SIRIS-Lab/unlabelled-sti-corpus huggingface dataset:
OC11 Tactical Analysis Of Three Top Level European Football Teams Counterattack — A Mixed Method Approach

This study aimed to detect and analyse regular patterns of play in the counterattack of football teams, through the combination of the sequential analysis technique and interviews to first League Portuguese coaches. A mixed method design (QUAL/QUAL) was used. In a first stage 36 games (12 per team) of the Barcelona (BA), Inter Milan (IM) and Manchester United (MU) teams were encoded using the observational instrument developed by Sarmento et al . (2010), and the data analysed trough the SDIS-GSEQ software. Based on the detected patterns, semi-structured interviews were carried out to 8 expert high-performance football coaches and data were analysed through the content analysis technique (Nvivo9). In total, 245 counterattack sequences were observed. The MU performed significantly more counterattacks (X 2 (2) = 36.8; p = 0.00). The analysis of the results concerning the start of the offensive process (OP) through ball recovery possession by the goalkeeper has allowed to verify that there is a similar tendency in the MU and BA teams, that developed these sequences through the central (Z ≥1.96) and right side zones of the defensive midfielder, by the execution (MU) of the forward pass (Z = 2.00), or technical actions (BA) such as dribble (Z = 2.47) and conduction of the ball (Z = 2.71). In BA team, the shot with goal scored is activated by the crossing (Z = 2.82) and by the high (Z = 3.05) diagonal pass. Contrary to what happens with the other teams, the goal tends to be activated by the zones 8 and 11. Through the performed content analysis we could observe that coaches interpret these play patterns based their opinions, mainly, in tactical-strategic and tactical-technical aspects, and in the characteristics of the players on those teams. The potential in the combination of these types of analysis are evident because it allows detecting and analysing regular patterns of play which assume a practical application to coaches, but also because the content analysis which resulted from the interviews, has allowed complementing this approach with the know-how of the experts in the field.
Inspiring to create

I2C8 will start from the successful research carried out during the Lrn2Cre8 FET project and bring it closer to market, by exploiting results related to creativity and automatic music generation technologies. I2C8 will develop a new product for music chord generation and randomization, with intelligent and automatic features, aimed at the music production market. 

I2C8 will empower electronic musicians, producers and DJs to enrich their creative palette and have a tool for interactive inspiration in their music-creation process by providing a ‘musical sketchpad’ able to quickly record musical ideas with the assistance of intelligent music algorithms.

Objective of I2C8 is to develop a product ready for market launch. Therefore, two main streams of activities will be carried out: 1. Integration and consolidation of relevant technologies (both developed during the FP7 project and owned by partners) into a standalone product, incorporating user-informed and market-generated requirements; 2. product development and market push activities.

These two streams of activities will be tightly integrated by adopting an iterative development process and fit within the objectives of the FET Launchpad.

The project will include two of the Lrn2Cre8 partners: RECO and EHU. RECO will lead the project, being an SME already selling successful music-creation software and with a strong user/market base. EHU, which is an International Excellence Research Campus in Spain, will provide the technical expertise and continuity with the key research topics carried out during the FET project.
The role of tumour microenvironment in metastatic hormone-refractory prostate cancer

The goal of this proposal is to investigate the role of tumor microenvironment in metastatic hormone-refractory prostate cancer (mHRPC). Prostate Cancer (PC) is the most common malignancy in men in Europe while mHRPC is the most lethal form of the disease, causing over 95% of PC related deaths. Extensive clinical and preclinical research using state-of-the-art tumour models has led to the development of several new therapeutics that, unfortunately, provide only marginal patient benefit. One key element missing in standard preclinical models is the relevant metastasis microenvironment associated with mHRPC that may dramatically affect disease outcome. Here, I plan to significantly advance our understanding in mHRPC associated microenvironment with the first androgen dependent PC bone metastasis model I developed that mimics both the pathology and disease progression in patients. My preliminary data indicate that metastasis associated stromal cells may form a unique bone metastasis microenvironment that promotes mHRPC. I aim to identify the underlying molecular mechanisms using a multidisciplinary approach combining intra-vital microscopy, dynamic ADT resistance reporter system, innovative adoptive transfer approach and genetic tools of lineage specific knockout. This work is also designed to translate findings made in mouse models into human disease using innovative humanized in vivo models of mHRPC. The findings generated in this project will lead to innovative therapeutic approaches that can effectively treat mHRPC thus relieve this lethal threat on European societies. MetResistance will make a step change in the field of cancer medicine research by providing new standards to study therapy resistance of metastatic cancer an area representing the number one challenge in cancer research and patient care.
Central integration of metabolic and hedonic cues in metabolic health

