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Long-term effects of an energy-restricted Mediterranean diet on mortality and cardiovascular disease: the PREDIMED PLUS Study (PREDIMED PLUS)

Start date: May 1, 2014, End date: Apr 30, 2019,

The impact of weight loss on cardiovascular disease risk within the frame of the Mediterranean dietary pattern has not yet been tested using a sufficiently large randomized trial (Malik, Hu, 2007). We propose to run a parallel group, multi-center, randomized, primary prevention trial (PREDIMED PLUS) on men aged 55-75 years and women 65-75 years, with a body mass index ≥27 to
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PREVention of diabetes through lifestyle Intervention and population studies in Europe and around the World (PREVIEW)

Start date: Jan 1, 2013, End date: Dec 31, 2018,

"The primary goal of PREVIEW is to identify the most efficient lifestyle pattern for the prevention of type-2 diabetes in a population of pre-diabetic overweight or obese individuals. The project comprises two distinct lines of evidence, both embracing European and overseas countries:1) A multicentre, clinical randomized intervention trial with a total of 2,500 pre-diabetic participants, including ...
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Cancer Vaccine development for Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HepaVac)

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

"Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the most common primary liver cancer and accounts for about 6% of all new cancer cases worldwide. Given the lack of available effective treatments, the overall prognosis for HCC patients is poor, with a dismal 5-year survival of 5-6%. The main goal of this proposal is to develop a therapeutic cancer vaccine aiming at improving clinical outcome in early-stage HCC ...
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Immunostimulatory Agonist antibodies for Cancer Therapy (IACT)

Start date: Nov 1, 2013, End date: Oct 31, 2017,

"This concerted action aims at providing new treatment options for cancer patients through boosting innovative drug development by European academia and industry. A wealth of preclinical data shows that the therapeutic impact of cytotoxic regimens is enhanced by simultaneous application of drugs that strengthen the immune system. The recent FDA-approval of Ipilimumab demonstrated that cancer immun ...
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Patient-centered palliative care pathways in advanced cancer and chronic disease (INSUP-C)

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

Integrated delivery systems of care, e.g. networks of health organizations and professionals who work together to coordinate services to meet their patients’ needs, are an important way of linking fragmented services and maximizing system efficiency and seamlessness of patient transition. Research increasingly shows that patients with advanced cancer and advanced chronic disease are treated well ...
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"Self-care Support for People with Long Term Conditions, Diabetes and Heart Disease: A Whole System Approach" (EU-WISE)

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

"The overall aim of this project is to offer a deeper understanding of the different mechanisms involved in the management of chronic conditions with a specific focus on how initiatives are translated and embedded into the illness management practices in peoples’ everyday life. It is in work, domestic and community settings where these practices are shaped by the emotional, symbolic, ethical, eco ...
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Scientific Concepts of Emotion and Cultural Identities (SCECI)

Start date: Jul 1, 2013, End date: Jun 30, 2015,

This project will investigate (a) the scientific concepts of emotion that psycho-medical research has produced between 1950 and 2000, and (b) if and how these concepts have informed emotional culture and identity in post-industrial societies in Western Europe—assessed through cultural productions such as film.The innovative character of this proposal lies in its subject and in its transdisciplinar ...
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Personalised nutrition: An integrated analysis of opportunities and challenges (Food4Me)

Start date: Apr 1, 2011, End date: Mar 31, 2015,

The present proposal sees the development of business and value creation models as central to the development of personalised nutrition and thus it is intended to engage in a series of interviews with key stakeholders, which will generate a number of scenarios to be considered by these stakeholders. Parallel to that we will run some focus groups with consumers and develop a tool to ascertain consu ...
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Occupant Aware, Intelligent and Adaptive Enterprises (Adapt4EE)

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

Adapt4EE aims at augmenting the contemporary architectural envelope by incorporating business and occupancy related information thus providing a holistic approach to the planning, design & evaluation of energy performance of construction products at an early design phase and prior to their realization.Adapt4EE aims to deliver and validate a holistic energy performance framework that incorporates a ...
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Integrated Solutions for Improve the quality of the rest (ALL4REST)

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

"The present project, ALL4REST, is focused on the development of comfort-improved rest systems, using non-obstrusive technologies that promote deeper, more restorative sleep and prevent nocturnal awakenings. The successful solutions will reduce awakenings and/or reduce time to sleep after an awakening and reduce sleep onset latency. Within the global comfort improvement, physical and thermal param ...
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