the advent of modern time-resolved experiments, the objective of the experienced researcher (ER) outlined above has realistically come within reach. The TRES-CHIC-ESt project will be carried out at a host institution which is a pioneer in the field of attophysics under a supervision offering optimal conditions for young researchers to widen their scientific horizon and to boost their careers, thus offering to the applicant the ideal environment to pursue her innermost desire: to become a world-class successful researcher. In exchange, the solid-state Physics background of the ER will enrich the perspectives of the hosting group, who among others will benefit from her prior experiences and collaborations. During her PhD-studies, as a MSCA ITN fellow, the ER has already studied the causal relationship between plasmons and secondary electrons using spectroscopy with correlated electron pairs. Finally, by following the example of successful female researchers with whom the ER collaborates, she is determined to improve the gender balance in her scientific environment
Prévision de la résistance aux immunoglobulines dans la maladie de Kawasaki dans des populations multiethniques en Europe : étude de cohorte multicentrique

L’identification précoce des patients à haut risque est essentielle pour stratifier les algorithmes de traitement de la maladie de Kawasaki (KD) et pour sélectionner de manière appropriée les patients à risque de maladie compliquée qui bénéficieraient d’un traitement intensifié de première intention. Plusieurs scores ont été développés et validés dans les populations asiatiques, mais ont montré une faible sensibilité pour prédire la résistance aux immunoglobulines intraveineuses (IVIG) dans les populations non asiatiques. Nous avons recherché des méthodes permettant de prédire la nécessité d’un traitement secondaire après une première injection d’IVIG dans les populations non asiatiques. Nous avons mené une étude rétrospective et multicentrique incluant des patients consécutifs atteints de KD admis dans deux hôpitaux pédiatriques tertiaires en France et en Italie de 2005 à 2019. Nous avons évalué les performances du Kawanet-score et les avons comparées à celles des résultats initiaux de l’échocardiographie, ainsi qu’à celles d’un nouveau score proposé combinant le Kawanet-score et les résultats initiaux de l’échocardiographie. Pour chaque score, nous avons évalué l’AUC, la sensibilité et la spécificité pour prédire la nécessité d’un traitement de seconde ligne. Nous avons inclus 363 enfants atteints de KD, 186 de France et 177 d’Italie, dont 57 (16 %) ont eu besoin d’un traitement de seconde ligne après la première dose d’IVIG. Le score de Kawanet, la dilatation des artères coronaires ou l’anévrisme avec un Z-score maximal ≥ 2,0 à l’inclusion et une échocardiographie initiale anormale avaient une sensibilité de 43 %, 55 % et 65 % et une spécificité de 73 %, 78 % et 73 %, respectivement, pour prédire la nécessité d’un traitement de seconde ligne. Le score de Kawanet a été significativement amélioré en le combinant avec les résultats de l’échocardiographie initiale. La meilleure performance prédictive (sensibilité 76 %, spécificité 54 %) a été obtenue en combinant le Kawanet-score avec une échocardiographie initiale anormale, définie par la présence d’un Z-score maximal de l’artère coronaire ≥ 2,0, d’une péricardite, d’une myocardite et/ou d’une dysfonction ventriculaire. Ce score a permis de prédire la nécessité d’un traitement de seconde ligne dans les ethnies européennes, africaines/afro-caribéennes et asiatiques avec une sensibilité de 80 %, 65 % et 100 %, respectivement, et une spécificité de 56 %, 51 % et 61 %, respectivement. Notre étude propose un score que nous avons nommé le score Kawanet-echo, qui permet d’identifier précocement les enfants atteints de KD qui nécessitent un traitement de seconde ligne dans les populations multiethniques en Europe. Ce système de score pourrait être un outil utile pour identifier les patients à risque dans les populations multiethniques des pays européens qui pourraient bénéficier de stratégies de traitement intensif de première ligne.
A PURIFICATION METHOD

