SIRIS-Lab/unlabelled-sti-corpus huggingface dataset:
Nanopatterning and nanoconfinement for deterministic control of the local homogeneous and heterogeneous chemical environment in electrocatalytic co2rr towards c3+ products

The electrocatalytic CO2 reduction reaction (CO2RR) holds the prospect to mitigate carbon emissions and at the same time convert CO2 into valuable chemicals, preferably from renewable energy sources. Depending on the number of electrons transferred, a variety of oxygenates and hydrocarbons can be obtained with already high selectivity demonstrated for C1 and C2 products. However, for the CO2RR to molecules with three or more carbon atoms (C3+) such as n-propanol, the fundamental knowledge and key-strategies to yield these economically attractive high-energy-density products are still lacking. In NANOconfine we propose a novel concept for CO2RR electrocatalysis, a so-called “inverse catalyst nanoconfined architecture”, that enables trapping and enhanced C-C coupling of crucial reaction intermediates by deterministic control of the local homogeneous and heterogeneous chemical environment. Specifically, we target for beyond-state-of-the-art Faradaic Efficiency >50% towards n-propanol as high-value liquid product. In order to design the optimal electrocatalyst architecture, a systematical approach is proposed to study the following effects on the CO2RR mechanism and product formation: (1) the near neighbor effect of co-catalysts in close proximity, (2) the confinement of reaction intermediates in regular arranged SiO2 mesopores (2-10nm) and (3) the confinement and surface chemistry of different mesoporous oxide 3D networks (MgO, ZnO, TiO2). From this understanding, we will build a demonstrator consisting of a nano-patterned co-catalysts (e.g. Cu and Ag) which interchange their reaction intermediates through a mesoporous oxide network so that they can undergo coupling to higher carbon products at neighboring electrocatalyst sites. NANOconfine will provide fundamental insights on the CO2RR reaction mechanism towards C3+ products in order to push forward the state-of-the-art of this emerging research topic.
Process for the preparation of EUO-type zeolite using structuring agent precursors and use thereof as catalyst for isomerizing eight carbon aromatics

The synthesis of EUO zeolites is effected in the presence of organic structuring precursors which are less hazardous in use than the structuring agents themselves. The synthetic process involves the mixing, in aqueous solution, of a source of an element X (Si or Ge), a source of an element T, chosen from Al, Fe, Ga, B, Ti, V, Zr, Mo, As, Sb, Cr and Mn, and a monoamine precursor of a structuring agent comprising an alkylated derivative of polymethylene alpha , omega diammonium. Independent claims are also included for the EUO zeolite obtained by the process, and its uses.
Emprendimiento Femenino en el desarrollo local en Ecuador

En el contexto pandémico que se caracteriza por ser complejo e incierto, afectando negativamente a la economía de la mujer ecuatoriana, por ello, es pertinente analizar el emprendimiento femenino en el marco del desarrollo local en la provincia del Cañar de la República de Ecuador. Desde la epistemología feminista, se realizó una investigación empirista, con un diseño de campo. Se recolectaron los datos mediante un cuestionario estructurado fiable con escala Likert, cuyos resultados fueron tratados con la estadística descriptiva. Los resultados indican que el emprendimiento de género en el desarrollo local de la provincia del Cañar se caracteriza por inestable, incierto y complejo. Se concluye que el emprendimiento femenino ha tenido que enfrentar los retos impuestos por la pandemia, profundizando las complejidades de vida de la mujer para independizarse económicamente en la provincia, dificultando el impulso del desarrollo local.
Commercialisation of a unifying green vci anti-corrosion paper for the manufacturing industry and logistics companies

