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EuroPubHealth Plus

Start date: Sep 1, 2016, End date: Aug 31, 2021,

...ternship of 2 to 4 months, the drafting and defence of a master thesis. Students choose one of seven pathways which focus on specific public health functions or disciplines: • Health Promotion (University of Granada/Andalusian School of Public Health, taught in Spanish), Spain;• Leadership in European Public Health (University of Maastricht, English), The Netherlands;• Governance of Health Systems ...
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Children’s Liver Tumour European Research Network (ChiLTERN)

Start date: Jan 1, 2016, End date: Dec 31, 2020,

Liver cancer in the paediatric population is rare with an incidence approximately 1-1.5 per million population. The commonest tumour seen in the childhood population is hepatoblastoma (HB), usually seen in young children and infants. Much rarer (about 10% of paediatric liver cancers) is hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), usually seen in the teenage population and sometimes associated with underlying ...
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SUPercontinuum broadband light sources covering UV to IR applications (SUPUVIR)

Start date: Oct 1, 2016, End date: Sep 30, 2020,

SUPercontinuum broadband light sources covering UV to IR applications (SUPUVIR) will combine the efforts of 6 academic and 4 non-academic beneficiaries to train 15 ESRs for the growing industry within SC broadband light sources, giving them extensive knowledge in silica and soft-glass chemistry, preform design and fibre drawing, linear and nonlinear fibre and waveguide characterization, nonlinear ...
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Non-invasive monitoring of perinatal health through multiparametric digital representation of clinically relevant functions for improving clinical intervention in neonatal units (Digi-NewB) (Digi-NewB)

Start date: Mar 1, 2016, End date: Feb 29, 2020,

...mortality, morbidity and health costs for the hospitalised newborns. More precisely the proposal consist in: i) implementing a large targeted prospective multicentre neonatal cohort, recruited in six university hospitals, ii) identifying the most relevant composite indices to be included in the DSS iii) validating DSS acceptability and usability in the clinical management of the identified complex ...
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Understanding subduction zone topography through modelling of coupled shallow and deep processes (SUBITOP)

Start date: Mar 1, 2016, End date: Feb 29, 2020,

The SUBITOP ETN is a framework for training and career development of young researchers in Geodynamics, Geophysics, Geology and Geomorphology. It has a scientific focus on the dynamics of continental margins where tectonic plates are recycled through subduction. Subduction processes have shaped and govern many aspects of the topography of Europe, and other continents, and they determine the patte ...
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OBSERVATORY OF THE DYNAMICS OF INTERACTIONS BETWEEN SOCIETIES AND ENVIRONMENT IN THE AMAZON (ODYSSEA)

Start date: Jan 1, 2016, End date: Dec 31, 2019,

Achieving a sustainable development trajectory in Amazonia is one of the key challenges facing Brazil, and is also an important international concern. ODYSSEA assembles an internationally renowned European and Brazilian multidisciplinary and intersectoral team. We aim to produce fundamental science and tools in order to build an innovative multi-and interdisciplinary observatory to monitor and ass ...
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Camelina & crambe Oil crops as Sources for Medium-chain Oils for Specialty oleochemicals (COSMOS)

Start date: Mar 1, 2015, End date: Aug 31, 2019,

The COSMOS proposal aims to reduce Europe’s dependence on imported coconut and palm kernel oils and fatty acids and castor oil as sources for medium-chain fatty acids (MCFA, C10–C14) and medium-chain polymer building blocks. These are needed by the oleochemical industry for the production of plastics, surfactants, detergents, lubricants, plasticisers and other products. In COSMOS, camelina and cra ...
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ADapatation of VIticulture to CLIMate change : High resolution observations of adaptation scenarii for viticulture (Life ADVICLIM)

Start date: Jul 1, 2014, End date: Jun 28, 2019,

Background Climate change is a pressing challenge for international, national, regional and local environment policies and actions. By signing the Kyoto Protocol, the EU has committed to achieving a 20% reduction in CO2 emissions (compared to 1990 levels) by 2020. Agriculture is a contributor to the release of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, and i ...
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Personalised Decision Support for Heart Valve Disease (EurValve)

Start date: Feb 1, 2016, End date: Jan 31, 2019,

Valvular Heart Disease currently affects 2.5% of the population, but is overwhelmingly a disease of the elderly and consequently on the rise. It is dominated by two conditions, Aortic Stenosis and Mitral Regurgitation, both of which are associated with significant morbidity and mortality, yet which pose a truly demanding challenge for treatment optimisation. By combining multiple complex modelling ...
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Development and Demonstration of Highly Insulating, Construction Materials from Bio-derived Aggregates (ISOBIO)

