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Combating unlawfully gained profits using Private Law mechanisms in Europe (UNLAWFUL PROFITS)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Intra-European Fellowships
Action type: Support for training and career development of researchers (Marie Curie)
Countries involved: Italy
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2009-IEF, 2009)
Start date: 2010-10-01
End date: 2012-09-30
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 214072.4
EU funding (EUR): 214072.4
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

“This Court never allows a man to make profit by a wrong”. Unfortunately, this famous statement from Lord Hatherly in Jegon v. Vivian (1870-1871) (Law Reports Chancery Appeal Cases VI, p. 742, 761) is nowadays no more than a wish and does not reflect the present day reality. As a matter of fact, the tortfeasor can often keep his unlawfully gained profits (e.g. the tortfeasor cannot be detected, no sufficient provisions for claiming damages exist, rational apathy of the injured person etc.) which can run up to immense sums and lead to inefficient markets. The research project ultimately wants to find the most efficient Private Law instruments for combating these unlawfully gained profits and thus enhance the efficiency of the markets for the following sectors: Intellectual Property Law, Unfair Competition Law, Antitrust Law and finally Capital Market Law. In order to reach this goal the research project makes use of the Acquis Communautaire approach, Comparative Law approach, Law and Economics and Behavioural Science and Law. To reach this goal the scholar first needs to detect the situations in which unlawfully gained profits remain with the wrongdoer; followed by an appraisal of all Private Law instruments (as e.g. collective actions or skimming-off procedures) existing at the European and national level combating unlawfully gained profits (Acquis Communautaire and Comparative Law approach). As a third step, the existing inefficiencies of the European and national Private Law mechanisms will be detected (Law and Economics) and as the penultimate step, the practical application of these instruments (Behavioural Science and Law) will be analysed. Under consideration of all findings from the aforementioned research methods and approaches the proposed project then wants, as a final research objective, to make concrete proposals for better legislating in the field of research at European and national level.

Keywords: combat unlawfully gained profits using private law mechanisms,inefficient markets,acquis communautaire,comparative law,law and economics and behaviour science and law,more efficient legislation
Redefining wild-domestic boundaries in a changing landscape through the human-wolf-dog relationships (HUMANWOLFDOG)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Intra-European Fellowships
Action type: Support for training and career development of researchers (Marie Curie)
Countries involved: Norway
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2009-IEF, 2009)
Start date: 2010-05-15
End date: 2012-05-14
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 214072.0
EU funding (EUR): 214072.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

The political and economic changes of recent decades are having an impact on the European rural environment, resulting in conflicting situations around the recovery of habitats and wildlife species (often symbolised by the wolf) and rural communities. These conflicts are being addressed by the EU through technical and economical measures but there is a general failure to recognise the importance of their social and cultural aspects. Anthropology can contribute by highlighting the overall context and the complexity of factors affecting people&apos;s perceptions of wildlife and the rural landscape. Using a multi-disciplinary approach we will examine how the domestic dog, as a victim or as a mean of protection, modulates the man – wolf conflict. This will link anthropological conceptual models and concrete attempts to address material aspects of this conflict, and to use this case study as a lens to examine wider issues associated with how rural people perceive their relationship with the various elements of the landscape they inhabit. We will conduct fieldwork using innovative methodology, crossing the traditional anthropological qualitative approach with quantitative, spatial and visual ones borrowed from other disciplines. Moreover, a cross comparison between different landscape users coming from different regions (Poland, Norway and FYROM) will help illuminate the influence of the specific set of environmental and social / cultural circumstances. The combination between 1) the scientific quality of the host institution, focused on multi-disciplinary and applied research within the fields of biodiversity conservation, natural resource management and rural development and 2) the interdisciplinary profile of the applicant, experienced in anthropological theories and fieldwork, is relevant to develop multidisciplinary conflict research in Europe and advance the career of a competitive interdisciplinary researcher in more applied anthropology.

Keywords: comparative ethnology,ethnography,eu environmental policy,european studies,conflict
NSP1 and NSP2: two GRAS proteins at the interplay of Nod Factor and Cytokinin signalling during symbiosis in Medicago truncatula (GRAS NOD SIGNALLING)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Intra-European Fellowships
Action type: Support for training and career development of researchers (Marie Curie)
Countries involved: United Kingdom
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2009-IEF, 2009)
Start date: 2010-03-01
End date: 2012-02-29
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 171740.8
EU funding (EUR): 171740.8
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

