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Sustainable Organic and Low-input Dairying (SOLID) (SOLID)

Start date: Apr 1, 2011, End date: Mar 31, 2016,

"Organic and low-input dairy farming systems are increasingly noted as delivering multifunctional benefits to the agricultural industry and society but technical and economic constraints prevent widespread adoption. SOLID will deliver an innovative toolbox of novel methodologies that will contribute to the competitiveness of the dairy industry and increase the effectiveness with which these benefi ...
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Crimean Congo Hemorrhagic Fever; Modern Approaches to Diagnostics, Surveillance, Prevention, Therapy and Preparedness (CCH Fever)

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

Over the last years, large outbreaks of Crimean Congo Hemorrhagic fever virus (CCHFV) in several European countries and neighbouring areas are on the rise. This disease poses a great threat to public health due to its high mortality rate, modes of transmission and geographical distribution. Climate changes and observation of the CCHFV vector in central Europe alarm the European community as we can ...
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Linking Impact Assessment Instruments to Sustainability Expertise (LIAISE)

Start date: Nov 1, 2009, End date: Apr 30, 2014,

Existing research points out that the full potential of Impact Assessment (IA) for delivering sustainable development is not being realised. Many tools to support IA are not yet being fully employed by policy makers. This is symptomatic of a large and deep gap between the two broad communities of IA researchers and IA practitioners. Practitioners tend to look for tools that are simple and transpar ...
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Combination of Shear Stress and Molecular Imaging of Inflammation to Predict High-Risk Atherosclerotic Plaque (SMILE)

Start date: Apr 12, 2010, End date: Apr 11, 2014,

Although the detailed pathophysiologic triggers responsible for the individual natural history trajectory of each atherosclerotic plaque are unknown, the local, dynamic interplay between low endothelial shear stress (ESS) and vascular inflammation is likely to be critical. The purpose of the proposed project is to combine ESS with inflammation in a plaque risk classification scheme aiming to predi ...
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PRACE - First Implementation Phase Project (PRACE-1IP)

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

Large scale simulations are the third pillar of science today alongside theory and experiment. They produce scientific insights, technological advances, and solve problems in many fields of society. Their tools are high-end computers and effective software. PRACE, the Partnership for Advanced Computing, has been created as a not for profit association in May 2010 as a permanent pan-European High P ...
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Hormone-free non-seasonal or seasonal goat reproduction for a sustainable European goat-milk market (FLOCK-REPROD)

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

"FLOCK-REPROD will provide the European dairy goat industry with the innovative, economically and environmentally-viable technology necessary to enable the hormone-free production of goat’s milk and related products (e.g. cheese). It will achieve this by controlling reproduction via artificial insemination (AI) all year round. FLOCK-REPROD technology will allow the EU dairy goat industry to operat ...
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Innovative coastal technologies for safer European coasts in a changing climate (THESEUS)

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

Coastal areas are vital economic hubs in terms of settlement, industry, agriculture, trade and tourism to mention some key sectors. There are already many coastal problems including erosion, flood risk and long-term habitat deterioration. As economies continue to develop the asset base at risk will grow, while accelerating climate change will increase the likelihood of damaging extreme events, as ...
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Jordan Europe Wide Enhanced research Links in ICT (JEWEL)

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

"The 36-month JEWEL project gives Jordan the possibility to improve the research activities of their highest quality in the FP7 thematic priority “Information and Communication Technologies” (ICT), through twinning activities between one of the leading Jordan scientific and educational organisations Jordan University of Science and Technology (JUST), with their long term partner the Aristotle Univ ...
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UNIFICATION IN THE LHC ERA (UNILHC)

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

"The main research theme of the proposed network is the theoretical interpretation of results coming from the LHC and other experimental and observational sources. The aim is to identify the physics Beyond the Standard Model of strong, weak and electromagnetic forces and ultimately to provide a fully unified description of the fundamental states of matter and their interactions. We will investigat ...
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Automatic code generation for Graphics Processing Units (AUTh-AutoGPU)

