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RISE Women with disabilities In Social Engagement (RISEWISE)

Start date: Sep 1, 2016, End date: Aug 31, 2020,

Women with disabilities have more difficulties to find an employment and to integrate in social day life activities than men with disabilities.This project focuses on the collective of women with disabilities from different perspectives, trying to identify needs and best practices in several EU countries, representing different cultural and socio-economic environments, for the integration and impr...
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Autologous Stem Cell Seeded Tissue Engineered Trachea (TETRA)

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

CLINICAL PROBLEM AND UNMET NEEDThere are 11,827 patients with severe structural airway disease in Europe. Even with the current standard of care, when hospitalised this group of patients has a 22% risk of dying. Patients are currently subjected to repeated surgical interventions (stent insertion) which have a high failure rate. Other therapeutic strategies under development include synthetic trac...
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Capturing and quantitative analysis of multi-scale multi-channel diagnostic data. (CARDIALLY)

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

We are proposing a four-year programme of knowledge transfer between Aston University (ASTON, UK), Universita Degli Studi Di Brescia (UNIBS, Italy), Diasens (Diasens, Serbia), and Novosibirsk State University (NSU, Russia). The aim of our interdisciplinary proposal is to bring together the unique expertise of participants to solve the important and challenging problem of heart failure prediction a...
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Bio-scaffold engineered device for brown adipose tissue regeneration (SCAFFY)

Start date: Oct 1, 2015, End date: Sep 30, 2019,

Obesity and cardio-metabolic disease represent major health problems with vast impacts on the European healthcare systems. Recent advances in tissue engineering and regenerative medicine can be used to design novel techniques aiming to boost human metabolism; thus being promising candidates for human metabolic disease treatment. However, the development of these techniques requires the creation of...
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Systemic Action for Gender Equality (SAGE)

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

Increasing the participation of women in research, and promoting gender equality, is vital in strengthening the competitiveness of European research. A greater involvement of women in research will contribute not only to an increased number of skilled researchers in our institutions, but will also add a different perspective to research programmes, promote diversity, improve descion-making and con...
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Connectivity in the neural control of muscles in stroke patients. (NeuralCon)

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

The lack of objective and robust measurements of motor recovery is a general problem in stroke rehabilitation. After the ischemic event, the motor impairment is assessed using clinical scales that provide only a general overview of the patient’s conditions, without detailed information on the activation of the individual muscles and the pathological co-contractions. In recent years, the hypothesis...
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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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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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nEUROinflammation

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

Neuroinflammation is a hallmark of multiple sclerosis and ischemic stroke. Investigating neuroinflammation as a common theme in neurological disorders, this ITN will focus in particular on myeloid cells, microglia, and endothelial cells. Sixteen partners from the academic and private sector with complementary scientific background join forces to train 13 ESRs in neuroinflammatory concepts and tech...
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Environmental Protection and Natural Disasters

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

The problems of environmental protection are integrated, interdisciplinary and combine multiple sciences. Because of that in integration of different disciplines we see the prospect for successful compilation of problems of environmental protection. At the points where different disciplines come together usually the new skills and knowledge are created, and the new technical solutions are formed. ...
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MED Medical Equipment Discarded – A new Integrate system to reduce waste by medical equipment and medical WEEE (LIFE MED)

Start date: Jul 1, 2014, End date: Jun 30, 2017,

Background The life cycle of equipment in a medical institution is short due to the need to ensure functionality, security and adaptation to new standards. It is estimated that equipment in European hospitals has an average life cycle of five years. The disposal of the equipment follows different processes that can vary according to place and type of devi...
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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: May 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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MOBILISING THE POTENTIAL OF ACTIVE AGEING IN EUROPE (MOPACT)

Start date: Mar 1, 2013, End date: Feb 28, 2017,

The starting point for MOPACT is the ambitious goals set by Horizon 2020 and the European Innovation Partnership Pilot Project on Active and Healthy Ageing (EIPAHA). Our response is ambitious too: we aim to provide the research and practical evidence upon which Europe can make longevity an asset for social and economic development. MOPACT will create a high quality, multi-disciplinary critical mas...
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Pre-standardisation of incremental FIB micro-milling for intrinsic stress evaluation at the sub-micron scale (ISTRESS)

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

"Intrinsic (or residual) stresses, resulting from manufacturing or processing steps, mostly define the performance and limit the lifetime of nanostructured materials, thin films, coatings and MEMS devices.The established techniques for micron-scale measurement of residual stress still have strong limitations, e.g. in terms of spatial resolution, lack of depth sensing, their applicability on non-cr...
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Sniffer for concealed people discovery (SNOOPY)

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

"Integration of a handheld artificial sniffer system for customs/police inspection purposes e.g. the control of freight containers. The artificial system should be able to seek first hidden persons and second also controlled goods, illicit drugs and safety and security hazards.The instrument consists of a gas- and vapour sampling pump unit, an enrichment unit, a desorption unit, a detection unit (...
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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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LIFECYCLE EXTENSION THROUGH PRODUCT REDESIGN AND REPAIR, RENOVATION, REUSE, RECYCLE STRATEGIES FOR USAGE&REUSAGE-ORIENTED BUSINESS MODELS (T-REX)