The present invention concerns a method for the purification of water, for example, excess water from a wood room in a forestry plant for the production of paper pulp, whereby the base raw material, wood, is chopped into small pieces, for example, chips, and whereby the forestry plant comprises a purification function that exists in the plant. According to the invention, the method is characterised by the following steps: the dirty wood room effluent is led from the washer and is returned to the plant in such a manner that a collaboration occurs with the wood that has been chopped into chips, such that the pieces of chips absorb and carry the wood room water; the wood room effluent, carried by the chips, is carried onwards into the process and reaches the purification function of the plant, which makes purification of the wood room effluent possible.
Overview of the Instrumentation for the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument

Abstract The Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) embarked on an ambitious 5 yr survey in 2021 May to explore the nature of dark energy with spectroscopic measurements of 40 million galaxies and quasars. DESI will determine precise redshifts and employ the baryon acoustic oscillation method to measure distances from the nearby universe to beyond redshift z &gt; 3.5, and employ redshift space distortions to measure the growth of structure and probe potential modifications to general relativity. We describe the significant instrumentation we developed to conduct the DESI survey. This includes: a wide-field, 3.°2 diameter prime-focus corrector; a focal plane system with 5020 fiber positioners on the 0.812 m diameter, aspheric focal surface; 10 continuous, high-efficiency fiber cable bundles that connect the focal plane to the spectrographs; and 10 identical spectrographs. Each spectrograph employs a pair of dichroics to split the light into three channels that together record the light from 360–980 nm with a spectral resolution that ranges from 2000–5000. We describe the science requirements, their connection to the technical requirements, the management of the project, and interfaces between subsystems. DESI was installed at the 4 m Mayall Telescope at Kitt Peak National Observatory and has achieved all of its performance goals. Some performance highlights include an rms positioner accuracy of better than 0.″1 and a median signal-to-noise ratio of 7 of the [O ii ] doublet at 8 × 10 −17 erg s −1 cm −2 in 1000 s for galaxies at z = 1.4–1.6. We conclude with additional highlights from the on-sky validation and commissioning, key successes, and lessons learned.
Effect of Age on Blood Rheology in Sickle Cell Anaemia and Sickle Cell Haemoglobin C Disease: A Cross-Sectional Study

Blood rheology plays a key role in the pathophysiology of sickle cell anaemia (SS) and sickle cell haemoglobin C disease (SC), but its evolution over the lifespan is unknown.Blood viscosity, red blood cell (RBC) deformability and aggregation, foetal haemoglobin (HbF) and haematocrit were measured in 114 healthy individuals (AA), 267 SS (161 children + 106 adults) and 138 SC (74 children + 64 adults) patients.Our results showed that 1) RBC deformability is at its maximal value during the early years of life in SS and SC populations, mainly because HbF level is also at its peak, 2) during childhood and adulthood, hydroxycarbamide treatment, HbF level and gender modulated RBC deformability in SS patients, independently of age, 3) blood viscosity is higher in older SS and SC patients compared to younger ones and 4) haematocrit decreases as SS patients age.The hemorheological changes detected in older patients could play a role in the progressive development of several chronic disorders in sickle cell disease, whose prevalence increases with age. Retarding these age-related haemorheological impairments, by using suitable drugs, may minimize the risks of vaso-occlusive events and chronic disorders.
Stefanie Freyer / Siegrid Westphal (Hrsg.), Wissen und Strategien frühneuzeitlicher Diplomatie. (bibliothek altes Reich, Bd. 27.) Berlin/Boston, De Gruyter 2020

Article Stefanie Freyer / Siegrid Westphal (Hrsg.), Wissen und Strategien frühneuzeitlicher Diplomatie. (bibliothek altes Reich, Bd. 27.) Berlin/Boston, De Gruyter 2020 was published on December 1, 2022 in the journal Historische Zeitschrift (volume 315, issue 3).
INTEGRATED CIRCUITS WITH CLOSE ELECTRICAL CONTACTS AND METHODS FOR FABRICATING THE SAME

Integrated circuits with close electrical contacts and methods for fabricating such integrated circuits are provided. The method includes forming a first and a second contact in an interlayer dielectric, and forming a recess between the first and second contact. A etch mask is formed overlying the interlayer dielectric, and the etch mask is removed from over a recess mid-point. A center contact is formed in the interlayer dielectric at the recess mid-point.
Shear stress induced arterial and venous specification through piezo1