During evolution the brain has selected glucose as a main source of metabolic energy. This has imposed homeostatic and behavioral constraints. First, the glycemic levels must be maintained at a minimum of ~5 mM to ensure constant energy supply to the brain. Second, a high reward value has to be attributed to glucose-containing foods to increase the motivation to obtain them. These homeostatic and hedonic regulations depend on glucose sensing cells and neuronal circuits in the central nervous system. These cells and circuits regulate the activity of the sympathetic and parasympathetic nerves, which control the function of peripheral organs (liver, fat, muscles) and the secretion of glucagon and insulin by pancreatic islet cells. They also attribute a reward value to glucose-containing foods to control food-seeking behavior, a process that involves the mesolimbic dopaminergic system. Here, we will focus on three interrelated aims: 
1. Identify the physiological role of glucose sensing neurons of the ventromedial hypothalamic nucleus (VMN, a key feeding and glucoregulatory center) in glucose homeostasis and food preference; identify their cellular diversity and their molecular make-up; and characterize their deregulations in metabolic diseases.
2. Characterize the molecular physiology of glucose sensing neurons of the paraventricular thalamus, which modulate the activity of the mesolimbic dopaminergic system to control motivated sucrose-seeking behavior; determine their control by other interoceptive signals, including from glucose sensing cells of the VMN.
3. Establish new molecular approaches to characterize, at the molecular and functional levels, the impact of early postnatal nutrition on the development and function of central glucose sensing cells in the control of adult animal physiology. 
These studies will open-up new perspectives in the understanding of homeostatic and hedonic regulatory pathways, which preserve metabolic health over a lifetime.
Kinetic and Thermodynamic Studies of Chromium Ion Adsorption Using Chitosan from Mussel Shell

A study was carried out to investigate the removal of chromium (VI) ion from chromate solution using deacetylated chitin extracted from mussel shell. Mussel shells were obtained from Gubi dam in Bauchi, Nigeria and chemical method was used to extract chitin and then chitosan from these shells. A batch adsorption study was used to generate data for kinetic modelling. Out of the four kinetic models tested, the adsorption process was found to follow the pseudo-second order kinetic model with an R 2 -value of 0.9997; The process was physical with a free sorption energy of 0.224 kJ/mol. Also, the enthalpy of adsorption was -67.295 kJ/mol K and the Gibbs free energies were all negative, thus the process is spontaeneous and exothermic. Keywords : Kinetic, Chitosan, Mussel, Chromium, Adsorption, Thermodynamic
Accelerating simulation method for specific ray-tracing propagation model

A new terrain meshing method for simulations of specific ray-tracing propagation model is proposed. A great number of simulations were made to prove the efficiency and usefulness of the new method. The ray tracing paths are researched carefully on the condition that the transmitters and receivers far away from each other. A new method for this kind of specific propagation is presented, by which the area containing transmitters or receivers is meshed into fine triangles while the rest area of the terrain is meshed into large triangles. The computing time is reduced by this new method while the computing accuracy is good enough.
Managing Transboundary Crises: Identifying the Building Blocks of an Effective Response System

