SIRIS-Lab/unlabelled-sti-corpus huggingface dataset:
Architecture for unified regional and open digital ecosystems for smart communities and wider rural areas large scale application

Lower population and business density make it more challenging to develop private businesses and public services in rural areas, negatively impacting socio-economic indicators. Rural areas are key to solve climate change, food, biomass and energy challenges. Favourable climate for entrepreneurship is needed for better provision of jobs, basic services, including health and care, connectivity, smart transport, energy solutions and attractiveness as whole, overcoming digital divide between rural and urban areas. AURORAL focus on delivering a digital environment of interoperable services through platforms able to trigger dynamic rural ecosystems of innovation chains, applications and services. Thus, AURORAL contributes to increasing economic growth in rural areas and to tackle significant societal challenges. AURORAL digital environment is demonstrated by cost-efficient and flexible cross-domain applications through large-scale pilots in five European regions. AURORAL digital environment builds on an open, API-based, interoperable and federated IoT architecture and includes a reference implementation supporting flexible integration of heterogeneous services, bridging the interoperability gap of the smart object platforms and creating markets for services in rural areas. AURORAL digital environment addresses the integration of data and information across different platforms, establishment of an open market place, large-scale demonstration, multiplication of novel applications, the leverage of infrastructure and inclusion of public services. AURORAL pilots follow an evolutionary agile, well-delineated, and lean approach demonstrated in large-scale applications capable of meeting social and economic objectives critical to boost new rural services and business. AURORAL digital environment supports a vibrant ecosystem of developers, service providers and user communities and addresses barriers currently opposing the socio-economic development of rural areas.
Can PDES scale in environments with heterogeneous delays?

The performance and scalability of Parallel Discrete Event Simulation (PDES) is often limited by communication latencies and overheads. The emergence of multi-core processors and their expected evolution into many-cores offers the promise of low latency communication and tight memory integration between cores; these properties should significantly improve the performance of PDES in such environments. However, on clusters of multi-cores (CMs), the latency and processing overheads incurred when communicating between different machines (nodes) far outweigh those between cores on the same chip, especially when commodity networking fabrics and communication software are used. It is unclear if there is any benefit to the low latency among cores on the same node given that communication links across nodes are significantly worse. In this study, we examine the performance of a multi-threaded implementation of PDES on CMs. We demonstrate that the inter-node communication costs impose a substantial bottleneck on PDES and demonstrate that without optimizations addressing these long latencies, multi-threaded PDES does not significantly outperform the multiprocess version despite direct communication through shared memory on the individual nodes. We then propose three optimizations: message consolidation and routing, infrequent polling and latency-sensitive model partitioning. We show that with these optimizations in place, threaded implementation of PDES significantly outperforms process-based implementation even on CMs.
Development of insulating concrete systems based on novel low co2 binders for a new family of eco-innovative, durable and standardized energy efficient envelope components

Concrete is the most widely used man-made material on Earth, with an annual consumption of around 10 billion m³. However, its fabrication is characterized by total CO2 emissions amounting to around 5% of the worldwide anthropogenic GHG emissions. More sustainable cements with lower embodied energy and CO2 footprint are needed.
As stated in the European Directive on Energy Performance of Buildings (COM 2010/31/EU), the development of better performing insulation materials and lightweight systems for building envelopes is crucial, playing a significant role in the reduction of buildings operational energy while complying with the load bearing features of existing building structures.
The ECO-binder project aims to implement industrial R&D activities on the results of previous research, demonstrating the possibility of replacing Ordinary Portland Cement (OPC) and OPC based concrete products with new ones based on the new Belite-Ye’elimite-Ferrite (BYF) class of low-CO2 binders to develop a new generation of concrete-based construction materials and prefabricated building envelope components with more than 30% lower embodied energy, 20% improved insulation properties and 15% lower cost than the actual solutions based on Portland cement. The new building envelope solutions will integrate multiple functions in a single product package, providing the higher performances in terms of acoustic insulation/absorption, fire resistance, dimensional stability, indoor air quality optimization, at an affordable cost.  Demonstration of full-scale retrofitting  and construction will be performed prototyping and installing a family of prefabricated concrete systems of different complexity and end-use in four different climatic conditions involving public authorities.. Results will be validated through dedicated LCAs, fostering the construction materials sector progress towards increased performing and eco-sustainable products.
TRANSFORMASI DAN STRATEGI KLAN BISNIS MENUJU PEMBENTUKAN KLAN POLITIK DALAM POLITIK LOKAL(Studi Tentang Klan Bisnis âDewi Sriâ di Barat Pantura Jawa Tengah)

