SIRIS-Lab/unlabelled-sti-corpus huggingface dataset:
Highly scalable internet protocol-based communications system

A highly scalable Internet Protocol (IP) based communications system which provides voice and other communication services to end-users. The instant system incorporates a unique architecture which simplifies scaling of services to hundreds of thousands and even millions of subscribers. The instant system architecture includes a means for directly connecting a plurality of peered service providers thereby obviating the need to move the communications across the PSTN. By bypassing the PSTN, the instant system can leverage the advantages of IP-based networks in meeting subscriber communications needs such as, without limitation, quality of service, service up-time, and advanced feature sets. Bypassing the PSTN also allows the peered partners to negotiate communications rates between themselves, without incurring PSTN carrier fees.
Sustainable management of industrial heritage as a resource for urban development

CONSIDER aims to develop sustainable management model (SMM) for industrial heritage sites (IHS) for the benefits of the local communities as a resource for strengthening collective identities, improving the urban landscape, promoting eco-friendly solutions, and contributing to the urban economy and a sustainablefuture of the city. It will investigate SMM for industrial heritage while exploring participatory governance models as a tool to better integrate IHS with European society.  Deindustrialisation processes all around Europe give rise to social, economic and environmental problems that are resulting from structural change. Thus, there is an urgent need to find SMM to overcome these challenges. 3 research objectives are; i) To expand on what is considered as industrial heritage, how to safeguard them ii) To investigate the history of sites to identify most influential factors used to maximise the benefit iii) To explore inclusive governance and participatory models as a tool to better integrate industrial heritage with society. The innovative side of this model is its inclusive approach to the problem (regionally, sectorial, taking into consideration gender aspects, and its highlight on the exchange of knowledge, technology and labour). This novelcollaboration will be improved by through synergies, networking activities, organisation of workshop, summer school, webinars, and final conference to facilitate sharing of knowledge. The circular knowledge exchange is based on systematic and triple-helix approach between academia (universities), policymakers (municipalities), and practitioners (SME/NGO) that will contribute both in identifying problems and developing guidelines for their improvement. This research brings novelty in respect of geographic regions that previously were not sufficiently investigated and inventoried thus providing the basis for further comparative research undertakings and sustainability of the project outcomes in creation of new knowledge.
The sign hub: preserving, researching and fostering the linguistic, historical and cultural heritage of european deaf signing communities with an integral resource

SIGN-HUB aims to provide the first comprehensive response to the societal and scientific challenge resulting from generalized neglect of the cultural and linguistic identity of signing Deaf communities in Europe. It will provide an innovative and inclusive resource hub for the linguistic, historical and cultural documentation of the Deaf communities' heritage and for sign language assessment in clinical intervention and school settings. To this end, it will create an open state-of-the-art digital platform with customized accessible interfaces. The project will initially feed that platform with core content in the following domains, expandable in the future to other sign languages: (i) digital grammars of 6 sign languages, produced with a new online grammar writing tool; (ii) an interactive digital atlas of linguistic structures of the world's sign languages; (iii) online sign language assessment instruments for education and clinical intervention, and (iv) the first digital archive of life narratives by elderly signers, subtitled and partially annotated for linguistic properties. These components, made available for the first time through a centralized platform to specialists and to the general public, will (a) help explore and value the identity and the cultural, historical and linguistic assets of Deaf signing communities, (b) advance linguistic knowledge on the natural languages of the Deaf and (c) impact on the diagnosis of language deficits within these minorities. SIGN-HUB will thus contribute to the dissemination and reuse of those assets in broader contexts, as part of European identity. The project is a critical attempt to rescue, showcase and boost that largely unknown part of our common heritage, as well as to ultimately enhance the full participation of Deaf citizens in all spheres of public life on an equal footing with hearing citizens.
Organic light emitting diode display device and method of fabricating the same

An organic light emitting diode display device, comprises: a thin film transistor on a substrate; a first insulating layer on the thin film transistor; a connecting electrode connected to the thin film transistor and a first auxiliary electrode on the first insulating layer; a second insulating layer on the connecting electrode and the first auxiliary electrode; an anode connected to the connecting electrode and a second auxiliary electrode spaced apart from the anode and connected to the first auxiliary electrode on the second insulating layer; a bank layer having a first contact hole exposing the anode and a second contact hole exposing the second auxiliary electrode on the anode and the second auxiliary electrode; an organic emitting layer on the anode in the first contact hole; and a cathode electrically connected to the second auxiliary electrode on the organic emitting layer.
Building distinct actin filament networks in a common cytoplasm

