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Test of Lepton Flavour Universality with Kaon Decays (UNIVERSALEPTO)

Start date: Sep 1, 2011, End date: Aug 31, 2016,

Physics at the high-mass scale can also be manifest in dynamical effects at lower, accessible energy. Thus, the existence of new high-mass-scale physics implies new mechanisms by which new interactions between constituents, quarks and gluons with leptons, must also exist. This proposal is for a precision measurement at the NA62 experiment at the European Laboratory for Particle Physics (CERN) of t ...
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Deep-Sea Coral Geochemistry and Climate: a Focus on the History of the Southern Ocean (Deep-sea corals)

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

The Southern Ocean plays a crucial role in modulating global climate, and exhibits a sensitive response to perturbations. Today, some of the most obvious symptoms of changing climate, such as ice shelf melting and ocean temperature rise, are being observed in the Southern Ocean and coastal Antarctica. Leading hypotheses for the cause of the low atmospheric CO2 levels at the last glacial maximum i ...
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Critical Behaviour in Magmatic Systems (CRITMAG)

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

Crustal magmatism is periodic on a very wide range of timescales from pulses of continental crustal growth, through formation of granite batholiths, to eruptions from individual volcanic centres. The cause of this periodicity is not understood. I aim to address this long-standing geological problem through a combination of experiments, petrological methods and numerical models via a novel proposal ...
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Revolutionising Organic Synthesis: Efficient One-Pot Synthesis of Complex Organic Molecules for Non-Experts (ROSEPOT)

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

"The creation of new molecular entities and subsequent exploitation of their properties is central to a broad spectrum of research disciplines from medicine to materials. However, despite substantial progress, the problems and difficulties associated with chemical syntheses severely limits the development of these disciplines. In order to meet the emerging challenges across new disciplinary bounda ...
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Changes in carbon uptake and emissions by oceans in a changing climate (CARBOCHANGE)

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

CARBOCHANGE will provide the best possible process-based quantification of net ocean carbon uptake under changing climate conditions using past and present ocean carbon cycle changes for a better prediction of future ocean carbon uptake. We will improve the quantitative understanding of key biogeochemical and physical processes through a combination of observations and models. We will upscale new ...
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Composing Learning for Artificial Cognitive Systems (CompLACS)

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

Description One of the aspirations of machine learning is to develop intelligent systems that can address a wide variety of control problems of many different types. Currently, the technology used to specify, solve and analyse one control problem typically cannot be reused on a different problem. The purpose of CompLACS is to develop a unifi ...
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Advanced European Infrastructures for Detectors at Accelerators (AIDA)

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

AIDA (http://cern.ch/aida) addresses the upgrade, improvement and integration of key research infrastructures in Europe, developing advanced detector technologies for future particle accelerators, as well as transnational access to facilities that provide these research infrastructures.In line with the European Strategy for Particle Physics, AIDA targets the infrastructures needed for R&D, prototy ...
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Diamond based atomic nanotechnologies (DIAMANT)

Start date: Jan 1, 2011, End date: Apr 30, 2014,

The ability to engineer materials at the level of single atoms is rapidly becoming an urgent practical requirement as new technologies demand ever smaller devices. However, such a capability also offers profoundly new functionality for molecular-scale devices. The DIAMANT team has pioneered the discovery and development of diamond as a uniquely promising material system for solid-state molecular t ...
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Extended Non-Destructive Testing of Composite Bonds (ENCOMB)

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

"Even though composite materials are already used in the manufacturing of structural components in aeronautics industry a consequent light-weight design of CFRP primary structures is limited due to a lack of adequate joining technologies. In general, adhesive bonding is the optimum technique for joining CFRP light-weight structures, but difficulties in assessing the bond quality by non-destructive ...
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Multiscale reinforcement of semi-crystalline thermoplastic sheets and honeycombs (M-RECT)

Start date: Apr 15, 2010, End date: Apr 14, 2014,

The M-RECT project aims to create multiscale-reinforced semi-crystalline thermoplastics (PEEK and PPS), which will outperform all reinforced polymers in terms of strength, stiffness, creep and mainly damping by upscaling and further developing state of the art production methods, within cost-efficient manufacturing routes. The envisaged multiscale reinforcement will comprise of dispersed straighte ...
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Animal WelfAre Research in an enlarged Europe (AWARE)

