SIRIS-Lab/unlabelled-sti-corpus huggingface dataset:
BonXai

While the migration from DTD to XML Schema was driven by a need for increased expressivity and flexibility, the latter was also significantly more complex to use and understand. Whereas DTDs are characterized by their simplicity, XML Schema Definitions (XSDs) are notoriously difficult. In this paper, we introduce the XML specification language BonXai which possesses most features of XSDs, including its expressivity, while retaining the simplicity of DTDs. In brief, the latter is achieved by sacrificing the explicit use of types in favor of simple patterns expressing contexts for elements. The goal of BonXai is by no means to replace XML Schema, but rather to provide a simpler DTD-like alternative to schema designers that do not need the explicit use of types. Therefore, BonXai can be seen as a practical front-end for XML Schema. A particular strong point of BonXai is its solid foundation rooted in a decade of theoretical work around pattern-based schemas. We present in detail the formal model for BonXai and discuss translation algorithms to and from XML Schema.
Does tourism effectively stimulate Malaysia's economic growth?

Abstract This study attempts to further verify the validity of the tourism-led growth hypothesis in Malaysia using a multivariate model derived from the Solow growth theory. It employs annual data from 1975 to 2011. We find that economic growth, tourism and other determinants are cointegrated. Specifically, tourism has a positive impact on Malaysia's economic growth both in the short-run and in the long-run. The Granger causality test indicates that tourism Granger-causes economic growth. All this provides the empirical support for the tourism-led growth hypothesis in Malaysia. In light of this, any policy initiative that promotes tourism could contribute to Malaysia's economic growth.
Producción musical del tema "Átomos" de Convoy

The present project documents and explains the procedure and methodology implemented for the production of the musical theme Atoms of the group CONVOY, who have been playing the alternative rock genre for about three years in Quito, Ecuador. At the beginning, research was carried out, such as the revision of bibliographic and audiovisual material for the construction of a theoretical framework, with the aim of specifying the concept of the song to be produced. Likewise, a schedule and a budget were established to constitute a framework of work where all the parties can execute their activities properly and opportunely. In the preproduction process, some essays were necessary, where the instrumentation, the sonority and the reference to which the musical theme documented in this project were approached. In the same way, a technical rider of the mandatory teams was defined to be able to execute each one of the activities involved throughout the whole process. During the recording, each instrument was executed and captured independently according to the schedule and equipment previously established; Seeking in this way to obtain the best performance of the musicians, as well as the best development of the producer at the time of recording and selecting the shots obtained throughout this phase. Finally the post-production tasks were executed, such as the mixing and mastering of the musical product; Adjusting it to the initial concept and to the referential theme. In addition, the graphic art that visually represents the above-mentioned concept was realized, with the support of a designer.
TREATMENT OF SOLID AND LIQUID EFFLUENTS FROM TAN-YARDS FOR REMOVING AND RECOVERING THE CHROMIUM CONTAINED IN THE EFFLUENTS