Corrosion of transported goods causes economic damage of more than 3% of the world’s gross domestic product according to the World Corrosion Organization. During transport and storage cargo is prone to temperature fluctuations, humidity and oxygen yielding the risk of corrosion. Volatile corrosion inhibitors (VCI) protect goods from corrosion. Nowadays VCI substances are based on hazardous amines, nitrites, benzotriazol or tolyltriazol forming nitrosamines which are carcinogenic. Concurrently legal environmental protection standards and the consumer and producer awareness for a sustainable environment increase. Another disadvantage of today’s VCI-active substances is, that they have to be applied on the corrosion protection paper after the paper production instead of being incorporated during the production process. In addition for each metal class, i.e. cast iron, ferrous and non-ferrous metals, a special VCI blend is necessary. Applying the wrong paper for the product to be protected represents a deleterious corrosion surface and causes damage. Manufacturers and logistics companies aim for a reliable, sustainable and all-for-one anti-corrosion packaging paper at cost-efficient prices. Corrolytic’s innovation, the novel VCI paper COPROcell, is the first green corrosion protection paper doing without toxic substances unifying corrosion protection of all metal classes in one product. In Phase 1 Corrolytic explores the technical and commercial feasibility and compatibility of COPROcell. In the project the basis is set to bring COPROcell to the market. Focus will lie on the IP assessment and management. We intend to conduct market studies and technological improvements. Corrolytic is a pioneer in green VCI technology with outstanding technological and commercial experience and an extensive stakeholder network. The ambitious start-up developed six products in the past two years and holds several utility models.
Spartina densiflora demonstrates high tolerance to phenanthrene in soil and reduces it concentration

The present study was conducted to investigate the tolerance of Spartina densiflora to phenanthrene, and to test its ability in phenanthrene dissipation. A glasshouse experiment was designed to investigate the effect of phenanthrene from 0 to 1000 mg kg(-1) on growth and photosynthetic apparatus of S. densiflora by measuring chlorophyll fluorescence parameters, gas exchange and photosynthetic pigments. We also performed chemical analysis of plant samples, and determined the concentration of phenanthrene remaining in soil. S. densiflora survived to concentrations as high as 1000 mg kg(-1) phenanthrene in soil; in fact, there was no significant difference in RGR among the treatments after 30 days. Otherwise, phenanthrene affected photosynthetic apparatus at 100 and 1000 mg kg(-1); thus, the lower ΦPSII could be explained by the declined photosynthetic pigment concentrations. Soil extraction indicated a more marked rate of phenanthrene disappearance in the soil in the presence of S. densiflora.
Biocatalytic upgrading of natural biopolymers for reassembly as multipurpose materials

The BioUPGRADE action unites functional genomics and material science advances, to galvanize the sustainable transformation of nature’s major structural polymers into a cascade of high volume and specialized bioproducts. Technology ready results (TRL 4-6) are anticipated, serving as an innovation launchpad that tackles climate change while revolutionizing the materials used in our daily lives.  The action is differentiated by its: 1) emphasis on upgrading nature’s main biopolymers for use in performance advantaged products with emergent properties; 2) pursuit of cell-free, biocatalytic technologies that leverage the design principles and finesse encoded in surface-acting enzymes and non-catalytic proteins, which will permit fine-tuning of natural polymer structures for customized applications that can not be achieved through dominating thermochemical approaches; and 3) creation of novel, fully bio-based materials based on controlled assembly of tailored biopolymer components, guided by new capacity to probe biopolymers and resulting materials from nano to macro scales. BioUPGRADE will apply advances in computational biology to mine untapped information in escalating genomic and proteomic datasets; introduce a bio-customize framework that stretches well beyond current synthetic biology concepts; and establish a structure-function matrix for tailored biopolymers and new assemblies. Key project deliverables include: 1) application-driven functional screens critical to breakthroughs in bio-technologies for materials engineering, 2) an innovational, biocatalyst toolbox of surface-acting proteins designed for bio-based materials engineering, and 3) protocols for controlled assembly of tailored biopolymers into fully bio-based materials, from sustainable textiles to personal health products. BioUPGRADE is positioned for success because it mobilizes proven scientific and commercial expertise in establishing lasting bio-economies that reduce reliance on fossil resources.
Effects of NPK fertilizer on the shoot growth of Vitellaria paradoxa C.F. Gaertn.