Start date: Mar 1, 2011, End date: Feb 28, 2014,

"The goal of AWARE is to promote integration and increase the impact of European research on farm animal welfare (FAW). It will do so through the development of Europe-wide networks of scientists, lecturers and students, and by establishing a network of stakeholders active in FAW knowledge transfer and implementation. AWARE actions will be organised in 3 mutually supportive Work Packages (WPs). WP ...
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Synapses: from molecules to higher brain function and diseases (SYMBAD)

Start date: Dec 1, 2009, End date: Feb 28, 2014,

SyMBaD aims to move forward our knowledge on synapse structure and function in the normal and pathological brain. Brain diseases represent a considerable social and economic burden in Europe. Emerging evidence indicates that synaptic dysfunction is associated with a majority of neurological and psychiatric disorders. Novel therapeutical approaches relie on a better knowledge of the synapse and its ...
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European Clearing House for Open Robotics Development (ECHORD)

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

Description Strengthening the knowledge transfer between scientific research and industry in robotics and stimulating their cooperation In Europe the robotics industry is strong, but still fragmented and dispersed. The objective of ECHORD is to provide new opportunities for coordinated and target- ...
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Treatment of reperfusion injury using a mitochondrial targeted approach: towards a better understanding of the disease (MITOCARE)

Start date: Jan 1, 2011, End date: Dec 31, 2013,

"Current interventional treatment of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) focused on re-establishing cardiac reperfusion has significantly improved clinical outcome by reducing infarct size and mortality due to cardiac ischemia.It is now recognized that events triggered at reperfusion also result in cell death and may account for as much as 50% of the infarct volume, this being termed ischemia-reperf ...
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Ice2sea - estimating the future contribution of continental ice to sea-level rise (ice2sea)

Start date: Mar 1, 2009, End date: Nov 30, 2013,

The melting of continental ice (glaciers, ice caps and ice sheets) is a substantial source of current sea-level rise, and one that is accelerating more rapidly than was predicted even a few years ago. Indeed, the most recent report from Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change highlighted that the uncertainty in projections of future sea-level rise is dominated by uncertainty concerning continen ...
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A Toolbox for Photon Orbital Angular Momentum Technology (PHORBITECH)

Start date: Oct 1, 2010, End date: Sep 30, 2013,

Description  Orbital angular momentum (OAM) is a degree of freedom of light associated with rotationally structured transverse spatial modes of light beams, as in helical wave-front beams. In many respects OAM is analogous to polarization, but in contrast to polarization it is defined in an unbounded infinite-dimensional space. This may allo ...
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"Scoping China’s Environmental Research Excellence and major Infrastructure: Foresight, Potentials, and Roadmaps" (SPRING)

Start date: Mar 1, 2010, End date: Aug 31, 2013,

"SPRING is a supporting action under EU FP7 Environment theme, with the main objective of creating and providing a solid basis for future EU-China collaboration in environmental research. SPRING will identify common needs and opportunities, analyse potential topics of research cooperation and initiatives, map competences and potentials of Chinese research organisations and major infrastructure, in ...
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Interplay of microbiota and gut function in the developing pig – Innovative avenues towards sustainable animal production (INTERPLAY)

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

"Low input farming occurs under non-SPF (specific pathogen free) conditions. The European ban on in-feed antibiotics exposes the piglets to a higher microbial environmental pressure. The postnatal priming of piglets with a diverse microbiota may affect the development of the piglet’s host-defense and gut functionality. By reversal, the piglets developing host-defense may affect the development of ...
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Quantum Computer Science (QCS)

Start date: Sep 1, 2010, End date: Aug 31, 2013,

Quantum Information Science (QIS) is a young, highly interdisciplinary field touching on the foundations of both computer science and quantum physics It provides a new model of computation that is both physically feasible and more powerful than conventional computing. If a quantum computer is built, we will be able to solve computational problems that are hard for ordinary computers. Quantum infor ...
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"The formation, preservation and lithification of low viscosity magma pyroclasts" (PYROCLASTS)

Start date: Sep 1, 2010, End date: Aug 31, 2013,

"The fragmentation mechanisms of low viscosity magmas such as kimberlite and carbonatite remain enigmatic despite comprehensive research on their more silicious counterparts. In order to understand how and why they erupt we must look at their pyroclastic deposits. The little that is known about the fragmentation of these low-viscosity magmas suggests that they behave differently to the higher visc ...
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New single-molecule techniques and their application in the study of DNA break repair (SM-DNA-repair)

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

Unrepaired DNA breaks can lead to genomic instability or cell death. They occur frequently during normal cellular metabolism and are caused, for example, by the collapse or stalling of the replication fork in response to DNA damage. Proper DNA-end processing and handling are essential for the survival of the cell and prevention of carcinogenesis. Cells possess robust mechanisms to repair DNA break ...
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Understanding inflammation-associated tumorigenesis for the rational design of novel anti-cancer therapeutic strategies (INFLA-CARE)