The present invention relates to the integral treatment of chromium containing wastes from tan-yards according to the diagram of figure (1). There is provided one or two solid (1) and/or liquid (2) effluents which contain chromium. The solid effluent is subjected to a treatment (4) with perborate (3) producing a chromium-free residue (5) which is treated by conventional methods (for example hydrolysis in order to produce gums or chelagen) and waters which contain the chromium present as Cr(VI). Said Cr(VI) is reduced to Cr(III) by reduction in acid medium at (6). In a reactor (7) the solution containing Cr(III) is treated continuously with an alkaline solution (8), to give waters with less than 1 ppm of Cr (9) and a pulp (10) containing Cr(OH)3.3H2O from which is obtained, by acidification with sulphuric acid, a concentrated solution of chromium sulphate reusable in the same tan-yard. The present invention provides for the precipitation of Cr(III) contained in solutions, by using magnesium hydroxide (or a mixture with NaOH); the chromium-containing solution is slowly and continuously added to another solution, maintained at a temperature between 60 and 63 DEG C, to which is also added the neutralizing agent. Thereby, the precipitate obtained has particular characteristics of solubility and settling which cannot be obtained in a precipitate produced with other neutralizers. In the solid wastes, the oxidation is performed by stirring these chopped wastes with an aqueous solution which contains a perborate in the proportion of at least 1.5 mol of BO3<-> per at-g of Cr contained in the residues (for example 2.35 g of NaBO3 per g of Cr), during a period of time longer than 10 minutes, the recommended amount of perborate to be used, if sodic salt is used, being from 3.3 to 3.7 g of NaBO3 per g of Cr contained in the residue to be treated and the recommended treatment time being 45 minutes. The perborate may be substituted by a mixture of oxygenated water, H2O2, and a borate (for example borax) in a solution whose pH must be comprised between 7.5 and 11.5, preferably between 8.5 and 9.5.
Exploiting melanoma disease complexity to address european research training needs in translational cancer systems biology and cancer systems medicine

Novel treatment options and associated personalised, patient-tailored therapies need to be explored and developed for highly heterogeneous and chemotherapy resistant cancers, such as malignant melanoma. This can only be achieved by industry-academia collaborations in newly emerging, innovative research disciplines such as translational cancer systems biology and systems medicine. These disciplines and the associated European training needs provide the foundation for the MEL-PLEX ETN. MEL-PLEX aims to understand the network-level and multi-scale regulation of disease-relevant signalling in melanoma through a combination of quantitative biomedical and computational research approaches that go significantly beyond the current state-of-the-art. Coordinated by the RCSI Centre for Systems Medicine, MEL-PLEX will train 15 early stage researchers through a highly interdisciplinary and intersectoral research training programme. MEL-PLEX comprises 11 beneficiaries and 7 partner organisations from 11 countries, including European and international leaders in personalised melanoma therapy, melanoma systems biology and cancer systems medicine. MEL-PLEX aims to (i) achieve an unmatched depth of molecular and mechanistic disease understanding, (ii) will exploit this knowledge to develop and validate predictive models for disease progression, prognosis and responsiveness to current and novel (co-)treatment options, and (iii) will provide superior and clinically relevant tools and biomarker signatures for personalising and optimising melanoma treatment. The MEL-PLEX ETN addresses current needs in academia and the private sector for researchers that have been trained in an environment that spans across biology, medicine and mathematics, that can navigate confidently between clinical, academic and private sector research environments, and that have developed an innovative and creative mindset to progress research findings towards applications.
Sviluppo delle esportazioni attraverso la promozione del proprio marchio 5.10.15.

Number_reference_aid_programma: Sa 42799(2015/X) Finalità degli aiuti pubblici:_art.19 Il progetto inizierà il 01-08-2018 e durerà fino al 31-05-2019. Oggetto del progetto è l'introduzione ai mercati esteri dei prodotti del marchio 5.10.15. grazie alla partecipazione al programma di promozione del settore dell'industria della moda polacca. Il richiedente promuoverà efficacemente il marchio di prodotto 5.10.15. per diventare un marchio riconoscibile allo stesso tempo promuovendo il marchio economico polacco. Le attività del programma di promozione industriale indicato saranno svolte nei seguenti mercati: Russo (mercato prospettico) e sui mercati ucraini e kazaki. La promozione sui mercati esteri comprenderà: 1. Sviluppo di una strategia per entrare nel mercato russo 2. Formazione in internazionalizzazione dell'azienda per il mercato russo 3. Partecipazione a fiere estere in Russia (2x), Ucraina (2x), Kazakistan (1x), tra cui un panel di marchi dell'economia polacca e materiale pubblicitario 4. Partecipazione a una missione estera in Russia Il richiedente fornirà il finanziamento del progetto con le proprie risorse e richiederà anche un anticipo.
Understanding the time characteristic of user behavior on online forums

