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Bridging the Spatial and Temporal Gaps in Threatened Oak Habitats (LIFE BTG)

Start date: Oct 3, 2016, End date: Sep 30, 2022,

Background Poor maintenance and a complete lack of management have led to a decline in the conservation status of Fennoscandian wooded pastures and meadow habitats (listed in Annex I of the EU Habitats Directive). The same problem is occurring in other rare deciduous forest habitats, such as oak and natural old broad-leaved forests. Some sites have been ...
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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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Coordination of European Transnational Research in Organic Food and Farming Systems (CORE ORGANIC PLUS)

Start date: Dec 1, 2013, End date: Nov 30, 2018,

Organic agriculture is considered to be one of the important development pathways for improving agriculture’s relation with the environment while at the same time ensuring food safety and future food security. This role is dependent on continuous research and innovation.CORE Organic Plus will continue, update and consolidate the series of transnational research calls which support a focused and co ...
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Examining the Boundaries of Embodiment (ExamBoundEmbod)

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

The proposed research program is designed to investigate the embodied mechanisms that ground cognition, in first (L1)and second (L2) language. We suggest that different languages shape our thinking, perceiving and feeling of the world.More importantly, they are grounded differently. We argue that whereas L1 is embodied, this is not the case for L2, or atleast not to the same degree. The proposed e ...
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WATER AND ENERGY ADVANCED MANAGEMENT FOR IRRIGATION (WEAM4I)

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

Agriculture sector is accountable for 30% of the total water consumption in Europe, but reaches up to 70% of total water consumption in several European southern countries. In recent years, most of the efforts have been focused on water efficiency, without taking care of energy aspects, resulting in some cases on a significant increase in energy consumption, both per irrigated surface and per volu ...
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Curriculum Quality Analysis and Impact Review of European ECEC (CARE)

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

"In line with the EU strategies for 2020 and the need for a systemic and integrated approach to Early Childhood education and Care (ECEC), the project identifies eight key issues and questions for which effective policy measures and instruments should be developed. They concern assessing the impact of ECEC, optimizing quality and curricula for ECEC to increase effectiveness, raising the professio ...
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Sketching Audio Technologies using Vocalizations and Gestures (SkAT-VG)

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

Sketching is at the root of any design activity. In visual design, hand and pencil are still the primary tools used to produce a large variety of initial concepts in a very short time. However, in product and media design the sonic behavior of objects is also of primary importance, as sounds may afford seamless and aesthetically pleasing interactions. But how might one sketch the auditory aspects ...
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Cooperative dynamic formation of platoons for safe and energy-optimized goods transportation (COMPANION)

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

The objective of the project is to develop co-operative mobility technologies for supervised vehicle platooning, in order to improve fuel efficiency and safety for goods transport. The potential social and environmental benefits inducted by heavy-duty vehicle platoons (or road trains) have been largely proven. However, until now, the creation, coordination, and operation of such platoons have been ...
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RetroKit - Toolboxes for systemic retrofitting (RETROKIT)

Start date: Sep 1, 2012, End date: Aug 31, 2016,

RetroKit will develop and demonstrate multifunctional, modular, low cost and easy to install prefabricated modules, integrating efficient energy use systems and RES for systemic retrofitting of residential buildings. Aiming at external retrofitting concepts with an integration of internal renovation aspects, semi-prefabricated technological solutions will be clustered in a “RetroKit Toolbox” supp ...
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A new therapeutic antibody with a personalised medicine approach in cardiovascular disease (CARDIMMUN)

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

"The project, CARDIMMUN, aims to pursue development of the scientific findings from the FP6 project CVDImmune. Based on our patented discovery, that low levels of anti-PC (phosphorylcholine) indicate risk for future development of cardiovascular disease, we have developed both a diagnostic test (a marker to identify cardiovascular disease patients that are at high risk of secondary events) and a c ...
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Spoken Dialogue Analytics (SpeDial)

