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Joint Operation for Ultra Low Emission Shipping (JOULES)

Start date: Jun 1, 2013, End date: May 31, 2017,

Reducing emissions from shipping has increasingly become a challenge over the last years, both as a counter measure against global climate change and to protect local environments and population from waste, gas emissions and noise.This challenge has been documented both in policy papers, like the Europe 2020 initiative or the Transport White Paper, and in rules and regulations issued by IMO as wel ...
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Empowering root-targeted strategies to minimize abiotic stress impacts on horticultural crops (ROOTOPOWER)

Start date: Jan 1, 2012, End date: Dec 31, 2015,

ROOTOPOWER aims to develop a multidisciplinary suite of new tools targeted to the root system to enhance agronomic stability and sustainability of dicotyledonous crops under multiple and combined abiotic stresses: salinity, water stress, soil compaction and low fertilizer (N, P, K) input. Central to our approach is the use of tomato as a model species since it can be very easily grafted (usual com ...
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Type 2 diabetes and obesity among sub-Saharan African native and migrant populations: dissection of environment and endogenous predisposition (RODAM)

Start date: Jan 1, 2012, End date: Sep 30, 2015,

"Migration from Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) to Europe is increasing. The limited evidence suggests that the risk of type 2 diabetes (T2D) and obesity among SSA migrants is higher than among their SSA peers living in Africa and European host populations. The reasons for these observations are only poorly understood, but may involve migration-related changes in lifestyle, genetic predisposition as well ...
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Nanostructured energy-harvesting thermoelectrics based on Mg2Si (ThermoMag)

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

The core concept of the ThermoMag project revolves around developing and delivering new energy-harvesting thermoelectric materials and proof-of-concept modules, based on nanostructured bulk Mg2Si solid solutions. This class of TE material would have the following attractive characteristics: (i) ZT value >1.5 for both n-type and p-type doped material, (ii) operational in the temperature range 300-5 ...
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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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On/Off-Switchable Smart Nanobioreactors (SSNano)

Start date: Oct 16, 2011, End date: Oct 15, 2013,

Nanobioreactor, a fascinating technology, is a latest combination of nanobiotechnology with advanced functional materials, are becoming promising tools for sensitive and selective novel biosensors. The aim of this research is to develop, synthesize and apply a new generation of stimuli-responsive switch-like nanobioreactors which own the self-switching textural ability to allow the specific recogn ...
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WaterBee Smart Irrigation Systems Demonstration Action (WaterBee DA)

Start date: Jul 1, 2011, End date: Jun 30, 2013,

The WaterBee Smart Irrigation Demonstration Action is the follow-on phase from the very successful FP7-SME-007-1 WaterBee “Research for SMEs” project (222440) that ended in September 2010, & very convincingly researched, developed & proved the concept of the WaterBee Prototype to provide an unique scientific soil-moisture model that automatically adapts to each installation & crop with a distribut ...
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Marine Water Quality Information Services – AquaMar (AQUAMAR)

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

"Water quality (WQ) is a focus of monitoring agencies and the public, and it is subject of several European Directives and regional conventions. The AquaMar project will develop and provide downstream services turning Marine Core Service products into WQ services, demanded by end user. The team is composed mainly of SMEs (70%) supported by key scientific partners. The objective is to create a refe ...
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Optical Fiber-based Nanobiosensors for Early Prostate Cancer Diagnosis (NanoEye)

Start date: Sep 13, 2010, End date: Sep 12, 2012,

This project intends to construct novel nanosized optical fiber-based biosensors which could be applied to detect and monitor the existing telomerase in nucleus of single living cells without significantly altering and/or destructing single cell’s intracellular architecture and physiological function. By studying the level of telomerase in single living cells, early-stage cancer could be detected ...
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Mechanism of action of anti-fungals against mycotoxigenic species: from molecular to phenotypic efficacy (ANTIFUNGALvsMYCOTOX)

Start date: Sep 1, 2010, End date: Aug 31, 2012,

The consumption of mycotoxin-contaminated commodities is related to several acute and chronic diseases in humans. Consumer pressure in Europe has resulted in efforts to find effective natural compounds to substitute existing food grade preservatives to control the growth of mycotoxigenic food spoilage moulds. In this project the research of the functional relationship between natural anti-fungals, ...
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Integration of emerging soft nanotechnology into the functionalisation of textiles (NANOBOND)

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

One key area of the European textile industry is the technical development of products and processes for reducing contamination and the removal of stains of all kinds from manufactured articles, including textiles. To a large part this is necessary for keeping up performance and function, often for health reasons, although sometimes this is for purely aesthetic effects. Thus, easy-to-clean, soil r ...
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