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Using Galaxy Surveys to Understand the Dark Universe (Darksurvey)

Start date: Jun 1, 2014, End date: May 31, 2019,

Galaxy Surveys are a key resource for observational cosmology, with the potential to provide the answers to many fundamental questions in modern physics. The Darksurvey project will use the Dark Energy Survey (DES) and extended-Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey (eBOSS) within which Will Percival has key leadership positions, and future projects including MS-DESI to measure the cosmological e ...
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Development of Robot-Enhanced therapy for children with AutisM spectrum disorders (DREAM)

Start date: Apr 1, 2014, End date: Sep 30, 2018,

In clinical interventions, skill transfer from therapist to children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) benefits from the inclusion of expressive artefacts such as puppets and animated characters. Well-designed robotic agents have proven to be particularly effective and are becoming an increasingly important tool for mediating between therapists and ASD children in robot-assisted therapy (RAT). ...
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Hydro-fracture in the laboratory: matching diagnostic seismic signals to fracture networks via new rock physics experiments (FRACSEIS)

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

"Fluids are a ubiquitous element of the Earth system, whether shallow aquifers, deeper crustal fluids (meteoric water, hydrothermal fluid and hydrocarbons), or deep fluids implicated in subduction zones via dehydration reactions. However, our understanding of the stresses imparted by fluids in the shallow crust (2 km) and how these over-pressurize the surrounding rock via the process of hydrofract ...
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European Archival Records and Knowledge Preservation (E-ARK)

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

The goal of the E-ARK Project is to pilot archival services to keep records authentic and usable based on current best-practices. These will address the three main endeavours of an archive – acquiring, preserving and enabling re-use of information. E-ARK will demonstrate the potential benefits for public administrations, public agencies, public services, citizens and business by providing easy and ...
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Networks and Narratives: The Transnational Community of European Studies 1957-2004 (ESNETNARR)

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

Challenges to elite accounts of European integration are central to the current EU crisis. It is therefore vital to understand how European elites construct these ‘narratives’. The proposed research will examine the transnational community of European Studies (ES) since 1957, as it had a crucial role in shaping these narratives. It will ask how the position of scholars within this network affected ...
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Evolution of Tolerance to an Anti-Androgen (ETAA)

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

"The research outlined in this proposal investigates the potential for exposure to endocrine active chemicals (EACs) to influence evolutionary processes within fish populations. The EACs are globally recognised as a prevalent group of environmental contaminants that are known to induce reproductive abnormalities in a range of vertebrates. Although the impact of exposure to these chemicals is well ...
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Low Emission AntiFouling coatings based on the novel discovered post settlement penetration triggered antifouling (LEAF)

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

"Marine biofouling can be defined as the colonization of man-made surfaces in seawater by microscopic and macroscopic organisms. This phenomenon can result in great loss of function and effectiveness both for cruising ships and for static constructions. Of special concern is the negative effects of hard foulers such as barnacles, which cause [1]: (i) increased drag resistance resulting in up to 40 ...
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Metagenomic Analysis of Microbial Communities Involved in Wood Degradation in a Xylophagic Catfish (METAXYLO)

Start date: Mar 1, 2011, End date: Feb 28, 2015,

"Microbes play an essential role in the global cycling of carbon and nitrogen, but, many of the microorganisms involved in these biogeochemical cycles are, as yet, unculturable using traditional microbiological methods. Thus, essential microbial interactions and biochemical processes contributing to these cycles await discovery. Application of molecular tools can overcome limitations of non-cult ...
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Towards an Embodied Science of InterSubjectivity (TESIS)

Start date: Mar 1, 2011, End date: Feb 28, 2015,

TESIS, “Towards an Embodied Science of InterSubjectivity”, is an integrated ITN programme to investigate the foundations of human sociality. It brings together the complementary expertise of 13 European research institutes, clinical centres and private enterprises that span the biomedical sciences and the humanities. Thus, TESIS provides critical mass in the fields of philosophy, cognitive neurosc ...
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Universal microarrays for the evaluation of fresh-water quality based on detection of pathogens and their toxins (ΜΑQUΑ)

Start date: Mar 1, 2011, End date: Nov 30, 2014,

Monitoring the quality of drinking water is of paramount importance for public health. “Water is not a commercial product but a heritage that must be protected, defended and treated as such” (Water Framework Directive 2000/60/EC). The threat of waterborne diseases in Europe will predictably increase in the future as the human population increases and as a result of globalization and migration from ...
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Mining for Metals in a Massive Spectroscopic Survey of the Intergalactic Medium (MINE BOSS)