This paper discusses the phenomenon of business clan  Dewi Sri  in
regional politics as the embryo toward political clan in the Northâ��western part
of Central Java: Brebes Regency, Tegal Regency, Tegal City and Pemalang
Regency. Most of regional heads come from the same clan in which politicians
and businessmen take part so that it become pathology of regional democracy.
Businesses clan produces regional head who is estimateds as an apportunity to
transform political position into family organization. The purpose of this study
was to reveal the strategies used by business clan in order to achieve political
position. However, since this phenomenon is quite extensive, this study was
focused on the emergence of business clan. In this study, qualitative method
was used to track the resources of business clan by observing informal clan
organization including its profile and network. Description of the inâ��depth
interviews on clan, clan support and pressure groups allowed to uncover their
strategy to build power.
Two principal strategies of business clans to achieve political position has
been found in this paper. Firstly, expanding the economic resource to make 4
potential resources to work in the political domain: (1) Accumulating the
economic resources of the business initiated by the clan then promote personal
resource
Synthesis and structure of palladium complexes [Ph3PhCH2P]+[PdCl3(DMSO)]− · DMSO, [Ph4P]+[PdCl3(DMSO)]−, and [Ph4Sb(DMSO)]+[PdCl3(DMSO)]−

[Ph3PhCH2P]+[PdCl3(DMSO)]− · DMSO (I), [Ph4P]+[PdCl3(DMSO)]− (II), and [Ph4Sb(DMSO)]+[PdCl3(DMSO)]− (III) complexes have been synthesized via the reaction of palladium chloride with equimolar amounts of triphenylbenzylphosphonium chloride, tetraphenylphosphonium chloride, and tetraphenylstibonium chloride, respectively. According to X-ray diffraction data, the cations of complexes I (CPC = 104.90(8)°–111.61(9)°) and II (CPC = 105.12(10)°–111.46(10)°) have slightly distorted tetrahedral structures with P-C bond lengths of 1.786(2)–1.809(2) and 1.791(2)–1.799(2) A, respectively. The antimony atom in the [Ph4Sb(DMSO)]+ cation has a trigonal bipyramidal surrounding with the dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) oxygen atom in an axial position (Sb...O 2.567(2) A). The palladium atoms in the square mononuclear anions of complexes I, II, and III are tetracoordinate, and Pd-Cl distances are 2.3101(5)–2.3104(5) A, 2.2950(7)–2.2038(7) A, and 2.2986(9)–2.3073(9) A, respectively. The DMSO ligands are coordinated to the palladium atom through the sulfur atom (Pd-S, 2.2318(5) (I), 2.2383(6) (II), and 2.2410(9) A (III)).
METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR BANDWIDTH ESTIMATION

The invention relates to a system and method for estimating the effective bandwidth on-line at a node in a communications network. The invention works by measuring the effective bandwidth and the mean rate of traffic flow for an identified type of traffic flow-line, defining a relationship between the two measured values and storing the relationship in a database of relationships for different identifiable types of traffic flow off-line. A type of traffic flow or group of flows is identified on-line from which the mean rate of traffic flow is measured on-line which is a relatively simple measurement to make. From the database of relationships a relationship is obtained from which the effective bandwidth is estimated for the traffic flow or flows on-line. This is the simplest operation of the invention. The invention further discloses means for incorporating loss ratio and delays in the estimation of the effective bandwidth on-line.
Fund Management and Systemic Risk - Lessons from the Global Financial Crisis

