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Early Prevention of Diabetes Complications in people with Hyperglycaemia in Europe (E-PREDICE)
Start date: Jan 1, 2012, End date: Dec 31, 2017,
"Background: A significant proportion of pre-diabetics, show macro and micro vascular complications associated with hyperglycaemia. Although many trials have demonstrated the efficacy of lifestyle and pharmaceutical interventions in diabetes prevention, no trial has evaluated the extent to which mid- and long-term complications can be prevented by early interventions on hyperglycaemia.Aims: To ass ...
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Liberalism in Between Europe and China (LIBEAC)
Start date: Jan 1, 2013, End date: Dec 31, 2016,
"Reflecting on the issues of EU-China relationships, aims at developing a new understanding of liberalism in its economic, political and social dimensions.It involves a comparative analysis of the cultural differences in its interpretation and of the political discrepancies in its enforcement, in particular with respect to economic, social and environmental rights in China and Europe in Modern tim ...
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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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OPEN INNOVATION Mechanisms in Smart Cities (Open Cities)
Start date: Nov 1, 2010, End date: Dec 31, 2013,
The success of cities is linked to their efficiency, in reducing transaction costs and providing services. However, in order to maintain this success, cities have reinvented themselves many times through history.Today, Information Technologies are doomed to be the key driver of a new wave of innovation in cities that will lead, one more time, to their reinvention.However, public procurement and ma ...
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CLimate change and Urban Vulnerability in Africa (CLUVA)
Start date: Dec 1, 2010, End date: Nov 30, 2013,
The social and economic impact of natural disasters in emerging economies and developing countries is growing. Many African countries have fragile economies unable to absorb the shocks caused by natural disasters enhanced by the increasing vulnerability of rapidly expanding urban areas. Climate change is likely to rapidly exacerbate this situation. The overall objective of CLUVA is to develop meth ...
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