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Lipid antigens in intestinal inflammation and tumor development (IBDlipids)

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

Lipids play crucial roles in metabolism, immunity and cancer. In addition to their function as inflammatory mediators, lipids serve as antigens presented by CD1d and activate a subset of T cells called natural killer T (NKT) cells. While NKT cells are critical for human immunity, their uncontrolled activation contributes to inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), a group of diseases characterized by chr ...
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Delegation of Power to International Organizations and Institutional Empowerment over Time (DELPOWIO)

Start date: Apr 1, 2013, End date: Mar 31, 2018,

In recent decades, there has been a steady increase in the number of international Organizations (IOs). At varying levels states have surrendered some authority to IOs, giving them different levels of institutional empowerment. While in the EU, IMF and World Bank there has been a steadily extension of their competences, in the GATT/WTO-Secretariat, NATO and WHO the degree of delegated authority ha ...
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Highly-Reactive (Regenerative) Phosphorus Building Blocks - New Concepts in Synthesis (SynPhos)

Start date: Mar 1, 2013, End date: Feb 28, 2018,

Fundamental research is key important to allow us to find new, economically and ecologically attractive ways to meet current challenges. The current depletion of available phosphorus resources is a concern. Unlike oil, which is lost once used, phosphorus can be recovered and used over and over again or at least transformed into other compounds of chemical use. The intention of the present research ...
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Controlled Synthesis of Two-Dimensional Nanomaterials for Energy Storage and Conversion (2DMATER)

Start date: Sep 1, 2012, End date: Aug 31, 2017,

"Two-dimensional (2D) nanosheets, which possess a high degree of anisotropy with nanoscale thickness and infinite length in other dimensions, hold enormous promise as a novel class of ultrathin 2D nanomaterials with various unique functionalities and properties, and exhibit great potential in energy storage and conversion systems that are substantially different from their respective 3D bulk forms ...
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Emergent Active Mechanical Behaviour of the Actomyosin Cell Cortex (ACTMECH)

Start date: Dec 1, 2011, End date: Aug 31, 2017,

The cell cortex is a highly dynamic layer of crosslinked actin filaments and myosin molecular motors beneath the cell membrane. It plays a central role in large scale rearrangements that occur inside cells. Many molecular mechanisms contribute to cortex structure and dynamics. However, cell scale physical properties of the cortex are difficult to grasp. This is problematic because for large scale ...
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Design Principles in Late-Gothic Vault Construction - A New Approach Based on Surveys, Reverse Geometric Engineering and a Reinterpretation of the Sources (REGOTHICVAULTDESIGN)

Start date: Feb 1, 2012, End date: Jul 31, 2017,

The project is dealing with the study of the design of Late Gothic vaults by correlating the existing knowledge with surveys performed on existing structures. The aim is to gain a better understanding of how the design of these highly complex structures was performed, searching in particular for a possible connection between geometric design of the vaults, structural design and architectural propo ...
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A Cross Species Approach to Understand the Mechanism and Evolution of Limb Regeneration Capacity (RegenerateAcross)

Start date: Jun 1, 2012, End date: May 31, 2017,

Limb regeneration capacity varies among vertebrates, ranging from full regeneration in salamanders, to stage-restricted premetamorphic regeneration in frogs, to finger-tip regeneration in newborn mice and humans.The molecular and cellular basis for these differences in regeneration ability is not known and it is still unclear if these different regenerative events are tied by some common mechanism ...
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Feeling with Light – Development of a multimodal optofluidic platform for high-content blood cell analysis (LightTouch)

Start date: Feb 1, 2012, End date: Jan 31, 2017,

The reliable characterization of heterogeneous cell populations is a central prerequisite in many areas of medicine, biology, and biotechnology. Conventional techniques used for this purpose are either high-throughput, such as fluorescence-activated cell sorting (FACS), but limited to a small number of parameters or high-content, such as slide-based imaging approaches, which require surface attach ...
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Brazilian-European partnership in Dynamical Systems (BREUDS)

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

"This is a project for a partnership between leading Brazilian and European research groups in dynamical systems, a prominent subject in mathematics. An extensive consortium of European and Brazilian institutions will collaborate to provide world leading critical mass and support for research on the very forefront of the field. Work Packages reflect parallel priorities in the research. Transfer o ...
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Advanced Methods in Building Diagnostics and Maintenance (AMBI)