Fund managers play an important role in increasing efficiency and stability in financial markets. But research also indicates that fund management in certain circumstances may contribute to the buildup of systemic risk and severity of financial crises. The global financial crisis provided a number of new experiences on the contribution of fund managers to systemic risk. In this article, we focus on these lessons from the crisis. We distinguish between three sources of systemic risk in the financial system that may arise from fund management: insufficient credit risk transfer to fund managers; runs on funds that cause sudden reductions in funding to banks and other financial entities; and contagion through business ties between fund managers and their sponsors. Our discussion relates to the current intense debate on the role the so-called shadow banking system played in the global financial crisis. Several regulatory initiatives have been launched or suggested to reduce the systemic risk arising from non-bank financial entities, and we briefly discuss the likely impact of these on the sources of systemic risk outlined in the article.
Revitalization and Reuse of the lost heritage in the Adriatic landscape

In all the Italian and Croatian cities and towns involved in REVIVAL, there are many dismissed areas, buildings (e.g. summer camps, schools, barracks, military fortifications) and industrial complexes lying in a state of neglect and decay. This is an almost totally lost heritage, that today must be re-discovered, revitalized and reused for multiple reasons. REVIVAL will allow to transform the lost cultural heritage in a leverage for a sustainable and more balanced territorial development, in which a relevant abandoned man-made heritage will play a central role. As the starting point is clear, the change that REVIVAL will introduce is to put at the center of attention of regional and local communities and potential investors the lost heritage concerned and try to find for it creative and sustainable solutions.
Behavioral-Evolutionary analysis of climate policy: bounded rationality, markets and social interactions

Distinct climate policies are studied with incomparable approaches involving unique criteria and impacts. I propose to unite core features of such approaches within a behavioral-evolutionary framework, offering three advantages: evaluate the effectiveness of very different climate policy instruments in a consistent and comparative way; examine policy mixes by considering interaction between instruments from a behavioral as well as systemic perspective; and simultaneously assessing policy impacts mediated by markets and social interactions.
The key novelty is linking climate policies to populations of heterogeneous consumer and producers characterized by bounded rationality and social interactions. The resulting models will be used to assess the performance of policy instruments – such as various carbon pricing and information provision instruments – in terms of employment, equity and CO2 emissions. The approach is guided by 5 goals: (1) test robustness of insights on carbon pricing from benchmark approaches that assume representative, rational agents; (2) test contested views on joint employment-climate effects of shifting taxes from labor to carbon; (3) examine various instruments of information provision under distinct assumptions about social preferences and interactions; (4) study regulation of commercial advertising as a climate policy option in the context of status-seeking and high-carbon consumption; and (5) explore behavioral roots of energy/carbon rebound.
The research has a general, conceptual-theoretical rather than a particular country focus. Given the complexity of the developed models, it involves numerical analyses with parameter values in realistic ranges, partly supported by insights from questionnaire-based surveys among consumers and firms. One survey examines information provision instruments and social interaction channels, while another assesses behavioral foundations of rebound. The project will culminate in improved advice on climate policy.
Innovation by developing a european procurer networking for security research services

