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An Integrated European ‘Flagship’ Program Driving Mechanism-based Toxicity Testing and Risk Assessment for the 21st Century (EU-ToxRisk)

Start date: Jan 1, 2016, End date: Dec 31, 2021,

The vision of EU-ToxRisk is to drive a paradigm shift in toxicology towards an animal-free, mechanism-based integrated approach to chemical safety assessment. The project will unite all relevant disciplines and stakeholders to establish: i) pragmatic, solid read-across procedures incorporating mechanistic and toxicokinetic knowledge; and ii) ab initio hazard and risk assessment strategies of chemi ...
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Pre-commercial lines for production of surface nanostructured antimicrobial and anti-biofilm textiles, medical devices and water treatment membranes (PROTECT)

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

PROTECT aims to introduce to the market One step antimicrobial finish processes for polymeric materials used in i) specialty textiles for public areas and hospitals, ii) water treatment membranes, and iii) implantable medical devices. Compared to main existing manufacturing routes, the proposed one-step coating technologies are simple, fast, and reproducible. For this, PROTECT uses as a starting p ...
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Coordinated energy-related PPIs actions for cities (CEPPI) (CEPPI 2)

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

CEPPI aims to build capacity in cities on how to achieve more sustainable energy solutions through a pro-innovation procurement approach (PPI) & to demonstrate this by selectively intervening in scheduled public tenders. The interventions will involve 5 cities with different economic & political situations & provide the case-based evidence for replication by others.The scale of energy demand in ...
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Resource Efficient Production Route for Rare Earth Magnets (REProMag)

Start date: Jan 1, 2015, End date: Dec 31, 2017,

The overall objective of the REProMag project is to develop and validate an innovative, resource-efficient manufacturing route (SDS process) for Rare Earth magnets that allows for the economically efficient production of net-shape magnetic parts with complex structures and geometries, while being 100% waste-free along the whole manufacturing chain. The new Shaping, Debinding and Sintering (SDS) pr ...
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Solar Heat Integration Network (SHINE)

Start date: Oct 1, 2013, End date: Sep 30, 2017,

Large solar heating systems are decisive to cover a major part of European low temperature heat demand by solar energy and therewith to meet European policy aims. However, today only a negligible share of solar heating systems installed in Europe are large units due to manifold technical and socio-economic obstacles. The challenge of solar thermal technology and the overall objective of the propos ...
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Glocal enterprise network focusing on customer-centric collaboration (GloNet)

Start date: Sep 1, 2011, End date: Feb 28, 2015,

GloNet aims at designing, developing, and deploying an agile virtual enterprise environment for networks of SMEs involved in highly customized and service-enhanced products through end-to-end collaboration with customers and local suppliers (co-creation). GloNet implements the glocal enterprise notion with value creation from global networked operations and invol¬ving global supply chain managemen ...
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"Development and demonstration of a dynamic, web-based, renewable energy rating platform" (EAGLE)

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

"In order for the EC to achieve ambitious renewable energy targets there is a strong need to accelerate market penetration of Renewable Energy Systems (RES) in both industrial and domestic sectors. The domestic sector is of major significance, as it will reduce reliance on large centralized energy plants. There are several domestic options including solar thermal, solar electric, heat pump and bio ...
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Qualification and Diagnosis of Carbon and Glass Fibre-Reinforced Composites with Non-Destructive Measurement Technologies (QUALIFIBRE)

Start date: Dec 1, 2012, End date: Nov 30, 2014,

Today, fibre-reinforced composites (CRP/GRP) can be found in high tech applications like in aerospace and energy industry. The production of these materials is expensive and the quality control is often manually conducted. As the processes of quality control and even the way how to analyse and characterize damage and defects within fibre-reinforced composites are not standardized yet, parts consi ...
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Oxide Materials Towards a Matured Post-silicon Electronics Era (Orama)

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

Orama is on the development of new high performance multifunctional oxide based electronic materials, processable at low temperatures, including flexible substrates that have the potential to catapult the electronics industry into a new era of growth. Orama will develop, analyze and utilize these new materials and techniques to investigate into device concepts highlighting the potential of oxides ...
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A Treatment-Oriented Research Project of NCL Disorders as a Major Cause of Dementia in Childhood (DEM-CHILD)

Start date: Oct 1, 2011, End date: Sep 30, 2014,

"The DEM-CHILD project focusses on the main cause for childhood dementia in Europe, the neuronal ceroid lipofuscinoses (NCLs). The NCLs are neurodegenerative diseases characterized by dementia, blindness, epilepsy and physical decline leading to an early death of the patients. Since no cure is currently available, these disorders represent a serious social, medical, and economic challenge.To date, ...
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Development of a tri-generation solar heating and COOLing System including the Use of the heat extracted from the adsorptioN chiller re-cooling circuit (COOLSUN)