Start date: Jan 1, 2009, End date: Jun 30, 2013,

Epidemiological and experimental evidence supports a link between chronic inflammation and cancer and indicates a role for inflammatory cells in the initiation, progression and metastasis of malignancy. The objective of the collaborative integrated project INFLA-CARE is to structure a European collective of scientific and technological excellence in the field of ‘Inflammation & Cancer’ which will ...
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Quantum Interfaces, Sensors and Communication based on Entanglement (Q-ESSENCE)

Start date: Feb 1, 2010, End date: Apr 30, 2013,

Quantum entanglement has the capacity to enable disruptive technologies that solve outstanding issues in: - Trust, privacy protection, and security in two- and multi-party transactions; - Novel or enhanced modes of operation of ICT devices; - Reference standards, sensing, and metrology. The development of entanglement-based strategies addresses these challenges and provides the foundations for qua ...
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Preparation for Moldova’s integration into the European Research Area and into the Community R&D Framework Programs on the basis of scientific excellence (MOLD-ERA)

Start date: Nov 1, 2010, End date: Apr 30, 2013,

"The objective of MOLD-ERA is to assist the Institute of Electronic Engineering and Nanotechnologies (IEEN) to develop and implement a research strategy that will expand its activities and increase its level of excellence, so that it can compete and collaborate with leading research institutions in Europe. MOLD-ERA training activities will be opened up and integrate with activities in other releva ...
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Constraining the controls on the incongruent release of hafnium: implications for long-term chemical weathering rates and long-term CO2 (HafniumWeathering)

Start date: Feb 1, 2011, End date: Jan 31, 2013,

An understanding of the controls on incongruent release of hafnium (Hf) during chemical weathering provides the key for the interpretation of past Hf seawater isotopic compositions, which are recorded in authigenic marine sediments. These records, in turn, integrate the weathering signal from the continents, containing valuable information about rates of chemical weathering in the past, with links ...
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European Network of Excellence in Cryptology - Phase II (ECRYPT II)

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

ECRYPT II is a NoE in the area of cryptology with a duration of 54 months. Cryptology is the science that studies mathematical techniques in order to provide secrecy, authenticity and related properties for digital information including the secure implementations of these techniques. It is an interdisciplinary research area with a high strategic impact for European industry and for the society as ...
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Online Predictive Tools for Intervention in Mental Illness (OPTIMI) (OPTIMI)

Start date: Jan 1, 2010, End date: Dec 31, 2012,

Mental health care represents over a third of the cost of health care to all EU nations. However little is being done to develop effective systems for Prevention of the onset of the illnesses or to provide easier Diagnosis with a view to better determine the effects of treatment.OPTIMI will change this by developing tools to perform Prediction through early identification of the onset of an illnes ...
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Cognitive Workflow Capturing and Rendering with On-Body Sensor Networks (COGNITO)

Start date: Jan 1, 2010, End date: Dec 31, 2012,

Description System design to assist and interact with individual human activity, particularly that concerns with task solving and hand manipulation of objects and tools The automatic capture, recognition and rendering of human sensory-motor activities represent essential technologies in many diver ...
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Adaptive strategies for mate choice and aggression in the face of uncertainty (ADAPTING2UNCERTAINTY)

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

"BACKGROUND In interactive contexts (e.g. mate choice, aggression), individuals face a great deal of uncertainty over the behaviour of others. This makes decision-making difficult, because the best thing to do depends critically on the make-up of the social environment and the strategies others adopt. Current theory is poorly equipped to deal with these decisions because it typically assumes that ...
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The tympanal ears of insects: structural solutions to acoustic signal analysis (INSECT EARS)

Start date: Oct 26, 2010, End date: Oct 25, 2012,

"Tympanal ears are common among insects and have a simple design- thinned cuticle, the tympanum, overlies a tracheal cavity. The motion of the tympanum in response to sound is transmitted to a mechanotransductor organ, which converts the acoustic signal into an electrical signal for the nervous system. Tympanal ears are, however, not requisite for hearing. Bladder grasshoppers have an atympanate h ...
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Functional Nanoscale Coordination Polymers: Controlled Growth by Metal-Containing Block Copolymer Templated Self-Assembly (JBGIM)