This study examined the effects of different levels of NPK fertilizer on the growth of Vitellaria paradoxa . Shoot height, collar diameter and leaf productions were assessed fortnightly up to the sixteenth week after transplanting. The results showed that there were no significant differences (P < 0.05) among the treatments in shoot height, collar diameter and leaf production. It was observed that shoot height of Vitellaria paradoxa exhibited close values ranging from 8.49 to 10.64 cm. The leaf production ranged from 6 to 10 at the end of sixteenth week of study. Different levels of NPK fertilizer applied did not have effect on collar diameter of seedlings of V. paradoxa during the period of study. The study has shown that application of NPK fertilizer did not have significant effects on the growth of seedlings of V. paradoxa. In conclusion, more effort should be employed in determining optimum quantity of mineral fertilizers required to promote the growth of V. paradoxa seedlings in the nurseries.

	 

	Key words: Vitellaria paradoxa, NPK fertilizer, growth, seedlings.
Coastal Heritage Network

CoHeN is a strategic project that aims to promote cultural slow tourism through the valorization of the Adriatic-Ionian coastal system of historical and contemporary buildings, their natural contexts and the related economic and cultural activities. Thanks to this project, 17 selected monuments (6 in Puglia and 11 in Greece) will be renovated in order to become cultural hubs for activities, services and exhibitions. The valorization of Apulian coastal cultural heritage will be achieved through the restoration of six historical watchtowers and lighthouses built between XVI and XVIII century to create an “early warning system” against pirates' attacks.
The tower of San Felice in the municipality of Vieste, dated 1540, is the most oriental tower of Gargano area and has a height of 11 meters.
The tower of Torre Pietra faces the saltpan of Margherita di Savoia. It was used as a fortification and it took its name from the promontory of San Nicolas de Petra.
The Calderina tower in the municipality of Molfetta is situated in the centre of the homonymous avifaunistic protected area and it is visually connected with UNESCO heritage site Castel del Monte.
The lighthouse of San Cataldo in Bari (engineer Pietro Palermo, 1863-1867) has a height of 61 meters and preserves the first Marconi wireless telegraphy station that connected Bari and Antivari in Montenegro.
The lighthouse of Punta Palascìa in Otranto (engineer Achille Rossi, 1863-1867) is situated about 70 km from the Albanian coast and about 100 km from the Ionian Islands.
The tower of San Giovanni in the Municipality of Ugento is the first watchtower built in the land of Otranto during the Spanish viceroy and it became a lighthouse in 1932.
These buildings will become stages of a public network of maritime architectures, hosting permanent exhibitions/artworks/art installations evoking recent and ancient stories related to the Adriatic and Ionian Seas. For these reasons, the buildings will be adapted as small public spaces with the functions of: reception, exhibition, meetings or workshops spaces.
AQUA KNowledge and Innovation transfer for water savinG in tHe mediTerranean basin

Mediterranean water resources are extremely under stress, especially in the south and east shore. In Jordan, Lebanon and Tunisia, water demand constantly increases, while water use efficiency can still be considered as limited. These are the two most critical factors regarding the sustainability of the most elementary earth resource: water. Under this concept, policies aiming at improving usage efficiency and at reduced losses and poor usage, are urgently needed. In this sense, AQUAKNIGHT project focuses on optimizing consumption and minimizing the Non-Revenue Water (water not metered or billed to consumers) through the implementation of five pilot projects in the cities of Limassol (Cyprus), Genoa (Italy), Alexandria (Egypt), Tunis (Tunisia) and Aqaba (Jordan).
A Review of Pre-Release Metrics used for Predicting Post- Release Defects