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

An interesting trend in multi-core processors is the Graphics Processing Units (GPUs). GPUs consist of hundreds of very simple processing units specialized in efficient parallel computations. Until the recent past, GPUs were seen and used exclusively for the computations required in the processing of ray tracing for graphical life-like scenes mostly used in computer games. But recently there is co ...
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Plant Terpenoids for Human Health: a chemical and genomic approach to identify and produce bioactive compounds (TERPMED)

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

"Plant secondary metabolites are an important source of therapeutic drugs or drug leads. The advent of genomic and metabolomic technologies has now made it possible to bring the field of plant natural products into the 21st century and replace serendipitous and haphazard finding by rational design and discovery. This proposal is devoted to plant terpenes, the largest and most diverse group of plan ...
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geoland2 - towards an operational GMES Land Monitoring Core Service (geoland2)

Start date: Sep 1, 2008, End date: Dec 31, 2012,

geoland2 intends to constitute a major step forward in the implementation of the GMES Land Monitoring Core Service (LMCS). The three components (Local, Continental and Global) of the LMCS are addressed. The goal of geoland2 is (i) to prepare, validate and demonstrate pre-operational service chains and products that will underpin the LMCS, and (ii) to propose and demonstrate a concrete functional o ...
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International network for capacity building for the control of emerging viral vector borne zoonotic diseases (ARBO-ZOONET)

Start date: May 1, 2008, End date: Oct 31, 2012,

"West Nile Fever (WNF), Rift Valley Fever (RVF) and Crimean-Congo Haemorrhagic Fever (CCHF) are arthropod-borne diseases of different domestic and wild animals and can also affect humans, posing a great threat to public health because of their epidemic and zoonotic potential. Their geographical distribution has expanded in recent decades. WNF outbreaks have already occurred in Europe, CCHF is ende ...
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Cost effective corrosion and fatigue monitoring for transport products (CORFAT)

Start date: Nov 1, 2008, End date: Oct 31, 2012,

"Corrosion damages and fatigue cracks are the main causes for structural failures of all surface transport products like ships, road tankers and railway tank cars. Examples are catastrophic ship accidents with a tremendous pollution of the maritime environment or fatal explosions during the use of transport vehicles. Although evolving defects have to be identified in time to enable appropriate rep ...
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Co-ordination for optimal decisions in dynamic environments (CODDE)

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

"Everyday actions and social interactions depend on making prompt decisions in a dynamic world. Despite the seeming ease with which we are able to recognise targets for attention and direct our actions, understanding how the brain extracts the key information from the complex input of the natural world to support successful behaviour is one of the greatest open scientific challenges. Meeting this ...
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Prevention and Restoration Actions to Combat Desertification. An Integrated Assessment (PRACTICE)

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

"The general objective of PRACTICE is to link S & T advances and traditional knowledge on prevention and restoration practices to combat desertification with sound implementation, learning and adaptive management, knowledge sharing, and dissemination of best practices. Specific objectives are: 1. To create an international platform of long-term monitoring sites for assessing and investigating pra ...
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Population age structure and age structure modification via Wolbachia in Anopheles gambiae (AnoPopAge)

Start date: Feb 1, 2009, End date: Jul 31, 2012,

One of the most critical factors contributing to the vectorial capacity of malaria vector mosquitoes is the mean age attained by adult females, because after picking up the Plasmodium parasite there is a lengthy incubation period before transmission can occur. A virulent strain of the endosymbiotic bacterium Wolbachia called wMelPop reduces adult lifespan in its native Drosophila host, and has rec ...
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EMbedded MONitoring (EMMON)

Start date: Mar 1, 2009, End date: May 31, 2012,

"The vision of smart locations is of significant societal interest today. For example, a smart city can monitor its levels and distribution of air pollution and give recommendation to European citizen about where to walk and where to drive. This helps to improve sustainability of urban life. This societal vision requires however that monitoring of huge geographical extensions is performed in real ...
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European Biodiversity Observation Network; a project to design and test a biodiversity observation system integrated in time and space (EBONE)

