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ORTHOpedic randomized clinical trial with expanded bone marrow MSC and bioceramics versus autograft in long bone nonUNIONs (ORTHOUNION)

Start date: Jan 1, 2017, End date: Dec 31, 2021,

Current orthopaedic treatments permit spontaneous bone regeneration to unite and heal 90% bone injuries. Non-union associates pain and disability, often requiring biological enhancement. Regenerative medicine research suggests to the general public that alternative treatments based on advanced therapy medicinal products (ATMP) are already available. However, early clinical trials only explore its ...
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virtual Factories: Interoperation suppoRting buSiness innovaTion (FIRST)

Start date: Jan 1, 2017, End date: Dec 31, 2020,

The manufacturing industry is entering a new era in which new ICT technologies and collaboration applications are integrated with traditional manufacturing practices and processes, which brings virtual organisations to factories, i.e. Manufacturing 2.0. Virtual factory to future manufacturing slows the flexible amalgamation of manufacturing resources in multiple organisations to create timely, dem ...
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Scanning probe microscopies for nanoscale fast, tomographic and composition imaging (SPM2.0)

Start date: Jan 1, 2017, End date: Dec 31, 2020,

Advanced Microscopy techniques are widely recognized as one of the pillars onto which the research and manufacture of Nanotechnology based products is sustained. At present, the greatest challenge faced by these techniques is the realization of fast and non-destructive tomographic images with chemical composition sensitivity and with sub-10 nm spatial resolution, in both organic and inorganic mate ...
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DE NOVO GENERATION OF SOMATIC STEM CELLS: REGULATION AND MECHANISMS OF CELL PLASTICITY (DENOVOSTEM)

Start date: Sep 1, 2015, End date: Aug 31, 2020,

The possibility to artificially induce and expand in vitro tissue-specific stem cells (SCs) is an important goal for regenerative medicine, to understand organ physiology, for in vitro modeling of human diseases and many other applications. Here we found that this goal can be achieved in the culture dish by transiently inducing expression of YAP or TAZ - nuclear effectors of the Hippo and biomecha ...
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Analysis System for Gathered Raw Data (ASGARD)

Start date: Sep 1, 2016, End date: Feb 29, 2020,

ASGARD has a singular goal, contribute to Law Enforcement Agencies Technological Autonomy and effective use of technology. Technologies will be transferred to end users under an open source scheme focusing on Forensics, Intelligence and Foresight (Intelligence led prevention and anticipation). ASGARD will drive progress in the processing of seized data, availability of massive amounts of data and ...
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Big Data in Chemistry (BIGCHEM)

Start date: Jan 1, 2016, End date: Dec 31, 2019,

The advent of the big data era in chemistry and the life sciences requires the development of new computational analysis methods, which are not only of scientific, but also economic relevance. Currently, the international data market already grows six times faster than the entire IT sector, and growth rates further increase. Achieving and sustaining a leadership positions in the big data arena rep ...
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New model of circular economy that also predisposes the use of waste materials in other industries (LIFE ECLAT)

Start date: Oct 1, 2016, End date: Sep 30, 2019,

Background Hard-wearing countertops and tiles for kitchens and bathrooms are manufactured from ceramic or polymeric/composite materials. Both materials, however, present environmental problems. The use of ceramic produces large amounts of waste, while countertops made with composite materials – i.e. crushed stone bound together by a synthetic adhesive ( ...
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Personalised Connected Care for Complex Chronic Patients (CONNECARE)

Start date: Apr 1, 2016, End date: Sep 30, 2019,

The ambition of the CONNECARE consortium is to co-design, develop, deploy, and evaluate a novel smart, adaptive integrated care system for chronic care management. This will save European healthcare organisations huge sums whilst improving patient outcomes. The consortium contains all the necessary partners to ensure success.Based on the concept of 4P medicine, CONNECARE will provide decision supp ...
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Smart and adaptive interfaces for INCLUSIVE work environment (INCLUSIVE)

Start date: Oct 1, 2016, End date: Sep 30, 2019,

The market demands flexible productions lead to complexification of production systems and hence to more articulated Human Machine Interface (HMI). This new features tend to exclude from working environment elderly people who, even if they have a great experience, feel uncomfortable in the interaction with a complex computerized system. Moreover, complex HMI creates a barrier to young inexperience ...
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Design for Resource and Energy efficiency in cerAMic kilns (DREAM)

