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Universal microarrays for the evaluation of fresh-water quality based on detection of pathogens and their toxins (ΜΑQUΑ)

Start date: Mar 1, 2011, End date: Nov 30, 2014,

Monitoring the quality of drinking water is of paramount importance for public health. “Water is not a commercial product but a heritage that must be protected, defended and treated as such” (Water Framework Directive 2000/60/EC). The threat of waterborne diseases in Europe will predictably increase in the future as the human population increases and as a result of globalization and migration from ...
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INCORPORATING EUROPEAN FUNDAMENTAL VALUES INTO ICT FOR AGEING: A VITAL POLITICAL, ETHICAL , TECHNOLOGICAL, AND INDUSTRIAL CHALLENGE (VALUE-AGEING)

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

INCORPORATING EUROPEAN FUNDAMENTAL VALUES INTO ICT FOR AGEING: A VITAL POLITICAL, ETHICAL , TECHNOLOGICAL, AND INDUSTRIAL CHALLENGE (VALUE-AGEING) is a 48 month Marie Curie Industry-Academia Partnerships and Pathways Action which aims to foster co-operation between non-commercial and commercial entities on a joint research project about the incorporation of Fundamental Values of the EU in Info-Com ...
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Enlightenment and Global History (ENGLOBE)

Start date: Nov 1, 2009, End date: Oct 31, 2013,

"ENGLOBE (""Enlightenment and Global History"") is a projected network of researchers concerned with Europe’s role in the process of globalization. Its thematic aims are located in the newly emerging supra-disciplinary field of Global History which provides a highly useful mode of reflection on the cultural and historical dimension of globalization processes. The Enlightenment has a double signifi ...
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Marine Algae as Biomass for Biofuels (MABFUEL)

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

"Currently most research into efficient algal-oil production is being carried out by the private sector, but if predictions from small scale production experiments are realised then using algae to produce biodiesel may be the only viable method by which to produce enough bio-fuel to replace current world petrol/diesel usage. Micro-algae in particular have much faster growth-rates than terrestrial ...
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Consumer sentiment regarding privacy on user generated content services in the digital economy (CONSENT)

Start date: May 1, 2010, End date: Apr 30, 2013,

One of the key changes in societal trends and lifestyles witnessed over the past few years has been the move on-line of many consumers and the way they have become increasingly sophisticated in their media consumption habits. Have these recent changes to consumer and commercial practices developed in such a way that consumers are (in)voluntarily signing away their fundamental right to privacy? Thi ...
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Macrophage Systems Biology Applied To Disease Control (MacroSys)

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

Cattle-farming is one of the most important agricultural activities in the EU. This project will address issues of the health and welfare of cattle and the safety of cattle products, focussing on diseases that are on the increase in European cattle population and are aware of growing concern elsewhere. Two related diseases will be targeted, bovine tuberculosis (TB) and bovine para-tuberculosis (Pa ...
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The Production of Sustainable Diesel-Miscible-Biofuels from the Residues and Wastes of Europe and Latin America (DIBANET)

Start date: Jul 1, 2009, End date: Mar 31, 2013,

The increasing reliance on imported diesel fuels, in addition to annual increases in the quantities of organic wastes are threats to the EU and Latin America. This project (DIBANET) will combat these threats and help to eliminate diesel imports by developing novel technologies that will allow the sustainable production of diesel miscible biofuels from wastes. It will build on the key, complementar ...
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CONtaminants in Food and Feed: Inexpensive DEtectioN for Control of Exposure (CONffIDENCE)

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

RASFF alerts show that monitoring of chemical contaminants in food and feed is very relevant in European food safety. Also consumers placed chemical contaminants on top of the “worry-scale” of food-related risks. According to the General Food Law, food and feed industries are responsible for the safety of their products. Often expensive instrumental single-analyte methods are being applied by regu ...
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Strategies for the eradication of bovine tuberculosis (TB-STEP)

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

"Tuberculosis is an infectious disease caused by the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex. This infection affects domestic and wild animals and represents a major concern worldwide because of its high economic impact due to mortalities, condemnations, decreases in productions, and its zoonotic potential. Eradication programmes based on a test-and-slaughter policy in the EU have proved successful i ...
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Advancing understanding of Atlantic Salmon at Sea: Merging Genetics and Ecology to resolve Stock-specific Migration and Distribution patterns (SALSEA-Merge)

Start date: Apr 1, 2008, End date: Oct 31, 2011,

Over the past two decades, an increasing proportion of North Atlantic salmon are dying at sea during their oceanic feeding migration. The specific reasons for the decline in this important species are as yet unknown, however, climate change is likely to be an important factor. In some rivers in the southern part of the salmons range, wild salmon now face extinction. This is in spite of unprecedent ...
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Evaluating and controlling the risk of African swine fever in the EU (ASFRISK)

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

"African swine fever (ASF) in EU member states is currently confined to Italy (Sardinia), it was recently introduced to Caucasian regions and it is highly prevalent in sub-Saharan African countries. In both the EC and Africa changes in the epidemiology of the disease have recently been observed, related to newly emerging strains of ASFV, emphasising the serious threat this disease represents to th ...
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Sustained Emotionally coloured Machine-human Interaction using Nonverbal Expression (SEMAINE)

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

The aim of the SEMAINE project is to draw together the current research on non-verbal signs and to produce a system that capitalises on them to achieve genuinely sustained, emotionally coloured interactions between a person and a machine. To do that, it develops an idea which was introduced in the FP5 project ERMIS and pursued in HUMAINE. The idea is to build a 'Sensitive Artificial Listener', or ...
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Social evolution: novel insights from the neglected sphecid wasps (SENSE)

Start date: Jun 23, 2008, End date: Jun 22, 2010,

"Social evolution is at the core of evolutionary biology, largely through the seminal work of WD Hamilton on inclusive fitness and the role of genetic relatedness in shaping social interactions and the social organisation of insect societies. Extensions to Hamilton’s original ideas have given a profound insight into the balance that exists between selfless cooperation and egoism within eusocial in ...
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International Support of a Common Awareness and Knowledge Platform for Studying and Enabling Independent Living (CAPSIL)

Start date: Apr 7, 2008, End date: Mar 31, 2010,

The aging of society is the single most important aspect of health care in the 21st century. Many intriguing ICT solutions are being developed within the EU, USA, and Japan for helping older people remain independent longer. However, these solutions tend to be fragmented and heterogeneous. The CAPSIL CSA team is a coalition of University and Industrial partners that already have extensive teams de ...
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