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

"Buildings consume more than 42 % of the energy in Europe. Efficient building automation systems can reduce their energy consumption of up to 30 %. In order to sustainably archive this goal a continuous commissioning and maintenance of the building automation system is eminent.The proposed project AMBI focuses on the advanced building diagnostics and prognostics, enhanced by virtual sensors and th ...
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Asymptotics of Operator Semigroups (AOS)

Start date: Nov 1, 2012, End date: Oct 31, 2016,

"The theory of asymptotic behaviour of operator semigroups is a comparatively new field serving as a common denominator for many other areasof mathematics, such as for instance the theory of partial differential equations, complex analysis, harmonic analysis and topology.The primary interest in the study of asymptotic properties of strongly continuous operator semi-groups comes from the fact that ...
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DNA based nanometry: Exploring chromatin structure and molecular motors (DNAmetry)

Start date: Jan 1, 2011, End date: Oct 31, 2016,

DNA metabolism is governed by a delicate balance between compacting the stored genetic information while simultaneously ensuring a highly dynamically access to it. This interdisciplinary project aims (i) to understand the mechanics and dynamics of chromatin as well as the mechanism of enzymes involved in DNA metabolism on a molecular level and (ii) to develop new nanometric tools based on optical ...
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Citizen Observatory Web (COBWEB)

Start date: Nov 1, 2012, End date: Oct 31, 2016,

COBWEB will leverage the UNESCO World Network of Biosphere Reserves (WNBR). Concentrating initially on the Welsh Dyfi Biosphere Reserve, we will develop a citizens’ observatory framework, and then validate the work within the context of the UK National Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI) and internationally, within the WNBR; specifically, within Greek and German Reserves. The infrastructure we devel ...
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Endothelial homeostasis and dysfunction in metabolic-vascular retina disease: The role of endothelial cell-intrinsic and endothelial cell extrinsic inflammatory pathways (ENDHOMRET)

Start date: Nov 1, 2011, End date: Oct 31, 2016,

Diabetic retinopathy (DR) is a major cause of blindness in adults and the underlying pathophysiology includes endothelial dysfunction. Endothelial dysfunction is a perturbation of endothelial homeostasis including changes in endothelial barrier integrity, alterations of the endothelial cell surface, which becomes proinflammatory and mediates increased leukocyte adhesion and changes in endothelial ...
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Geometry and Analysis of Group Rings (GeomAnGroup)

Start date: Oct 1, 2011, End date: Sep 30, 2016,

Eversince, the study of discrete groups and their group rings has attracted researchers from variousmathematical branches and led to beautiful results with proofs involving fields such as number theory,combinatorics and analysis. The basic object of study is the structure of the group G itself, i.e. its subgroups, quotients, etc. and properties of the group ring kG with coefficients in a field k.R ...
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New Organic Semiconductor Device Concepts (NUDEV)

Start date: Apr 1, 2011, End date: Sep 30, 2016,

The goal of the present project is to investigate novel device concepts based on organic semiconductor materials: the number of device principles is still rather small for organic devices and many concepts are not explored. The concept of controlled molecular doping successfully introduced to optoelectronic devices will be used here to achieve Fermi level control and well-defined junctions. Pref ...
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Global solar spectrum harvesting through highly efficient photovoltaic and thermoelectric integrated cells (GLOBASOL)

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

GLOBASOL will develop new concepts, materials and devices for advanced light harvesting and light management for a panchromatic collection of the solar energy and an unprecedented power conversion efficiency. This will be accomplished by integrating in a single device three light-to-electricity converters, exploiting different regions of the solar spectrum based on sensitized mesoscopic solar cell ...
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High-throughput real-time characterisation of cell-mechanical properties (FastTouch)

Start date: Jul 1, 2014, End date: Dec 31, 2015,

We aim to commercialise a new, patent-protected concept to measure mechanical properties of biological cells with flow-cytometer-level throughput and establish its standard application in modern drug development and medical diagnostics. Mechanical properties have recently proven to be a physiologically relevant indicator to determine the state, function and type of biological cells. Analysing mech ...
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Protein Friction of Molecular Machines: Nanomechanics with Optical Tweezers (NANOMECH)

Start date: Dec 1, 2010, End date: Nov 30, 2015,

Molecular machines---assemblies of macromolecules, often fueled by nucleotide hydrolysis---are fascinating devices and crucial for driving self-organization in cells. While protein components of many biological machines have been identified, and in many cases their structures have been solved, the mechanical principles that govern the operation of biological machines are poorly understood. For exa ...
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Biomolecular Motor Systems: From Cellular Function to Nanotechnological Applications (NANOTRANS)