The root nodule symbiosis between legumes and rhizobial bacteria is the major natural source of biologically available nitrogen. Plant perception of the bacterial signalling molecule Nod factor (NF) is sufficient to initiate nodulation in the root cortex. However it is unlikely that NF can freely diffuse into cortical cells. This implies that NF perception at the root epidermis activates a developmental process in the cortex and this is likely to involve localised changes in cytokinin (CK) levels. Bacterial infection in the root epidermis and nodule organogenesis in the root cortex occur concurrently but how this coordination is achieved is unknown. Perception of NF leads to the activation of calcium oscillations in root epidermal cells which are likely decoded by CCaMK, whose function requires two GRAS transcription factors, NSP1 and NSP2. Moreover, activation of a CK receptor (CRE1) alone is sufficient for nodule formation and also requires at least NSP2. This implies a dual role for NSP2 functioning downstream of CCaMK in the epidermis and downstream of CRE1 in the cortex. This project aims to identify the function of NSP1/NSP2 during CK signalling and to explore the implication of these proteins in the coordination of epidermal and cortical developmental programs. After validating the independency of these developmental programs, the first objective will be to determine if NSP1/NSP2 are components or targets of the CK signalling pathway. The site of NSP1/NSP2 production will be defined and the possibility of protein movement between cell layers will be explored. Finally the targets of NSP1/NSP2 in the root cortex will be identified to asses NSP1/NSP2 function. By exploring the roles of NSP1/NSP2 in the epidermal and cortical nodulation programs this proposal will assess the possibility that NSP1/NSP2 provide a key coordinating role during nodule initiation. This knowledge is essential to further the possibility of engineering nodulation in non leguminous plants.

Keywords: agricultural sciences,botany,root nodule symbiosis,gras transcription factors,cytokinins,nod factors
Mechanistic and structural insight into di-aspartyl intramembrane proteases (INTRAMEMPROT)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: International Outgoing Fellowships
Action type: Support for training and career development of researchers (Marie Curie)
Countries involved: France
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2009-IOF, 2009)
Start date: 2011-04-01
End date: 2014-03-31
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 239918.2
EU funding (EUR): 239918.2
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

The proposed project aims at providing structural and functional characterization of a family of membrane proteins from archaea, which are either homologous or related in structure to the human protein Presenilin. Membrane proteins represent one third of the proteins of living organisms, one half of drug targets, and still less than 1% of known protein structures refers to this class of macromolecules. The successful accomplishment of such a project will possibly result in a fundamental progress, contributing to the understanding of a widespread, still puzzling biological process (intra-membrane proteolysis), and of the molecular mechanisms of related pathologies (such as Alzheimer’s disease). This fellowship will give the candidate the opportunity to acquire the complementary skills necessary to consolidate his expertise in membrane protein research, by attending one of the most outstanding research institutions worldwide (Columbia University). He will then be able to enter a phase of concrete professional independence and maturity. The know-how acquired by the fellow will contribute, as well, to enrich the range of methodological approaches available at the Return Host Institution, which studies membrane proteins by means of different complementary techniques. Paving the way to future collaborations, it will also contribute to European excellence. Membrane protein studies, in fact, are amongst the most challenging in the field of structural biology and biochemistry. Preliminary results are so encouraging, that structural characterization represents a possible goal, whereas functional data will provide an added value or an assured backup. Some novel approaches, developed at the Outgoing Institution, might represent unprecedented tools, useful to tackle this field of the biological research, and answer to an urgent, imperative need: understanding membrane protein functioning.

Keywords: structural biology,biochemistry,membrane proteins,structure-function relationship,intramembrane proteolysis,alzheimer's disease,archaea,extremophiles
From action to communication: the role of intention and social cues in the perception of gestures as communicative acts (ACTION TO GESTURE)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Intra-European Fellowships
Action type: Support for training and career development of researchers (Marie Curie)
Countries involved: Germany
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2009-IEF, 2009)
Start date: 2010-09-01
End date: 2012-08-31
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 161661.0
EU funding (EUR): 161661.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

The proposed project investigates how two domains of human cognition, language and action, are linked by studying the cognitive and neural processes underlying gestures used in everyday talk (i.e., cospeech gestures). Recent important theories on human language evolution have postulated that human communication ability evolved out of, and has its roots in, actions. However, there is one important distinction between the domains of language and action. This is that the former is designed for communication, while the latter is not (necessarily). This proposal investigates the design consequences of the communicative versus non-communicative intentions in these two domains by looking at a domain that shows interesting overlapping features with both. This is the domain of co-speech gestures. The proposed project consists of a series of experimental investigations into the perceived communicativeness of actions and cospeech gestures, and their comprehension in the context of spoken language. A combination of behavioural (reaction time based) and neurocognitive (fMRI) studies will be conducted to gain insight into the cognitive and neural architecture that underlies the hypothesised action-communication continuum. In addition to a direct comparison of the perceived communicativeness of gestures and actions, the research investigates the influence of social cues core to language use in social context (gaze and shared knowledge) and the extent to which such cues can modulate perceived communicative intent. The research findings will inform recent new theories on the neural architecture of the human language system and cross-modal integration. Further, it will be of direct relevance to theories postulating the involvement of motor simulations in language comprehension (especially with regard to language about action), as well as to theories on language evolution claiming an important link between action, gesture and language.