Start date: Feb 1, 2015, End date: Jan 31, 2019,

The ISOBIO project will develop a new approach to insulating materials through the novel combination of existing bio-derived aggregates with low embodied carbon with innovative binders to produce durable composite construction materials. These novel composites will target 50% lower embodied energy and carbon than traditional oil based insulation panels, and will increase thermal insulation compare ...
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Bioinformatics for spatial metabolomics (METASPACE)

Start date: Jul 1, 2015, End date: Jun 30, 2018,

Metabolomics is recognized as a crucial scientific domain, promising to advance our understanding of biology, physiology, and medicine. The emergence of high-resolution imaging mass spectrometry (HR imaging MS) opened doors to spatial profiling of hundreds of metabolites directly from tissue sections. However, clinical use of HR imaging MS is hampered by a lack of clinically-oriented bioinformatic ...
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Ethics4Sports

Start date: Jan 1, 2016, End date: Dec 31, 2017,

The sport community faces several risks that threaten its integrity. To face them, a collaborative partnership of 7 EU public and private organisations, following a participatory approach involving all concerned stakeholders, proposes a specific response: the Ethics4Sports (E4S) project. The partnership covers Spain, Italy, Germany, France and the United Kingdom.The main objective of E4S is to dev ...
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Mechanism-Based Integrated Systems for the Prediction of Drug-Induced Liver Injury (MIP-DILI)

Start date: Feb 1, 2012, End date: Jan 31, 2017,

The current test systems employed by Industry are poorly predictive for Drug induced liver injury (DILI). The ‘MIP-DILI’ project will address this situation by the development of innovative preclinical test systems which are both mechanism-based and of physiological, pharmacological and pathological relevance to DILI in humans. An iterative, tiered approach with respect to test compounds, test sys ...
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Optimising translator training through collaborative technical translation

Start date: Sep 1, 2014, End date: Dec 31, 2016,

... industry employers’ competence requirements showed that awareness of and the ability to implement professional procedures throughout the translation process are key factors in the employability of university translation graduates. This led to the definition of good practice in specific areas of translator training, in particular in the integration of professionally-oriented practices in the curri ...
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Beyond 2020 heterogeneous wireless network with millimeter wave small cell access and backhauling (MiWaveS)

Start date: Jan 1, 2014, End date: Dec 31, 2016,

Providing broadband wireless communications to a majority of European citizens is a major objective of the EC at the horizon of 2020. With a current annual growth rate in the range of 70%, the mobile data traffic of smartphones, tablets, machine-to-machine and other portable devices dramatically challenges the 4G wireless cellular network currently under deployment. To sustain this growth, high da ...
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Electronic Health Record systems for Clinical Research (EHR4CR)

Start date: Mar 1, 2011, End date: Feb 29, 2016,

Current medical needs, the growth of targeted therapies and personalized medicines, and escalating R&D costs result in formidable cost pressures on healthcare systems and the pharmaceutical industry. Clinical research is also growing in complexity, labour intensity and cost. There is a growing realization that the development and integration of Electronic Health Record systems (EHRs) for medical ...
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Stromal Cell- Immune Cell Interactions in Health and Disease (STROMA)

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

STROMA is an Initial Training Network promoting the study of stromal cell – immune system interactions during stroma development and function in health and disease. In STROMA we have bought together world leading experts from academia and industry in Europe to address the key scientific questions in this emerging field. STROMA will promote the training of three Experienced Researchers (ER) and s ...
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TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH AND PATIENT SAFETY IN EUROPE (TRANSFoRm)

Start date: Mar 1, 2010, End date: Nov 30, 2015,

TRANSFoRm will develop rigorous, generic methods for the integration of Primary Care clinical and research activities, to support patient safety and clinical research via:1.\tRich capture of clinical data, including symptoms and signs rather than just a single diagnosis. A generic, dynamic interface, integrated with electronic health records (EHR), will facilitate both diagnostic decision support ...
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Statistical methods for 3D imaging mass spectrometry in proteomics and metabolomics (3D-MASSOMICS)

Start date: Nov 1, 2012, End date: Oct 31, 2015,

Since biology is by and large a 3-dimensional phenomenon, 3D imaging has a significant impact on many challenges in life sciences. 3D matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization (MALDI) imaging mass spectrometry (IMS) is an emerging label-free 3D imaging technology with high potential in proteomics and metabolomics. 3D MALDI-IMS is based on 2D MALDI-IMS, which in the last years has proven its valu ...
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Eco Friendly Tuneable Microwave continuous Flow Reactor for the Synthesis of Lecucettamines in Therapeutic Activity Against Alzheimer's Disease (MICRO-THERAPY)

