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The role of immune cells in Alzheimer's disease (IMMUNOALZHEIMER)

Start date: Sep 1, 2016, End date: Aug 31, 2021,

"Alzheimer’s disease is the most common form of dementia affecting more than 35 million people worldwide and its prevalence is projected to nearly double every 20 years with tremendous social and economical impact on the society. There is no cure for Alzheimer's disease and current drugs only temporarily improve disease symptoms. Alzheimer's disease is characterized by a progressive deterioration ...
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IMPROVING PHOTOSYNTHETIC SOLAR ENERGY CONVERSION IN MICROALGAL CULTURES FOR THE PRODUCTION OF BIOFUELS AND HIGH VALUE PRODUCTS (SOLENALGAE)

Start date: Mar 1, 2016, End date: Feb 28, 2021,

Solar Energy is the most abundant renewable energy source available for our Planet. Light energy conversion into chemical energy by photosynthetic organisms is indeed the main conversion energy step, which originated high energy containing fossil deposits, now being depleted. By the way, plant or algae biomass may still be used to produce biofuels, as bio-ethanol, bio-diesel and bio-hydrogen. Micr ...
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Scale-up of low-carbon footprint material recovery techniques in existing wastewater treatment plants (SMART-Plant)

Start date: Jun 1, 2016, End date: May 31, 2020,

SMART-Plant will scale-up in real environment eco-innovative and energy-efficient solutions to renovate existing wastewater treatment plants and close the circular value chain by applying low-carbon techniques to recover materials that are otherwise lost. 7+2 pilot systems will be optimized fore > 2 years in real environment in 5 municipal water treatment plants, inclunding also 2 post-processing ...
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Sonic Drilling coupled with Automated Mineralogy and chemistry On-Line-On-Mine-Real-Time (SOLSA)

Start date: Feb 1, 2016, End date: Jan 31, 2020,

"SOLSA is the first automated expert system for on-site cores analysis. With access to data on-line, great savings are expected on the number of drill holes, the accuracy of geo-models and economic evaluation of ore reserves. SOLSA responds perfectly to the need for "New sustainable exploration technologies and geo-models" of SC5-11d-2015. The objective is to “develop new or improved highly effici ...
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Development and application of Novel, Integrated Tools for monitoring and managing Catchments (INTCATCH)

Start date: Jun 1, 2016, End date: Jan 31, 2020,

INTCATCH will instigate a paradigm shift in the monitoring and management of surface water quality that is fit for global waters in the period 2020-2050. INTCATCH will do this by developing efficient, user-friendly water monitoring strategies and systems based on innovative technologies that will provide real time data for important parameters, moving towards SMART Rivers. The business model will ...
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REsources from URban BIo-waSte (RES URBIS)

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

RES URBIS aims at making it possible to convert several types of urban bio-waste into valuable bio-based products, in an integrated single biowaste biorefinery and by using one main technology chain. This goal will be pursued through: - collection and analysis of data on urban bio-waste production and present management systems in four territorial clusters that have been selected in different cou ...
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MRI and Ultrasound Robotic Assisted Biopsy (MURAB)

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

The MURAB project has the ambition to revolutionise the way cancer screening and muscle diseases are researched for patients and has the potential to save lives by early detection and treatment.The project intends to create a new paradigm in which, the precision of great medical imaging modalities like MRI and Ultrasound are combined with the precision of robotics in order to target the right plac ...
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Encouraging Lifelong Learning for an Inclusive and Vibrant Europe (ENLIVEN)

Start date: Oct 1, 2016, End date: Sep 30, 2019,

The ENLIVEN research models how policy interventions in adult education markets can become more effective. Integrating state-of-the-art methodologies and theorisations (e.g. Case-Based Reasoning methodology in artificial intelligence, bounded agency in adult learning), it implements and evaluates an innovative Intelligent Decision Support System to provide a new and more scientific underpinning fo ...
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Time-lapse understanding of the static and human scene and its lighting (SCENEUNDERLIGHT)

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

Europe has a strong position in the fast-growing photonics and lighting industry but has to face the fast technological changes and, most importantly, a demand for larger transfer from research to industrial innovation and application. With the introduction of Solid State Lighting (SSL) new targets of energy efficiency were set and smart lighting technology was boosted.SCENEUNDERLIGHT leverages th ...
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Aging Lungs in European Cohorts (ALEC)