Keywords: social sciences,natural sciences
Searching, Matching, Sorting, and Separating in the Labour Market: Costs, Structure and Consequences of Employment Adjustment in Dynamic Frictional Economies (SMSS)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: International Outgoing Fellowships
Action type: Support for training and career development of researchers (Marie Curie)
Countries involved: Denmark
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2009-IOF, 2009)
Start date: 2010-05-01
End date: 2013-04-30
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 256373.9
EU funding (EUR): 256373.9
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

This research seeks to provide answers to three interrelated crucial policy questions on the interdependency of labour and product markets, focusing on the costs, structure and consequences of employment adjustment costs. To this aim, I propose to extend the strong theoretical foundation of dynamic search-matching models, introducing firm specific stochastic productivity shocks, and to structurally estimate these models on Danish exhaustive employer-employee data, with rich information on the firms’ financial variables. My proposed theoretical and empirical approaches use methodology at the research frontier within three different Economics subfields: Labour Economics, Industrial Organization, and Structural Micro-Econometrics. The three specific questions I target in this proposal are the following: 1. How are employment adjustment costs shared between workers who search for jobs and firms that pay hiring and firing costs? 2. How do economic booms and busts affect the age-related structure of the firms’ workforce adjustment? 3. How does labour adjustment affect sorting patterns between workers and firms? The Danish economy is ideal ground for the proposed research given its unusual combination of labour market institutions, such as high labour flexibility, generous safety nets and wage compression. The proposed structural modelling framework allows consideration of policy experiments where the weight of each of these institutions can be assessed, the results of this exercise becoming worldwide relevant. This research proposal is also extremely timely in the light of business cycle booms and busts, in particular considering the currently unfolding economic crisis.

Keywords: labour economics,(micro-)econometrics,economic theory,labour demand,labour adjustment,equilibrium search,sorting,flexicurity,employer-employee data,business cycle
Testing mechanisms of species invasion in Galápagos: role of resource competition and species traits (TEMSPIG)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: International Outgoing Fellowships
Action type: Support for training and career development of researchers (Marie Curie)
Countries involved: Germany
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2009-IOF, 2009)
Start date: 2010-05-01
End date: 2013-04-30
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 238099.9
EU funding (EUR): 238099.9
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Biological invasions are the second most important threat to biodiversity, after habitat loss and habitat transformation. However, knowledge of the mechanisms underlying the success of species invasions is limited by the lack of information about the pre-invasion state of the community and the lack of experimental approaches to studying invader impacts. Considering that invasive species are driving native species extinctions and changing the functioning of ecosystems, modern experimental approaches are urgently needed to understand and to mitigate invasive species impacts. The Galápagos archipelago is renowned for its endemic species, yet this unique ecosystem is undergoing profound alterations as a result of plant and animal invasions, especially caused by the red quinine tree Cinchona pubescens. Cinchona was introduced to Santa Cruz Island and is now in the process of transforming the formerly treeless highlands into a forest habitat. Previous descriptive studies suggested that Cinchona had significant negative effects on species richness and cover and that it altered the microclimate. However, the mechanisms underlying these impacts are completely unknown since experimental manipulations have not been conducted. Therefore, the central objective of my study is to elucidate the ecological mechanisms that result in the extraordinary success of Cinchona pubescens as an invader. By forging a collaboration principally between scientists at Brown University, Technische Universität Berlin, Freie Universität Berlin, and the Technische Universität München, I will learn techniques in experimental ecology and molecular biology and apply to them to test mechanistic hypotheses about the impacts of Cinchona on the native vegetation of the Galapagos highlands and the role of symbiotic arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in facilitating this massive species invasion.