Start date: Oct 1, 2016, End date: Sep 30, 2019,

The DREAM project aims to design, develop and demonstrate a radically improved architecture for ceramic industrial furnaces, characterised by optimised energy consumption, reduced emissions, and lower operating costs compared to currently available technological solutions. This will be obtained by substantially enhancing specific furnace parts (control system, refractories, emissions abatement sys ...
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TIDE – new Tools for Inclusion of Dyslexic studEnts

Start date: Sep 1, 2016, End date: Aug 31, 2019,

With the acronym DSA (ADHD in the English-speaking world) in Italy and in several European countries, identify all those Specific Learning Disorders regarding dyslexia, dysgraphia, dyscalculia and dysorthography. In Anglo-Saxon countries the definition includes: specific speaking difficulties, dyspraxia, auditory processing disorder and nonverbal learning disorder. These types of difficulties are ...
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Construire ensemble de la connaissance pour mieux appréhender l'entreprise dans son écosystème afin de favoriser l'accès des jeunes à l'emploi

Start date: Sep 1, 2016, End date: Aug 31, 2019,

The will to build bridges between the world of education and training and the economic world remains a high priority for Europe with the 4th objective of the strategic framework for European cooperation in the field of education and training (ET 2020): "encourage creativity and innovation, including entrepreneurship, at all levels of education and training"; many actions are implemented in this di ...
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Clinical validation of miniature wearable dialysis machine (WEAKID)

Start date: Jan 1, 2017, End date: Jun 30, 2019,

The project aims to validate a miniature wearable dialysis machine in a clinical setting and to prepare the system for CE-marking. Wearable dialysis allows renal patients to dialyze conveniently and continuously at home or at work, independently from a fixed water supply, up to 24 hrs/day. Such a continuous treatment mimics healthy kidneys and is twice as effective as current dialysis techniques, ...
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Gender Equality Plans for Information Sciences and Technology Research Institutions (EQUAL-IST)

Start date: Jun 1, 2016, End date: May 31, 2019,

EQUAL-IST aims at introducing structural changes to enhance gender equality within Information Systems and Technology Research institutions, which have been demonstrated to be among the research sectors most affected by gender inequalities at all levels. The project aims at supporting seven RPOs from Northern, Southern and Central European countries plus a CSI country, in developing and implementi ...
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European Initiative to Enable Validation for Highly Automated Safe and Secure Systems (ENABLE-S3)

Start date: May 1, 2016, End date: Apr 30, 2019,

ENABLE-S3 will pave the way for accelerated application of highly automated and autonomous systems in the mobility domains automotive, aerospace, rail and maritime as well as in the health care domain. Virtual testing, verification and coverage-oriented test selection methods will enable validation with reasonable efforts. The resulting validation framework will ensure Europeans Industry competiti ...
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thermal hydraulics Simulations and Experiments for the Safety Assessment of MEtal cooled reactors (SESAME)

Start date: Apr 1, 2015, End date: Mar 31, 2019,

The thermal-hydraulics Simulations and Experiments for the Safety Assessment of Metal cooled reactor (SESAME) project supports the development of European liquid metal cooled reactors (ASTRID, ALFRED, MYRRHA, SEALER). The project focusses on pre-normative, fundamental, safety-related, challenges for these reactors with the following objectives:• Development and validation of advanced numerical app ...
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Collaborative Robotics for Assembly and Kitting in Smart Manufacturing (ColRobot)

Start date: Feb 1, 2016, End date: Jan 31, 2019,

Manufacturing competitiveness depends largely on its productivity, flexibility and agility to react to market demands. Robots are a key element to achieve such competitiveness, especially if they are able to collaborate with humans in a shared workspace in the shop-floor, creating a co-working partnership. The paradigm for robot usage has changed from an idea in which robots work with complete aut ...
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Shared Memories and Dialogues

Start date: Jan 1, 2016, End date: Dec 31, 2018,

The project promotes migrant-background children’s inclusion and learning, through facilitation of children’s production of shared memories in dialogic communication. The project involves 48 classrooms of 9-11 years children, in three countries. It fosters recognition and empowerment of migrant-background children, avoiding their differentiation from non-migrant children. The project implements t ...
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High-Performance Real-time Architectures for Low-Power Embedded Systems (HERCULES)

Start date: Jan 1, 2016, End date: Dec 31, 2018,

The advent of commercial-of-the-shelf (COTS) heterogeneous multi-core platforms is opening up a series of opportunities in the embedded computing market. Integrating multiple computing element running at smaller frequencies allows obtaining impressive performance capabilities at a reduced power consumption. At the same time, new applications are being proposed integrating more and more functionali ...
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Symbiotic Human-Robot Solutions for Complex Surface Finishing Operations (SYMPLEXITY)