Start date: Oct 1, 2011, End date: Sep 30, 2015,

"The four-year MICRO-THERAPY is a fully integrated interdisciplinary proposal which will develop a new area of competence in the three partners, Liverpool John Moores University, University of Rennes1 and ManRos Therapeutics. It brings together a powerful set of partners covering fully the three key aspects - microwave engineering, chemistry and biology to create new technology and sustainable tec ...
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JOBTOWN

Start date: Jan 31, 2013, End date: Apr 29, 2015,

JOBTOWN seeks to address structural youth unemployment and poor employment, and local development strategies, as two sides of the same coin, by establishing Local Partnerships driven by city administrations, of local stakeholders, to advance youth employment and opportunities; this is an approach to the development and maintaining of a competitive and sustainable local economy and social model. ...
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Cross-Channel Film Lab 2 (C.C.F.L.2)

Start date: Dec 31, 2010, End date: Mar 30, 2015,

This project seeks to provide low- or medium-budget film projects with access to 3D stereo and VFX (digital special effects) technologies. A long-term partnership will be set up between the coastal regions on both sides of the Channel, by taking account of their specific skills in terms of cinema and using new imagery technologies for film production. C.C.F.L.2 particularly plans to build a collab ...
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Architecture oriented paraLlelization for high performance embedded Multicore systems using scilAb (ALMA)

Start date: Sep 1, 2011, End date: Jan 31, 2015,

Description To develop a tool-chain, that will enable the efficient mapping of applications on multiprocessor platforms from high level of abstraction, with applications to wireless communication systems Not only traditional PCs but also novel chips in consumer electronics like PDA or mobile phone ...
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Channel Catchments Cluster (3C)

Start date: Apr 22, 2013, End date: Jan 29, 2015,

The aim of the 3C “Channel Catchments Cluster” is to gather, share and disseminate best practices and tools developed in the context of various Interreg IV A France (Channel) - England projects to make scientific recommendations for better water quality.
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FI-WARE: Future Internet Core Platform (FI-WARE)

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

The goal of the FI-WARE project is to advance the global competitiveness of the EU economy by introducing an innovative infrastructure for cost-effective creation and delivery of services, providing high QoS and security guarantees. FI-WARE is designed to meet the demands of key market stakeholders across many different sectors, e.g., healthcare, telecommunications, and environmental services. FI- ...
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Sculpting the Earth’s topography: insights from modelling deep–surface processes (TOPOMOD)

Start date: Jan 1, 2011, End date: Dec 31, 2014,

TOPOMOD is a training project designed for a team of early-stage and experienced researchers to investigate and model the origin and evolution of topography of the continents over a wide range of spatial and temporal scales and using a multi-disciplinary approach, coupling geophysics, geochemistry, tectonics and structural geology with advanced geodynamic modeling.TOPOMOD involves 8 European resea ...
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Innovative Synthesis in Continuous-Flow Processes for Sustainable Chemical Production (SYNFLOW)

Start date: Sep 1, 2010, End date: Aug 31, 2014,

The SYNFLOW vision is the paradigm shift from batch-wise large volume processes in pharmaceuticals, fine chemicals and intermediates production comprising many separate unit operations towards highly integrated but yet flexible catalytic continuous flow processing. For this purpose, SYNFLOW develops a unique integrative approach combining molecular understanding of synthesis and catalysis with eng ...
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Trans Channel Neuroscience Network (TC2N)

Start date: Aug 31, 2009, End date: Jun 29, 2014,

The TC2N project is managed by a federation of 40 laboratories from Nijmegen to Brest, via Portsmouth called the LARC-Neuroscience Network. The project will focus on 5 main research topics: cerebrovascular accident (CVA), eating disorders, tumors, neurodevelopmental diseases and (neuro)endocrine disruptives.The main objectives of the project are: - to boost, widen and develop the LARC-Neuroscience ...
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Profiling the toxicity of new drugs: a non animal-based approach integrating toxicodynamics and biokinetics (Predict-IV)

Start date: May 1, 2008, End date: Oct 31, 2013,

The overall aim of Predict-IV is to develop strategies to improve the assessment of drug safety in the early stage of development and late discovery phase, by an intelligent combination of non animal-based test systems, cell biology, mechanistic toxicology and in-silico modelling, in a rapid and cost effective manner. A better prediction of the safety of an investigational compound in early develo ...
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Wireless Hybrid Enhanced Mobile Radio Estimators - Phase 2 (WHERE2)

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

The availability of position information plays an increasing role in wireless communications networks already today and will be an integral part of future systems. They inherently can offer the ability for stand-alone positioning especially in situations where conventional satellite based positioning systems such as GPS fail (e.g., indoor). In this framework, positioning information is an importan ...
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Pursuing ROadmaps and BEnchmarks for the Internet of Things (PROBE-IT)

