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BeTheCuRE (BTCURE)

Start date: Apr 1, 2011, End date: Mar 31, 2017,

BTCure is based on the recognition that RA is a heterogeneous disease where a major subset involves adaptive immunity, and that animal models have to develop the line with the different subsets of the human diseases in order to be optimally used for drug discovery and drug evaluation. Our aim is to develop an understanding of the early process in human arthritis subsets and the animal models that ...
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"Financialisation, economy, society and sustainable development." (FESSUD)

Start date: Dec 1, 2011, End date: Nov 30, 2016,

"The research programme will integrate diverse levels, methods and disciplinary traditions with the aim of developing a comprehensive policy agenda for changing the role of the financial system to help achieve a future which is sustainable in environmental, social and economic terms. The programme involves an integrated and balanced consortium involving partners from 14 countries that has unsurpa ...
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Cities demonstrating cybernetic mobility (CITYMOBIL2)

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

European cities face four main mobility problems: congestion, land use , safety and environment. One of the main causes of such problems is the car-ownership rate. The centres of large cities address this issue combining efficient mass transits with car restriction policies but peripheral areas and smaller cities remain dominated by private cars.CityMobil has demonstrated how automating road vehi ...
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Water Harvesting for Rainfed Africa: investing in dryland agriculture for growth and resilience (WAHARA)

Start date: Mar 1, 2011, End date: Feb 29, 2016,

WAHARA will take a transdisciplinary approach to develop innovative, locally adapted water harvesting solutions with wider relevance for rainfed Africa. Water harvesting technologies play a key role in bringing about an urgently needed increase in agricultural productivity, and to improve food and water security in rural areas. Water harvesting technologies enhance water buffering capacity, contri ...
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Understanding food-gut-brain mechanisms across the lifespan in the regulation of hunger and satiety for health (Full4Health)

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

Full4Health is a multidisciplinary European collaboration of internationally renowned laboratories investigating the mechanisms of hunger, satiety and feeding behaviour, effects of dietary components and food structure on these processes, and their possible exploitation in addressing obesity, chronic disease and under-nutrition. The proposal integrates investigation of both human volunteers (dieta ...
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Desert Storms - Towards an Improved Representation of Meteorological Processes in Models of Mineral Dust Emission (DESERTSTORMS)

Start date: Oct 1, 2010, End date: Sep 30, 2015,

This project aims at revolutionizing the way the emission of mineral dust from natural soils is treated in numerical models of the Earth system. Dust significantly affects weather and climate through its influences on radiation, cloud microphysics, atmospheric chemistry and the carbon cycle via the fertilization of ecosystems. To date, quantitative estimates of dust emission and deposition are hig ...
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Treatment of NEonatal seizures with Medication Off-patent: evaluation of efficacy and safety of bumetanide (NEMO)

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

Neonatal hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy (HIE) occurs in 2-3/1000 live births and is a major cause of both acute mortality and long-term neurodisability. Seizures are the hallmark of HIE. The clinical and electrographic seizure burden in babies with HIE can be considerable and is often not reduced by current antiepileptic drugs. Phenobarbitone remains the first line drug for neonatal seizures des ...
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Pan-European Gas-AeroSol-climate interaction Study (PEGASOS)

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

The Pan-European Gas-AeroSOls-climate interaction Study (PEGASOS) European large scale integrating project brings together most of the leading European research groups, with state-of the-art observational and modeling facilities to:(1) Quantify the magnitude of regional to global feedbacks between atmospheric chemistry and a changing climate and to reduce the corresponding uncertainty of the major ...
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DEVELOPING AND TESTING OF NEW METHODOLOGIES TO MONITOR AND EVALUATE HEALTH RELATED EU-FUNDED INTERVENTIONS IN COOPERATION PARTNER COUNTRIES (EVAL-HEALTH)

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

"EVAL-HEALTH is an R&D project which has as its main goal to contribute to strengthen monitoring and evaluation of European Union (EU) funded interventions in developing countries in the specific area of Health, The major objectives of EVAL-HEALTH are:1) To develop a sound methodological approach to evaluate and monitor implementation and performance of EU funded interventions in developing countr ...
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Sustainable Liquid Biofuels from Biomass Biorefining (SUNLIBB)