Start date: Apr 1, 2008, End date: Mar 31, 2012,

The key challenge addressed in the present proposal is to develop a biodiversity observation system that is transmissible, cost effective and provides added value to the currently independent data sources of in situ data and EO. There are three requirements: the production of protocols to enable extant data to be placed on a common framework for analysis; the provision of a sound scientific conce ...
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"Conflicting demands of land use, soil biodiversity and the sustainable delivery of ecosystem goods and services in Europe" (SOILSERVICE)

Start date: Sep 1, 2008, End date: Feb 29, 2012,

"European soil biodiversity is pivotal for delivering food, fiber and biofuels and carbon storage. However, the demand is greater than the amount of soil available, as production of biofuels competes with areas for food production and nature. Moreover, intensified land use reduces soil biodiversity and the resulting ecosystem services. SOILSERVICE will value soil biodiversity through the impact on ...
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Rising pan-European and International Awareness of Biometrics and Security Ethics (RISE)

Start date: Mar 1, 2009, End date: Feb 29, 2012,

RISE is a CSA (coordinating), which aims to promote pan-European and International Awareness on Ethical Aspects of Biometrics and Security Technologies. In particular the project aims to deepen, enlarge, and ensure continuity to transnational (European) and international dialogue already instigated by the international conferences on ethics and biometrics organised by the EC DG Research and the US ...
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Diversification for Tobacco Growing Farms by the alternative crop Stevia rebaudiana Bertoni (DIVAS)

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

"The CAP reform for the tobacco sector (EG Nr. 864/2004 from April 29, 2004, effective on January 1, 2006) has the aim to phase out the subsidy payment for tobacco cultivation. This will have a great impact on the tobacco growers in terms of income and employment. The project addresses a specific scientific and technological problem, as well as societal. It is exploring the possibilities to replac ...
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Intelligent Adaptable Surface with Optical Fiber Sensing for Pressure-Tension Relief (IASiS)

Start date: Nov 10, 2009, End date: Jan 9, 2012,

IASiS addresses pressure ulcer incidence and treatment and aims to develop and demonstrate an Intelligent Adaptable Surface for serving as the skin/machine interface in therapy beds and wheelchair seating systems. This surface is envisaged to be capable of redistributing the pressure, strain and shear applied on the skin. A controller and an algorithm optimizes the load-time curve as pre-specified ...
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Development of Culturally Appropriate Neuropsychological Tests for the Greek Population (DECANT)

Start date: Jan 1, 2009, End date: Dec 31, 2011,

"We aim to explore and demonstrate the flaws inherent in the current practice of transferring neuropsychological tests from American or other Anglo-Saxon societies to other countries and cultures and to develop an empirically-based and scientifically sound conceptual framework within which potential pitfalls in culturally sensitive neuropsychological assessment and test development can be avoided. ...
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Tuning the properties of organic materials by the incorporation of nanoparticles produced by laser ablation (OMALANP)

Start date: Nov 28, 2008, End date: Nov 27, 2011,

"It is proposed to use nanoparticles produced by laser ablation of a target material in suitable solvents and monomers to tune the optical, electrical, mechanical and structural properties of organic polymers which are commonly used as active or barrier layers in flexible organic electronic devices."
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"Megacities: Emissions, urban, regional and Global Atmospheric POLlution and climate effects, and Integrated tools for assessment and mitigation" (MEGAPOLI)

Start date: Oct 1, 2008, End date: Sep 30, 2011,

"The MEGAPOLI project brings together leading European research groups, state-of-the-art scientific tools and key players from third countries to investigate the interactions among megacities, air quality and climate. MEGAPOLI will bridge the spatial and temporal scales that connect local emissions, air quality and weather with global atmospheric chemistry and climate. The main objectives are: (i ...
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BALTIC - TO - BALKAN NETWORK FOR LOGISTICS COMPETENCE (B2B LOCO)