In recent years, crises have become increasingly transboundary in nature. This exploratory paper investigates whether and how the transboundary dimensions of crises such as pandemics, cyber attacks and prolonged critical infrastructure failure accentuate the challenges that public and private authorities confront in the face of urgent threats. We explore the transboundary dimensions of crises and disasters, discuss how an increase in ‘transboundedness’ affects traditional crisis management challenges and investigate what administrative mechanisms are needed to deal with these compounded challenges. Building on lessons learned from past crises and disasters, our goal is to stimulate a discussion among crisis management scholars about the political-administrative capabilities required to deal with ‘transboundary’ crises.
Direct Identification of Crisis Periods on the CEE Stock Markets: The Influence of the 2007 U.S. Subprime Crisis

The main goal of this paper is a direct identification of crisis periods on the eight Central and Eastern European (CEE) stock markets, and, for comparison, on the U.S. market. We employ a statistical procedure of dividing market states into up and down markets. Our aim is to examine whether crisis periods are common in various countries, and the results confirm Oct 2007 – Feb 2009 as the common period of the recent global financial crisis, except for Slovakia. Moreover, we investigate the effect of increasing cross–market correlations in the crisis period in the context of contagion, applying both standard contemporaneous correlations and volatility-adjusted correlation coefficients. Our results confirm that accommodating heteroskedasticity is crucial for detecting contagion across stock markets. The data consists of monthly logarithmic returns of the major CEE and the U.S. stock market indexes, in the period May 2004 – April 2013.
INJECTION MOLDABLE COMPOSITE

Composite moulable par injection comprenant un mélange de polyéthercétone tel qu'une résine matricielle de polyétheréthercétone, une matière de remplissage métallique telle qu'une fibre d'acier inoxydable revêtue d'une colle résinique soluble dans la résine matricielle, ainsi qu'une fibre de verre. La forme moulée obtenue du composite est électroconductrice et présente une compatibilité galvanique avec l'aluminium.
Donor-Acceptor Type π-Conjugated Copolymers Based on Soluble Benzodifuranone

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We designed a soluble building block containing a backbone based on benzodifuranone (BDF), a high-performance pigment, to form a novel donor-acceptor type polymer. By attaching dodecylthienyl moiety to the less soluble BDF framework, the soluble BDF monomer was readily obtained and applied to Suzuki-Miyaura condensation with electron-rich carbazole moiety to form a new class of low-bandgap polymers. The structural characterization and estimation of the molecular weight of the target π-conjugated polymer (PCTBDF) was carried out by 1H NMR spectroscopy and gel permeation chromatography. We determined its optical and electrochemical properties, investigating how they were affected by different molecular weights. The HOMO and LUMO energy levels were estimated to be typically –5.5 and –3.8 eV, respectively.
Major and trace element geochemistry of the Bigadiç Borate deposit, Balikesir, Turkiye

This study investigates the major and trace element geochemistry of Bigadi borate deposits, the largest colemanite and ulexite deposits in the world. The known borate deposits of Turkiye were deposited in the lacustrine environment during Miocene when the volcanic activity occurred from Tertiary to Quaternary. All of the Turkish borate deposits are classified as volcanic related deposits. Boron ore deposits intercalated with claystone, mudstone, tufa and fine layered limestone show lens shape. Borate minerals formed in two zones. Tiilu and Acep-Simav open mines represented the lower and upper borate zones, respectively. Colemanite and ulexite are dominant minerals at all ore zones. The major elements of Bigadi borates contain Ca, Si, Mg, Al, Fe, S, Na, P and Mn at Tiilu, Ca, Na, Si, Mg, S, Al, P and Mn at Simav, and Ca, Na, Si, Mg, S, AI and Mn at Acep samples respectively. Except for Li, Mo, Sb, As, Sr and Se, concentrations of other trace elements are significantly lower than averages of earth crust and andesite at the three mines. With respect to averages of earth crust and andesite, Mo, Sr, As, Li and particularly Se are enriched significantly in the Bigadi. In examining depth-dependent variations of major and trace elements, four element groups at the Tiilu site and six element groups at the Simav and Acep sites were determined. Element abudances or element geochemical trends show differences at the Tulu, Simav and Acep mines. These differences can be explained by the diversity of physicochemical conditions in the deposition environment by the effect of differences at the recharge regime and source.
Automatic inference of model fields and their representation