Start date: Jan 1, 2015, End date: Dec 31, 2018,

In nearly every sector of industrial manufacturing polishing techniques are used. But often manual polishing is the only option because the tasks are too complex to be automated. Therefore in SYMPLEXITY Symbiotic Human-Robot Solutions for Complex Surface Finishing Operations will be developed. The main SYMPLEXITY Objectives areSO 1 – Accurate and cognitive industrial robot systems enabling safe hu ...
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Linguacuisine

Start date: Sep 1, 2016, End date: Oct 31, 2018,

The Linguacuisine project addresses the future of equality of access and participation in learning linked to two core skills gaps recognised by today’s changing Europe: digital skills and language skills. The project will promote learning of digital literacy, languages, cuisines and cultures. It will do this by co-design of downloadable apps and social recipes by means of an authoring tool to deve ...
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A VET course for Cultural Mediators to address the refugee crisis’ skills needs

Start date: Oct 1, 2016, End date: Sep 30, 2018,

BACKGROUND & CHALLENGESWith over 310 million adults & children, legally defined as refugees, asylum seekers and migrants on the move within EU territories on their way to a destination country, there is soaring demand for a relatively new kind of humanitarian professional: the Cultural Mediator. Due to the current and emerging refugee crisis in Europe, skills requirements are changing rapidly call ...
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European Clearing House for Open Robotics Development Plus Plus (ECHORD Plus Plus)

Start date: Oct 1, 2013, End date: Sep 30, 2018,

Description ECHORD++ will create new opportunities for European robotics researchers to work directly with SME/start-ups and new users/customers to create innovative products. ECHORD++ will continue ECHORD’s two pillars, “experiments” and “structured dialogue”, taking advantage of experience and investment in the infrastructure. In addition, ...
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foSTering early childhOod media liteRacy competencIES

Start date: Sep 1, 2015, End date: Aug 31, 2018,

In our digital society, children widely use new media technologies and ICT tools everywhere diffused, starting at very young age. Although the role of ICT in education is becoming increasingly important and acknowledged as one of the first objectives towards the Digital Competence in the EU2020 strategy, from the point of view of ECEC the use of new media technology in preschool education has not ...
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European cooperative framework for Dual LEarning

Start date: Sep 1, 2015, End date: Aug 31, 2018,

EuroDuaLE want to open the road for transnational cooperation for the provision of dual learning programmes. HEIs are asked to strenghten the quality of the education provided, for example with the use of ICT solutions and more innovative training approaches, open up to cross-national cooperation and relate more efficiently with the labour market (EU Modernisation Agenda for HE, 2011) . With Euro ...
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Innovative Modeling Approaches for Production Systems to raise validatable efficiency (IMPROVE)

Start date: Sep 1, 2015, End date: Aug 31, 2018,

The rise of the system complexity, the rapid changing of consumers demand require the European industry to produce more customized products with a better use of resources.The main objective of IMPROVE is to create a virtual Factory of the Future, which provides services for user support, especially on optimization and monitoring. By monitoring anomalous behaviour will be detected before it leads t ...
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Project for higher education student and staff mobility between Programme Countries and Partner Countries

Start date: Jun 1, 2016, End date: Jul 31, 2018,

This is a project for higher education student and staff mobility between Programme Countries and Partner Countries. Please consult the website of the organisation to obtain additional details.
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European Consortium for Communicating Stem Cell Research (EuroStemCell)

Start date: Jan 1, 2015, End date: Mar 31, 2018,

The European Consortium for Communicating Stem Cell Research (EuroStemCell) unites 33 partner institutions, that collectively represent >400 stem cell research groupings across Europe. Our common goal is to provide trusted high quality information on stem cells accessible to citizens and stakeholders across Europe, through support and further development of the multi-lingual European Stem Cell Inf ...
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Phase I/II ex vivo gene therapy clinical trial for recessive dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa using skin equivalent grafts genetically corrected with a COL7A1-encoding SIN retroviral vector (GENEGRAFT)

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

RDEB is one of the most severe rare genetic skin diseases of children and adults characterized by skin blistering resulting from lack of expression of type VII collagen. There is no treatment for this life-threatening disease. In March 2009, we obtained the orphan drug designation for the Medicinal product: “Skin equivalent graft genetically corrected with a COL7A1-encoding SIN retroviral vecto ...
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Search and implementation of procedures for dyslexia in VET

Start date: Oct 1, 2015, End date: Sep 30, 2017,

Dyslexia is a disorder caused by a neurobiological alteration and it causes reading difficulties , that have different gravity livels and it is often accompanied by dysorthography, dysgraphia, dyscalculia, and sometimes also by other disease mental activities. This disorder is a constitutional characteristic and it remains in adulthood. The European Dyslexia Association shows that 10% of th ...
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Higher education student and staff mobility project

