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High Performance Soft-tissue Navigation (HiPerNav)

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

Primary liver cancer, which consists predominantly of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), is the fifth most common cancer worldwide and the third most common cause of cancer mortality. A successful surgical resection of HCC requires complete removal of the tumour while sparing as much healthy tissue as possible. Due to technical and clinical difficulties relatively low percentage of patients are eligi...
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European Training Network for Continuous Sonication and Microwave Reactors (COSMIC)

Start date: Oct 1, 2016, End date: Sep 30, 2020,

The European chemical industry faces some very serious challenges if it is to retain its competitive position in the global economy. The new industries setting up in Asia and the Near East are based on novel process-intensification concepts, leaving Europe desperately searching for a competitive edge. The transition from batch to continuous micro- and milliflow processing is essential to ensure a ...
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Assessment of forest-carbon sinks and promotion of compensation systems as tools for climate change mitigation  (LIFE FOREST CO2)

Start date: Jan 2, 2016, End date: Dec 30, 2019,

Background Despite increasing awareness in the land use, land use change and forestry sectors (LULUCF) concerning climate change action, reflected in Decision 529/2013/EU, the emissions and carbon sink effect generated by sustainable forest management (SFM) strategies are not included in the EU’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reduction objectives (40% ...
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HUmins as Green and Sustainable precursors of eco-friendly building blocks and materials (HUGS)

Start date: Nov 1, 2015, End date: Oct 31, 2019,

The HUGS concept ( HUmins as Green and Sustainable precursors of eco-friendly materials and biofuels) discloses an integrated multidisciplinary EID proposal with involvement of high-tech SME’s two research centers and 3 world class universities in the area of biorefinery. All partners have been chosen by their complementary expertise and their extensive experience in supervising PhD programs and c...
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Virtual and Intensive Course Developing Practical Skills of Future Engineers

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

VIPSKILLS project responds to an increasing need for changes in the higher education system due to developments in the construction sector, availability of ICT technologies, need for higher mobility and employers’ expectations.Preliminary research about the competences of graduates of technical universities showed inability to conduct comprehensive analysis taking into account different aspects: t...
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Biocontrol of Aflatoxin Contamination Using Atoxigenic Strains from Almond and Pistachio Orchards (BIOCONTROL-A)

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

Aflatoxins (AF), the most toxic and carcinogenic compounds among the mycotoxins, are mainly produced by the fungi Aspergillus flavus and A. parasiticus. Because these fungi are common soil residents of almond and pistachio orchards, these nuts are one of the main sources of human exposure to AF. The consumption of almond and pistachio has increased in recent years in the European Union (EU) due to...
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PARAGONE: vaccines for animal parasites (Paragone)

Start date: Apr 1, 2015, End date: Mar 31, 2019,

Helminth and ectoparasitic infections of ruminants and poultry have a huge impact on the biological efficiency of these vital food sources. Indiscriminate antiparasitic use has led to drug resistance across the globe. The main alternative to the dwindling supply of antiparasitics is vaccines. Here, in the PARAGONE project, findings from previous EU and other-funded projects on parasite vaccine dev...
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Best agricultural practices for Climate Change: Integrating strategies for mitigation and adaptation (Life+ ClimAgri)

Start date: Jun 1, 2014, End date: Dec 31, 2018,

Background According to the European Environment Agency, agriculture is the fourth highest greenhouse gas emitting sector in the EU, accounting for 9.9% of GHG emissions in 2011. The agricultural sector, moreover, is particularly vulnerable to the effects of climate change. Consequently, the sector faces the challenge of mitigating climate change and a...
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Accelerating photoredox catalysis in continuous-flow systems (Photo4Future)

Start date: Jan 1, 2015, End date: Dec 31, 2018,

The use of visible light energy to induce chemical transformations constitutes an interesting and green activation mode of organic molecules. However, implementation of this energy source in organic synthetic methodologies and in the industrial production of fine chemicals has been challenging. The Photo4Future Innovative Training Network establishes a training network with five beneficiaries from...
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Ensuring the Integrity of the European food chain (FOODINTEGRITY)