Start date: Dec 1, 2013, End date: Nov 30, 2015,

The speech services industry has been growing both for telephony applications and, recently, also for smartphones (e.g., Siri). Despite recent progress in spoken dialogue system (SDS) technologies the development cycle of speech services still requires significant effort and expertise. A significant portion of this effort is geared towards the development of the domain semantics and associated gra ...
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Changing Permafrost in the Arctic and its Global Effects in the 21st Century (PAGE21)

Start date: Nov 1, 2011, End date: Oct 31, 2015,

Permafrost is defined as ground that remains continuously at or below 0°C for at least two consecutive years; some 24% of the land surface in the northern Hemisphere is classified as permafrost. In the Northern high latitudes, strong warming has been observed over the recent decades, and climate models project strong future warming. A projected decline in the extent of permafrost will have a major ...
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Global Strategic Alliances for the Coordination of Research on the Major Infectious Diseases of Animals and Zoonoses (STAR-IDAZ)

Start date: Feb 1, 2011, End date: Jan 31, 2015,

Animal diseases can cause serious social, economic and environmental damage and in some cases also threaten human health. An increasing number of the major disease problems or threats faced by the livestock industry and zoonoses are of a global nature. The overall aim of the global strategic alliances for the coordination of research on the major infectious diseases of animals is to improve coordi ...
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Non-Equilibrium Social Science in ICT and Economics (NESS)

Start date: Nov 1, 2011, End date: Dec 31, 2014,

Traditional economics uses models that assume limited interaction between agents, simplistic behavioural assumptions and equilibrium analysis. Yet economies and social systems are often strongly correlated, heterogeneous and far from equilibrium hence traditional approaches do not provide the tools to understand, model or design systems in rapid change. The current financial and world order consti ...
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Chemical Bioanalysis (CHEBANA)

Start date: Dec 1, 2010, End date: Nov 30, 2014,

Chemical Bioanalysis aims for retrieving selective information out of complex biological systems. Sensors, probes and devices are the future tools of medicinal diagnostics, environmental monitoring, food analysis and molecular biology. The ITN CHEBANA provides interdisciplinary research training for early stage and experienced researchers and focuses on the most important techniques in the field. ...
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Coordination of European Research on ICT and Robotics in Agriculture and Related Environmental Issues (ICT-AGRI)

Start date: May 1, 2009, End date: Sep 30, 2014,

This horizontal ERA-NET proposal is cutting across several themes in the Cooperation Programme: Theme 2 (Food, Agriculture and Fisheries, and Biotechnology), Theme 3 (Information and Communication Technologies) and Theme 6 (Environment including Climate Change). The overall strategic objective - also beyond the time frame of the ERA-NET proposal - is a contribution to increase quality, effectivene ...
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"MAINtenance, renewaL and Improvement of rail transport iNfrastructure to reduce Economic and environmental impacts" (MAINLINE)

Start date: Oct 1, 2011, End date: Sep 30, 2014,

"Growth in demand for rail transportation across Europe is predicted to continue. Much of this growth will have to be accommodated on existing lines that contain old infrastructure. This demand will increase both the rate of deterioration of these elderly assets and the need for shorter line closures for maintenance or renewal interventions. However, interventions on elderly infrastructure will al ...
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Novel characterization of crop wild relative and landrace resources as a basis for improved crop breeding (PGR Secure)

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

The goal of agrobiodiversity conservation, unlike other forms of conservation, is not only the conservation of species and intra-specific genetic diversity related to agriculture, but also to promote its sustainable use in facilitating agricultural production. Although significant progress has been made in the conservation and management of plant genetic resources for food and agriculture (PGRFA) ...
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Changing Glaciers: Enhancing International Research Capacity and Learning Collaboration in Reconstructing the Impacts of Glacier Responses to Climate Change (Changing Glaciers)

Start date: Jul 26, 2013, End date: Jul 25, 2014,

Climate change over both geological and human timescales has an immense impact on Earth environments. Changes in mountain glaciers provide both a particularly sensitive indicator of local-to-regional patterns of climate change and are crucial for water resources and natural hazards in mountainous regions and adjacent lowlands. An international research project, led by Professor Stroeven at Stockh ...
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Facing sustainability: new relationships between rural areas and agriculture in Europe (RURAGRI)