Software maintenance has consumed more than 50% of development effort and about 90% of software lifecycle. Finding and correcting defects after software delivery have often presented high costs when compared to correct it on previous project phases. The defects that are found after the release of a product are known as post release software defects. To detect these defects before the release of the product mainly two metrics are used that are the Mean Time between Failures (MTBF) and the Average usage Time (AVT).These metrics are frequently used to gauge the reliability of the application. However, MTBF and AVT cannot capture the whole pattern of failure occurrences in the field testing of an application. In this paper, three metrics that capture three additional patterns of failure occurrences: the average length of usage time before the occurrence of the first failure, the spread of failures to the majority of users, and the daily rates of failures are described.
Improving vegetable quality in controlled environments

Abstract During the last decades, food security has become a vital global concern driven by projections of population increase and exacerbated by the impending pressure of climate change on agriculture. Vegetable crops represent a fundamental ingredient of human diet due to their high nutritional value and bioactive content and could serve towards improving food security and nutritional quality, especially when managed under highly intensified cropping systems in controlled environments. Greenhouse and indoor growing modules not only allow for significantly higher yields compared to open field cropping systems, but also they can facilitate out of season production and substantial manipulation of the chemical composition and bioactive profile of the final product. The present work provides an updated critical overview of scientific advances regarding genotype and microclimate effects on the quality of greenhouse crops. In this context, innovative crop management practices are discussed, including management of the nutrient solution, biofortification and application of plant biostimulants. The review concludes by proposing future research pathways towards enhancing product quality of greenhouse vegetables.
CONTROL OF ACCESS TO MANHOLES

A locking mechanism for locking a manhole cover in place is disclosed together with a key for opening and closing the locking mechanism. The key (64) includes a source (90) of electrical power, an electrically conductive loop (76) and means for supplying power to the loop so that it resonates. The locking mechanism includes electrically powered means (22, 23, 24) for shifting a locking element (26) of the locking mechanism between locked and unlocked positions. An electrically conductive loop (36) tuned to resonate with the loop (76) of the key is provided so that power can be transmitted from the loop (76) of the key to the loop (36) of the locking mechanism.
Amplifying circuit

An amplifying circuit comprises: a first transistor, a second transistor, a third transistor and a fourth transistor provided in an input stage; and a first bias circuit. The input signal is input into a control terminal of the first transistor and a control terminal of the second transistor, a first terminal of the first transistor is connected to a first terminal of the third transistor, a first terminal of the second transistor is connected to a first terminal of the fourth transistor, a second terminal of the first transistor is connected to a first potential, a second terminal of the second transistor is connected to a second potential that is equal to or different from the first potential, a second terminal of the third transistor is connected to a third potential, a second terminal of the fourth transistor is connected to a fourth potential, the first bias circuit is connected between a control terminal of the third transistor and a control terminal of the fourth transistor.
Systematic study of electronic and magnetic properties for Cu<sub>12–</sub><sub><i>x</i></sub>TM<sub><i>x</i></sub>Sb<sub>4</sub>S<sub>13</sub> (TM = Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, and Zn) tetrahedrite

Substitution effects of 3d transition metal (TM) impurities on electronic and magnetic properties for Cu12Sb4S13 tetrahedrite are investigated by the combination of low-temperature experiments and first-principles electronic-structure calculations. The electrical resistivity for the cubic phase of Cu12Sb4S13 exhibits metallic behavior due to an electron-deficient character of the compound. Whereas that for 0.5 ≤ x ≤ 2.0 of Cu12−xNixSb4S13 exhibits semiconducting behavior. The substituted Ni for Cu is in the divalent ionic state with a spin magnetic moment and creates impurity bands just above the Fermi level at the top of the valence band. Therefore, the semiconducting behavior of the electrical resistivity is attributed to the thermal excitation of electrons from the valence band to the impurity band. The substitution effect of TM on the electronic structure and the valency of TM for Cu11.0TM1.0Sb4S13 are systematically studied by the calculation. The substituted Mn, Fe, and Co for Cu are found to be in ...
The developing communicator: pragmatics, sense conventions and non-literal uses of language