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

"SUNLIBB brings together key researchers and industrial innovators working to overcome technical barriers all along the pipeline for second generation bioethanol production. The range of research spans from feedstock improvement, through innovations in pretreatment and saccharification, the generation of added value products, especially from lignin, and innovations in fermentation. The project bri ...
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Functional and structural analysis of bacterial membrane transporters (BacMT)

Start date: Sep 3, 2010, End date: Sep 2, 2014,

Membrane transport proteins play crucial roles in fundamental cellular processes and functions in all organisms. A substantial proportion of prokaryotic genes are predicted to encode membrane transporters, emphasising the importance of transporters in their lifestyles. In silico analysis of sequenced Acinetobacter baumannii and Bacillus cereus group strains has revealed the presence of an unpreced ...
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Cancer Genomics of the Kidney (CAGEKID)

Start date: Mar 1, 2010, End date: Aug 31, 2014,

The International Cancer Genome Consortium (ICGC) has the goal of obtaining a comprehensive description of genomic, transcriptomic and epigenomic changes in 50 different tumour types and/or subtypes, with the aim of elucidating the genomic changes present in the many forms of cancers that contribute to the burden of disease throughout the world. We present a proposal for a European contribution to ...
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Securing the Conservation of biodiversity across Administrative Levels and spatial, temporal, and Ecological Scales (SCALES)

Start date: May 1, 2009, End date: Jul 31, 2014,

Our capacity to effectively sustain biodiversity across spatial and temporal scales is an essential component of European environmental sustainability. Anthropogenic and environmental pressures on biodiversity act differently at different scales. Consequently, effective conservation responses to these threats must explicitly consider the scale at which effects occur, and therefore it is crucial th ...
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Muscle Z-disk Protein Complexes: from atomic structure to physiological function (MUZIC)

Start date: Nov 1, 2009, End date: Jul 31, 2014,

Movement is vital to all living organisms, from the transport of single molecules in cells to the movement of entire organisms. Sarcomeres are the smallest cellular unit behind the operation of skeletal and heart muscles. Furthermore, dysfunctional sarcomeres are responsible for a long list of diseases that reduce the quality of life and burden the health care sector throughout the world. Understa ...
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PLANT food supplements: Levels of Intake, Benefit and Risk Assessment (PlantLIBRA)

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

Plant food supplements, or botanicals, have high acceptance by European consumers. Potentially, they can deliver significant health benefits, safely, and at relatively low costs. New regulations and EFSA guidance are also now in. However, concerns about safety, quality and efficacy of these products remain, and bottle-necks in risk and benefit assessments need to be solved. PlantLIBRA (PLANT food ...
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Field Operational Test Networking and Methodology Promotion (FOTNet2)

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

During the lifetime of the different Field Operational Tests (FOT) carried out both at National and European levels, there is a crucial need for a networking platform allowing individual FOTs to benefit from each others experiences as well as giving a better overview of the scattered activities.While FOT-Net 1 was focussing on building up the FOT network and promoting methodology, FOT-Net 2 explic ...
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Research and development of the European Transport Network Model – Transtools Version 3 (TRANSTOOLS 3)

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

The objective of the project is to upgrade and further develop the current TRANSTOOLS model, here referred to as TT2, to a new and improved European transport demand and network model (TT3).The project will improve the methodological basis of TRANSTOOLS, improve and validate its data foundation, deal with known deficiencies of the existing model, make the software faster and more efficient, and fo ...
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Advanced coexistence technologies for radio optimisation in licensed and unlicensed spectrum (ACROPOLIS)

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

Wireless communications, perpetually a source of innovation, is entering new and uncharted territory. In order to enhance system performance and cater for the services and applications of the future, there is the need for cooperative and cognitive communications paradigms that support advanced coexistence technologies for radio optimization. In short, wireless communications is moving towards a di ...
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Mechanisms to Attack Steering Effectors of Rheumatoid Syndromes with Innovated Therapy Choices (Masterswitch)

Start date: Dec 1, 2008, End date: Nov 30, 2013,

Objective: To delineate the biological and molecular pathways that initiate and drive chronic inflammatory disease and to transform the knowledge obtained into the development of novel anti-inflammatory interventions. Focus will be given to Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) since longitudinal data indicate that intensive treatment can prevent persistency and chronicity. State of the Art and beyond: The ...
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Training in Systems Biology Applied to Flowering (SYSFLO)