Start date: Jan 1, 2014, End date: Dec 31, 2018,

Food Integrity “the state of being whole, entire, or undiminished or in perfect condition”.Providing assurance to consumers and other stakeholders about the safety, authenticity and quality of European food (integrity) is of prime importance in adding value to the European Agri-food economy. The integrity of European foods is under constant threat from fraudulently labelled imitations that try to ...
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Citylabs: Engaging Students with Sustainable Cities in Latin-America

Start date: Oct 15, 2015, End date: Oct 14, 2018,

The CITYLAB project aims to enhance the quality of HEI’s in Latin America through problem based-learning. A problem-based learning is a proven innovative approach for introducing real-world problems in the education program with huge possibilities to transform the quality of learning and teaching. It is a kind of active, integrated and constructive learning method that works from a student centred...
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Internationalization of Latin American peripheral Universities through sustainable integration and inclusive implementation of International Relations Offices

Start date: Oct 15, 2015, End date: Oct 14, 2018,

The main objective of the PONCHO project is to encourage the process of internationalization of Latin American Universities partners in the project, with special focus on the Universities of peripheral areas of the region, whose geographical position or the volume of students have been unable to develop their internationalization in the same way as capital universities or major universities in the...
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Adopción de enfoques de calidad, accesibilidad e innovación en la educación superior de Latinoamérica

Start date: Oct 15, 2015, End date: Oct 14, 2018,

The changes in educational paradigms and development of ICT are promoting the modernization of universities and the establishment of open and flexible study programs, freeing academic boundaries.Quality, accessibility and innovation are concepts that are driving the changes of virtual higher education. ACAI-LA Universities Network undertake the challenge of modernizing and internationalizing highe...
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Preparing Primary Teachers to Lead Inclusive Learning

Start date: Oct 3, 2016, End date: Oct 2, 2018,

"Preparing primary teachers to lead inclusive learning" (PRETTi) is planned as a 24 months project that combines the efforts of 7 organizations from 4 European countries with the aim to equip primary education school teachers to participate actively in fostering inclusive education and decreasing learning outcomes' disparities. Our main objective is to equip the target group with skills and compet...
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Overweight-induced Hypogonadism as major factor for the generation and/or perpetuation of Metabolic Co-morbidities of Obesity: Contribution of Epigenetic Regulatory Mechanisms (ReprObesity)

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

Obesity is a global health problem whose prevalence is increasing substantially due to lifestyle changes. This complex medical condition is frequently linked to serious metabolic complications and deregulation of hormonal axes, which lead to perturbed homeostasis in conditions of overweight. Different studies have suggested that obesity is often associated to hypogonadism, a reproductive disorder ...
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Sustainable Land Management Network

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

The project proposal arises from the need to enhance the governance of the land management in the Europe as an encouragement for the European economic and environmental integration.The objective of the proposed project is to create virtual research and educational network “Sustainable land management network” with specific objectives to promote research and teaching in the field of sustainable Eur...
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Nature recreation - towards sustainable development of ecosystem services

Start date: Sep 1, 2016, End date: Aug 31, 2018,

The overall objective of the project is to strengthen sustainable development of ecosystem services through joint study and training activities in nature recreation field. Specific objectives of the project are:- To advance professional skills of students, environment specialists etc. in compliance with labour market demands;- To develop specific study materials (adapted for Latvia, Lithuania and ...
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PROVIding smart DElivery of public goods by EU agriculture and forestry (PROVIDE)

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

"The objective of the project is to provide a conceptual basis, evidence, tools and improved incentive and policy options to support the "smart" provision of public goods by the EU agriculture and forestry ecosystems, in the light of trade-offs and conflicts brought about by prospective intensification scenarios, using a transdisciplinary approach. PROVIDE will consider a wide range of public good...
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Adaptation and mitigation measures to climate change in the Ebro Delta (LIFE EBRO-ADMICLIM)

