SIRIS-Lab/unlabelled-sti-corpus huggingface dataset:
Readdressing convective-surface interaction in global climate models

A large part of our knowledge on climate change is provided by the usage of coupled atmospheric-ocean Global Climate Models (GCMs), which produce numerical simulations of the Earth’s climate system for both the present and the future. However, state-of-the-art GCMs show considerable systematic errors: they are limited by low spatial resolutions and by the problematic representation of many physical processes. In particular, one of the largest sources of uncertainty is associated with the coupling between the atmospheric circulation and the water cycle.
COGNAC is conceived as a fundamental theoretical project framed in this context. It aims at readdressing the representation of moist convection, clouds and precipitation and their interaction with the surface and the soil in GCMs. A recently developed theoretical framework capable of treating in a unified way the soil, the Planetary Boundary Layer (PBL), clouds, and both shallow and deep convection will be used. Such model - the Probabilistic Plume Model, PPM - is capable to represent the whole atmospheric column (from the PBL to the tropopause) with results comparable to Large Eddies Simulations and with a minor numerical cost. COGNAC aims at improving and refining the PPM and integrating it into two models, the LMDz GCM and the EC-Earth GCM, in the form a new unified parameterization. First evaluation will be carried out on Single Column Models, and hence extended to the full 3D case. Once operational, these new GCM configurations will provide a powerful tool to study complex interactions among surface, PBL and moist convection, as the ones occurring in the Sahel, the Amazon Rainforest or the Mediterranean region. These advancements will have notable potential for improving the representation, the forecast and the evaluation of the future changes of large-impact hydro-meteorological events.
Unravelling the complexity of plant-insect interactions: the hidden role played by herbivore-associated-organisms

This Marie Skłodowska Curie Fellowship will allow a talented young researcher to pursue multidisciplinary research with an outstanding and internationally recognised group investigating plant-insect interactions. The Fellow will gain skills in a range of cutting-edge techniques for studying plant defences against herbivore attack whereas the Host group will benefit from the Fellows’ expertise in methods of behavioural assays not currently utilized in the group. The Fellow and the Host will address together the complexity of plant-insect interactions using a very innovative approach based on the hidden role played by Herbivore-Associated-Organisms (HAOs). In fact, insect herbivores often consist of a community themselves including bacteria, fungi, parasitic worms, parasitic wasps and viruses which may play an important role in the expression of the herbivore’s phenotype and consequently on interactions of the herbivore with its food plant. However, up to date, most of the studies investigating plant defences have considered insect herbivores as individual organisms, thus neglecting the role of HAOs. The Fellow and the Host propose to experimentally manipulate the HAO composition to evaluate the effects on induced plant defences from plant gene expression to wider community consequences. This project is expected to advance the state-of-the-art of plant-insect interactions putting Europe research in the forefront of the research topic. This fellowships is also ideal for reaching the researcher’s scientific and professional maturity, to build up long lasting collaborations and finally to establish his own group afterwards.
Resources from urban bio-waste

RES URBIS aims at making it possible to convert several types of urban bio-waste into valuable bio-based products, in an integrated single biowaste biorefinery and by using one main technology chain. This goal will be pursued through:  
- collection and analysis of data on urban bio-waste production and present management systems in four territorial clusters that have been selected in different countries and have different characteristics. 
- well-targeted experimental activity to solve a number of open technical issues (both process- and product-related), by using the appropriate combination of innovative and catalogue-proven technologies.
- market analysis whitin several economic scenarios and business models for full exploitation of bio-based products (including a path forward to fill regulatory gaps).
Urban bio-waste include the organic fraction of municipal solid waste (from households, restaurants, caterers and retail premises), excess sludge from urban wastewater treatment, garden and parks waste, selected waste from food-processing (if better recycling options in the food chain are not available), other selected waste streams, i.e. baby nappies.
Bio-based products include polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) and related PHA-based bioplastics as well as ancillary productions: biosolvents (to be used in PHA extraction) and fibers (to be used for PHA biocomposites). 
Territorial and economic analyses will be done either considering the ex-novo implementation of the biowaste biorefinery or its integration into existing wastewater treatment or anaerobic digestion plants, with reference to clusters and for different production size.  The economic analysis will be based on a portfolio of PHA-based bioplastics, which will be produced at pilot scale and tested for applications:
- Biodegradable commodity film  
- Packaging interlayer film 
- Speciality durables (such as electronics)
- Premium slow C-release material for ground water remediation
METHOD FOR MANAGING A REVERSIBLE AIR-CONDITIONING CIRCUIT OF A MOTOR VEHICLE