The ability of cells to use the actin cytoskeleton for a diversity of cellular processes is due to the fact that actin filaments, although assembled from identical subunits, are organized in a wide variety of structures of appropriate geometrical, dynamical and rheological properties. Key players in this regulation are specific sets of actin binding proteins (ABPs) interacting with each actin networks, to modulate spatially and temporally their properties. 
With this project, I want to understand 1/ how cells can generate the formation of actin structures of appropriate ABP composition from a common pool of cytoplasmic components and 2/ the relationship between the ABP composition of an actin network, its geometrical and dynamical properties, and its response to mechanical deformations.

I will hypothesize that the generation of an actin network of appropriate ABP composition can be explained with an original model, taking into account the facts that 1/ actin filaments in cells are not all structurally identical, but adopt specific conformations that are favored and stabilized by certain families of ABPs; and 2/ the interaction of ABPs with actin depends of the geometrical organization of the filaments.

Because this project imposes to study protein-protein interactions in the presence of multiple partners, I propose to develop an unprecedented strategy combining 1/ ""bottom-up"" reconstitutions, where limited sets of ABPs are added one-by-one in the system to understand their combined activities with actin; and 2/ ""top-down"" reconstitutions with protein extracts prepared from a genetically-tractable organism (the yeast S. cerevisiae), where proteins can be removed one-by-one, in order to study actin network properties in near-physiological conditions.

This project will shed a new light on how cells organize their interior, and will represent a unique opportunity to understand how modifications in the expression of ABPs are associated with actin network defects.
MULTILAYER SPUNLACED NONWOVEN FIRE BLOCKING COMPOSITE

This invention relates to a mulilayer spunlaced nonwoven composite useful as a fire blocking component for an article, an article such as furniture or a mattress comprising the nonwoven composite, and processes for making the nonwoven composite and fire blocking an article with the nonwoven composite. The multilayer nonwoven composite comprises a first layer comprising 75 to 25 weight percent regenerated cellulosic fiber that retains at least 10 percent of its fiber weight when heated in air to 700°C at a rate of 20 degrees C per minute and 25 to 75 weight percent heat-resistant fiber, said first layer having a basis weight of from 1 to 5 ounces per square yard (34 to 170 grams per square meter); and a second layer comprising up to 75 weight percent of a regenerated cellulosic fiber that retains at least 10 percent of its fiber weight when heated in air to 700°C at a rate of 20 degrees C per minute, and 25 to 100 weight percent of a modacrylic fiber, said second layer having a basis weight of from 1 to 5 ounces per square yard (34 to 170 grams per square meter), the nonwoven composite having a total basis weight of from 2 to 7 ounces per square yard (68 to 237 grams per square meter).
VARIABLE STROKE DIRECT INJECTION FUEL PUMP SYSTEM AND COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHOD TO OPERATE THE SYSTEM

A variable stroke direct injection (DI) fuel pump system for an engine includes a DI fuel pump (136) having a stroke member (278) and configured to pump a quantity of fuel based on a stroke of the stroke member (278). The system includes a variable fuel pump actuator assembly (212) comprising an actuator member (270) configured to actuate the stroke member (278), a control valve (224) configured to control a flow of hydraulic fluid to the actuator member (270), and a hydraulic fluid pump (262) configured to pump the hydraulic fluid and be actuated by one or more lobes (216) of a camshaft (120). The system also includes an engine control unit (ECU) configured to control a variable stroke of the stroke member (278) by controlling the control valve (224) based on one or more operating parameters of the engine.
General Quantum-Based NMR Method for the Assignment of Absolute Configuration by Single or Double Derivatization: Scope and Limitations

The determination of the absolute configuration of chiral alcohols and amines is typically carried out with modified Mosher methods involving a double-derivatization strategy. On the other hand, the number of robust and reliable methods to accomplish that goal using a single derivatization approach is much less abundant and mainly limited to secondary alcohols or primary amines. Herein, we report a conceptually novel strategy to settle the most likely absolute configuration of a wide variety of substrates and chiral derivatizing agents following a single-derivatization experiment coupled with quantum calculations of NMR shifts and DP4+ analysis. Using an ambitious set of 114 examples, our methodology succeeded in setting the correct absolute configuration of the substrates in 96% of the cases. The classification achieved with secondary alcohols, secondary amines, and primary amines herein studied was excellent (100%), whereas more modest results (89%) were observed for primary and tertiary alcohols. Moreover, a new DP4+ integrated probability was built to strengthen the analysis when the NMR data of the two possible diastereoisomers are available. The suitability of these methods in solving the absolute configuration of two relevant cases of stereochemical misassignment ((+)- erythro-mefloquine and angiopterlactone B) is also provided.
Prostate mr medical imaging biomarker platform