Start date: Oct 1, 2011, End date: Sep 30, 2013,

Many projects are currently undertaking research and development in order to gain results in the short and medium term, whilst others are focusing on long term strategies for IoT deployments and future research needs. In all cases, securing all research investment in particular in Europe with worldwide market accepted standards is vital. Unfortunately there is a vast amount of evidence based upon ...
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Building a biological knowledge-base on fish lifecycles for competitive, sustainable European aquaculture (LIFECYCLE)

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

LIFECYCLE (14 partners, 9 countries) will deliver a knowledge-base to improve competitiveness and sustainability of European aquaculture, through a combination of question-problem driven approaches. The focus will be on early developmental events, growth and environmental adaptation throughout the lifecyle, and on the physiology and immunology of key life-stage transitions, such as metamorphosis, ...
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Compact Otdm/wdm oPtical rEceiveRs based on photoNic crystal Integrated CircUitS (COPERNICUS)

Start date: Jan 1, 2010, End date: Jun 30, 2013,

COPERNICUS aims to develop compact demultiplexing receivers for 100 Gb/s optical time division multiplexed (OTDM) and wavelength division multiplexed (WDM) signals, based on photonic crystal technology. There is a pressing need for these devices for ultra-high bandwidth data links in server farms, optical storage networks and on-board internet/entertainment systems, where demand is driving the dat ...
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CLIMAWAT

Start date: Mar 31, 2009, End date: Jun 29, 2013,

Objectif général :Au cours du siècle dernier, les températures ont augmenté d’environ 1°C au Sud Est de l’Angleterre et au Nord Ouest de la France : des périodes de fortes et de basses infiltrations peuvent affecter la recharge et la qualité des eaux souterraines. Le projet CLIMAWAT a pour but d’améliorer la qualité des eaux souterraines en favorisant des stratégies de gestion des ressources durab ...
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"Governance of Educational Trajectories in Europe. Access, coping and relevance of education for young people in European knowledge societies in comparative perspective" (GOETE)

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

"The GOETE project will analyse the role of school in re-conceptualising education in terms of lifelong learning by combining a life course and a governance perspective. In European knowledge societies adequacy of education means a balance of individual, social and economic aspects. This is operationalised by exploring how educational institutions conceptualise and organise individual educational ...
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PlantPower - Living plants in microbial fuel cells for clean, renewable, sustainable, efficient, in-situ bioenergy production (PlantPower)

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

Living plants in microbial fuel cells might be used as future large-scale Europe wide green energy providers. Such a system can produce in-situ 24 hours per day green electricity or biohydrogen without harvesting the plants. That this might become true was indicated by our first small scale proof of principle experiments describing the so called Plant Microbial Fuel Cell (Plant-MFC) (Strik, 2008, ...
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Personalised and intergrated cardiac care: \nPatient-specific Cardiovascular Modelling and Simulation for In Silico Disease Understanding and Management (euHeart)

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

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) has a significant impact on the European society in terms of mortality, morbidity and allied healthcare costs. The opportunity of multi-scale modelling spanning, sub-cellular level up to whole heart is to improve CVD outcomes by providing a consistent, biophysically-based framework for the integration of the huge amount of fragmented and inhomogeneous data currently av ...
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OLEFIN METATHESIS AS A PRACTICAL SYNTHETIC TOOL (EUMET)

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

Catalysis is a well-established area that is well known for shortening molecular assembly protocols. The beneficial overall environmental impact emerging from catalytic uses is also well understood. Making use of catalysis, we plan to develop a program focusing on a very important reaction in organic and homogeneous catalysis that has not yet reached its potential; Olefin Metathesis. The 2005 No ...
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CHannel integrated Approach for marine Resource Management – Phase 3 (CHARM 3)

Start date: Dec 31, 2007, End date: Jun 29, 2012,

Objectif général :Le projet CHARM 3 a pour but de contribuer à la préservation des ressources marines en Manche en approfondissant les connaissances sur les ressources marines de la zone et en fournissant des outils pour améliorer la gestion durable de l’espace Manche.En effet, l'éco-région Manche, une des zones où le trafic maritime est le plus intense du monde et constitue une voie de passage ob ...
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Developmental effects of environment on reproductive health (DEER)

Start date: May 1, 2008, End date: Apr 30, 2012,

"The multidisciplinary research teams in this consortium have played lead roles in establishing that fetal and childhood periods are vulnerable to environmental disruption leading to common reproductive disorders. This proposal will investigate: (1) connections between normal/abnormal perinatal reproductive development and maturation of reproductive function at puberty and in adulthood; (2) system ...
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