The present invention relates to a method for managing an indirect reversible air conditioning circuit (1) in which a refrigerant circulates, said reversible air conditioning circuit (1) being able to operate in a heat-pump mode in which the refrigerant passes in succession into : a compressor (3), a condenser (5), a first expansion device (7), an evaporator (9), a second expansion device (11), and an evaporator-condenser (13), said air conditioning circuit (1) comprising a central control unit (40) able to control the opening of the first expansion device (7), said management method comprissing: a step of determining: the opening Cestim of the first expansion device (7), a reference superheating SHcomp_in_sp, SHcomp_in_sp being comprised between a minimum superheating SHcomp_in_sp_min and a maximum superheating Shcomp_in_sp_max, a step of opening the expansion device (7) according to Cestim and of controlling the superheating SHcomp_in by varying the opening of the expansion device (7) so as to achieve the reference superheating SHcomp_in_sp and keep SHcomp_in between SHcomp_in_sp_min and SHcomp_in_sp_max.
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UNTERSTÜTZUNG BEIM ERWERB VON DIENSTLEISTUNGEN FÜR DIE TECHNOLOGISCHE, STRATEGISCHE, ORGANISATORISCHE UND KOMMERZIELLE INNOVATION VON UNTERNEHMEN
The complex world of post-transcriptional mechanisms: is their deregulation a common link for diseases? Focus on ELAV-like RNA-binding proteins

Post-transcriptional mechanisms are key determinants in the modulation of the expression of final gene products. Within this context, fundamental players are RNA-binding proteins (RBPs), and among them ELAV-like proteins. RBPs are able to affect every aspect in the processing of transcripts, from alternative splicing, polyadenylation, and nuclear export to cytoplasmic localization, stability, and translation. Of interest, more than one RBP can bind simultaneously the same mRNA; therefore, since each RBP is endowed with different properties, the balance of these interactions dictates the ultimate fate of the transcript, especially in terms of both stability and rate of translation. Besides RBPs, microRNAs are also important contributors to the post-transcriptional control of gene expression. Within this general context, the present review focuses on ELAV-like proteins describing their roles in the nucleus and in the cytoplasm, also highlighting some examples of interactions with other RBPs and with microRNAs. We also examine the putative role and the observed changes of ELAV-like proteins and of their interactions with other regulatory elements in Alzheimer's disease, cancer, and inflammation. The changes in the expression of proteins involved in these diseases are examples of how a derangement in the mRNA stabilization process may be associated with disease development and contribute to pathology. Overall, we hope that the topics handled in the present manuscript provide a hint to look at ELAV-like-mediated mRNA stabilization as a mechanism relevant to disease as well as a novel putative drug target.
BLOOD-EXTRACTION NEGATIVE-PRESSURE REGULATOR SYSTEM

Negative-pressure regulator device used to regulate blood-extraction fluid for preventing obstruction and/or rupture of the vein. This device should be placed between the needle inserted into the vein and the negative-pressure tube such that the health professional is able to regulate the necessary extraction fluid in accordance with the user's characteristics. In the event of a user with a narrow vein and/or low blood flow, this negative-pressure regulator system will facilitate extraction without injury to the patient.
FORM

FORMA IS A VOCATIONAL TRAINING BODY RECOGNISED BY THE LIGURIA REGION BY DECREE NO. 3034 OF 22 DECEMBER 2000 WHICH PRIORITISES THE VOCATIONAL, MORAL, CULTURAL AND CIVIL TRAINING OF YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULTS IN A LOGIC OF LIFELONG EDUCATION. FORMA, AS AN INSTITUTION OF CHRISTIAN INSPIRATION, IS A MEMBER OF ASSOCEIC AND OF THE CENTRAL SCHOOL OF FORMATION. FORMA HAS OBTAINED FROM LLOYD’S REGISTER THE ISO 9001/2008 QUALITY CERTIFICATION FOR THE ‘RESEARCH, DESIGN, GUIDANCE PROVISION OF TRAINING ACTIVITIES AIMED AT UNEMPLOYED, WEAK, ENTREPRENEURS AND EMPLOYED, SCHOOLS AND OTHER CATEGORIES ALSO IN COLLABORATION WITH SOCIAL PARTNERS, PUBLIC AND PRIVATE BODIES’. FORMA OPERATES PRIMARILY IN THE FOLLOWING AREAS: CRAFTS, ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCE, TOURISM/HOTELS (EMPLOYEES), NAUTICAL, ETC. THE CAREFUL ANALYSIS OF THE NEEDS OF THE TERRITORY HAS LED TO HIGH EMPLOYMENT PLACEMENTS: ON AVERAGE, MORE THAN 80 % OF STUDENTS ARE RECRUITED. A T
FUSE LINK AND FUSE HOLDER THEREFOR