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

We will educate and train young scientists to apply an interdisciplinary systems-based approach to complex biological questions using plant reproduction as a model system. Systems approaches are not routinely taught, have been identified as an area requiring urgent PhD-level training in some European countries and require network-scale working practices. We have assembled a team with International ...
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New Opportunities in Terahertz Engineering and Science (NOTES)

Start date: Nov 1, 2008, End date: Oct 31, 2013,

Over the last 20 years, the study of mesoscopic quantum-confined electronic systems has revealed a wealth of exciting physics. The characteristic energy scale in many important mesoscopic devices such as two-dimensional electron systems, layered semiconductor structures, semiconductor quantum dots, and laterally-confined wires, dots, and other geometries, corresponds to the terahertz (THz) frequen ...
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From Mathematical Logic To Applications (MALOA)

Start date: Oct 1, 2009, End date: Sep 30, 2013,

"Mathematical logic is a rapidly-developing subject with sophisticated techniques and many applications in algebra, geometry, number theory, analysis, and computer science. Even though the branches of logic share vital concepts and techniques, in recent years increased specialism has meant that most researchers are trained in just one branch of logic, and there is a need in Europe for researchers ...
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Imaging and CONtrol In Chemistry - ICONIC (Iconic)

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

Velocity map imaging (VMI) has enabled a number of remarkable advances in the field of molecular dynamics over the past few years. Owing to the robustness of VMI, exciting new applications are anticipated. ICONIC will link 15 European partners using and improving VMI in a four year program spanning several areas of experimental physics and chemistry and underpinning technologies in lasers, imaging ...
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Mastering Data-Intensive Collaboration and Decision Making (Dicode)

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

Description Exploiting a cloud infrastructure to augment collaboration and decision making in data-intensive and cognitively-complex settingsThe goal of the Dicode project is to facilitate and augment collaboration and decision making in data-intensive and cognitively-complex settings. To do so, it will exploit and build on the most promi ...
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V is for Vegetable: Applying Learning theory to increase liking and intake of vegetables (VIVA)

Start date: Jun 1, 2009, End date: May 31, 2013,

It is now well-established that consuming fruits and vegetables promotes health and well-being. In particular, intake of fruits and vegetables protects against cancer and is associated with lower levels of obesity. Consumption of a diet rich in fruits and vegetables is predicted by the extent to which these foods are liked. However, vegetable intakes remain relatively low, especially in childre ...
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"OPTIMAL REGULATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE FOR GROUND, AIR AND MARITIME INTERFACES" (ORIGAMI)

Start date: Feb 1, 2011, End date: Apr 30, 2013,

"This proposal recognises that effective solutions to existing problems in long-distance door-to-door passenger transport chains require the provision of attractive integrated networks and services and this is likely to require vision and co-operation between stakeholders in the public and private sectors. ORIGAMI will build on the substantial body of knowledge on long-distance passenger transpor ...
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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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Quantitative Failure Consequence Hazard Assessment for Next Generation CO2 Pipelines (CO2PipeHaz)

Start date: Dec 1, 2009, End date: Apr 30, 2013,

This project addresses the fundamentally important and urgent issue regarding the accurate predictions of fluid phase, discharge rate, emergency isolation and subsequent atmospheric dispersion during accidental releases from pressurised CO2 pipelines to be employed as an integral part of large scale Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) chain. This information is pivotal to quantifying all the hazard c ...
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Genomics biomarkers of environmental health (EnviroGenomarkers)

Start date: Mar 1, 2009, End date: Feb 28, 2013,

This project concerns the first large-scale application of the full range of –omics technologies in a population study aiming at a) the discovery and validation of novel biomarkers predictive of increased risks of a number of chronic diseases, b) the exploration of the association of such biomarkers with environmental exposures, including high-priority pollutants and emerging exposures, and c) the ...
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Training Requirements And Careers for Knowledge-based Food Science and Technology in Europe (TRACK_FAST)

Start date: Sep 1, 2009, End date: Feb 28, 2013,

The food and drink industry is the single largest manufacturing sector in the EU and is mainly comprised by SMEs and microenterprises (99.1% of European food and drink businesses). The European food industry is in the lower part of the innovation performance ranking, and is losing relative importance in the global food market. This situation was a primary reason for the initiation of the ETP Food4 ...
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ICTethics. An Interdisciplinary Approach for Addressing Ethical, Social and Legal Aspects of ICT (ICTethics)