Start date: Jun 1, 2016, End date: Sep 30, 2017,

This is a higher education student and staff mobility project, please consult the website of the organisation to obtain additional details.
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Titanium life in titanium hands: advanced use and reuse. (LIFE for life's material)

Start date: Jun 1, 2014, End date: May 31, 2017,

Background Metal recycling plays an important role in manufacturing activities, providing environmental benefits in terms of energy saving, reduced greenhouse gas emissions and reduced waste volumes. Manufacturing activities attempt to reduce the related costs and shorten the recycled metal supply chain. In the case of titanium, recycling is even more imp ...
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Technology CAD for III-V Semiconductor-based MOSFETs (III-V-MOS)

Start date: Nov 1, 2013, End date: Apr 30, 2017,

According to ITRS, III-V compound semiconductor n-type MOSFETs will reach production in 2018 as part of a new scaling scenario for high performance at very low voltage. The present lack of dependable TCAD models for the early stages of industrial development is a hindrance to benefit from the cost saves and time to market reduction that TCAD is recognized to deliver. To bridge this gap, III-V-M ...
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Biomaterials for Tracheal Replacement in Age-related Cancer via a Humanly Engineered Airway (BIOtrachea)

Start date: Apr 1, 2012, End date: Mar 31, 2017,

Age-related cancers, especially of the trachea, are neoplastic lesions that significantly impact upon the lives of thousands of European patients each year. Unfortunately, most present with inoperable lesions for which median survival is less than 12 months. Based on our previous clinically successful experiences with in vivo completely tissue engineered tracheal replacement in benign tracheal dis ...
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Co-morbidity in relation to Aids (COBRA)

Start date: Mar 1, 2013, End date: Feb 28, 2017,

Persons with HIV on combination antiretroviral therapy (cART) are at increased risk of the premature development of age-associated non-communicable comorbidities (AANCC), including cardiovascular, chronic kidney, liver and pulmonary disease, diabetes mellitus, osteoporosis, non-AIDS associated malignancies, and neurocognitive impairment. It has therefore been hypothesised that such individuals, de ...
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Sustainable recycling in polyvalent use of energy saving building elements (LIFE in SustainaBuilding)

Start date: Aug 1, 2014, End date: Jan 31, 2017,

Background Heterogeneous glass-based waste is a growing problem in Europe. In 2008, 25.5 billion glass bottles and jars, and almost 11.5 million tonnes of glass packaging were collected in the EU27. Properly sorted glass waste can be re-melted to produce new glass products, or for use in secondary markets, including in the production of ceramics, insulati ...
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“New Aluminum and Titanium Use and Recycling” for the long-term protection of steel in biocorrosive special environments (LIFE NATURe)

Start date: Aug 1, 2014, End date: Jan 31, 2017,

Background Metal chips of light alloys – such as aluminium (Al) and titanium (Ti) alloys – are a common industrial waste product. Recycling these chips brings economic and environmental benefits through the reuse of metal resources. However, recycling is difficult because the chips are heavily contaminated by the lubricant/coolant used during process ...
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New Medicines for Trypanosomatidic Infections (NMTRYPI)

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

The infectious diseases burden imposed by the parasites of Trypanosomatidae family represents a huge problem on people’s lives in countries where these diseases are endemic. Problems associated with existing drugs include inefficient delivery, insufficient efficacy, excessive toxicity and increasing resistance. New drugs are urgently needed now and in the foreseeable future. The New Medicine for T ...
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WEEENMODELS - Waste Electric and Electronic Equipment - New MODEl for Logistic Solutions (WEEENMODELS life)

Start date: Sep 2, 2013, End date: Dec 31, 2016,

Background The use of electronic devices has increased in recent decades; in addition, the lifespan of many products has become shorter. Consequently, the stream of waste electrical and electronic equipment - commonly known as WEEE or e-waste - is also growing. An estimated 20-50 million tonnes/yr are generated worldwide. It is estimated that WEEE volumes ...
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New cost/effective superHYDROphobic coatings with enhanced BOND strengh and wear resistance for application in large wind turbine blades (HYDROBOND)

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

"The main objective of HYDROBOND is the development of a highly innovative process for application of superhydrophobic coatings onto large off-shore turbine blades, that will contribute to minimize the power losses and mechanical failures. Novel thermal spray technologies will be the way to achieve the nanostructured coatings with tailored anti-icing properties and enhanced bond strengh, in a cost ...
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