Quantitative understanding of people's behaviors on social networks has significant meaning to reveal the origins of many socioeconomic phenomena. This paper focuses on the time characteristic of human behavior online. Four famous web forums of China were analyzed, including Sina, NetEase, HuBeiDongHu and LiXiang. The empirical analysis result presents some statistical features on the behaviors of forum users. We found that the intervals of user's post and reply behaviors both follow heavy-tailed distribution and have high burstiness and low memory. But the day activities do not follow heavy-tailed distribution and the values concentrate between 10 and 100. Further, we studied the intra-day post and reply behaviors and showed that people's behaviors online have similar time characteristic with that of real life, and they submit obviously more posts and replies on work time and seldom do actions after midnight. The findings of this paper reveal some interesting features of human behaviors on online forums and are helpful to the behavior-based detection of spam and spammer.
Contrast by quadrupole enhanced relaxation

The ageing society and demographic change is one of the major challenges which Europe is facing now, and even more so in the future. Mastering this challenge requires radically new diagnostic and therapeutic treatments as key factors in achieving the healthy well-being of European citizens. Molecular imaging (MI) plays a pivotal role in diagnosis, understanding of disease and in the development of effective treatments. 
CONQUER will explore a fundamentally new contrast mechanism with the potential to push magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) far beyond its limits towards a powerful MI modality. This will be achieved by exploiting the cross relaxation between 1H and large quadrupolar nuclei (QN) for contrast agent (CA) design. The main objective is to synthesize bio-compatible QN compounds and nano-particles (NPs), high efficiency and manifold degrees of freedom in the design of smart properties, such as the ability to switch the contrast on and off by changing the magnetic field or chemical binding (e.g. targeting). The NPs will be tailored based on quantum-mechanical simulations. Sensitivity and contrast switching will be demonstrated with MRI in cell cultures. This highly interdisciplinary project combines expertise in quantum physics, chemical and biomedical engineering, material characterisation as well as nanotoxicology. 
Today, European scientists and companies are already leading global players in CA development. CONQUER will significantly fertilise this field and lay the scientific foundations for a new technology by providing theoretical groundwork, synthesis guidelines, imaging instrumentation and toxicological references. These results will be actively transferred to academia and industry as well in order to strengthen European competitiveness. The combination of a so far unexploited quantum-mechanical phenomenon and cutting-edge imaging technologies has the potential to create MI solutions with significant impact.
DRAWER FOR A DETERGENT FEEDING DEVICE

The drawer 15 of a detergent feeding device 8 comprises a top part 18 and a bottom part 22 with at least one chamber 13 for manually adding the clothes cleaning agents. The drawer 15 also has a front handle 17 for moving the drawer 15 in the pull and push direction. The parts 17, 18, 22 of the drawer 15 are substantially made of heat-shapeable materials. So that such a drawer 15 is provided as cost-effectively as possible, the handle 17 is a one-piece element of the top 18 of the drawer 15. Thus, the drawer 15 can be very stable, in particular rigid against torsion. The visible surfaces of the drawer can withstand mechanical loads, in particular scratches, since outer surfaces can be made of high-quality invisible surfaces, or of lower quality materials. The guide surfaces of the drawer 15 then exhibit less friction than surfaces of the guiding housing.
FIRE RETARDANT ELEVATED FLOOR STRUCTURE

A fire retardant elevated floor structure comprising a plurality of parallel and spaced apart joists supported by support means, at least one fire retardant panel supported by the joists and at least one floor panel located above the fire retardant panel.
Innovative financial instruments to support energy sector SMEs in Med area