Start date: Nov 1, 2011, End date: Oct 31, 2013,

"About 400 solar cooling pilots have now been installed, tested, living and analyzed throughout Europe. Yet, none of them combines in a single integrated system the solar thermal tri-generation: sanitary water heating, space heating and space cooling. The on-going HighCombi project will result in a first tentative of such a concept. However, the partners of the COOLSUN project have already identif ...
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Sound Design of Reed Organ Pipes with Innovative Tools (REEDDESIGN)

Start date: Nov 1, 2011, End date: Oct 31, 2013,

"The main objectives are to solve practical problems of the dimensioning and voicing of reed organ pipes, to develop innovative methods, tools and software for helping the voicing adjustments and sound design work of organ builder SMEs, to develop new pipe types with sound character of Asian musical instruments. As 8 SMEs from 7 countries participate in the project who have a very large interest o ...
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Identifying and validating pre-clinical biomarkers for diagnostics and therapeutics of Neuromuscular Disorders (BIO-NMD)

Start date: Dec 1, 2009, End date: Nov 30, 2012,

"The rapidly expanding knowledge of NMDs genetic diagnosis, pathogenesis and therapeutic possibilities has provided new targets for disease characterisation, early diagnosis, drug discovery and development as well as has raised many questions about how to translate this knowledge into clinical practice as (initial) clinical trials typically run for such a short time that clinical improvement can h ...
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Clean buildings along with resource efficiency enhancement using appropriate materials and technology (Clear-up)

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

Clear-up presents a holistic approach to the reducing operational energy use in buildings. By development and novel use of nano-materials it aims to increase energy performance in heating, ventilation, air conditioning (HVAC) and lighting systems, and to improve indoor air quality using catalytic purification. Clear-up’s solutions are designed for retro-fitting existing buildings and of course for ...
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Empowering Biomedical and Bioengineering SMEs to promote participation in FP7 projects (SM-BIO-POWER)

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

"The SM-BIO-POWER project aims to stimulate, promote and support the participation of high-tech, research intensive SMEs operating in the medical technology and biomedical engineering sectors of the health field for long term research interest and increased participation in the context of FP7 European Research activities. The proposed project is largely based on the outcomes and the experience ga ...
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Innovative Methods and Tools for the Sound Design of Organ Pipes (INNOSOUND)

Start date: Jun 1, 2008, End date: Nov 30, 2010,

"The main objective is to solve practical problems concerning the voicing of labial organ pipes, and to develop innovative methods and tools for helping the voicing adjustments and sound design work of organ builder SMEs. The project is based on the precognitions of the successfully completed “DEMORGPIPE” CRAFT project (G1ST-CT-2002-50267), which has resulted in a scientific explanation of the sca ...
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Support of dissemination and exploitation of results obtained in research projects realized with the participation of the SME sector (USEandDIFFUSE)

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

The Strategic Objective of the USEandDIFFUSE project is to enhance dissemination and exploitation of research results and facilitate the exchange of good practices. The project will focus mostly on RTD projects involving SMEs implemented under the Framework Programmes, and within key industrial sectors (ICT, Energy, Health, Environment and Agro-Food). Based on past experiences and reviews of best ...
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Evaluating the education of interpreters and their clients through virtual learning activities

Start date: Jan 1, 2013,

EVIVA evaluates the educational opportunities that virtual learning environments (VLEs) offer for future interpreters and their clients. Research into the use of VLEs in interpreter training shows positive results, and their use to educate interpreter clients is emerging. However, these uses have never been evaluated systematically. ICT are now used to provide interpreting in business and communit ...
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Corpora for Content & Language Integrated Learning

The Backbone project proposes a pedagogically motivated corpus approach enablingteachers to collect and exploit spoken discourse resources for teaching LWULTlanguages and their regional varieties. Based on the communicative principles of learnerand teacher autonomy, authenticated learning and collaboration, the Backboneapproach combines corpus resources for linguistically and thematically speciali ...
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Interpreting in Virtual Reality

Start date: Jan 1, 2011,

The rise of migration and multilingualism in Europe requires professional interpreters in business, legal, medical and many other settings. Future interpreters therefore need to master an ever broadening range of interpreting scenarios and skills. This is difficult to achieve with traditional teaching methods and in times of reduced teaching contact hours. Also, in many of the emerging interpretin ...
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INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION IN EUROPE

Teenagers in Europe encounter culturally and linguistically diverse societies, both inface to face contact and in web communication. This is a challenge and chance forwhich school can prepare them: to increase intercultural competence while at the sametime acquiring foreign language skills needed for successful and appropriateintercultural communication.ICEurope – ‘Intercultural Communication in E ...
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