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Parallel network-based biocomputation: technological baseline, scale-up and innovation ecosystem (Bio4Comp)

Start date: Jan 1, 2017, End date: Dec 31, 2021,

Many technologically and societally important mathematical problems are intractable for conventional, serial computers. Therefore, a significant need exists for parallel-computing approaches that are capable to solve such problems within reasonable time frames. Recently, part of our consortium demonstrated proof-of-principle of a parallel-computation system in which a given combinatorial problem i...
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Quantum Information Access and Retrieval Theory (QUARTZ)

Start date: Jan 1, 2017, End date: Dec 31, 2020,

Quantum Information Access and Retrieval TheoryWe aim to establish an European Training Network (ETN) on QUantum information Access and Retrieval Theory (QUARTZ). Towards a new approach to Information Access and Retrieval (IAR) addressing the challenges of the dynamic and multimodal nature of the data and user interaction context, QUARTZ aims to educate its Early Stage Researchers (ESRs) to adopt ...
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Smart capture phases for proteomics, glycomics and biomarker assays (BioCapture)

Start date: Nov 1, 2016, End date: Oct 31, 2020,

The overall objective of BioCapture is to develop novel robust assays for proteinaceous biomarkers associated with cancer and to develop innovative tools for assaying elusive cancer related posttranslational modifications in proteins. This will be achieved by exploiting robust glycan, peptide and protein binders in the form of Molecularly Imprinted Polymers (MIPs) or plastic antibodies alongside g...
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Educating for Equitable Health Outcomes- the Promise of School Health and Physical Education (EDUHEALTH)

Start date: Jan 1, 2017, End date: Dec 31, 2019,

Educating for Equitable Health Outcomes - the Promise of School Health and Physical Education (EDUHEALTH) is a collaborative research project that will build on an existing working relationship and create long-lasting networks between three universities in Sweden, Norway and New Zealand. The project’s primary goal is to make a meaningful contribution to the European Union (EU) strategy to promote ...
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READY

Start date: Dec 1, 2014, End date: Nov 30, 2019,

"Based on thorough integrated climate planning the READY project will demonstrate a Whole City Approach including: 1) Demo of a balanced and holistic approach towards affordable retrofitting of residential buildings and offices 2) Development and demo of new solutions for low-temp. district heating, components and management ICT systems 3) Development and demo of flexible combined grid balancing/e...
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Massive Open Online courses eNhancing LInguistic and Transversal skills for social inclusion and Employability

Start date: Sep 1, 2016, End date: Aug 31, 2019,

In the past two years, MOOCs have moved into the mainstream of European Higher Education. According to the European MOOC Scoreboard, 675 courses have been offered freely by European universities between March 2015 and February 2016. However, despite this impressive offering, there are few examples within the EHEA of institutions strategically deploying MOOCs to complement their own educational off...
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Urban strategies for Waste Management in Tourist Cities (UrBAN-WASTE)

Start date: Jun 1, 2016, End date: May 31, 2019,

Europe’s cities are some of the world’s greatest tourism destinations. The socio-economic impact of tourism is extraordinary and urban tourism, but it brings at the same time a range of negative externalities, including high levels of unsustainable resource consumption and waste production. In comparison with other cities, tourist cities have to face additional challenges related to waste preventi...
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Continuous Regional Analysis Device for neonate Lung (CRADL)

Start date: Jan 1, 2016, End date: Dec 31, 2018,

Each year 15 million babies are born prematurely and many suffer from respiratory failure due to immaturity of the lung and lack of control of breathing. Although respiratory support, especially mechanical ventilation, can improve their survival, it also causes severe injury to the vulnerable lung resulting in severe and chronic pulmonary morbidity lasting in to adulthood. Heterogeneity of lung ae...
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APPs for carers

Start date: Oct 1, 2016, End date: Sep 30, 2018,

Recent advances in clinical research and technological innovation for healthcare have opened new horizons in care provision and support of vulnerable groups, in areas such as the management of chronic diseases and ambient assisted living. Relevant solutions are offered both through care service providers, but also at the homes of older, patients and vulnerable individuals. The delivery of these so...
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Empowering the School IT infrastructures for the implementation of Sustainable Instructional Patterns