Start date: Mar 1, 2009, End date: Feb 28, 2013,

"There is an urgent need for a systematic analysis of the ESLA aspects of Research in ICT, of the same type as developed by the ESLA (Ethical Social and Legal Aspects) working group on biotechnology, established by the European Commission in the early 1990s. Some ESLA-like reflection on ICT is ongoing, but is fragmented and ad hoc. It risks lagging behind technological developments that are alread ...
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DYNamics of Architecturally COmplex Polymers (DYNACOP)

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

"The scientific objective of DYNACOP is to obtain a fundamental understanding of the flow behaviour and the dynamics of blends of topologically complex macromolecular fluids and their role in processing and properties of blends. These materials exhibit complex dynamics and rheology and, in many cases, show hierarchical relaxation over many different timescales. This in turn affects the processin ...
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Thick Evaluative Concepts: Value, Reasons, and the Natural World (Thick Value Concepts)

Start date: Jan 1, 2009, End date: Dec 31, 2012,

Developments in linguistics and metaphysics open unprecedented opportunities for advances using up-to-date methods from these areas in metaethics: an area of moral philosophy that studies these topics as they arise with respect to normative issues. The proposed research is a full-scale study of “thick” evaluative concepts, led by the coordinator of this proposal and building on his US work with su ...
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Integrated Method for Policy making using Argument modelling and Computer assisted Text analysis (IMPACT)

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

The IMPACT project will conduct original research to develop and integrate formal, computational models of policy and arguments about policy, to facilitate deliberations about policy at a conceptual, language-independent level. These models will be used to develop and evaluate innovative prototype tools for supporting open, inclusive and transparent deliberations about public policy. To support t ...
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International Network in Theoretical Immunology (INTI)

Start date: Jan 1, 2009, End date: Dec 31, 2012,

The main aim of this proposal is to set up an International Research Network inn Theoretical Immunology that involves both experimental and theoretical immunologists. This Network will create new collaborations and reinforce existing ones in order to develop a lasting and fruitful research cooperation between all the partners. Other objectives of this proposal are (1) Establish a lasting and fru ...
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Airliner Decontamination for Infection Control – Transition to the European Engineering, Regulatory and Operational Context (Aircraft Decon.)

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

Modern civil aviation provides unprecedented opportunities for the spread of epidemic/pandemic infectious disease. There is a pressing need to implement infection control in aviation, ranging from effective quarantine to protocols for sanitizing/decontaminating the airliner cabin. The latter is the focus of the proposed research, building on a major US initiative, led by the coordinator of this pr ...
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CLOUD Initial Training Network (CLOUD-ITN)

Start date: Aug 1, 2008, End date: Jul 31, 2012,

"The aim of the proposed Marie Curie Initial Training Network is to establish a multi-site network of early stage researchers (ESRs, here predominantly PhD students) at 9 partner institiutions across Europe to investigate various aspects of the interactions of cosmic rays with aerosols and clouds, which bears on the possibility of a ""solar indirect"" contribution to climate change. Besides the i ...
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EUROPEAN DRUG INITIATIVE ON CHANNELS AND TRANSPORTERS (EDICT)

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

"The European Drug Initiative on Channels and Transporters, EDICT, allies for the first time, partners with world-class expertise in both the structural and functional characterisation of membrane channels and transporters. State-of-the-art facilities and personnel for X-ray crystallography, Electron Microscopy and Nuclear Magnetic Resonance and the latest throughput technology, will provide infra ...
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"IRIS - Interests & Recruitment in Science. Factors influencing recruitment, retention and gender equity in science, technology and mathematics higher education" (IRIS)

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

"IRIS (Interest & Recruitment in Science) addresses the challenge that few young people (women in particular) choose education and career in science, technology and mathematics (STM). Women represent the greatest recruitment potential to STM; moreover, a higher participation from women may expand the ways of thinking and working within this area and contribute to gender equity. To understand and ...
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HYBRID INFORMATION PROCESSING (HIP)

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

Scaling quantum information processors beyond the present small-scale devices is challenging as communication between parts of the processor, single site addressability and scaling are dificult to reconcile. HIP addresses these issues with the experimental realization of elementary hybrid atom-photon devices, and the theoretical development of schemes for their integration on platforms capable of ...
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