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Degradation of Lifetime of fuel cell Resistance by Electrochemical impedance Spectroscopy (DOLORES)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Excellent Science
Programme: Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Individual Fellowships (IF)-Standard European Fellowships
Action type: Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions
Panel: Information Science and Engineering
Countries involved: United Kingdom
Call: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowships (IF-EF) (H2020-MSCA-IF-2015, 2015)
Start date: 2016-10-03
End date: 2018-10-02
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 183454.8
EU funding (EUR): 183454.8
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Solid Oxide Cells (SOCs) should form an important part of any future energy mix, due to their flexible operation and scalability. One barrier to their wider adoption is the degradation of SOC components and operational lifetimes need to increase by a factor of up to 10 to make them commercially viable. Degradation of the fuel electrode (anode) is well documented and fairly well understood; degradation at the oxygen electrode (cathode) has only recently attracted more scientific research and is far less understood. The purpose of this Fellowship is to better understand the degradation that takes place at the Yttria-Stabilised Zirconia (YSZ) electrolyte and La0.8Sr0.2Mn03 (LSM) cathode interface, as this has been cited as ‘one of the most serious degradation problems in Solid Oxide Fuel Cells (SOFCs)’. A new degradation mechanism involving YSZ has very recently been identified at the host institution and its investigation forms the basis of this application. Assuming that a solution to this degradation can be proposed, the project will have major impacts on the SOFC community and commercial SOFC development. The Fellow, Dr Vendrell, will be supervised by a multi-disciplinary team of experienced researchers, who between them can guide and tutor him in areas relevant to this project: ie materials synthesis and fabrication; electrical property measurements; microstructural characterisation; fabrication of YSZ films using tape casting technology; spectroscopic characterisation and modelling of materials; in operando and ex-situ analysis of degradation in working SOFCs. The Fellow will build on his previous experience in the area of lead-free ferroelectrics to develop in-depth understanding of the electrical properties of YSZ electrolyte, and be trained in state-of-the-art SOC methodology. He will be incorporated into the UK-wide fuel cell community and develop technical and transferable skills via a carefully-planned and documented training plan.

Keywords: solid oxide cells,cathode,yttria stabilised zirconia
High performance OLEDs using deep red (DR) and near-infrared (NIR) TADF emitters (TADFNIR)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Excellent Science
Programme: Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Individual Fellowships (IF)-Standard European Fellowships
Action type: Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions
Panel: Chemistry
Countries involved: United Kingdom
Call: Individual Fellowships (H2020-MSCA-IF-2019, 2019)
Start date: 2020-11-02
End date: 2022-11-11
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 212933.76
EU funding (EUR): 212933.76
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

First-generation fluorescent and second-generation phosphorescent organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) can achieve maximum internal quantum efficiency (IQE) of 25% and 100%, respectively. Phosphorescent OLEDs with complexes based on iridium and platinum realize 100% IQE due to the heavy atom effect. However, there are limitations, including but not limited to their scarcity and toxicity profile. The third generation OLEDs based on a thermally activated delayed fluorescence (TADF) process can be realized in purely organic materials and produce devices with 100% IQE. So far, there are examples of high-performance blue, green and red TADF OLEDs; however, limited attention has been paid to deep red (DR) and near-infrared (NIR) TADF emitters (650-750 nm). Such DR and NIR emitters find applications in night vision displays, sensors and information-secured displays etc. Current NIR OLEDs are associated with issues related to efficiency roll-off, lifetime and purity of emission color. Most importantly, the materials contain osmium, iridium, or platinum metals and therefore these OLEDs suffer from the same issues as visible light phosphorescent counterparts. This proposal seeks to address the above issues by rational design of purely organic novel DR and NIR TADF emitters. Our design comprises of yet unexplored rigid anthrone-based strong electron acceptor decorated with suitably substituted donor carbazoles. Emission color tunability can be achieved as a function of donor choice and position and varying the strengths of either the donor or acceptor. The rigidity of the molecular components, the strengths of the acceptor/donor, the twisted conformation, and the presence of tertiary butyl groups on the carbazoles altogether will work coherently to furnish good device stability, reduced efficiency roll-off, narrow emission spectra and an improved lifetime of the OLEDs. Overall, this proposal is anticipated to provide a major breakthrough in DR and NIR TADF emitters.