Keywords: natural sciences
Semiconductor lasers for generation of non-diffracting (Bessel) beams. (SENDBEAMS)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: International Incoming Fellowships
Action type: Support for training and career development of researchers (Marie Curie)
Countries involved: United Kingdom
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2009-IIF, 2009)
Start date: 2010-08-01
End date: 2012-07-31
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 238289.6
EU funding (EUR): 238289.6
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Propagation of non-diffracting light beams, called Bessel beams, which are capable of retaining their intensity during propagation are particularly important in respect of a number of biophotonics applications such as optical trapping and tweezing, Doppler velocity measurement and manipulation of micro-particles and micro-fabrication. The main goal of this project is to develop compact, low-cost, reliable and highly-efficient all semiconductor based sources of non-diffracting light beams which has to become an alternative to the conventionally used solid-state lasers, which are more expensive, cumbersome and inefficient. Based on our recent results, it is planned to develop non-diffracting light beams from various semiconductor laser sources such as vertical cavity surface-emitting lasers, edge-emitting laser diodes and optically and electrically pumped semiconductor disk lasers with output powers ranging from a few milliwatts to a few Watts and central-lobe diameters of about few micrometers with propagation lengths from a few to tens of millimeters. This will then enable us to propose and implement new concepts and design strategies for reliable low-cost optical tweezers and manipulators suitable for broad use in biomedical laboratories. Our plan is to apply new concepts to the generation of Bessel beams in applications where the quality-to-cost ratio, efficiency and size are especially relevant such as lab-on-a-chip, micro-manipulation and micro-machines applications.

Keywords: laser diodes,bessel beams,semiconductor lasers,opto-electronic components
SLD and Icing tests on an Ice Protected Scoop Intake and Channel (SLD_SCOOP)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Joint Technology Initiatives (Annex IV-SP1)
Theme: Public-private partnerships
Destination: Clean Sky
Action type: Article 171 of the Treaty
Partnership: CLEAN-SKY (Art-185)
Countries involved: United Kingdom
Call:  (SP1-JTI-CS-2009-01, 2009)
Start date: 2010-01-01
End date: 2011-03-31
Duration (months): 15.0
Total project cost (EUR): 173025.8
EU funding (EUR): 129769.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

This propopsal concerns the planning, execution and reporting of a series of environemntal icing tests to be conducted on an intake sccop and channel. The equipment will be manufactured under a separate EU contract. This proposal will test the supplied equipment under a range of conditions including in-flight icing (CS-25 Appendix C), freezing fog, super-cooled large droplets (FAR 25 Appendix X) and snow (ice crystal) conditions. Our proposal if fully compliant with the CfP. AeroTex is an SME specialising in Aircraft Icing Consultancy and has over 28 years combined staff experience in icing wind tunnel testing. A commericial icing wind tunnel will be hired for the period of the tests. The work programme is split into a series of logical and progressive steps including the establishment of the Test Requirments Document, Icing Tunnel Vendor selection, generating a Trials Plan, holding a Test Readiness Review followed by execution of the agreed tests. Finally a Trials report will be produced and issued along with copies of the data and video DVDs obtained during the test.

Keywords: icing tunnel test
Open Rotor Engines Advanced Technologies for rotor blade pitch change mechanism (OREAT)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Joint Technology Initiatives (Annex IV-SP1)
Theme: Public-private partnerships
Destination: Clean Sky
Action type: Article 171 of the Treaty
Partnership: CLEAN-SKY (Art-185)
Countries involved: United Kingdom,Poland
Call:  (SP1-JTI-CS-2009-01, 2009)
Start date: 2010-01-01
End date: 2011-09-30
Duration (months): 21.0
Total project cost (EUR): 767000.0
EU funding (EUR): 388601.0
Participants: 3
Project status: CLOSED

Pitch Change Mechanism Conceptual and Preliminary Design Activities. A principal contributor to affordable and sustainable public air transportation will be the introduction of more fuel-efficient propulsion systems, one of which is the Open Rotor Engine concept. Unlike turbofans, open rotors must vary blade pitch to accommodate power and aircraft speed range, so a key element to the viability of the concept is the actuation and control of the blade pitch via the Pitch Change Mechanism (PCM). GE Aviation Systems Ltd (trading as Dowty Propellers) is engaged in specifying requirements and concept evaluation for PCMs for direct-drive pusher open rotors in the EU 7th Framework DREAM SP3 work package 3.1. Dowty Propellers has also participated in similar studies with GE Aviation Engine division to assess the viability of a number of PCM control and actuation concepts. GE Aviation proposes to build on this background to support the SAGE 2 engine PCM. The work packages proposed via this application will focus on developing the critical technologies associated with the selected actuation system concept. The proposal describes the activity supporting functional, architectural, failure mode, mass, and performance analyses, the creation of a preliminary bill of material and definition of system performance and safety verification. The deliverables from the programme will be the definition of the preferred PCM concept with 3D geometry, performance, functional, safety and reliability assessments, interface definition and power plant control system integration architecture proposal. The work packages will be closely aligned to the engine demonstrator requirements, in preparation for the launch of demonstration hardware.

Keywords: open rotor,pitch change,control,geared propulsor,slip ring,unison ring,counterweight