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

Integrated product-service solutions or Product-Service Systems promote a shift from value in exchange to value in use to satisfy customer needs. In this new landscape, manufacturers do not sell a physical product, but its usage (renting, pay-x-use) or its outcome (pay-x-performance). Companies and supply network should focus on reducing the Life Cycle Cost of the Product-Service Systems and exten...
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Multi-Sensor-Platform for Smart Building Management (MSP)

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

The concept of the MSP project is based on a multi-project wafer approach that enables the development of highly innovative components and sensors based on Key Enabling Technologies (KETs). The central objective of the MSP-project is the development of a technology and manufacturing platform for the 3D-integration of sophisticated components and sensors with CMOS technology being the sound foundat...
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The MEtabolic Road to DIAstolic Heart Failure (MEDIA)

Start date: Jan 1, 2011, End date: Jun 30, 2016,

More than 50% of heart failure (HF) patients present without a major deficit of left ventricular (LV) systolic function and are presumed to suffer from diastolic HF (DHF) because diastolic LV distensibility is usually impaired in these patients. The vast majority (~80%) of DHF patients is exposed to metabolic risk factors. The MEDIA consortium therefore investigates:1) how metabolic derangements c...
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SYstemic Risk TOmography: Signals, Measurements, Transmission Channels, and Policy Interventions (SYRTO)

Start date: Mar 1, 2013, End date: Feb 29, 2016,

During the second half of 2011 sovereign and banking risks increased in the Eurozone in an environment of weakening macroeconomic growth prospects. Contagion effects have become substantial also accelerated by the interplay between vulnerability of public finances and financial sector. Furthermore, bank funding pressures increased markedly thus feeding the fear of the Euro crash.The SYRTO project ...
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Oxide Nanostructures for Wireless Chemical Sensing (WIROX)

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

Wireless sensor nodes (the so called ”Smart Dust”) are autonomous devices incorporating sensing, power, computation, and communication into one system. The incorporation of electrical gas sensors in motes is a scientific challenge which has not been solved yet. The objective of the project is to build up an international partnership to tackle these scientific challenge developing self-powered auto...
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The Political Economy of Youth Unemployment (YOUTHUNEMPLOYMENT)

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

"In recent decades, global and European policy makers have been very slow in recognising youth unemployment and underemployment as a priority challenge requiring decisive policy responses. While an urgent concern at the global level, youth employment is not only an issue for developing countries: in recent decades, both developed countries and countries in transition have seen their labour markets...
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Higher education student and staff mobility project

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

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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A systems BIOlogy Study to TAilored Treatment in Chronic Heart Failure (BIOSTAT-CHF)

Start date: Apr 1, 2010, End date: Mar 31, 2015,

Heart failure is common in Europe and its prevalence is increasing as our population ages. Despite major improvements in care since the early 90s, it is still related to a poor prognosis, an impaired quality of life and high health care costs. Many new therapies have failed to improve outcome further. One obvious reason is that the response to treatment is not homogenous. Treatment may need to be ...
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Oxide Materials Towards a Matured Post-silicon Electronics Era (Orama)

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

Orama is on the development of new high performance multifunctional oxide based electronic materials, processable at low temperatures, including flexible substrates that have the potential to catapult the electronics industry into a new era of growth. Orama will develop, analyze and utilize these new materials and techniques to investigate into device concepts highlighting the potential of oxides ...
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INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH EXCHANGE FOR BIOMEDICAL DEVICES DESIGN AND PROTOTYPING (IREBID)

Start date: May 1, 2010, End date: Apr 30, 2014,

"During the last five to ten years, the healthcare sector is increasing its research activity, not only because final terminal cases are looking for solutions, but also diagnosis, treatment and life-long care are becoming ways to reduce costs of health care. Also, doctors and patients are constantly looking for better technologies in products such as orthopedic prosthesis, diagnostics, surgery ins...
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Cooperation Environment For Rapid Design prototyping and New Integration Concepts for Factory of the Future (COPERNICO)

Start date: May 1, 2010, End date: Apr 30, 2014,

In COPERNICO a novel approach is adopted which will look at ALL factors of the production system in a holistic manner (machines, humans, environment) and model the interactions. Particular attention will be paid to factory ramp-up, which is critical for new products and can be a major stumbling block achieving fast time-to-market. We believe that it is only possible to design a virtual manufacturi...
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Novel processing routes for effective sewage sludge management (Routes)