Start date: Jul 12, 2010, End date: Jul 11, 2012,

"Coordination polymers are infinite arrays of bridging ligands bound to two or more transition metal ions. The potential application of coordination polymers in the areas of materials and nanoscience is significant as their properties can be tuned through variation of the transition metal ions and bridging ligands. To date, research in the area of functional nanoscale coordination polymers has bee ...
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Novelties and phylogeny in the evolutionary radiation of modern sharks and rays (SHARKEVOL)

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

"Evolutionary radiations are key components of the great tree of life, marking points when groups of organisms expand dramatically, and yet the reasons for such expansions are debated: are they driven by new ‘key’ adaptations that make their possessors more successful than their contemporaries, or do they result from major environmental changes that provide new opportunities? Sharks, skates and ra ...
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BIOmimetic Technology for vibrissal ACtive Touch (BIOTACT)

Start date: Jan 1, 2008, End date: Jun 30, 2012,

BIOTACT will develop novel biomimetic computational methods and technologies for active touch sensing. The project is inspired by the functionality, morphology, and neural processing architectures of biological sensory systems that use tactile hairs known as whiskers or vibrissae. It will focus on two animals that are tactile specialists--the Norwegian rat and the Etruscan shrew. Both species make ...
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Crystal Engineering of Self-Assembled Diblock Copolymers with a Crystalline Core-Forming Block (CESADIC)

Start date: Jun 1, 2010, End date: May 31, 2012,

"A series of complex, hierarchical micelle architectures such as block co-micelles have recently been prepared from crystalline-b-amorphous diblock copolymers using living, crystallization-driven polymerizations in solution. In this proposal the fundamental issues behind this novel process will be investigated. We propose to perform and interpret detailed experiments designed to allow us to unders ...
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Catalytic and mechanistic studies of Organometallic reactions in water: focus on alkylation processes (AQUAMEC)

Start date: Jun 1, 2010, End date: May 31, 2012,

"Recently, concerns over hazardous waste generated during catalytic reactions and separation of products from catalyst increasingly led to the development of systems that employ water as solvent. An understanding of the specific mechanisms in water is required, however, for a rational optimization of processes. Pd-catalyzed allylation has played a major role in the evolution of synthetic catalysts ...
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Synthetic lectins for beta-GlcNAc: evaluation of their potential biological applications towards O-GlcNAc-modified proteins (LECNAC)

Start date: May 1, 2010, End date: Apr 30, 2012,

"Lectins are carbohydrate-binding proteins which play many roles in nature, and are important also as tools for biological research. For example, they are used to make fluorescent reagents which bind to, and thus identify, particular carbohydrate units, and also to make separation media which distinguish between differently glycosylated biomolecules. An important target for such reagents/media is ...
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SCAlable & ReconfigurabLe Electronics plaTforms and Tools (SCARLETT)

Start date: May 1, 2008, End date: Apr 30, 2012,

"The first generation of Integrated Modular Avionics (IMA1G) has been researched via European funded research projects; PAMELA, NEVADA and VICTORIA. This technology supported a revolutionary step away from federated architectures and their classical bespoke electronics to a modular architecture with common resources. IMA1G was introduced to the market on the A380, A400M and B787 aircraft. IMA1G re ...
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Integrated Quantum Optics with Waveguides (IQOW)

Start date: Mar 1, 2010, End date: Feb 29, 2012,

"The present proposal will fund an experimental project which aims to implement optical quantum information devices on a solid state substrate. Optical waveguides will be used for the fabrication of different circuits that will be designed for the generation of nonclassical light sources, and reconfigurable linear circuits. Lithium niobate and lithium tantalate will be used as substrates for the f ...
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Cancer associated glycan epitopes via Ionic Catch and Release Oligosaccharide Synthesis (ICROS) (ICROS)

Start date: Mar 1, 2010, End date: Feb 29, 2012,

"The quest for an effective cancer vaccine was initiated over 100 years ago from the moment vaccines against infectious diseases were successfully applied, and despite the many advances to date, the search for therapeutic vaccines derived from carbohydrate antigens is still an ongoing challenge. Carbohydrate antigens of tumour cells are uniquely effective targets for antibody-mediated active and p ...
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Behavior of molybdenum and its isotopes during alteration of the oceanic crust (Molyaloc)

Start date: Mar 1, 2010, End date: Feb 29, 2012,

Alteration of ocean crust is a fundamental on-going geological process. High-temperature alteration of the ocean crust occurs at the ridge, while diffusive, low temperature alteration is present off-ridge. Both alteration processes produce secondary minerals and change the primary chemical and isotopic signal of the oceanic crust. These signals can be brought into the mantle as altered oceanic cru ...
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