Start date: May 1, 2015, End date: Apr 30, 2019,

This programme of work will advance the understanding of the combined effects of factors that cause poor lung function, respiratory disability and the development of COPD . This will be achieved by examination of determinants of lung growth and lung function decline within existing cohorts that cover the whole life course, and which have followed, in detail, the respiratory health status of over 2 ...
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Advancing the European Multilingual Experience (ATHEME)

Start date: Mar 1, 2014, End date: Feb 28, 2019,

"The project Advancing The European Multilingual Experience (AThEME) takes an integrated approach towards the study of multilingualism in Europe by incorporating and combining linguistic, cognitive and sociological perspectives; by studying multilingualism in Europe at three different levels of societal magnitude, viz. the individual multilingual citizen, the multilingual group, and the multilingu ...
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Perceptual Awareness in the Reorganizing Brain (Perceptual Awareness)

Start date: Mar 1, 2014, End date: Feb 28, 2019,

"The present project aims at casting light on the neural and cognitive reorganization of visual function following unilateral lesion at various levels of the central visual system such as optic tract, optic radiation, primary visual cortex, extrastriate visual areas. In the first part of the project we will employ behavioural as well as brain imaging methods to study the basic neural mechanisms of ...
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Integrative Analysis of Gene Functions in Cellular and Animal Models of Pancreatic Cancer (CAM-PAC)

Start date: Nov 1, 2013, End date: Oct 31, 2018,

Cancers are genetic disease arising from the accumulation of multiple molecular alterations in affected cells. Large-scale genomic, transcriptomic and proteomic analyses have established comprehensive catalogues of molecules which are altered in their structure and/or abundance in malignant tumors as compared to healthy tissues. Far less developed are concepts and methods to integrate data from di ...
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Development and Epilepsy - Strategies for Innovative Research to improve diagnosis, prevention and treatment in children with difficult to treat Epilepsy (DESIRE)

Start date: Oct 1, 2013, End date: Sep 30, 2018,

DESIRE will focus on epileptogenic developmental disorders EDD, i.e. early onset epilepsies whose origin is closely related to developmental brain processes. A major cause of EDD are malformations of cortical development (MCD), either macroscopic or subtle. EDD are often manifested as epileptic encephalopathies (EE), i.e. conditions in which epileptic activity itself may contribute to severe cogni ...
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Multimodal Scanning of Cultural Heritage Assets for their multilayered digitization and preventive conservation via spatiotemporal 4D Reconstruction and 3D Printing (Scan4Reco)

Start date: Oct 1, 2015, End date: Sep 30, 2018,

Scan4Reco will develop a novel portable, integrated and modular solution for customized and thus cost-effective, automatic digitization and analysis of cultural heritage objects (CHOs), even in situ. A multi-sensorial 3D scanning - facilitated by a mechanical arm – will collect multi-spectra data and then, a hierarchical approach for 3D reconstruction of CHOs will be applied, enabling multi-layere ...
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MicroRNAs in the Pathogenesis, Treatment and Prevention of Epilepsy (EPIMIRNA)

Start date: Sep 1, 2013, End date: Aug 31, 2018,

Epilepsy is a major burden for patients and health systems worldwide. It is a common chronic neurological disorder affecting people of all ages, and the shortfall in existing treatments means that 30% of patients continue to suffer uncontrolled seizures. MicroRNAs (miRNA) are a recently-discovered, network-level layer of gene expression regulation that controls protein levels of entire signaling p ...
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The 4th Geneva Convention’s Drafting History as the origin of the Responsibility to Protect (R2P) and Duty to Prevent (D2P). (REQUE 2)

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

The objective of this project is to uncover the source materials of current humanitarian norms (Responsibility to Protect and Duty to Prevent) within the first and most important tool of International Humanitarian Law – the 4th Geneva Convention for the Protection of Civilians (1949). Specifically, this project aims to generate a comprehensive historical and legal account of the drafting process a ...
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Standard method and online tool for assessing and improving the energy efficiency of wastewater treatment plants (ENERWATER)

Start date: Mar 1, 2015, End date: Feb 28, 2018,

Waste Water Treatment Plants (WWTPs) is one of the most expensive public industries in terms of energy requirements accounting for more than 1% of consumption of electricity in Europe. EU Water Framework Directive (WFD) 91/271/CEE made obligatory waste water treatment for cities and towns. Now within the EU-27, the total number of WWTPs is estimated as 22.558, for which we can estimate a total ene ...
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"Comparing policy framework, structure, effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of functional and integrated systems of mental health care" (COFI)