Start date: May 1, 2011, End date: Apr 30, 2014,

The Routes project is addressed to discover new routes in wastewater and sludge treatment which allow:a) to prepare sludge for agricultural utilization by transforming it in a very clean and stabilized product regarding the presence of organic micropollutants (conventional and emerging ones) and of heavy metals, and with respect to hygienic aspects and to phytotoxicity;b) to minimize sludge produc...
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Industrialisation of High-Order Methods – A Top-Down Approach (IDIHOM)

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

"The proposed IDIHOM project is motivated by the increasing demand of the European aerospace industries to advance their CFD-aided design procedure and analysis by using accurate and fast numerical methods, so-called high-order methods. They will be assessed and improved in a top-down approach by utilising industrially relevant complex test cases, so-called application challenges in the general ar...
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Knowledge-based approach to develop a cULTUre of Risk prevention (KULTURisk)

Start date: Jan 1, 2011, End date: Dec 31, 2013,

The extreme consequences of recent catastrophic events have highlighted that risk prevention still needs to be improved to reduce human losses and economic damages. The KULTURisk project aims at developing a culture of risk prevention by means of a comprehensive demonstration of the benefits of prevention measures. The development of a culture of risk prevention requires the improvement of our: a)...
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An integrated assessment methodology to plan local cost-effective air quality policies harmonized with national and European actions. (OPERA)

Start date: Sep 1, 2010, End date: Sep 30, 2013,

Background The introduction of the EU’s Thematic Strategy for air quality (COM 2005 446) and Directive 2008/50/EC on ambient air quality and cleaner air for Europe emphasises the importance of the issue of air quality. Despite the legislation, some regions in Europe produce or maintain pollutant levels that threaten human health and ecosystems. This is ...
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MODERN - MObility, Development and Energy use ReductioN (MODERN)

Start date: Oct 15, 2008, End date: Feb 14, 2013,

The project outlines a bold package of integrated measures in all the cities of the consortium, and covers all the areas required by the CIVITAS PLUS programme. The project shows ambitious goals which will have a substantial impact on the state of the mobility in the cities and a good visibility at the European level, mixing measures with large scale application actions based in existing and comme...
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New production technologies of complex 3D Micro-devices through multiprocess integration of ultra precision engineering techniques (Integ-Micro)

Start date: Oct 1, 2008, End date: Sep 30, 2012,

The proposed project aims at creating new high precision manufacturing technologies to respond cost-effectively and eco-friendly to the mass customization paradigm within the production of complex shape micro parts, embedded systems and miniaturized products at micro/meso-scale level (from 10 to 10.000 micron range). The main objective of Integ-micro is the research and development of new hybrid a...
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Discrimination Norms Enforced and Disrupted by Social Networks: A Research Program Using Simulation and Experiments (0DISCRIMINATION)

Start date: Jan 1, 2010, End date: Aug 31, 2011,

"Recognizable traits (gender, ethnicity, hair color) often provide a basis for negative discrimination, even if there is no statistical basis for differentiation. Still, people act differently towards persons with different traits, as if they had different qualities, for instance with regard to work efficiency. This leads to severe conflicts if discrimination provokes prejudice and stigmatizing th...
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NAnomechanical Screening of Pharmaceutical Entities (NASPE)

Start date: Jan 1, 2009, End date: Jun 30, 2011,

"Microcantilever (MC) biosensors are innovative and versatile micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS). Due to (nano)mechanical transduction of biochemical reactions they allow sensitive, label-free, direct, real-time and multiplexed detection of molecules as well as specific investigations of molecular interactions and conformational changes. NASPE aims at generating the pre-requisites and suppor...
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European initiative to improve knowledge, treatment and survival of haemophagocytic syndromes in children (CureHLH)

Start date: Jun 1, 2008, End date: May 31, 2011,

Haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) is a rare and life-threatening inherited immune disorder of early childhood characterised by an uncontrolled immune response. Three disease causing genes have been identified in about half of the patients. Diagnosis is difficult, pathophysiology poorly understood, and treatment unsatisfactory with about 40% of the children dying from treatment failure or t...
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The Pathophysiology and Natural Course of Patients with Primary Antibody Deficiencies (PAD) (EURO-PADnet)

Start date: May 1, 2008, End date: Apr 30, 2011,

This medium-sized collaborative project will document and monitor the natural course and study the pathophysiology of Primary Antibody Deficiencies (PAD). PADs are rare inborn errors of the immune system with an estimated incidence of
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School Governance to build a Learning Community

Start date: Nov 1, 2010,

School quality and autonomy need a passage from "government" to "governance". It means the staff and stakeholders involvement in planning and implementing school activities. This need is not new: at different extents, all national legislations agree with the European indications. But the gap between rules and purposes on one hand, and actual practices on the other, is often very large. In the next...
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Postgraduate Lymphology Training in Europe

Diseases of the lymphatic vessels have a high incidence but are poorly understood, as they are the subject of little research. The lymphatic system and its diseases are seldom mentioned during the undergraduate medical curriculum. There is also a lack of postgraduate training in lymphology for medical doctors. However, diseases of the lymphatics have a high incidence. In developed countries around...
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