Start date: Sep 19, 2012, End date: Sep 18, 2014,

"The researcher has demonstrated excellence in developing new techniques for detecting, measuring and modelling the intergalactic medium (IGM) and its relation to galaxy formation. He has been particularly focussed on recent incarnations of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS-II & -III) and is a key member of the team using observations of the IGM in a massive spectroscopic survey of the distant un ...
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INNOVATIVE REARING AND STUNNING OF FARMED TURBOT AND SOLE TO MEET FUTURE CHALLENGES REGARDING QUALITY OF PRODUCTION AND ANIMAL WELFARE (MAXIMUS)

Start date: Jan 1, 2012, End date: Jun 30, 2014,

Turbot (Scophthalmus maximus) is identified as one of the most promising candidates for marine aquaculture in Europe, with several characteristics that make it an interesting species for commercial growers and European consumers. The species has tremendous potential as an aquaculture species but many of its attributes are currently unexploited utilize. European production of turbot has been increa ...
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Measuring Dark Energy Properties Using Galaxy Surveys (MDEPUGS)

Start date: Oct 1, 2008, End date: Mar 31, 2014,

"Observations have shown that the expansion of the Universe is accelerating. At present, there is no physically motivated model to explain this, directly demonstrating that current theories of fundamental particles and gravity are either incorrect or incomplete. Understanding this phenomenon is consequently one of the most important outstanding problems in the whole of science. Perhaps the simples ...
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Sea Border Surveillance (SeaBILLA)

Start date: Jun 1, 2010, End date: Feb 28, 2014,

The SeaBILLA proposal aims to 1) define the architecture for cost-effective European Sea Border Surveillance systems, integrating space, land, sea and air assets, including legacy systems; 2) apply advanced technological solutions to increase performances of surveillance functions; 3) develop and demonstrate significant improvements in detection, tracking, identification and automated behaviour an ...
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Modified Gravity as an Alternative to Dark Energy (MGATDE)

Start date: Oct 1, 2008, End date: Sep 30, 2013,

Modified Gravity as an Alternative to Dark Energy
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Innovative Techniques and Models to Study Glia-Neuron Interactions (EdU-GLIA)

Start date: Sep 15, 2009, End date: Sep 14, 2013,

It became evident over the last 20 years that glial cells are involved in virtually every aspect of nervous system function. Neurons and glia exchange chemical signals that are essential for the normal function of the nervous system, and are crucial in disease. Recently it was discovered that glial cells also act as neural stem cells both in early development and adulthood, and in synapse formatio ...
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Initial training network on biocorrosion (BIOCOR ITN)

Start date: Sep 1, 2009, End date: Aug 31, 2013,

"Any material in contact with water or moisture during its life-cycle is rapidly colonised by microbial species which can be the source of severe deterioration processes, such as microbially influenced corrosion (MIC), also called biocorrosion. The annual direct and derived costs of corrosion are estimated to be around 4% of the GNP of developed countries, of which 10-20% are related to biocorrosi ...
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Keeping Emulation Environments Portable (KEEP)

Start date: Feb 1, 2009, End date: Feb 29, 2012,

Description KEEP creates portable emulators enabling access to and use of digital objects stored on outdated media. The technology is being tested on early computer games.KEEP is developing an Emulation Access Platform enabling the accurate rendering of objects produced on obsolete machines, so that they can be securely accessed in the lo ...
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Judgement and Knowledge in Fisheries including Stakeholders (JAKFISH)

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

"The project will investigate how different actors in the marine sector, including fisheries, make use of scientific knowledge, how the roles that scientists play help formulate policies and how governance approaches can be developed which enable policy decisions to address uncertainty and complexity based on research and with the participation of stakeholders. The project will collect and build o ...
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Investigating sRNAs as the master on/off switch of Vibrio cholerae virulence (VCSRNAHV)

Start date: Oct 1, 2009, End date: Sep 30, 2011,

"Cholera is a severe diarrhoeal disease caused by the bacterium Vibrio cholerae and is responsible for thousands of deaths worldwide every year. The current treatment is oral rehydration therapy combined with antibiotics. However, with antibiotic resistance on the rise, new antimicrobial strategies are needed to combat the disease. An attractive antimicrobial approach is to inhibit functions that ...
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Volatility forecasting evaluation based on loss function with well-defined multivariate distributional form and ultra-high frequency datasets (UHF_M_Modelling)

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

Predicting volatility is of great importance in pricing financial derivatives, selecting portfolios, measuring and managing investment risk more accurately. Since 1980 volatility forecasting is based on day by day datasets. However, the last decade, the use of ultra-high frequency datasets provided more accurate volatility forecasts. In the case where we are interested in evaluating a method’s for ...
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