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

"Mental disorders affect 38.2% of the EU population. For reducing the associated burden, countries across Europe engage in costly re-organizations of mental health care systems. Reforms focus on one controversial core question: Should systems be functional or integrated? In functional systems, separate staff in different services are in charge of in- and out-patient care (to enhance specialization ...
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RANDOMIZED EVIDENCE OF PSYCHOSOCIAL INTERVENTIONS IN CHILDREN EXPOSED TO TRAUMATIC EVENTS IN LOW AND MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRIES (CHILD TRAUMA IN LMIC)

Start date: Jun 1, 2014, End date: Nov 1, 2017,

The applicant is a clinical psychologist whose overall research aim is to link the results of primary research to everyday clinical practice in order to guide mental health care professionals to take evidence-based decisions in promoting human wellbeing. To reach this objective it is necessary to synthesize randomized evidence on the effectiveness of clinical interventions using rigorous standards ...
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The immigration of Romanian Roma to Western Europe: Causes, effects, and future engagement strategies (MIGROM)

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

The presence of Roma migrants from Romania on the streets of major western European cities has been the centre of public debates, and regarded by many as a challenge to social integration, law and order, human rights and EU mobility principles. The project will investigate the experiences, motivations, and ambitions of Roma migrants and popular, media and official reactions to Roma immigration. We ...
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The Sociological Aspects of the Management of Intersexuality (INTERSEXIONS)

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

In June 2013, the Foreign Affairs Council of the European Union adopted guidelines to promote and protect the enjoyment of all human rights by sexual minorities, including, for the first time, intersex persons, those who are born with chromosomal, hormonal, and/or anatomic variations, that do not fit the typical definitions of female and male. In March, again for the first time, the United Nations ...
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Immunomodulatory effects of sustained pantethine release in inflammatory diseases (IMPEDE)

Start date: Feb 1, 2016, End date: Jul 31, 2017,

Auto-immune diseases such as multiple sclerosis (MS) and rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and inflammation-associated brain diseases including Alzheimer's disease (AD) globally make up a €45B market and cost society close to €648B. The huge number of patients with these diseases causes an enormous socioeconomic burden. Currently, MS, AD and RA affect 120M people worldwide. There is no cure for AD and tre ...
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DOES IT PROMOTE ECONOMY AND WELL-BEING? THE IMPACT OF TELEWORKING ON ENVIRONMENT AND LABOUR MARKET OUTCOMES (TELE)

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

This project examines the telework effects on environment and labour market outcomes. More specifically, the first aim of the project is to analyse the link between job satisfaction, labour productivity and firm performance. The second aim is to examine the effects of teleworking on labour productivity/job satisfaction and environment (e.g. traffic, air pollution). The final aim of this study is ...
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Comparative Effectiveness research on Psychiatric HOSpitalisation by record LINKage of large administrative data sets (CEPHOS-LINK)

Start date: Apr 1, 2014, End date: Mar 31, 2017,

"Psychiatric services have undergone profound changes over the last decades. Large mental hospitals were downsized or closed and community mental health services set up, in order to move treatment of patients from institutions to the community. However, little is known about the effectiveness of this “de-institutionalisation” approach. In fact, psychiatric hospital admission and re-admission rates ...
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Combining innovation in vineyard management and genetic diversity for a sustainable European viticulture (INNOVINE)

Start date: Jan 1, 2013, End date: Dec 31, 2016,

"The strategic goal of the project is to help the European vineyard sector facing the increasingly global competition by meeting:* Consumer demands for diversified high quality wines and concerns for food safety* Citizens’ requests for environment-friendly production systems involving decreased or no use of pesticides and spare of not renewable natural resources* Producers’ needs of plant material ...
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Generalizing Truth-Functionality (GETFUN)

Start date: Jan 1, 2013, End date: Dec 31, 2016,

The Fregean-inspired Principle of Compositionality of Meaning (PoC), for formal languages, may be construed as asserting that the meaning of a compound expression is deterministically (and often recursively) analysable in terms of the meaning of its constituents, taking into account the mode in which these constituents are combined so as to form the compound expression. From a logical point of vi ...
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Beating Heart

Start date: Sep 1, 2014, End date: Aug 31, 2016,

Intravital microscopy (IVM) methods are enjoying an ever broader acceptance as they can be used to gain insight into cell biology in vivo. Unfortunately, most set-ups use window chambers (e.g. cancer) or isolated organs, all highly artificial model systems which are often not compatible with survival imaging. Because of these caveats, imaging in orthotopic locations is always preferable and can th ...
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Minority politics, social movements and equal rights: the Italian inter-associative LGBT activism (LGBT Act)