Start date: Sep 1, 2015, End date: Aug 31, 2018,

Background Results emerging from multiple research projects have been showing promising possibilities for the inclusion of ICT in schools. However, the actual adoption of ICT in schools is much less successful. Although several factors might be at play, we believe that two important ones concern: The need to foster knowledge in schools regarding the connections between their existing technological...
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Project for higher education student and staff mobility between Programme Countries and Partner Countries

Start date: Jun 1, 2016, End date: Jul 31, 2018,

This is a project for higher education student and staff mobility between Programme Countries and Partner Countries. Please consult the website of the organisation to obtain additional details.
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Higher education student and staff mobility project

Start date: Jun 1, 2016, End date: May 31, 2018,

This is a higher education student and staff mobility project, please consult the website of the organisation to obtain additional details.
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Human Brain Project Specific Grant Agreement 1 (HBP SGA1)

Start date: Apr 1, 2016, End date: Mar 31, 2018,

Understanding the human brain is one of the greatest scientific challenges of our time. Such an understanding can provide profound insights into our humanity, leading to fundamentally new computing technologies, and transforming the diagnosis and treatment of brain disorders. Modern ICT brings this prospect within reach. The HBP Flagship Initiative (HBP) thus proposes a unique strategy that uses I...
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Sustainable Innovative Mobilisation of Wood (SIMWOOD)

Start date: Nov 1, 2013, End date: Oct 31, 2017,

"SIMWOOD presents a novel idea for an innovative, integrated approach to multifunctional forestry and enhanced wood mobilisation across European forest regions. The project targets a multitude of forest owners and stakeholders to spread integrated, transferable solutions and viable policies to unlock immobile forest resources and ensure sustainable forest functions. A novel pan-European Informatio...
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INNOVATING TRAINING AIMS AND PROCEDURES FOR PUBLIC ARCHAEOLOGY

Start date: Sep 1, 2015, End date: Aug 31, 2017,

In recent years the field of archeology has undergone comprehensive changes in the way it defines its goals, increasingly in relation to its impact on society and to its ability to fit into the market supply of cultural services. Thus, one of the main challenges currently facing the management and conservation of archaeological heritage is the design and implementation of specific training aimed a...
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Entwicklung innovativer, transnationaler Lehrinhalte und didaktischer Methoden unter Einbeziehung von blended und peer learning

Start date: Sep 1, 2014, End date: Aug 31, 2017,

To make a concrete partnership day to day Thus, partnerships between universities can be lived concretely, there must exist international development perspectives for students, teachers and researchers and be used in realistic manner. This is at all universities to certain groups of students with hitherto neglected obstacles to mobility hardly possible. Removing these barriers is the primary goal...
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Active ageing and Heritage in Adult learning

Start date: Sep 1, 2014, End date: Aug 31, 2017,

The Active ageing and Heritage in Adult learning (AHA) project addresses older adults learning and development needs. Through the work with reminiscence the project aims at improving the quality of life and well being for people with memory problems, usually with dementia. The project will create a methodology with guidelines for how this kind of work can be carried out in a heritage setting. It w...
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Next Generation Science Challenges Using Digital and Social Media to Make Science Education and Careers Attractive for Young People (SciChallenge)

Start date: Sep 1, 2015, End date: Aug 31, 2017,

Science education is tremendous in shaping the present and future of modern societies. Thus, the EU needs all its talents to increase creativity and competitiveness. Especially young boys and girls have to be engaged to pursue careers in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM). However, statistics still show that enrolment rates in STEM-based degree programs are low and will lead t...
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Cross-cultural heritage. Understanding cultural heritage in a globalized world (ATCK-HER)

Start date: Sep 1, 2015, End date: Aug 31, 2017,

ATCK-HER is a pioneering study of cross-cultural heritage in the context of New Heritage. Traditionally heritage has been defined through artefacts, traditions, and places belonging to one particular nation. In a globalised world, a cross-cultural heritage is emerging: the heritage that is meaningful to people who has been growing up in two or more cultural environments as a direct or indirect res...
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Project for higher education student and staff mobility between Programme Countries and Partner Countries

Start date: Jun 1, 2015, End date: Jul 31, 2017,

This is a project for higher education student and staff mobility between Programme Countries and Partner Countries. Please consult the website of the organisation to obtain additional details.
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Higher education student and staff mobility project

Start date: Jun 1, 2015, End date: May 31, 2017,

This is a higher education student and staff mobility project, please consult the website of the organisation to obtain additional details.
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Sharing to success