Start date: Oct 1, 2009, End date: Mar 31, 2014,

RURAGRI aims to improve coordination between on-going and future European, national and regional research programmes dealing with the new relationships between rural areas and agriculture in Europe and the challenge of sustainability. While the challenges and issues are mostly common, and despite of the historical coordination at the EU level for agricultural and rural development policies, resear ...
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"Agile MIMO Systems for Communications, Biomedicine, and Defense" (AMIMOS)

Start date: Jan 1, 2009, End date: Dec 31, 2013,

"This proposal targets the emerging frontier research field of multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) systems along with several innovative and somewhat unconventional applications of such systems. The use of arrays of transmitters and receivers will have a profound impact on future medical imaging/therapy systems, radar systems, and radio communication networks. Multiple transmitters provide a tre ...
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OPEN HOUSE - Benchmarking and mainstreaming building sustainability on the EU based on transparency and openness (open source and availability) from model to implementation (OPEN HOUSE)

Start date: Feb 1, 2010, End date: Jul 31, 2013,

The overall objective of OPEN HOUSE is to develop and to implement a common European transparent building assessment methodology, complementing the existing ones, for planning and constructing sustainable buildings by means of an open approach and technical platform. OPEN HOUSE will develop a transparent approach able to emerge collectively in an open way across the EU. This approach will be commu ...
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Connect to All (C2A)

Start date: Aug 31, 2008, End date: Feb 27, 2013,

The project develops an intelligent interconnection system between embedded hybrid equipments for the transport and logistics sector, by taking advantage of the complementarities of two competence centres, thus paving the way for the development of new innovating services for both sectors. The companies in the cross-border area benefit from a coherent and global service offer in Information and Co ...
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Stochastic Mortality and the Dispersion of Subjective Estimates of Survival Probabilities – Evidence from 11 European Countries (DISPERSION)

Start date: Oct 1, 2010, End date: Sep 30, 2012,

"Recently, the analysis of stochastic processes for mortality change have gained considerable interest in insurance and finance research. This project aims at assessing how stochastic mortality is really perceived by individuals. Stochastic mortality, or aggregate mortality risk, refers to the fact that future mortality rates are uncertain. Uncertainty arises from the fact that the drivers behind ...
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"FEM-RBF: A geometrically flexible, efficient numerical solution technique for partial differential equations with mixed regularity" (FEMRBF)

Start date: Jun 1, 2010, End date: Jun 30, 2012,

"Numerical simulation has become one of the most important tools in science and engineering. The available computer power has been steadily increasing, making it possible to do ever more complex simulations. However, in order to make efficient use of our computers, the state-of-the-art numerical algorithms must also be advanced to a similar degree. In this project, we propose a new hybrid techniqu ...
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Green Advanced Space Propulsion (GRASP)

Start date: Dec 1, 2008, End date: Nov 30, 2011,

"Space activities and applications play an important role in strengthening the competitiveness of Europe by scientific progress in the knowledge-based society, and by providing strategic influence and security. Major successful space missions under European leadership have placed ESA and its Member States, the European science community at the forefront. To continue this path Europe must have inde ...
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Autonomous maritime surveillance system (AMASS)

Start date: Mar 1, 2008, End date: Aug 31, 2011,

"The Autonomous Maritime Surveillance System (AMASS) will be for the observation and security of wide critical maritime areas in order to reduce actual and potential illegal immigration and the trafficking of drugs, weapons and illicit substances. The surveillance system will consist of autonomous, unmanned surveillance buoys with active and passive sensors, the key sensors being un-cooled thermal ...
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Converting Wastes into Secondary Raw Materials : an innovative method for material recycling of underground cable and condenses containing oil (Waste Reduction)

Start date: Nov 1, 2004, End date: Nov 1, 2006,

Background There is a hidden environmental cost to Europe’s huge need for electricity. Particularly in cities, power is provided through underground cables and uses oil-containing condensers. Scrap condensers and cables are a growing environmental problem due to lack of effective methods for separating components. These components include a mixture of ...
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