Start date: Sep 16, 2013, End date: Sep 15, 2015,

Which sort of politics the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender activism (LGBT) promotes within the context of a country still highly homophobic? Which sort of discourses, collective actions, strategies and dilemma are underlying the emergence and the organisation of LGBT movements within the Italian society’s historical configuration of democracy? These are the questions this research will seek ...
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Tilting theory in derived module categories (TTinDmod)

Start date: Sep 2, 2013, End date: Sep 1, 2015,

Tilting theory is a set of tools and techniques used to compare and relate module categories. The development of the subject has shown wide and deep applications to representation theory, geometry and mathematical physics. The homological and combinatorial nature of these applications has led to a growing number of new approaches in the area. This project brings together some of these approaches i ...
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Molecular mechanisms controlling leukocyte trafficking in the central nervous system (NEUROTRAFFICKING)

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

Multiple sclerosis (MS) and its animal model experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE) represent the prototype of autoimmune chronic inflammatory diseases of the central nervous system (CNS). Migration of activated T cells across the blood-brain barrier represents a critical step in the pathogenesis of MS and EAE, and inhibition of lymphocyte trafficking in the CNS represents a powerful ther ...
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Financing systems’ effects on the Quality of Mental health care in Europe (REFINEMENT)

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

"REFINEMENT will conduct the first ever comparative and comprehensive overview of links between the financing of mental health care in Europe and the outcomes of mental health services. Mental health is a key priority area for Europe, as evidenced by the publication by the European Commission in June 2008 of its European Pact on Mental Health and Wellbeing. Conducted across nine European Countries ...
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North EAst Researchers’ Night - NEAR (NEAR)

Start date: May 1, 2013, End date: Nov 30, 2013,

"The NEAR (Noth EAst Researchers’ Night) project aims to bring the researchers closer to the public at large.The overall concept of the project is based on the idea of researchers as storytellers giving them the unique opportunity to disclose to everybody the benefits of research, but also themselves and their own story. The storytelling will directly involve the public in a creative and informal ...
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Control of Light Use Efficiency in Plants and Algae - From Light to Harvest (HARVEST)

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

"Photoprotection against excess absorbed light energy is an essential and universal attribute of oxygenic photosynthetic organisms. This requirement has been a strong force in the evolution of plants and micro-organisms, and a diverse range of solutions have arisen. It has determined survival, productivity and habitat preference, and it determines the ceiling on the efficiency of energy conversion ...
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BRAIN IRON LEVELS IN CHILDREN WITH ATTENTION-DEFICIT/HYPERACTIVITY DISORDER: AN IMAGING AND NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL STUDY (BRAIN IRON IN ADHD)

Start date: Sep 1, 2010, End date: Aug 31, 2013,

"The applicant is a child psychiatrist whose overall research objective is to understand the etiopathophysiology of common childhood mental disorders in order to identify more effective treatment and preventive strategies. The proposal is designed to provide the applicant with advanced interdisciplinary skills in brain imaging and neurophysiology. This will be necessary for the success of the prop ...
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Valorisation of food waste to biogas (VALORGAS)

Start date: Mar 1, 2010, End date: Aug 31, 2013,

"Food waste constitutes around 20% of the domestic waste stream in the EU, with approximately equal quantities arising from food manufacture and catering outlets: if food wastes from agro- and food industries are included an estimated total of 200 Mtonnes/year is available, at around 30% organic dry matter (ODM). Because of the high water content of this material, energy can only effectively be ga ...
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Advanced Lasers for Photovoltaic INdustrial processing Enhancement (ALPINE)

Start date: Sep 1, 2009, End date: Aug 31, 2012,

The aim of the ALPINE project it to push forward the research and development of fiber laser systems for scribing of PhotoVoltaic (PV) modules. The project consortium will focus on a new high brilliance, high efficiency and premium beam quality laser based on photonic crystal fibers (PCFs). The all-around development cycle comprising of the beam source, beam delivery and manipulation, scribing pro ...
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"""Picturing 'gender'. Visual translation, popularisation and contesting of a key discourse in the New Europe""" ("""PICTURING GENDER""")

Start date: Sep 1, 2009, End date: Aug 31, 2011,

"The interdisciplinary project “Picturing ‘gender’: Visual translation, popularisation and contesting of a key discourse in the New Europe” (PICTURING GENDER) investigates examples of translating and adopting the new philosophical concept “gender” into popular visual culture in various European cultural contexts. Within this larger framework, the project comprises the following specific objectives ...
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