Start date: Jun 1, 2015, End date: May 31, 2017,

A house painting teacher plans to visit KTS Copenhagen to study teaching in decorative painting. The School of Building and Construction plans to offer students courses in decorative painting in the spring of 2016, the visit is a part of the preparations for teaching and course descriptions. A teacher of marine engineering will be going to work (job shadowing) in Linné uni. in Sweden. He will get ...
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CARE 2 WORK

Start date: May 1, 2015, End date: Apr 30, 2017,

Images of the young carer can be traced as back as the 11th century. Whilst novels, and media images, tell us something about the changing nature and experience of young carers in Europe, surprisingly little knowledge has been gained from research or official statistics. So, whilst there is considerable literature which focuses on the lives and needs of informal carers in the community, most of th...
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Parallel computing based on designed networks explored by self-propelled, biological agents (ABACUS)

Start date: Jan 1, 2014, End date: Dec 31, 2016,

Many technologically and societally important mathematical problems are essentially intractable for traditional, serial computers. Therefore, a significant need exists for parallel computing approaches that would be able to solve such problems faster than current serial computers. This project will develop and benchmark a novel paradigm for future parallel computing approaches, based on biologica...
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Interprofessional experiential learning (IPE) solutions: equipping the qualified dementia workforce to champion evidence informed improvement to advanced dementia care and family caring (Palliare).

Start date: Sep 1, 2014, End date: Sep 30, 2016,

In 2008 the estimated cost of dementia within Europe (EU27) was €160.3 billion, equivalent to €22,194 per person with dementia. Between one third and a half of people living with dementia in Europe do so in resource-intensive facilities (e.g. nursing homes and hospitals), although the policy imperative is to shift the balance of care through family caring. The known variation in the quality of dem...
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The Human Brain Project (HBP)

Start date: Oct 1, 2013, End date: Sep 30, 2016,

Understanding the human brain is one of the greatest challenges facing 21st century science. If we can rise to the challenge, we can gain profound insights into what makes us human, develop new treatments for brain diseases and build revolutionary new computing technologies. Today, for the first time, modern ICT has brought these goals within sight. The goal of the Human Brain Project, part of the...
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Implementing sustainable E&T programmes in the field of Radioactive Wastes Disposal (PETRUS III)

Start date: Sep 1, 2013, End date: Aug 31, 2016,

"In line with the Lisbon strategy and 2020 perspective “Petrus” initiative coordinates since 2005 universities, WMOs, training organisations and research institutes efforts to develop cooperative approach to education and training (E&T) in the geological disposal with the purpose of expanding this cooperation under PETRUS3.PETRUS3 project aims at continuation of the European Cooperation in this ar...
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Learn and share

Start date: Jun 1, 2014, End date: May 31, 2016,

Tveir kennarar og skólastjóri Byggingatækniskólans fóru til Learnmark í Horsens í febrúar 2015 til að funda með kennurum og deildarstjórum og undirbúa komu nemendahóps frá Byggingatækniskólanum. Þau fengu ítarlega kynningu á námskrá skólans, kennsluaðferðum og starfsþjálfunaraðferðum. Kennari í gull- og silfursmíði fór til EUC Lillebælt í maí 2015 til þess að taka þátt í hópvinnu og umræðum með k...
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Higher education student and staff mobility project

Start date: Jun 1, 2014, End date: May 31, 2016,

Internationalisering har en framträdande roll i Linnéuniversitetets vision- och strategidokument, för att konkretisera arbetet ytterligare finns även en internationaliseringspolicy. Internationellt utbyte/mobilitet är ett av verktygen som används inom internationaliseringsarbetet, och målet är att öka framförallt utresande mobilitet för såväl studenter som personal. Erasmus+ programmet är ett vikt...
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Bioelectrochemical systems for metal recovery (BIOELECTROMET)

Start date: Apr 1, 2012, End date: Mar 31, 2016,

Global primary metal resources are rapidly dwindling and the mining and metallurgical industries are increasingly turning to lower grade minerals for metal extraction, typically increasing costs. Innovative environmental metal extraction techniques are required to increase mining sustainability, increase revenues and lower its impact on the environment. In this project, bioelectrochemical technolo...
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A Foundation for Engineering Decentralized Self-Adaptive Software Systems (FEDerAteS)