A fuse link, useful above all as back-up fuse protection or as main fuse protection in motor vehicles, has two connecting elements with a fuse lead arranged therebetween and is enclosed in a housing. In order to improve its manufacture, its handling and its mechanical and electric properties, the connecting elements (2a, 2b) and the fuse lead (10) constitute a metal element made of a single piece of sheet metal or of assembled parts. In order to enclose the metal element in the housing (1), the inner areas of the connecting elements (2a, 2b), together with their bridging fuse lead (19), are laid in a first half (1a) of the housing (1), substantially flush with the parting plane (1e) of the housing (1), and are retained there in a predetermined position by positioning means (1c; 3, 5; 6, 7; 4). The second half (1b) of the housing (1) is then set as a lid on the first half (1a) of the housing to close the housing (1), is brought by positioning means (3) into a predetermined position in relation to the first half (1a) of the housing and is secured thereto.
A single-photon source featuring unity efficiency and unity indistinguishability for scalable optical quantum information processing

Within optical quantum information processing, the quantum bits are encoded on single photons and their quantum mechanical properties are exploited to build new functionality. A prime example is the quantum computer, which can be built simply from single-photon sources and detectors, and simple optical components. However for scalable optical quantum computing involving hundreds of photons, the performance requirements for the single-photon source are daunting: the source must feature near-unity efficiency and near-unity indistinguishability simultaneously! Today, all known source designs suffer from inherent trade-offs between efficiency and indistinguishability and their performance is insufficient for scalable quantum computing.
The project objective is to realize a source of single indistinguishable photons with performance of ground-breaking nature. The break-through lies in the simultaneous realization of near-unity efficiency and indistinguishability, a combination which overcomes the limitations of present state-of-the-art and ventures far into the regime of scalable quantum computing.
As an expert in single-photon source engineering I find myself in a unique position to address this challenge. Since it is unknown how to design such a source, I will first establish a new understanding of the physics of the near-unity regime, where phonon-induced decoherence represents a main limitation for the indistinguishability. I will then advance state-of-the-art in optical engineering by proposing a novel design, where all physical parameters can be controlled independently. The modelling of the near-unity performance source is extremely demanding, and the analysis requires additional advances within optical simulations and open quantum systems theory. Once this is achieved, I will fabricate a prototype and test it in a multi-photon interference boson sampling experiment to unambiguously prove that scalable optical quantum information processing is indeed within reach.
Estimación de la Función de Importaciones de Ecuador en el Periodo 1976-2015

During the last years, Ecuador has come presenting a deficit in the Trade balance, due to the excess of imports that has presented the country. Down this context raised the present work investigative so called “Estimation of the function of imports of Ecuador, period 1976 – 2015”, with the intention of estimating an imports function for the Ecuador given the theory of the imports. In turn, it was a question of a research work of descriptive character and econometric, in order to explain to the behavior of the imports of the country. The secondary information of the present investigation took of the database of the World Bank and of the Central Bank of the Ecuador (BCE). From the above mentioned function, the results that were obtained of the work investigative indicated that the GDP, it is an excellent indicator of the imports because, on having increased the Internal Product Gross (GDP), the Imports of the Ecuador increase in 0,35 dollars, also this one has a positive relation with the real Exchange rate, because, on having increased the TCRE (effective real Exchange rate), the imports increase in 0,13 %.
Dynamics of correlated quantum matter: from dynamical probes to novel phases of matter 

The interplay of quantum fluctuations and correlation effects in condensed matter can yield emergent phases with fascinating properties. Understanding these challenging quantum-many body systems is a problem of central importance in theoretical physics and the basis for the development of new materials for future technologies. Dynamical properties can provide characteristic fingerprints that allow to identify novel phases in newly synthesized materials and optical lattice systems. Moreover, when brought out of equilibrium, correlated quantum matter can exhibit dynamical phases that cannot occur in equilibrium settings. 

DYNACQM will develop new theoretical and numerical frameworks to study dynamical properties of correlated quantum matter. On the theoretical side, we will investigate how many-body entanglement affects dynamical properties and predict universal features that can be measured in experiments. For example, dynamical spin correlation functions, measured in neutron scattering experiments, provide signatures of topologically ordered spin liquids. Furthermore, we will study the role of disorder and many-body localization in static as well as in driven quantum systems. On the numerical side, we will develop efficient tensor-product state based algorithms to simulate the dynamics of quantum many-body systems. These will allow us to study realistic microscopic model systems and to understand their dynamical properties.