Our company, QUIBIM S.L., is a high-tech SME specialized in machine learning and image processing technologies applied to the creation of imaging biomarkers from medical images. The core of our business is QUIBIM Precision®: https://precision.quibim.com/: a world-class medical imaging quantitative analysis platform used by dozens of hospitals and medical research institutions. As of writing, the platform is able to analyse lung and brain images.
After analysing the market, the technology, our own capabilities and the rate of incidence of diseases we have decided to put the focus for the period 2020-2021 on updating the Platform with a novel module addressed to the analysis of prostate MR images. This new module will take the name of qp-Prostate® The module will include several analysis plugins, which focuses on the analysis modules of Diffusion - ADC and Perfusion - Pharmacokinetics, specifically for prostate cases. Finally, before start marketing our solution, as a medical device, we will also need the corresponding Regulatory Certifications, scientific and regulatory reviews to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of the new medical software device.
New horizons for QUIBIM S.L.: Since the QUIBIM was born, we have put tremendous efforts in the development of our own R&D and resulting technologies in automatic data analysis, machine learning and algorithms to allow a better performance and accuracy in medical images explorations, identifying quickly patterns and details not obvious to the human eye. The company wishes to market qp-Prostate®, an image processing software package to be used by trained professionals, including radiologists specialized in prostate imaging, urologists, oncologists and MR technicians. qp-Prostate® will be the first imaging biomarker analysis platform specifically for prostate MR, allowing QUIBIM to lead a novel (and unexploited) market of this sort of imaging biomarkers.
Los discos-tapadera cerámicos de Peña Negra (Crevillent, Alicante) y su problemática en la península ibérica durante el Hierro Antiguo.

Se analiza un conjunto de tres discos de cerámica procedentes de los niveles del Hierro Antiguo de Peña Negra. Presentan diferentes acabados y estarían provistos de asas, por lo que deben interpretarse como tapaderas de grandes recipientes de almacenaje. Se ha realizado el estudio petrográfico y mineralógico mediante microdifracción de rayos X (µDRX). Los resultados indican que se trata de piezas de composición relativamente homogénea y de probable producción local, cocidas a baja temperatura. Se revisa el hallazgo de objetos similares en otros contextos del Hierro Antiguo, destacando los recuperados en el Noreste peninsular y el Valle del Ebro, donde además se localizan discos-tapadera realizados en yeso similares a dos ejemplares recuperados en Peña Negra, donde es un material frecuente empleado en la construcción y en la fabricación de objetos.
Study of Cloud Computing and Virtualization Technology

With the rapid development of the technology of information communication, the existing internet computing mode has failed to meet the requirement of the growing industry, leading to the development of cloud computing and virtualization technology. What is more, the virtual machine is also based on the technology of cloud computing. At the present stage, the cloud computing and virtualization technology have stood out as the major operation platform in the internet and also worked closely with the internet technology. As a matter of fact, the development of cloud computing and virtualization technology will also fuel the expansion of modern companies. After making a brief introduction of the cloud computing and the virtualization technology, this paper will also carry out an in-depth analysis of the relationship between cloud computing and virtualization technology. Preface It has been widely believed that the popularity of the internet has enabled the data processing to assume an increasing importance and complexity in modern world. In order to better manage and process a wide range of information resource in a safe, efficient and flexible manner, the high-quality management over the business has emerged as an important research topic in the industry. As a matter of fact, the development of cloud computing and virtualization technology just also offers the possibility of solving all of those problems appearing in the industry.
Cross cultural validity of the Interest- and Deprivation-type epistemic curiosity model: Findings from three German samples

Three studies were conducted to evaluate the validity of the Interest (I) and Deprivation (D) type epistemic curiosity (EC) distinction in three German samples. In Study 1 ( N = 395) and 2 ( N = 191), responses to German translations of the Epistemic Curiosity Scale and the Curiosity as a Feeling-of-Deprivation Scale were submitted to confirmatory factor analysis. The 10-item 2-factor I/D model supported in previous studies was found to have the best fit as compared to competing models in the present research as well. In studies 1, 2, and 3 ( N = 249), the I- and D-type EC scales correlated positively with intellectual stimulation measures, evidencing convergent validity. I-type EC correlated with enjoying new discoveries and ideas, whereas D-type EC was associated with persistence and solving problems, providing evidence of discrimination.
Fluorene and dihydroindenofluorene rings for optoelectronic devices outcomes

