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Improving Predictions of Vegetation Condition by Optimally Merging Satellite Remote Sensing-based Soil Moisture Products (SOILMOISTURE)

Start date: Sep 14, 2014, End date: Sep 13, 2018,

"Agricultural drought impacts global food security as well as financial flexibility of countries. Considering the natural variabilityof climate, agricultural drought is common phenomenon within appropriate time-frame, while the expected change in climateand the expected decrease in available water resources will further increase the stress exerted on vegetation. Precipitation-based indices are com ...
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In-Situ Observation and Control of Microstructure and Surface Defect Evolution during Magnesium Sheet Forming (MagnesiumDIC)

Start date: Mar 1, 2014, End date: Feb 28, 2018,

In recent years, the demand for sheet metal parts of lightweight aluminum and magnesium alloys have considerably increased in the automobile, aviation and mobile electronics sectors. The weight savings offered by these lightweight parts are expected to increase the fuel efficiency in aviation and automotive applications and the mobility of the consumer electronics.However, magnesium and aluminum s ...
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Integrating Mobile Applications into Teacher Education (TeachEDMobile)

Start date: Sep 1, 2013, End date: Aug 31, 2017,

Europe needs to equip its young population with digital competencies to gain and maintain its competitive advantage in the global economy. This need, as recognized by the European Commission, clearly requires a concerned research effort in preparing future teachers with necessary skills to integrate mobile applications into learning and teaching settings. Main purpose of this project is to provide ...
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"Evolution of Business Organizations in the European Periphery: Ottoman Empire and Turkish Republic, 1850-1950," (EVOBUSORG)

Start date: May 1, 2013, End date: Apr 30, 2017,

"This project examines how business organizations evolved in the European periphery by focusing on the organizational form and economic performance of enterprises formed in Ottoman Empire and Turkish Republic during 1850-1950. The objective is to explore the relationship between organizational law, entrepreneurial choice, and economic performance in a case study where the dominance of foreign capi ...
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Towards Better Robot Manipulation: Improvement through Interaction (ITHRUI)

Start date: Mar 12, 2014, End date: Aug 11, 2016,

This project will investigate how learning can be used to improve and expand the manipulation abilities of a robot-out-of-a-box. We argue that, the robot-out-of-a-box should come with both (1) a set of built-in capabilities that would enable it to solve manipulation tasks in unstructured human environment, as well as (2) the learning ability to extend and improve, and with guarantees not to hinde ...
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Search for a Dark Matter Signature with the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS-02) Experiment (DarkMatterAMS)

Start date: Mar 1, 2012, End date: Feb 29, 2016,

Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer is a multi-purpose particle physics experiment that has been carried to the International Space Station with the launch of Space Shuttle Endeavour flight STS-134, that took place on 16th of May, 2011. AMS-02 was installed to its final position on the 19th of May, 2011 and has been taking cosmic-ray data since. AMS has already collected billions of particles in low eart ...
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MARKER-BASED, 3-D ADAPTIVE CARTESIAN GRID METHOD FOR MULTIPHASE FLOW AROUND IRREGULAR GEOMETRIES (CART3DADAPT)

Start date: Feb 8, 2012, End date: Feb 7, 2016,

Computational simulations of multiphase flow are challenging because many practical applications require adequate resolution of not only interfacial physics associated with moving boundaries with possible topological changes, but also around three-dimensional, irregular solid geometries. This project focuses on the simulations of fluid/fluid dynamics around complex geometries, based on an Eulerian ...
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Forced Vibration Testing and Seismic Fragility Assessment of Instrumented Structures (FORAGAINST)

Start date: Feb 8, 2012, End date: Feb 7, 2016,

The objectives of this proposed research are to perform forced vibration tests on the following reinforced concrete structures, which are permanently instrumented for recording their dynamic responses in the case of future earthquakes in Turkey: a four-story dormitory building in Bolu, a four-story office building in Istanbul, a five-story hospital building in Antakya, a three-story school buildin ...
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Optimal Mechanisms to Match Supply and Demand in Contemporary Supply Chains (OPTCHAIN)

Start date: Feb 8, 2012, End date: Feb 7, 2016,

Emerging production and information technologies have increased competition and consumer expectations, this leads to ever-shrinking product life cycles, volatile and unpredictable markets. In addition, natural disasters, accidents, supply disruptions increased the risk in today’s global and long supply chains. Keeping costs down and customers satisfied in a global marketplace requires companies ...
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Fiscal Sustainability in Europe (FISCSUST)