The iProcureNet project aims to build an EU network of organisations centred on the procurement of security solutions through the appointed iProcureNet National Contacts (IPNCs), together with a larger community of people composed of individuals and experts interested in procurement. Via the established Network+Community, iProcureNet will facilitate collaboration and dialogue among procurers, enabling: i) coordinated sharing and analysis of procurement trends included in the investment plans, ii) development of common and standardised practices from the technical, legal and financial perspectives, and iii) establishing pathways for joint procurement (JP) of innovative and new to market solutions, research services, and commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) products in the field of security. iProcureNet will develop the iProcureNet Toolbox including a comprehensive methodology, guidelines and a knowledge database of current procurement practices and processes in Europe; and will create a firm foundation for the set-up of Established Buyers Groups (EBGs) – countries which, using the iProcureNet Toolbox, have found common ground and are ready to procure. Close collaboration with related PCP and PPI actions and the practitioner innovation networks will be a key component of the project. Ultimately, iProcureNet, will aim to create a stepping stone to future collaboration in the form of a future investment plan for collaborative procurement actions, and to develop detailed pro-innovation procurement strategies. 
The Network+Community will be supported by i) the iProcureNet Online Platform (IPOP) enabling professional social networking and online dialogue on good practices and procurers’ needs; ii) a sustainable organisational set-up composed of well organised bodies and processes, and iii) appropriate communication and dissemination activities including Annual Conferences, trainings and workshops. The consortium includes 15 partners, out of which 10 are procurement agencies.
Subvention pour le fonds de roulement pour le Kromet Sp. z o.o.

Le projet concerne le soutien de l’entrepreneur à fournir des liquidités financières et à soutenir les activités en cours en raison des difficultés financières rencontrées par l’entrepreneur à la suite de la pandémie de COVID-19. Assistance financière fournie au titre du programme SA.57015 (2020/N)
ENZYMATIC BLEACH BOOSTER COMPOSITIONS

This invention relates to an enzymatic bleach booster composition which provides bleaching activity using enzymes. The composition can be added to a washing or cleaning composition prior to the washing or cleaning procedure and will result in effective bleaching. By using the enzymatic bleach booster composition, the environmentally unwanted chemical bleach compositions can be replaced.
Sintered body for and manufacture of ceramic substrates

A sintered body (22) for manufacturing a ceramic substrate (28) including a number of vias formed with high positional accuracy with the substrate (28) not being warped and with a high productivity, comprises a pillar-shaped ceramic body (22) having an axis and metallic wiring rods (12) provided in the ceramic body (22) parallel with the axis. The metallic wiring rods (12) are preferably made of metal, the melting point of which is lower than the sintering temperature of the sintered ceramic body (22).
Italia Malta Genome Breast Cancer Cross Border Risk Surveillance

ImaGenX is a cross-border network of users, health providers, administrators, and researchers from Sicily and Malta tasked to promote Breast Cancer surveillance. By integrating interdisciplinary expertise in epidemiology and molecular genetics and through client empowerment it aims to strengthen the structured care and surveillance of women at risk from breast cancer. Risk assessment, stratification and allocation of an appropriate surveillance programmes will be strictly evidence-based.  Sophisticated risk evaluation undertaken by user-friendly computer-based e-assessments and algorithms, and community specialist counselling will complement existing Breast Screening.  ImaGenX will create an infrastructure to scrutinise putative environmental and genetic factors involved in malignancies in the central Mediterranean.  Health initiatives such as preventive educational campaigns, medical or biochemical interventions, and bespoke IT screening will be precisely targeted.  Communities will take greater responsibility for their health.  ImaGenX seeks to innovate by introducing state-of-the-art technologies and rationalise traditional resources from regional bodies.  It will consolidate existing scientific potential from two prime Mediterranean regions into Research Institutes of Excellence.   Acting synergistically as strategic platforms they will transform their Life Sciences and Information Technology resources into world class industries engaged in cancer risk-reduction.
_x000D_ImaGenX è una rete transfrontaliera di utenti, operatori sanitari, amministratori e ricercatori siciliani e maltesi individuati per promuovere un programma di prevensizione del cancro al seno attraverso l'integrazione delle competenze interdisciplinari in epidemiologia e genetica molecolare. Il progetto creerà le infrastrutture necessarie per monitorare i fattori putativi di tipo ambientale e genetico coinvolti nell'insorgenza di tumori maligni nell'area del Mediterraneo centrale. Iniziative sanitarie, campagne di formazione preventiva, IT screening biochimici e diagnostici nonchè interventi medici mirati avranno lo scopo di incoraggiare le comunità ad assumersi maggiori responsabilità circa le politiche di prevenzione del cancro. Il progetto mira a consolidare il potenziale scientifico già esistente nei due territori creando sinergie che favoriscano l'impegno nella riduzione e nella cura dei tumori
The Sagari-Kinteroni Anticline: an example of an out-of-sequence tectonic wedge in the Camisea area, Peru