Automatic mining or inference of formal specifications from program source code is a desirable goal for documentation and verification purposes. However, current approaches that generate invariants, pre- and post-conditions, procedure summaries and sometimes also class invariants have mostly focused on extracting specifications from concrete method bodies. Consequently, almost all results have a low level of abstraction that is very close to the analyzed source code.We use JML model fields to raise the abstraction level of such automatically generated specifications, relying on the constraints imposed by behavioral subtyping. Starting from several derived classes we attempt to generate model fields for the supertype and represents clauses for each subtype. The relations between concrete and model fields are generated by checking the validity of predefined patterns against the specifications of subtype methods. Our prototype tool uses as inputs specifications generated with dynamic analysis (Daikon), identifies model fields and their representations, and generates specifications for supertype methods.
The macroevolutionary impact of epigenetics and lateral gene transfer on eukaryotic genomes

Multicellular organisms (e.g., animals, fungi and plants) are the best-studied eukaryotes but their ancestors and the vast majority of eukaryotic diversity correspond to microbial species (“protists”). The evolutionary history of protists is closely connected to the evolution of the eukaryotic cell itself.

However, most protist diversity is still genomically unexplored, limiting our investigation of eukaryotic evolution. For example, while the importance of lateral gene transfer (LGT) in prokaryotic evolution is well recognized, its role in eukaryotic evolution is still debated. In addition, although epigenetic mechanisms represent a hallmark of eukaryotic genome regulation, we know surprisingly little about the evolution of these mechanisms across eukaryotic diversity.

The overarching goal of my project is to understand how epigenetic mechanisms and LGT have shaped the macroevolution of eukaryotic genomes. This project has several inter-related intermediate objectives, which each in themselves will bring crucial insights into eukaryotic evolution: 1) reconstructing a robust phylogeny of eukaryotes; 2) inferring the gene content of the Last Eukaryotic Common Ancestor; 3) tracing the evolution of genes involved in epigenetic mechanisms and obtaining epigenomic maps from under-studied protists; 4) investigating the intriguing hypothesis of a possible interplay between epigenetic regulation and horizontal gene transfer and its influence on eukaryotic genome evolution: Have genes involved in epigenomic mechanisms been transferred between eukaryotes? Do epigenomic modifications affect the frequency of LGT in different lineages?

To achieve this, I will characterize the transcriptomes, genomes, methylomes and small RNAs of understudied eukaryotic microbes selected for their key phylogenetic position, and to analyse them using state-of-the-art bioinformatic methods. I will target uncultivated protists, using single-cell techniques and novel genome-scaffolding approaches.
GEARSHIFT LEVER OF THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION OF A MOTOR VEHICLE

The invention relates to a gearshift lever of the automatic transmission of a motor vehicle, the gearshift lever having a pivotable pull lever (a) which is connected to the rectilinearly displaceable locking pull (c) of the shift selector. The lower side of the pull lever (a) has a helical surface to which a rectilinearly displaceable carrier (b) is connected, the end of the carrier having a run-on edge, wherein the sliding carrier (b) is arranged in a guide which runs radially with respect to the longitudinal axis of the vehicle, and the sliding carrier (b) is connected to the actuating button on the gearshift lever knob. The run-on edge of the sliding carrier (b) can have a roller (e). The profile and the pitch of the helical surface correspond to the transmission ratio and the force profile at the actuating knob.
Sequence features and chromatin structure around the genomic regions bound by 119 human transcription factors