Start date: Nov 1, 2009, End date: Oct 31, 2015,

This interdisciplinary project aims (i) to understand intracellular transport processes on a molecular level using novel nano-optical imaging tools and (ii) to use the insight from cellular systems to operate biomolecular motor systems in engineered environments for the fulfillment of complex nanotechnological tasks. Building on experience in optical microscopy and single molecule biophysics the r ...
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Mobility between Europe and Argentina applying Logics to Systems (MEALS)

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

Computing systems are getting ever more ubiquitous, making usdependent on their proper functioning. Therefore we require that theyare correct (i.e. they conform their intended behavior), safe (i.e.itsoperation does not have catastrophic consequences), reliable,available to provide the intended service, and secure (i.e., no userwithout appropriate clearance can access or modify protected data).Guar ...
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Exchange of Experience on the Preservation of Historic and Old Water Masonry Structures (OLDMASONRYREPAIR)

Start date: May 1, 2011, End date: Apr 30, 2015,

In Egypt, other African, Arabic countries and some European countries there are hundreds of old water masonry structures that are in bad need of preservation and maintenance. These structures are suffering from several problems, salinity attack, cracks and other difficulties. It is very important to preserve these structures because millions of people depend on them to regulate and distribute wat ...
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Attention and Emotion in Decision Making (AED)

Start date: Feb 1, 2012, End date: Aug 2, 2014,

"The general research question concerns directions of attention, how it relates to perceptions of valence and emotional intensity, and its consequences for decision making. The common idea is that people perceive direction of attention and that this affects the valence of the target and the emotional intensity experienced toward the target. This can be based on self perception of directing attent ...
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Glottalizations in German and Czech English (GeCzEnGlott)

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

The aims of this project are to analyse:1) the extent of glottalization before word-initial vowels in German English productions and compare results with Czech English and British English productions,2) the influence of glottalizations on word-recognition by Germans in comparison to Czech and native English subjects,3) the influence of glottalizations on the perception of foreign accent by native ...
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Computational Geometry for efficient Motion Design by implementation through mechanisms (COMMEC)

Start date: Mar 1, 2012, End date: Feb 28, 2014,

"The research of the project proposed focuses on Mechanism Design in its interdependence to Motion Design with regard to spatial motion problems occurring in Solid Mechanics. That is, the design of motions interpolating a sequence of positions of a spatial system will be combined with the design of suitable mechanisms which can guide these positions.In engineering practice, one has to decide wheth ...
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Integrated Design for Efficient Advanced Liquefaction of Hydrogen (IDEALHY)

Start date: Nov 1, 2011, End date: Oct 31, 2013,

"Hydrogen is an important energy carrier as a viable future clean transport fuel. H2-fuelled vehicles are affordable, infrastructure investments are manageable and H2 and electric mobility are required to meet future CO2 emission targets. Plans are made to implement H2-refuelling infrastructure in Germany followed by roll-out over Europe by 2015. Logistically, liquid H2 appears the only viable opt ...
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Earth Observation and ENVironmental modelling for the mitigation of HEAlth risks (EO2HEAVEN)

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

EO2HEAVEN contributes to a better understanding of the complex relationships between environmental changes and their impact on human health. The project will monitor changes induced by human activities, with emphasis on atmospheric, river, lake and coastal marine pollution. EO2HEAVEN will follow a multidisciplinary and user-driven approach involving public health stakeholders who will work closely ...
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Impact Loads on Concrete Structures (Impact Loads)

Start date: Sep 1, 2010, End date: Aug 31, 2012,

This proposal is devoted to the investigation of impact loads on concrete structures. The design and dimensioning of concrete structures as redundant building structures, containments and other protection systems is a fundamental part of the present safety and reliability research. The clear knowledge of the various impact loads and of the interaction of those loads with reinforced or pre-stressed ...
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Privacy and Identity Management in Europe for Life (PrimeLife)

Start date: Mar 1, 2008, End date: Jun 30, 2011,

Individuals in the Information Society want to protect their autonomy and retain control over personal information, irrespective of their activities. Information technologies hardly consider those requirements, thereby putting the privacy of the citizen at risk. Today, the increasingly collaborative character of the Internet enables anyone to compose service and contribute and distribute informat ...
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