Start date: Dec 1, 2011, End date: Nov 30, 2015,

The purpose of this research project is to develop a new theoretical framework in evaluating the sustainability of fiscal policy and evolution of debt with particular emphasis on recent European experience. Fiscal or debt sustainability in literature in its most stylized form is defined as satisfying an inter-temporal budget constraint. Although it serves as a useful benchmark lower bound based on ...
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Palaeolithic Populations in Armenia and Turkey: Expanding Archaeological Understanding (PLATEAU)

Start date: Sep 15, 2013, End date: Sep 14, 2015,

The proposed multi-disciplinary project investigates hominin behavior during the Middle Pleistocene in Turkey and Armenia in terms of regional hominin behavior patterns, population dynamics, and dispersals. Based on available fossil data, recent studies on Eurasian hominin dispersals hypothesize ‘source’ areas for populations, including the Balkans, the Levant, and Central Asia. Lying geographical ...
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VIRTUAL HEART MODELS: MULTI-PHYSICS APPROACHES TO COMPUTATIONAL CARDIOLOGY (VHEART)

Start date: Sep 1, 2011, End date: Aug 31, 2015,

Heart disease is the number one cause of death in industrialized nations. Despite the broad class of treatment techniques such as medication, surgery and tissue-engineered therapies, heart disease remains to be one of the most frequent, disabling, and life-threatening diseases. In Europe it accounts for almost half of overall annual mortality rate. In the European Union (EU) alone, cardiovascular ...
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Functional Multilayer Films (FUNCMLFS)

Start date: Mar 1, 2011, End date: Feb 28, 2015,

Layer-by-layer (LbL) self-assembly (SA) of polymers at surfaces is a powerful technique to functionalize surfaces. Due to its advantages, there has been growing interest in using LbL films in many application areas: e.g. medicine, electronics, sensor technology, photonics, etc. Using LbL, properties of multilayers (MLs) can be controlled by nature of film components, pH, ionic strength or temperat ...
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Network of European Research Infrastructures for Earthquake Risk Assessment and Mitigation (NERA)

Start date: Nov 1, 2010, End date: Oct 31, 2014,

"The overall aim of NERA is to achieve a measurable improvement and a long-term impact in the assessment and reduction of the vulnerability of constructions and citizens to earthquakes. NERA will integrate the key research infrastructures in Europe to monitor earthquakes and assess their hazard and risk, and will combine expertise in observational and strong-motion seismology, modeling, geotechnic ...
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Interactions between G-protein Coupled Receptors and Ligand Gated Ion Channels (GPCR-LGIC coupling)

Start date: Oct 1, 2010, End date: Sep 30, 2014,

Dopamine receptors are members of G-protein coupled receptor superfamily. These receptors are the key point of dopaminergic system, which controls the regulation of memory, attention, food intake, endocrine regulation, psychomotor activity and positive reinforcement. To regulate so many critically important neurological events, dopamine receptors have complex interactions with other receptors and ...
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Design and Implementation of Optimal Management Systems for European Fisheries (DIOMFISH)

Start date: Sep 1, 2010, End date: Aug 31, 2014,

"The purpose of this research project is to develop an optimal management mechanism for the economic and social sustainability of European fisheries. Throughout the project, development and feasibility of a rights based management mechanism which efficiently allocates the fishing rights in Member States will be investigated. This mechanism will not have a high data demanding characteristic and wil ...
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ADVANCEMENT OF SATELLITE RAINFALL APPLICATIONS FOR HYDROLOGIC MODELING WITH EMPHASIS ON FLOOD MONITORING (FLOODSAT)

Start date: Apr 1, 2011, End date: Mar 31, 2014,

"Floods are the most widespread and frequent natural disaster responsible for significant loss of lives and property each year. The European Environmental Agency estimated that floods in Europe between 1998 and 2002 caused about 700 deaths, the displacement of about half a million people and at least 25 billion Euros in insured economic losses. As such, one of the four priority areas in FP7 has be ...
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Development, Implementation and Evaluation of Index-Based Insurance Schemes for Optimal Risk Management in Agriculture (AgInsurance)

Start date: Oct 1, 2009, End date: Sep 30, 2013,

It is well-known that agriculture is a risky business. In addition to the catastrophic events, farmers face double-risk by involving in production, namely output and price risks. Naturally, traditional insurance systems are developed to cover these risks: yield insurance covers the output risk and price insurance covers fluctuations in prices. Currently, as the European Union commission reports su ...
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"Mechanism, Modeling and Forecasting of Landslide Displacements" (FOLADIS)

Start date: Jan 4, 2010, End date: Jan 3, 2013,

"Landslides cause significant damage and loss of life throughout the world. There is an increase in landslide activity as a result of continued deforestation, increased construction in landslide-prone areas, and increased regional precipitation by changing climate patterns, which is a primary trigger for landslides. One of the four priorities areas in FP7 have been identified as triggering factors ...
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