Energy sector SMEs in MED area are considered a strategical development asset for the Area because of their strong link with natural resources available(from sun to wind through water) and the increasing demand of energy coming from the industrial sectors and human communities. The link between energy sectors SMEs and sustainable development is clear to all Actors working for the economic development of MED countries and the alignment of National Energy Plans to the EU 2020 Energy Plan is ongoing. Moreover, during past years, the sectors have been fully supported both by EU and National funds (mainly through the grant instrument) and many incentives (both related to the implementation of innovative technology processes and the production of RES) triggered the birth of energy saving and energy efficiency SMEs and clusters in many areas together with companies in charge to provide energy services(ESCO) both to entreprise and citizens. According to this context, Public(EU and National/Regional Authorities) and Private investors (mainly venture capital, business angels network and Banks) have approached the sectors, even if with generic risk evaluation instruments. Generally speaking, in fact, the market of capitals and subsidies for the sector is well developed in Europe (but less in South Europe). On the other side, it was clear to all investors that the energy sector development capacity is strictly related to their dependence on regulation and subsidies by EU, National and local institution, and this variable is consider a limit for the decisions to be taken. In fact, this scenario, particularly in France, Spain, Italy and Greek, is now changing due to the financial crisis and the following cut of public funds and availability of money for investments. Due to this situation, policy makers and investors are forced to stop or drastically reduce investments and incentives. According to this short state of the art analysis, FIREMED project intends to approach both Local Development Plans and Operators in charge to assist energy sector SMEs. For the former, the Project is intending to elaborate innovative model of funding instruments to be introduced in their Local Development Plans according to the Innovative Financial Instruments that are going to be set up at EU Level for the Programme Period 2014-2020. For the latter, FIREMED Project intends to stimulate both a high level of attention, thanks to dedicated services and instruments, and an increased attitude to invest in the sectors, thanks to a more detailed knolwedge of the energy sectors capacities and potentialities. The Financial schemes developed by the Project and trasferred through feasibilities studies into development plans and the services implemented dedicated both to financial operators and energy sectors SMEs will constitute an overall model elaborated by the FIREMED partnership to support the development of entrepreneurship in MED Area combining private and public efforts.
Innovative manufacturing routes for next generation batteries in europe

As of today, Europe remains not competitive in terms of Lithium battery cell development and especially manufacturing. This lack of competence and competitiveness could quickly spiral down into a complete loss of this key technology for electrification in the EU. 
Thus IMAGE will significantly contribute to sustainably develop the European Li-battery cell manufacturing competence and capability by creating a competitive, production-oriented research & development framework within Europe. A realistic and well-documented roadmap towards the manufacturing of cost-effective and competitive battery cells within Europe will emerge. This will be enforced by establishing a distributed battery cell production base that will be able, after careful upscaling of production, to supply the now burgeoning electric vehicle industry. From this context, the main goal of IMAGE is to push European’s Li-battery industry and academia to take over a leading role in the development and manufacturing of Next Generation Li-Ion cells. IMAGE has the following major objectives: 
1) Develop generic production techniques for next generation battery cells based on high specific energy Li-metal battery cells. This will include a modular development approach that will be easy to up-scale while remaining flexible and safer to replace in case of any contingencies and market/ manufacturer configuration changes.
2) Identify energy and resource efficient cell manufacturing technologies and assets tailored to the existent European industrial infrastructure. This will include the identification of bottleneck factors and challenges that could be addressed in the present European industrial context.
3) Develop a progressive, multiple-tier technological and production framework that is able to cope with the inherent technological changes and advancements characteristic to this dynamic field. Thus, there will be several technologies covered by IMAGE, each having different technological maturity level.
Development of advanced optical tools for studying cellular mechanics at high spatial and temporal resolution

A long-standing aim in the life sciences is to understand development and morphogenesis, i.e. how organismal shape is encoded by the genome and how cellular mechanics are involved in its execution. Lately, investigations have started to focus on the mechanical properties of the involved multicellular compartments, and the interwoven mechanical - molecular interactions at the cellular scale. While molecular components can routinely be visualized with fluorescence microscopy, assessing the mechanical properties of living cells with similar spatio-temporal resolution in a non-invasive fashion has long been an open challenge.