Based on the fantastic recent developments of cyclo-para-phenylenes (CPP), the present proposal aims to synthesize and study a new and unique class of cyclic organic semi-conductors based on bridged oligophenylenes building blocks, namely the cyclo-oligo-fluorene and cyclo-oligo-dihydroindenofluorene, for Organic Electronic (OE) applications. After synthesis, the main goal of this proposal is to define a precise structure properties relationship study on cyclo bridged oligophenylenes. Defining these general rules through such structure-properties relationship studies will allow in the future a perfect control of the properties of cyclic bridged oligophenylenes, which is the foundation of the materials design for OE. This is an innovative and multidisciplinary project at the interface of organic chemistry, physical chemistry and electronics. Through this proposal, the applicant will learn many new skills and knowledges in cyclic OSCs, physico-chemistry and in electronic devices fabrication and characterization. This will provide the applicant a rare and multidisciplinary scientific profile, which is a key feature for her future academic career. Indeed, the applicant wish to become a permanent CNRS researcher at the University of Rennes 1 in the host group and this fellowship is a unique chance to reach this objective.
Rare earth - diamond hybrid materials for photonics

Hybrid materials associate distinct components to achieve new functionalities. The key challenge in these composite systems is to harness new effects that cannot be obtained by a single material while preserving the necessary underlying properties of each component - a tremendously difficult task in materials science. The fantastic achievements of micro-electronics in this field have boosted similar developments in optics, and especially in the infrared range, where integrated optical chips combine a variety of functionalities like light sources, modulators, and detectors in circuits based on low-loss waveguides. In particular, silicon integrated optics have witnessed impressive scientific and technological progress as well as industrial production, since this architecture offers seamless integration between optics and electronics.   Among optically active materials, NV- color centers in diamond and rare earth doped crystals have both exceptional properties that are separately used in, or investigated for, a broad range of applications such as lasers, lighting, fluorescence-based sensing and imaging, and quantum technologies like quantum processing, sensing and communications.  In RareDiamond, I will design and grow hybrid materials in which rare earth ions and NV- centers can interact on the nanoscale while preserving their outstanding properties. This will be achieved using techniques allowing the growth of complex, high-quality structures with extreme localization of active centers, combined with advanced spectroscopy. These materials will enable interfacing diamond NV- centers with infrared light, a capability currently out of reach that I will exploit for innovative demonstrations in magnetometry, fluorescent imaging, and quantum light-matter interfacing. RareDiamond hybrid materials will open the way to diamond NV- integration with photonic chips and telecom fibers, for unprecedented functionalities in sensing, quantum processing, and quantum communications.
Forefront research in 3d disease cancer models as in vitro screening technologies

PT11 is a convergence Portuguese region with innovative effort and performance bellow EU-average. Strengthening of the regional innovation system is crucial to create the pre-conditions for a knowledge based economy globally competitive. The socio-economical profile of the Northern region (PT11) presents a large contribution from the low educational records of the population and the predominance of traditional companies in the industrial sector (e.g., textile, shoes, etc). FoReCaST will attract to the Northern Portuguese region and UMINHO experienced human resources (ERA Chairs team) to settle in the region and to contribute to 5 strategic Research Lines (RLs) in cancer research field. The hiring of dedicated research staff will allow the nucleation of new strategic RLs, while simultaneously promoting the consolidation of pre-existing know-how by reinforcing some of lines of research already successfully exploited. Besides that, hiring experienced researchers will avoid the “brain drain”, train them in this high-tech field and finally increasing scientific international networking by exchanging of know-how. Moreover, PT11 will benefit from this project through the creation of profitable technologies and products (and consequently, business opportunities), increasing regional growth and income, and contributing to the reduction of the unemployment or even appearing of new SMEs. In this sense, FoReCaST will be fundamental to strengthen the regional innovation system in order to achieve scientific excellence and a higher level of integration in international knowledge networks. FoReCaST can be an important tool to boost even more the UMINHO scientific and innovation capabilities, its international visibility and cooperation, entirely aligned with Norte’s RIS3.