Children are born communicators. A growing body of developmental evidence suggests that the cognitive abilities enabling the expression and comprehension of communicative intentions – so-called pragmatic abilities – which underlie language use and understanding, develop early. However, a puzzling feature of pragmatic development is young children’s difficulties with non-literal uses of language (e.g., “I love you so much I could eat you up!”). How can children be early experts at a range of pragmatically complex tasks requiring attention to speakers’ intentions, but act like ‘literal listeners’ in other contexts?  The objective of DEVCOM is to provide an account of the stages and factors involved in children’s developing competence with non-literal uses of language. The project will investigate the novel hypothesis that children’s growing sensitivity to sense conventions, which determine the publicly accepted meaning of words in their language, impedes children’s pragmatic reasoning with non-literal uses in the pre-school years. The empirical data will be gleaned from experimental studies with typically developing children aged 2-7 years, focusing on lexical innovation, lexical modulation, and figurative language, each highlighting the interaction of pragmatic reasoning with sensitivity to sense conventions in a distinct way. Further, the project will investigate whether the persistent difficulties with non-literal uses faced by children with Autism Spectrum Disorder may be linked to the same source. The project will use a set of novel methodologies combining explicit and implicit measures, assuming that while children’s performance on explicit measures is liable to be affected by a growing sensitivity to sense conventions, implicit measures may be more revealing of their actual pragmatic abilities. The empirical results will provide input to a novel theoretical account of pragmatic development that resolves the developmental puzzle of non-literal uses of language.
Reusable, returnable packaging for e-commerce

RePack is a sustainable packaging system for online retailers and shoppers whereby delivery packages can be conveniently and easily returned, and then re-used. It is a system level innovation and its business
model consists of three elements: 1) Reusable design packaging; 2) Stock, deposit management, and track and trace software; and 3) Market place for voucher use.

In Europe alone 3,7 billion disposable packages are sent to consumers annually. Ecommerce market has evaluated market size as 312 billion Euros and growing at almost 20 % annually (Ecommerce Europe,
2013). For webstores disposable packaging is a wasted opportunity to improve consumer experience, increase consumer loyalty and improve their supply chain efficiency. This behavior is wasteful from the
perspective of consumers, webstores, environment and society as a whole. RePack end users save money on their next purchase and web stores improve consumer loyalty while offering environmentally
sustainable delivery alternative to disposable packaging.

The main specific objective of the feasibility study is to pilot RePack in other EU markets. This pilot is used to gather consumer and webstore feedback to identify benefits and analyse bottlenecks in the ecommerce value chain in EU markets. Our current analysis is that the main bottleneck is lack of awareness regarding our innovation outside Finland, limited sales channels, lack of e-commerce contacts and long sales and project cycles. This is especially related to fashion ecommerce. We want to further investigate these bottlenecks, increase awareness of our solution and accelerate Repack adoption cycles.
Vector dynamics of pulsating solitons in an ultrafast fiber laser

We experimentally investigate the vector nature of various pulsating solitons in an ultrafast fiber laser with single-wall carbon nanotubes. By virtue of the dispersive Fourier transform technique, the polarization-resolved spectral evolution of pulsating vector solitons is measured in real time. In the case of single-periodic pulsation, pulsating behaviors of the two orthogonal polarization components can be either synchronous or asynchronous. We also observe double-periodic pulsation in the cavity for the first time, to the best of our knowledge. It is shown that the shot-to-shot spectra oscillate with two combined modulation periods involved in this process. Our results would be beneficial for further understanding of the vector dynamics of pulsating solitons in dissipative systems.
GOBO PROJECTION TARGETING DEVICE

Gobo projection targeting devices have a light source, a lens assembly associated with the light source, the lens assembly having a first element, a second element, and an aiming figure, the first element being closer to the light source, and the second element having a smaller diameter than the first element, such that a first portion of light emitted by the light source and transmitted by the first element will bypass the second element and a second portion of light emitted by the light source and transmitted by the first element will not bypass the second element. The first and second elements may each be converging lenses. The second element may be adapted to generate an image of the aiming figure away from the illuminator. The first portion of light may be a field illumination pattern lacking a focused image. The lens assembly may be movable.