Recently, a new type of optical elastography, namely Brillouin microscopy (BM), has emerged as a non-destructive, label- and contact-free technique which can probe visco-elastic properties of materials with diffraction-limited resolution in 3D. Yet, despite ongoing improvements, virtually all current implementations suffer from very low speed, high phototoxicity, and difficulties in quantification, thus prohibiting meaningful investigations in the life sciences.

In this interdisciplinary proposal, my group will develop unique and innovative optical imaging technologies based on BM to overcome its current drawbacks and to establish it as a revolutionary tool for live tissue and cellular biophysics studies. In particular, we will work towards a highly-multiplexed BM with selective-plane illumination to maximize speed, resolution and depth penetration, while minimizing photodamage (Aim 1). At the same time, we will combine BM with other imaging modalities that will allow us to obtain correlative datasets and to accurately quantify the measured mechanical properties (Aim 2). We will then apply these methodological advancements together with fellow biologists to study the role of elasticity in tissue morphogenesis and self-organisation, thereby contributing to a better understanding of the role of biomechanics in developmental biology (Aim 3).
Binary versus weighted interaction networks

Abstract Interaction networks (IN) have been used in ecology to model different kinds of interactions in ecological communities. Historically there are two basic ways to construct an IN: binary networks (BN) that represent unweighted links among species in the web, and weighted networks (WN) that weight each interaction among species by its relative or absolute frequency in the web. We call binary reduction the transition from WN to BN which obviously entails loss of information. We performed an analysis with 69 WN on which we worked the binary reduction. For both WN and BN we computed: the coefficient of variation, skewness, kurtosis, Shannon entropy and the Gini coefficient on the population statistics. We also computed the dependence asymmetry, the pairwise Jaccard distance and two different measures of nestedness, (W)NODF and τ-temperature, for the WN and BN. From correlations between the values for WN and BN we concluded that, for most of the indices, the loss of information due to the binary reduction is not significant. Using a statistical evaluation, for most indices, BN give similar results to their corresponding WN.
Neutron capture-enhanced treatment of neurotoxic amyloid aggregates

NECTAR proposes an alternative and revolutionary strategy to address AD (Alzheimer’s Disease) treatment, suggesting and investigating a therapy based mainly on nuclear physics principles and phenomena, i.e. neutron capture nuclear reactions and structural damage of AD Aβ aggregates induced by ionizing radiations (IRs).  AD is the most common cause of dementia. There is no cure and no new FDA medication has been approved since 2002. NECTAR aims to develop, test and prove the feasibility, safety and effectiveness of a Capture-Enhanced Neutron Irradiation of Aβ aggregates exploiting the synergy between an external beam of low energy neutrons which irradiate the whole brain and specifically engineered radiation enhancers capable of increasing the administered dose only in the Aβ aggregate site.  NECTAR will develop: 1) biocompatible probes containing Gd/B-enriched molecules able to cross the BBB and target selectively the Aβ aggregates; 2) a detailed modelling, validate by innovative dosimetric measurements, of the secondary radiations set in motion at μm and nm scales and related to: (a) the different types of Aβ aggregates and to their radio-induced structural modifications which further relate to neurotoxicity and biological effects, (b) the macroscopic irradiation of the brain and the compatibility with its tolerance assuming a prolonged, highly fractionated low energy neutron irradiation protocol. NECTAR brings an interdisciplinary network of research teams from 7 academics: UNIPV (neutron irradiation), UNITO (probes preparation and testing), MNEGRI (AD mouse models), SU (cellular effects of IRs at low doses and low dose rates), IRSN (IRs metrology), UKESSEN (AD clinics), UKJ (clinical radiotherapy, including advanced particle radiotherapy) and an innovative start-up Raylab (n-spectrometry and miniaturised dosimeters). The positive completion of NECTAR would open the route for the application of IRs-based treatments to other forms of amyloidosis and proteinopathies