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Collaborative European NeuroTrauma Effectiveness Research in TBI (CENTER-TBI)

Start date: Oct 1, 2013, End date: Mar 31, 2020,

Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) is a major cause of death and disability, leading to great personal suffering to victim and relatives, as well as huge direct and indirect costs to society. Strong ethical, medical, social and health economic reasons therefore exist for improving treatment. The CENTER-TBI project will collect a prospective, contemporary, highly granular, observational dataset of 5400 p ...
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Responsible Research and Innovation in Business and Industry in the Domain of ICT for, Health, Demographic Change and Wellbeing (RESPONSIBLE-INDUSTRY)

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

The Responsible-Industry project will design an Exemplar Implementation Plan of RRI in Industry to demonstrate how industry can work productively together with societal actors and integrate principles and methodologies of Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) into research and innovation processes. To achieve maximum impact where it is most needed, the implementation plan will focus on the gra ...
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VPH Dementia Research Enabled by IT (VPH-DARE@IT)

Start date: Apr 1, 2013, End date: Mar 31, 2017,

The DementiA Research Enabled by IT project responds to the European Parliament's 2011 resolution for a European Initiative on Alzheimer's disease and other dementias, and the EU Year of the Brain 2014 Initiative. It delivers the first patient-specific predictive models for early differential diagnosis of dementias and their evolution. Its mechanistic/phenomenological models of the ageing brain ac ...
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VPH based predictive model for oral cancer reoccurrence in the clinical practice (OraMod)

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

Description OraMod project: Helping clinicians predict oral cavity cancer reoccurrenceGenomic markers and computer models can predict the reoccurance of oral cavity cancer. But these innovative diagnostic technologies are currently stuck in labs and are not being used by clinicians in hospitals. The EU-funded project OraMod, led by the Un ...
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Efficient Systems and Propulsion for Small Aircraft (ESPOSA)

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

The ESPOSA project will develop and integrate novel design and manufacture technologies for a range of small gas turbine engines up to approx. 1000 kW to provide aircraft manufacturers with better choice of modern propulsion units. It will also deal with engine related systems which contribute to the overall propulsion unit efficiency, safety and pilot workload reduction. Through the newly develop ...
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The DECIPHER Project (Distributed European Community Individual Patient Healthcare Electronic Record) (DECIPHER)

Start date: Feb 1, 2012, End date: May 31, 2016,

Description The DECIPHER project wants to enable secure cross-border mobile access to existing patient healthcare portals which are individually supported by national (governmental) bodies. DECIPHER will deploy Pre-commercial Procurement (PCP) to create step-change innovations in mobile patient ICTs. Using electronic patient records as the k ...
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ASSET: Analysing and Striking the Sensitivities of Embryonal Tumours (ASSET)

Start date: Nov 1, 2010, End date: Apr 30, 2016,

Cancer is hallmarked by multiple genetic aberrations that lead to a functional derangement of cellular signalling networks. Embryonal tumours (ETs) comprising neuroblastoma, medulloblastoma and Ewing sarcoma, occur early in life, and thus may reveal pathogenetically relevant lesions clearer than adulthood tumours which carry passenger mutations accumulated during life. ASSET will exploit this fact ...
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Roadmap for Research and Innovation in Health Technology (ITECH)

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

Research and innovation in Health Technologies continuously deliver new products, devices and services. The “idea to market” process is complex due to multiple actors, institutional bodies and operators. The ITECH project aims at defining a strategy plan in Health Technologies to contribute to the Horizon 2020 Common EU Strategic Framework for Research and Innovation. The Support Action will gathe ...
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Governance of REsponsible innovATion (GREAT)

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

The GREAT project will develop an empirically based and theoretically sound model of the role of responsible research and innovation governance. The project will explore the dynamics of participation in research and innovation, and investigate the characteristics of responsible practices. It will investigate the nature of new partnerships among various stakeholders, researchers and policymakers th ...
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Protein Binders for Characterisation of Human Proteome Function: Generation, Validation, Application (AFFINOMICS)

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

The Affinomics programme aims to leverage existing efforts in Europe to generate large-scale resources of validated protein-binding molecules (‘binders’) as affinity reagents for characterisation of the human proteome and to apply them in comprehensive structural and functional analyses of protein expression, interactions and complexes. Proteome targets will be focused on five categories of inter- ...
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Intelligent Context-Aware Systems for Healthcare, Wellness, and Assisted Living (iCareNet)

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

Context awareness has the potential to revolutionise the way people interact with information technology. Whereas conventional computers merely interpret explicit user input, context-aware systems analyse and automatically respond upon users’ behaviour and situation he/she is in. This enables electronic systems to assist users in situations in which the use of conventional computers and mobile d ...
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Diagnosing Parkinson’s Disease by neuromuscular function evaluation (DIPAR)

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

MANUS Neurodynamica, a high-tech startup based in the North East of England has developed a novel system to detect and characterize the earliest changes in the neuromuscular system associated with the onset of Parkinson’s disease. This illness, which affects 5 citizens in every 1000 over the age of 60, is chronic, degenerative and currently incurable. Although there are promising therapies on the ...
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Evidence based Diagnostic and Treatment Planning Solution for Traumatic Brain Injuries (TBIcare)

Start date: Feb 1, 2011, End date: Jul 31, 2014,

Description Traumatic brain injury (TBI) occurs when a sudden trauma causes damage to the brain – it is a major health problem and the most common cause of permanent disability in people under the age of 40 years. Yearly cost from TBI in Europe exceeds 100 billion euros. Recent statistics show a steep increase in the incidence of TBIs, with ...
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Research in new biomass-based composites from renewable resources with improved properties for vehicle parts moulding (ECOplast)