Start date: Sep 1, 2009, End date: Aug 31, 2011,

"Based on successful FP5&6 experiences of POLLOCO and CENTRAL LOCO projects, the revised and expanded concept of the B2B LOCO project is that local market-oriented research units - collaborating in an international network aimed at experience exchange - can substantially increase the participation of SMEs in the FP projects by demonstrating and actively promoting the most business practice-oriente ...
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Creating and disseminating novel nanomechanical characterisation techniques and standards (NANOINDENT)

Start date: Sep 1, 2008, End date: Aug 31, 2011,

"Our project aims to gather, improve, catalogue and present characterisation techniques, methods and equipment for nanomechanical testing. European-wide activities coordinated by a new virtual centre will improve existing nanoindentation metrology to reveal structure-properties relationship at the nano-scale. These methods are the only tools to characterise nanocomposite, nanolayer and interface m ...
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Development of a new adsorbent material for efficient and economic removal of Arsenic from potable water (AquAsZero)

Start date: Jul 1, 2009, End date: Jun 30, 2011,

The standards for arsenic in drinking water have been revised; in Europe, through the Directive 98/83/CE, and in the U.S.. the new Maximum Contaminant Level is now 10 μgAs/L. Fulfilling these new requirements is therefore urgent and it will be a major challenge for the water supply companies, as existing technologies are partly meeting these needs. The major issue in the new Arsenic limit is the a ...
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Integration of Farm Management Information Systems to support real-time management decisions and compliance of management standards (FutureFarm)

Start date: Jan 1, 2008, End date: May 31, 2011,

In the future European farmers will have to effectively manage information on and off their farms to improve economic viability and to reduce environmental impact. All three levels, in which agricultural activities need to be harmonized with economical and environmental constraints, require integrated ICT adoption: (i) improvement of farm efficiency; (ii) integration of public goods provided by fa ...
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Development and integration of processes and technologies for the production of Organic Low-cost and large-Area flexible Electronics (OLAtronics)

Start date: Jan 1, 2008, End date: Mar 31, 2011,

During the last years, there has been a rapidly expanding effort for the development of the materials and processes for the manufacturing of electronic devices based on organic thin film materials. The wide implementation of active (organic semiconductors) and passive (barrier, electrode) materials for the manufacturing of Flexible Organic Electronic Devices (such as flexible Electrochromic-EC and ...
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Sustainable innovation technology in plant nursery process improving plant quality and safety (SITINPLANT)

Start date: Sep 1, 2008, End date: Feb 28, 2011,

"The quality of the plant material used to establish an orchard has a relevant importance for his success. Currently, in this sector, there is a widespread usage of chemical pesticides and of synthetic fertilizers, which are leading to the reduction of microflora complexity in the soil and decreasing the overall plant quality. There is the necessity of innovating plants’ production processes to pr ...
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NoE PolyNET - Network of Excellence for the exploitation of organic and large area electronics (PolyNet)

Start date: Jan 1, 2008, End date: Dec 31, 2010,

Description Network of Excellence for the exploitation of organic and large-area electronicsThe Network of Excellence (NoE) PolyNet aims to establish Europe in the area of organic and large area electronics as the world leader in science, technology development and subsequent commercial exploitation of printing and large area technologies ...
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Assessing the Impact of Rural Development Policies (RuDI)

Start date: Feb 1, 2008, End date: Oct 31, 2010,

The RuDI study will provide a thorough analysis of the design, delivery and impact of EU Rural Development Policy (incl. LEADER). The study combines quantitative and qualitative approaches starting with a critical review of the state-of-the-art in RD theory and the conceptual frameworks and approaches used in RD policy evaluation. In the study the Common Monitoring and Evaluation Framework (CMEF) ...
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History and Philosophy in Science Teaching (HIPST)

Start date: Feb 1, 2008, End date: Jul 31, 2010,

In order to develop a better integration of science in society and society in science the promotion of young people’s interest in science, to encourage their critical and creative ways of thinking and to improve science education, and the uptake of scientific careers in general is of vital importance. Sustained learning of science implies many different dimensions. One often ignored, but important ...
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