Arteriovenous malformations (AVMs) are characterised by abnormal connections between arteries and veins due to defects during vascular remodelling.  Although often asymptomatic, AVMs can cause intense pain and patients affected present higher risk for strokes and aneurysms. Hereditary AVMs have a prevalence of 18 in 100000 people causing a two-fold increase in mortality in patients younger than 60 years of age. Hereditary AVMs are linked to defective Notch/BMP signalling, however they represent less than 10% of cases. The majority of AVMs do not present genetic mutations and remain idiopathic. 
Asides Notch/BMP signalling, vascular responses to haemodynamic forces generated by blood flow are crucial regulators of blood vessel formation. The passage of fluid results in physical forces on the endothelium, i.e. shear stress, which activate signalling cascades inside the cells necessary for vascular remodelling. Endothelial cells sense shear stress through proteins localised on their plasmatic membrane. The calcium channel Piezo1 is required for shear stress induced calcium signalling and its ablation resulted in serious vascular defects. Both shear stress and calcium signalling are known to affect the activation of Notch, a pathway essential during the process of arterial-venous specification and vascular remodelling. 
Therefore we hypothesise that Piezo1 plays a crucial role in arterial venous specification and onset of AVMs by modulating Notch signalling activation.
This proposal utilises an interdisciplinary approach to decipher the new targets underlying the intricate and still unknown interaction of physical and molecular mechanisms responsible for defective arterial venous specification. The results of this research will potentially provide appealing diagnostic and therapeutic opportunities for both hereditary and idiopathic AVMs.
fechadura de porta

resumo fechadura de porta a invenção refere-se a uma fechadura de porta (1) provida com uma lingueta oblíqua (5). o objetivo é para diminuir a força externa direcionada em direção aos elementos de bloqueio mútuo. a lingueta oblíqua (5) compreende superfícies inclinadas (10a, 10b) em ambos os lados, de forma que a parte de ponta (5a) seja mais estreita em sua ponta do que na parte posterior da parte de ponta. a parte de ponta tem recessos (53a, 53b) em sua parte inferior e parte superior, os quais se estendem a partir da ponta até a parte posterior. ambos os recessos têm uma peça giratória (31a, 31b). adicionalmente, a lingueta oblíqua tem uma peça de suporte (47) e elementos flexionadores (46). as peças giratórias guiam a força acima de um determinado ângulo de giro através da peça de suporte e dos elementos flexionadores dentro dos elementos de bloqueio mútuo.
Advanced material for cost effective and high density ultracapacitors for the transport sector

To meet carbon emissions targets, transport must become more energy efficient. Currently only 14%–30% of the energy from the fuel you put in a vehicle is used to move it down the road, depending on the drive cycle. The rest of the energy is lost to engine and driveline inefficiencies or used to power accessories.

There are several innovative technologies that can increase the efficiency of the vehicles and reduce transport emissions such as regenerative braking systems, start-stop systems, KERS, and ERS. However, all these systems require fast electric energy storage.
Existing technologies for energy storage cannot meet the needs of the transport sector. The conventional technology uses batteries, but these are slow to charge and discharge energy, large and heavy. Ultracapacitors have been put forward as the solution, as they can charge and discharge quickly, however they are currently prohibitively expensive to allow them to be universally taken up across the wider transport sector.

We at Xerolutions have developed a new material, called CAPOWER, which reduces the cost of energy stored in ultracapacitors by over 20%. Compared with the conventional material, CAPOWER increases Power density, Energy density, Cyclability and reduces volume per unit of energy stored.
The cost efficiency of our material will allow the widespread adoption of the latest energy recovery systems to be introduced to all vehicles. 

The aim of the project is to scale up production of CAPOWER and demonstrate its effectiveness to T2 suppliers to kick start its take up in the market, and to thereby facilitate the widespread introduction of the energy efficient technologies. This will in turn reduce emissions and fuel consumption.
This widespread adoption will generate revenues of 11M€ by 2022 and create 15 new jobs. The project will generate an internal rate of return of 45%, providing a net present value of 6.838.155 € and a return on the total investment of 250%.