Start date: Apr 1, 2012, End date: Mar 31, 2016,

Software has a vital role in our society and the qualities of many software systems are of crucial importance. Examples are the availability of software for media and the robustness of software for manufacturing. Due to the ever-growing complexity of software, ensuring the required qualities constitutes a tremendous challenge. Self-adaptation has been widely recognized as an effective approach to ...
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Juxtapositioned reflective performance enabling science and technology learning (JUXTALEARN)

Start date: Oct 1, 2012, End date: Dec 31, 2015,

School and University students studying science and technology often encounter barriers to their understanding of complex concepts. However, unlike in the arts, students are frequently poorly motivated to overcome these barriers. Focusing on 'performance' JuxtaLearn will provoke student curiosity in science and technology through creative film making and editing activities. Computational identif...
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Environmental Chemoinformatics (ECO)

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

"The implementation of the new EU legislation concerning the registration, evaluation, authorization and restriction of chemicals (REACH) requires demonstration of the safe manufacture of chemicals and their safe use throughout the supply chain. REACH encourages development of new in vitro test methods and replacement of animal tests wherever possible by alternative methods. These goals are not ac...
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CAse studies on the Development and Application of in-Silico Techniques for Environmental hazard and Risk assessment (CADASTER)

Start date: Jan 1, 2009, End date: Dec 31, 2012,

"Implementation of REACH requires demonstration of the safe manufacture and use of chemicals. REACH aims to achieve a proper balance between societal, economic and environmental objectives, and attempts to efficiently use the scarce and scattered information available on the majority of substances. Thereupon REACH aims to reduce animal testing by optimized use of in silico and in vitro information...
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Sustainable Innovations and Treatment in Industrial Waste Water Clusters (STINNO)

Start date: Dec 1, 2009, End date: Nov 30, 2012,

The STInno project introduces 3 research driven clusters and 12 partners from 5 European countries. The regions of Päijät-Häme, Kalmar and Western Greece have a common objective to strengthen RTD resources in industrial wastewater treatment and become world leaders in sustainable, cost and energy efficient methods. The regions have clear focus on clean technologies and complement each other as the...
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Molecular Motors-based Nanodevices (MONAD)

Start date: Oct 1, 2009, End date: Sep 30, 2012,

The MONAD project will focus on the design, fabrication and implementation of dynamic nanodevices based on the purposeful interaction of nano-structured surfaces and nano-objects with protein linear molecular motors - ubiquitous biological nano-machines responsible for biological functions as diverse as cell movement and division, transport of vesicles and muscle contraction. The project will deve...
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MICROARRAYS FOR THE DETECTION OF TOXIC ALGAE (MIDTAL)

Start date: Sep 1, 2008, End date: May 31, 2012,

Microalgae in marine and brackish waters of Europe regularly cause «harmful effects», considered from the human perspective, in that they threaten public health and cause economic damage to fisheries and tourism. Cyanobacteria cause similar problems in freshwaters. These episodes encompass a broad range of phenomena collectively referred to as «harmful algal blooms» (HABs). They include discolorat...
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Water Treatment by Molecularly Imprinted Materials (WATERMIM)

Start date: May 1, 2009, End date: Apr 30, 2012,

The present “WATERMIM” proposal is focused on the advancement and optimization of the MIP technology in order to produce functional materials with well-defined morphologies with respect to pore structure and selectivity for water treatment applications. The project aims at the elimination of the random distribution and the uneven accessibility of receptor sites in the volume of the imprinted mater...
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Towards an European training market and professional qualification in Geological Disposal (PETRUS II)

Start date: Jan 15, 2009, End date: Jan 14, 2012,

The aim of this proposal is to enable present and future professionals on radioactive waste management in Europe, whatever their initial disciplinary background, to follow a training programme on geological disposal which would be widely recognized across Europe. This ambitious aim will only be achieved over a close collaboration between all stakeholders and through an effective and flexible use o...
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Activating Senior Potential in Ageing Europe (ASPA)

Start date: Feb 1, 2008, End date: Jun 30, 2011,

"The dejuvenation and ageing of Europe's population puts society for some major challenges. The development towards a knowledge-based society requires continues investment in new knowledge and skills. Given the ageing of the population and low fertility rates it also requires high(er) participation rates of females and people over fifty. So far, employers’ and governments’ policies have focused on...
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