Recent developments in the creation of synthetic quantum systems and advances in high resolution spectroscopy allow for an unprecedented precision with which the dynamics of quantum systems can be studied and manipulated experimentally. In this light, it is particularly important to theoretically understand the dynamics of correlated quantum systems and to make testable predictions. DYNACQM will bridge between the fundamental understanding of many-body entanglement in correlated quantum matter and experiments.
Miniaturized planar antenna with NANOMET powder cores for the VHF band application

In recent years, the need for antennas with small size, light weight, and low profile have been continuously growing in modern wireless communication systems. The wavelength for the VHF band frequency of 300 MHz in free space is about 100 cm, and traditional antennas that operating at this frequency would be too large to be used for a wireless terminal. In order to reduce the antenna size, several different ways are reported recently. External lumped elements, such as capacitors and inductors, are used in the antenna design to reduce the antenna dimension. But lumped elements not only increase the fabrication cost but also decrease the antenna efficiency. The idea of shorting the radiating part of the antenna to the ground plane is introduced to miniature the antenna. This method also makes the antenna more stable to external influence. A straightforward way by using special substrate material with high relative permittivity is applied to reduce the antenna size. However, antennas with high permittivity substrates will result in decreased bandwidth and the excitation of surface waves leading to lower radiation efficiency.
Smart Accelerators of Cultural Heritage Entrepreneurship

Models assume that culture and heritage would automatically inspire innovation and new creative entrepreneurship, while researches have shown that this is rarely the case. The conjunction between cultural and creative sectors (CCS) is much more announced then actually proclaimed, it is therefore necessary to challenge and reinterpret the cultural and creative industries (CCIs) category. The main objective of SACHE is to develop and deliver integrated local development strategies based on tools and approaches that would accelerate creative entrepreneurship within and around cultural heritage (CH). The project intends to expand and strengthen the role of CH sites, symbols and values by transforming them into SACHE: “Smart Accelerators of Creative Heritage Entrepreneurship thorough the development of a central European model. Museum, Galleries, Theatres and Festivals will be conceived not only as sites of education or entertainment but also as Accelerators, i.e. cultural engines that mobilize and nurture the energies of small creative business. This will expand the access to CH but also the production of value enhancing services, the development of innovative clustering of CCIs around each SACHE and the fostering of cross-sectorial cooperation with other industrial and service sectors especially in the digital technologies.  The keystone of the new approach is the fact that CH has been made increasingly “smart” during the last decades with the introduction of new ICT. The project interprets CH as a platform that can create new services, offer greater intelligence and become more creative. Transnational cooperation will help improving capacities of the public and private sector dealing with protection and sustainable use of CH and resources by supporting integrated approaches. The development and implementation of strategies and policies for valorizing CH and exploiting potentials of CCI will trigger economic opportunities and employment at regional level.
Accelerated Simulation of High-Fidelity Models of Supercapacitors Using Waveform Relaxation Techniques

The waveform relaxation (WR) technique is used to accelerate the time-domain simulation of high-fidelity models of supercapacitors. Because of their high power density, supercapacitors are suitable energy storage options in electrified transportation fleets and renewable energy systems. Given their fast charging/discharging profile, high-fidelity models, such as transmission-line models or multistage ladder structures, are conventionally adopted for design and simulation purposes. High-fidelity models, that include fast dynamic modes, can slow down the simulation process. This is problematic, in particular, since supercapacitors are parts of a larger, more complex system, e.g., a power train, with a wide dynamic range. In this paper, frequency-domain characterization of a supercapacitor is conducted by the electrochemical impedance spectroscopy. Then, the equivalent multistage ladder model of the supercapacitor is extracted and parameterized. The high-fidelity model is verified by considering the measured charging profile of the supercapacitor. The WR technique, including circuit partitioning and time windowing, is considered for the resulting high-fidelity model. WR results in an order-of-magnitude improvement in simulation speed while maintaining an excellent agreement with the hardware measurement and conventional simulations.
Advanced dcb

The S2020 project “PJ09 Advanced DCB” evolves the existing DCB process to a powerful distributed network management function which takes full advantage from the SESAR Layered Collaborative Planning, Trajectory Management principles and SWIM Technology to improve the effectiveness of ATM resource planning and the network performance of the ATM system in Europe. 
Solution 1 develops shared situation awareness with respect to demand, capacity and performance impacts. Traffic and demand forecast have improved reliability based on complexity assessment and the computation of confidence indexes. Network Operations will be continuously monitored through Network Performance KPA/KPI. Network impact assessment will analyse trade-offs and facilitate collaborative decision making processes.
Solution 2 forms the core functionality of the INAP process (everything which can and should be decided locally. Solution PJ09-02 is the logical follow-up of the SESAR1 Local DCB toolset. It includes: INAP management, ASM integrated into DCB, reconciliation of DCB measures with local complexity management, ATC and Arrival Management. The solution addresses the integration of Local Network Management with extended ATC planning and arrival management activities in the short-term to execution in a seamless process.
Solution 3 delivers subsidiary Network Management facilitated by a rolling NOP planning environment (including weather, demand pattern and capacity bottlenecks). Network Operations planning and Execution is managed by an agreed set of rules and procedures, guiding subsidiary DCB and UDPP measures under consideration of trade-offs and network performance targets. Collaborative 4D constraints management integrates AUs priorities and reconciles DCB measures with Airports, ACCs, AU and NM.