Chromatin immunoprecipitation coupled with high-throughput sequencing (ChIP-seq) has become the dominant technique for mapping transcription factor (TF) binding regions genome-wide. We performed an integrative analysis centered around 457 ChIP-seq data sets on 119 human TFs generated by the ENCODE Consortium. We identified highly enriched sequence motifs in most data sets, revealing new motifs and validating known ones. The motif sites (TF binding sites) are highly conserved evolutionarily and show distinct footprints upon DNase I digestion. We frequently detected secondary motifs in addition to the canonical motifs of the TFs, indicating tethered binding and cobinding between multiple TFs. We observed significant position and orientation preferences between many cobinding TFs. Genes specifically expressed in a cell line are often associated with a greater occurrence of nearby TF binding in that cell line. We observed cell-line–specific secondary motifs that mediate the binding of the histone deacetylase HDAC2 and the enhancer-binding protein EP300. TF binding sites are located in GC-rich, nucleosome-depleted, and DNase I sensitive regions, flanked by well-positioned nucleosomes, and many of these features show cell type specificity. The GC-richness may be beneficial for regulating TF binding because, when unoccupied by a TF, these regions are occupied by nucleosomes in vivo. We present the results of our analysis in a TF-centric web repository Factorbook ( http://factorbook.org ) and will continually update this repository as more ENCODE data are generated.
Detecting sudden changes in stiffness using high-pass filters

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It is often of interest to detect the time of occurrence of sudden change in structural parameters, particularly the changes in structural stiffness for health monitoring purposes as a change in stiffness also implies some damage in one or more structural elements. Although well known, it is formally shown here that a sudden change in stiffness induces a sudden change in the acceleration response. Several methods have been used in the literature to detect such sudden changes. The wavelet transform, in particular the discrete wavelets transform, is one of the popular approaches. In this approach, the sudden changes have been shown to manifest themselves as spikes in the plots of the details of the discrete wavelet transform of the acceleration response. In this paper, we provide an analytical rationale to explain what constitutes these spikes and their relationship to the discontinuity being detected. In particular, it is shown that a spike corresponds to the scaled step-response of a high-pass filter and that a step discontinuity can be detected using a high-pass filter with properly chosen cut-off frequency where the discontinuity manifests as a clear spike in the filtered output. How the measurement error and sampling frequency affect the detection is discussed. An example of a multi-degree-of-freedom system subjected to the base excitation, with sudden changes in its structural elements, is presented to illustrate the approach. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Testing the role of mediterranean thermohaline circulation as a sensor of transient climate events and shaker of north atlantic circulation

The Mediterranean Sea is an excellent sensor of transient climate conditions at different time scales. Changes in Mediterranean water properties result from complex interactions between the Atlantic inflow, local climate and north and south atmospheric teleconnections. In turn, Mediterranean outflow waters spill into the Atlantic Ocean, thus acting as a net salt and heat source for the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC). Climate models anticipate changes in these circulation systems within decades; thus it becomes critical to understand the natural range of variations in the Mediterranean Thermohaline Circulation (MedTHC) and whether these can alter the AMOC. An innovative approach, based on both well-established and newly-developed analytical methods will be applied to characterize, qualitatively and quantitatively, past changes in the MedTHC dynamics. Specific time windows representing very different transient periods (18-14 ka BP; 9.5-6.5 ka BP and the last 2 kyr) will be targeted in order to understand the distinctive role that individual forcing mechanisms exerted in controlling MedTHC changes. Particular emphasis will be placed on building robust regional chronologies and proxy records with unprecedented high-resolution. This approach will combine proxy data from sediment cores and deep-sea corals along the main paths of water masses as they cross the Mediterranean basins and exit into the North Atlantic. This paleo-data analysis will be complemented with novel climate model paleo-simulations to test the sensitivity of the AMOC to changes in Mediterranean outflow under varying AMOC conditions. The main goals are to identify: (1) The natural range of MedTHC variability;  (2) The forcings and inter-regional teleconnections driving MedTHC changes; (3) The associated impact onto the AMOC. The assessment of the forcings controlling MedTHC and the ensuing impact on the AMOC will allow us to gauge the consequences of future Mediterranean changes.