The Sagari-Kinteroni Anticline lies within the Camisea subbasin of southeastern Peru and is, along with the Mipaya and San Martin structures to the south, the leading/frontal anticline of the sub-Andean foreland fold-and-thrust belt in this area. In this study, we integrated surface (geologic map and strike/dip) with subsurface (well and 2D and 3D seismic) data to characterize the geometric and kinematic evolution of the Sagari-Kinteroni Anticline. At the Sagari well location, the Sagari-Kinteroni Anticline developed due to movement along an underlying flat-ramp-flat style thrust fault. However, unlike in a classical fault-bend fold where the backlimb dip of the fold equals the dip of the ramp, the Sagari-Kinteroni Anticline has a backlimb dip that is less than the dip of the ramp. This geometry is characteristic of a shear fault-bend fold. At the Kinteroni well location, the Sagari-Kinteroni Anticline exhibits a similar fold geometry and is related to the same underlying flat-ramp-flat style thrust fault. However, unlike at the Sagari well location, the Sagari-Kinteroni Anticline at this location is cut by a significant thrust fault that splays off the main flat-ramp-flat style thrust fault. It is also cut by a steeply dipping listric backthrust. Based on geometrical relationships, we interpret that the significant thrust fault splay terminates upwards into the backthrust, forming a tectonic wedge/triangle zone that postdates the earlier formed shear fault-bend fold. Therefore, this tectonic wedge would be considered “out-of-sequence” with respect to the evolution of the sub-Andean fold-and-thrust belt in this area.
FLOW CONTROL OF PROCESS GAS IN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING

A flow control system (10) and method for controlling batchwise delivery of process gas (12) for semiconductor manufacturing are disclosed, wherein the flow control system is operable in a flow mode for delivery of a batch of process gas in a delivery period of time and, alternately, in a no-flow mode.
LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAYS HAVING POLARIZERS

A method for changing the appearance of liquid crystal display modules by exchanging front polarizers is disclosed. Polarizers can be provided that are removably attachable to electronic devices for use as the front polarizers for the liquid crystal display modules included with the electronic devices. The front polarizers are removably attachable so that they can be interchanged to alter display appearance for aesthetics, optical performance and/or other characteristics. For example, differently colored front polarizers can be exchanged to coordinate the appearance of the display with an exchangeable face plate of the electronic device. This can allow users to customize the look of the display.
METHOD AND DYE SOLUTION FOR POLYESTER FABRIC DYEING

A dye solution for dyeing polyester fabric including dye, a liquid carrier, an acidic agent, and a thickening agent. The carrier is selected to enhance the permeability of the polyester fabric at a certain temperature so that the dye can penetrate within the fabric. A method of printing designs on polyester fabric including creating a dye solution with water, a dye, a carrier liquid and an acidic solution. The dye solution is applied to the fabric in a desired pattern. The fabric and dye solution are then dried in as drier so that the temperature of the carrier is raised to permit the carrier to enhance the permeability of the fabric and have the dye penetrate the fabric. The carrier is then driven out of the fabric by the dryer and no pressure is applied to the fabric during the drying process.
Minimum Wage and Unemployment in Greek Labour Market: A Descriptive Analysis

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the relationship between the minimum wage level and the rates of unemployment and employment in the Greek labour market. More specifically, this study analyses the evolution of the minimum wage during the period 2000-2013 and also whether these changes have really affected the unemployment and employment rates or not. The main conclusion of our study supports several other studies conclusions suggesting that the level of minimum wage in Greece did not really affect the unemployment and employment rates. The views of economists on effect of the establishing of minimum wages are quite contradictory. The evaluation of relationship between labour market and minimum wage rate is either positive or negative or even not related at all, depending on the assumptions about characteristics of labour market.