Start date: Jun 2, 2014, End date: Jun 1, 2018,

Background The Ebro Delta in Catalonia is a wetland of international importance, and is considered one of the coastal systems most vulnerable to climate change in the European Union. The delta is undergoing a loss of wetlands and rice paddies because of coastal regression, caused by diminishing fluvial sediments, which are retained in the reservoirs of th...
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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: May 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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Implementation of efficient irrigation management for a sustainable agriculture (LIFE+ IRRIMAN)

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

Background The Guadalquivir river basin is in the south of Spain, with a surface area of 57,527 km², including parts of four regions: Andalusia, Castilla-La Mancha, Extremadura and Murcia. Rains in the area are often torrential and fall on lands recurrently affected by long periods of drought and high temperatures, and a marked susceptibility to erosion....
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MEditerranean MOntainous LAndscapes: an historical approach to cultural heritage based on traditional agrosystems (MEMOLA)

Start date: Jan 1, 2014, End date: Dec 31, 2017,

"The project is an interdisciplinary approach to cultural landscapes of Mediterranean mountainous areas, taking as a central axis the historical study of two natural resources essential to generate agro-systems: water and soil. The proposal focuses on Sierra Nevada (Spain), Monti di Trapani (Italy), Colli Euganei (Italy) and Vjosa Valley (Albania).Landscapes and their structure are strongly condit...
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LEGumes for the Agriculture of TOmorrow (LEGATO)

Start date: Jan 1, 2014, End date: Dec 31, 2017,

The project has been conceived to promote the culture of grain legumes in Europe by identifying priority issues currently limiting grain legume cultivation and devising solutions in term of novel varietal development, culture practices, and food uses. LEGATO will develop tools and resources to enable state of the art breeding methodology and to exploit fully the breadth of genetic resources avail...
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Open Researchers (OPENRESEARCHERS)

Start date: Apr 1, 2016, End date: Nov 30, 2017,

‘Open Researchers’ is the fifth experience of Andalusia in the European Researchers’ Night. The project is designed to increase the awareness of research as a solution to the numerous challenges faced by citizens all around the world and mainly in Europe. The idea of the project, ‘The future is today: understandable ground-breaking science for a better living’, has been conceived in a time of chan...
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Analyzing metabolism in an unusual nitrogen fixing symbiosis using metatranscriptomics (TRANSUCYNA)

Start date: May 19, 2014, End date: Nov 18, 2017,

UCYN-A is a globally abundant nitrogen fixing cyanobacterium with a very unusual metabolism and lifestyle. These microorganisms express nitrogenase genes with maximum transcript abundances during the light period (Zehr et al., 2007).Previous results in the group of Jonathan Zehr found that UCYN-A cyanobacteria are genetically incapable of oxygenic photosynthesis because the entire PSII apparatus...
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“Innovative Training System For Young Entrepreneurs base on case studies. ENTREPRENEURS 7x21”

Start date: Oct 1, 2015, End date: Sep 30, 2017,

The Project is designed to help potential entrepreneurs in their professional activities increasing their success chances in the business world. This will affect positively all the participating countries (RO, ES, IT, LT, CZ, PL) and will imply direct benefits in their economy such as employment growth, more ethical and competitive CEO behaviour, better prepared personnel, reinforced leadership a...
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Higher education student and staff mobility project

Start date: Jun 1, 2016, End date: Sep 30, 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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Sensing and integration of signals governing cell polarity and tropism in fungi (FUNGIBRAIN)

Start date: Oct 1, 2013, End date: Sep 30, 2017,

"Cell polarity and directed growth (tropism) are fundamental biological processes. Most fungi are dependent on these processes because they grow as polarised filaments called hyphae, whose growth and developmentare governed by physical and chemical cues from the environment. Such cues include surface-contact, light, nutrients, mating partners, host organisms, or ‘self’ hyphae from within the fung...
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European Literacy and Citizenship Education-Plus

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

The development of nationalistic viewpoints and the growing lack of interest for the original European project show a need for an input in European literacy and intercultural, inclusive, approaches. The increasing difficulty for Europeans to face up to competition from other international countries and growing rates of unemployment in the EU show a need for more effective education and training en...
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Enseignement sur l'intégration européenne et l'économie et Droit de l'UE.