Start date: Jun 1, 2010, End date: May 31, 2014,

The main objective of the project is the development of new biomass-based composites validated for the automotive industry by means of the adaptation of base biopolymers and the generation of new ones, using innovative treatments for fibre reinforcements and the additivation of the base polymer with novel fillers and nanofillers. The principal research line will be focused on the adaptation of ava ...
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New high-quality mined nanomaterials mass produced for plastic and wood-plastic nanocomposites (MINANO)

Start date: Oct 1, 2010, End date: Dec 31, 2013,

Successful adaptation of nanotechnology in the end-products requires an access to the nanofiller technology and to the raw materials. The MINANO-project brings together partners representing end-user’s product know-how, formulation and processing technology and most importantly secure and reliable source of nano raw materials. Although there has been tremendous development in the area of nanocompo ...
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Compliance and effectiveness in HF and CHD closed-loop management (HeartCycle)

Start date: Mar 1, 2008, End date: Aug 31, 2013,

Each year Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) causes over 1.9 million deaths in the EU, causing direct health costs of €105 billion. Coronary Heart Disease (CHD), half of all CVD deaths, is the single most cause of death in Europe. Heart Failure (HF) – a CHD being the most frequent cause of hospitalization for people over 65 – has 10 million patients in the EU. Current treatment of HF entails recommendat ...
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Spatially and temporally regulated membrane complexes in cancer cell invasion and cytokinesis (CANCER SIGNALOSOMES)

Start date: Aug 1, 2008, End date: Jul 31, 2013,

Cancer progression, characterized by uncontrolled proliferation and motility of cells, is a complex and deadly process. Integrins, a major cell surface adhesion receptor family, are transmembrane proteins known to regulate cell behaviour by transducing extracellular signals to cytoplasmic protein complexes. We and others have shown that recruitment of specific protein complexes by the cytoplasmic ...
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GoldenWorkers (Goldenworkers)

Start date: Oct 1, 2011, End date: Dec 31, 2012,

Description The main goal of Goldenworkers is to identify emerging technologies and socio-economic trends, new models of extending professional active life and novel application scenarios in the area of ICT for active ageing at work, leading to the definition of a beyond of the state-of-the-art research agenda, fully embraced by research and ...
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Atmospheric Plasmas for Nanoscale Industrial Surface Processing (PlasmaNice)

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

Atmospheric plasma techniques as processing methods have a number of advantages which include their ability to tailor the surface chemistry at the nanometre level. As such, the plasma treatments are energy efficient, reproducible and environmentally clean. In-line, continuous reel-to-reel processing equipment has been developed in the last 5 years. The wide scale application of this nano-processin ...
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Euro-Indo forum for nano-materials research coordination & cooperation of researchers in sustainable energy technologies (EICOON)

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

In a globalized world energy is a decisive factor for the further development and economic and social well being of the nations and stability in the different world regions. Materials science and research has in the past significantly contributed to solving issues in sustainable energy technologies. To bring about advancement and improvements in energy technologies and to address sustainability, r ...
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PRessurIzed PEM electrOLYZER (PrimoLyzer)

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

The primary objective of the PrimoLyser project is to develop, construct, and test a cost-minimised highly efficient and durable PEM-electrolyser stack aimed for integrated with domestic µCHPs through a combination of the following activities:1) Specification done by the end-user(s);2) Basic material R&D on catalyst & membrane to increase durability & efficiency while reducing cost;3) Process deve ...
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The development of a graduated radar-absorbing multi-layer structure for wind turbine applications to enable their positioning in areas of optimal power generation (OSGRAM)

Start date: Nov 1, 2009, End date: Apr 30, 2012,

"The EU is committed to generating 20% of it energy from renewable sources by 2020, and 50% by 2050. Wind energy is the cheapest and technologically most straightforward way to generate the majority of this energy. As a result for this the amount of wind energy installed in the EU is predicted to increase from its current level of 56,000 MW to 300,000 MW by 2030, equating to the installation of ov ...
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"Apoptosis systems biology applied to cancer and AIDS. An integrated approach of experimental biology, data mining, mathematical modelling, biostatistics, systems engineering and molecular medicine" (APO-SYS)

Start date: Feb 1, 2008, End date: Jan 31, 2012,

"A Europe-wide consortium of experimental biologists, biomathematicians, biostatisticians, computer scientists and clinical scientists will team up to approach cell death pathways in health and disease, placing particular emphasis on cancer and AIDS. The consortium will create a unique database integrating existing and accumulating knowledge on lethal signal transduction pathways leading to apopto ...
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FROM PATIENT DATA TO PERSONALISED HEALTHCARE IN ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE (PredictAD)

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

Dementia causes long and oppressive suffering to patients and their relatives and imposes enormous costs on society. About 25 million people suffered from dementia in 2000. As a 4-fold increase of this number is expected by 2050, dementia is one main health issue of the next decades. Alzheimer's disease (AD) covers 60-70% of all dementia cases. No cure for AD exists, and effective and reliable ear ...
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Ethical Issues of Emerging ICT Applications (ETICA)

Start date: Apr 1, 2009, End date: May 31, 2011,

The ETICA project will identify emerging Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) and their potential application areas in order to analyse and evaluate ethical issues arising from these. By including a variety of stakeholders and disciplinary perspectives, it will grade and rank foreseeable ethical risks. Based on the study governance arrangements currently used to address ICT ethics in ...
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Prevention of Diseases (Preve)

Start date: Dec 1, 2009, End date: Nov 30, 2010,

PREVE is a Support Action identifying ICT research directions for disease prevention. The proposal focuses on primary prevention, because the market for PHS based services in secondary prevention is already emerging. Also, the focus will be on the ways and means by which an individual can be a producer of health with the support of health professionals (when needed). The work will be guided by a t ...
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