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

The project consists on the one hand , in strengthening the teaching about European integration, developed since the concession in 1990 of the first Jean Monnet Chair ( first call of the Jean Monnet Programme for Europe and Spain , to José María Casado Raigón Associate Professor (University of Córdoba ) . His teaching were primarily taught in the Faculty of Law and Economics and study Business at ...
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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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Evolution of mutator bacteria in a community context (EMBCC)

Start date: Feb 8, 2016, End date: Feb 7, 2017,

The proposed fellowship is designed to provide to a promising post-doctoral specialization in the microbial evolutionary ecology field by pursuing a period of training in Centre for Ecology and Conservation, College of Life and Environmental Sciences at University of Exeter in the UK. Under the supervision of a world’s leading expert in this field, and with further theoretical training, the Fellow...
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MODelling vegetation response to EXTREMe Events (MODEXTREME)

Start date: Nov 1, 2013, End date: Oct 31, 2016,

The continuous supply of services provided by agricultural systems is increasingly threatened by climate change in association with an estimated increase in the frequency of extreme weather events such as droughts, heat waves or heavy precipitation events.MODEXTREME has the overarching goal to help the European and non-European agriculture face extreme climatic events by improving the capability o...
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Higher education student and staff mobility project

Start date: Jun 1, 2015, End date: Sep 30, 2016,

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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Application of new technologies and methods in nutrition research – the example of phenotypic flexibility (NutriTech)

Start date: Jan 1, 2012, End date: Jun 30, 2016,

NutriTech will build on the foundations of traditional human nutrition research using cutting-edge analytical technologies and methods to comprehensively evaluate the diet-health relationship and critically assess their usefulness for the future of nutrition research and human well-being. Technologies include genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, metabolomics, laser scanning cytometry, NMR based ...
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Innovative biological products for soil pest control (INBIOSOIL)

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

"INBIOSOIL is a timely project that proposes novel eco-efficient environmentally friendly technologies substantially contributing to the reduced input of conventional chemical pesticides for the control of subterranean crop pests of global economic importance. This would be accomplished through the generation of new formulations of biological control agents (BCAs) based on entomopathogenic fungi ...
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RESEARCHERS SQUARE (RESSQUA)

Start date: Apr 1, 2014, End date: Nov 30, 2015,

‘Researchers Square’ is designed to increase the awareness of research as a solution to the numerous challenges faced by people all around the world and mainly in Europe. The idea of the project, ‘Better Living through Science: from Social Sciences and Humanities to Maths and Technology’, has been conceived in times of crisis, a moment where becomes clearer that we must join efforts to find innova...
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Innovative Sensor for the fast Analysis of Nanoparticles in Selected Target Products (INSTANT)

Start date: Mar 1, 2012, End date: Nov 30, 2015,

INSTANT will face the challenge of the detection, identification and quantification of engineered nanoparticles (ENPs) in complex matrices such as cosmetic products and engineered food and drinks. Therefore, new detection methods and technologies are mandatory. This is completely in line with the Call FP7-NMP.2011.1.3-1 which deals especially with innovative, practically implementable and cost eff...
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Higher education student and staff mobility project

Start date: Jun 1, 2014, End date: Sep 30, 2015,

In the Academic year of 1988/1989, the University of Cordoba (UCO) begins its first Erasmus experience with five student mobilities for studies, within the framework of the Socrates Programme. In 2007/2008 our university enhances the experience with the Lifelong Learning Programme (PAP) and by 2014/2015 we began operating with the new Erasmus + Program. Throughout these years, they our university ...
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"Technologies for Water Recycling and Reuse in Latin American Context: Assessment, Decision Tools and Implementable Strategies under an Uncertain Future" (COROADO)

Start date: Oct 1, 2011, End date: Sep 30, 2015,

"In order to be able to maximize the benefits from reuse and recycling technologies projects a larger systemic analysis of the environment is needed, an enlargement of the traditional narrow planning and management approaches, and a growing sensitivity to decision-making associated with multi-objective, multi-purpose actions and multi uses parameters. However, the problem is not centered on the la...
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