Keywords: tadf,oleds,deep red,near infrared emitters,optoelectronics,luminescence
The construction of readers as (co-)observers in multimodal novels. Radical reader engagement in the visual age (Readers as Observers)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Excellent Science
Programme: Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Individual Fellowships (IF)-Standard European Fellowships
Action type: Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions
Panel: Social Sciences and Humanities
Countries involved: Norway
Call: Individual Fellowships (H2020-MSCA-IF-2017, 2017)
Start date: 2018-09-01
End date: 2021-09-12
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 196400.4
EU funding (EUR): 196400.4
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

The research action at the University of Oslo (UiO) takes its starting point from the striking appeal to the reader's visual perception in contemporary multimodal novels. Drawing on state-of-the-art research in interdisciplinary narratology, cognitive linguistics, and visual semiotics, the project analyses the strategies that enable multimodal novels to assign an observer role to the reader and present a narrative agent or the book itself as a 'co-observer' on eye-level. While research on contemporary English-language multimodal novels has laid important analytical groundwork, a more diachronic as well as comparative perspective remains a desideratum. The first objective of the project is thus to develop a comparative analytical model based on several case studies of German- and English-language multimodal novels and contrastive corpora of historical multimodal print media such as illustrated magazines. The notion of the reader-observer constitutes the model's nucleus since it allows to systematically address the textual strategies that 'materialise' the narration and appeal to the reader's (mental) eye. Building on this model, the second objective is to contribute on a larger scale to the seminal field of cognitive narratology and further its consideration of media and genre-historical contexts. To achieve these goals, the project draws on the innovative and interdisciplinary research environment at UiO's Faculty of Humanities and brings together experts from narratology, cognitive science, media studies and book history. The project's activities will includes a research workshop on "Reader Response, Joint Attention, and Multimodality", an international conference on "Readers as (Co-)Observers in Multimodal Print Media" and several public Round Table events at Oslo's House of Literature.

Keywords: narratology,cognitive narratology,multimodality,text image relations,mental imagery,visualisation,storyworld building,reader response,materiality,illustrated periodicals
Chromatin organization and mitotic inheritance of epigenetic states: genome-wide dynamics of H3.1 and H3.3 histone variants during DNA replication (REPLICHROM4D)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Excellent Science
Programme: Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Individual Fellowships (IF)-Standard European Fellowships
Action type: Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions
Panel: Life Sciences
Countries involved: France
Call: Individual Fellowships (H2020-MSCA-IF-2017, 2017)
Start date: 2018-03-01
End date: 2020-02-29
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 173076.0
EU funding (EUR): 173076.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Within the nucleus of eukaryotic cells, chromatin organization has emerged to be a major regulator of genome function. The question of how chromatin is shaped and maintained through DNA replication is key to understanding its impact. Distinct histone variants, modifications and binding partners are linked to specific structural and functional domains and might constitute a stable epigenetic signature. However, the passage of the replication fork disrupts parental nucleosomes and challenges existing patterns throughout the genome. Chromatin dynamics during DNA replication have not been characterized at genome-wide resolution. I aim to address this by tracking the deposition of the histone variants H3.1 and H3.3 along S phase. H3.1 and H3.3 are deposited via distinct DNA synthesis-coupled and -uncoupled pathways and, in asynchronous cells, show opposite genomic profiles that correlate with replication timing. I will exploit new bulk- and single-cell assays to monitor their de novo assembly in synchronized cells. These will be used to characterize the deposition of newly synthesized H3.1 and H3.3 as replication progresses, and compare spatiotemporal patterns to their global distribution before S phase. My objective is to implement a comprehensive computational strategy to 1) resolve H3.1/H3.3 dynamics in cell populations and individual cells, 2) explore the determinants and impact of differentially enriched domains and 3) evaluate the effects of perturbations on the mitotic inheritance of epigenetic states. This will allow to elucidate how specific signatures are propagated through cell division and shed light on the role of H3 variants as potential carriers of epigenetic information.
Mechanistic principles of regulation by small RNAs (RegRNA)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Advanced grants
Action type: ERC actions
Panel: Integrative Biology: from Genes and Genomes to Systems
Panel description: Genetics, epigenetics, genomics and other ‘omics studies, bioinformatics, systems biology, genetic diseases, gene editing, innovative methods and modelling, ‘omics for personalised medicine
Countries involved: Israel
Call: ERC Advanced Grant (ERC-2018-ADG, 2018)
Start date: 2019-09-01
End date: 2024-08-31
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2278125.0
EU funding (EUR): 2278125.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

Small RNAs (sRNAs) are major regulators of gene expression in bacteria, exerting their regulation in trans by base pairing with target RNAs. Traditionally, sRNAs were considered post-transcriptional regulators, mainly regulating translation by blocking or exposing the ribosome binding site. However, accumulating evidence suggest that sRNAs can exploit the base pairing to manipulate their targets in different ways, assisting or interfering with various molecular processes involving the target RNA. Currently there are a few examples of these alternative regulation modes, but their extent and implications in the cellular circuitry have not been assessed. Here we propose to take advantage of the power of RNA-seq-based technologies to develop innovative approaches to address these challenges transcriptome-wide. These approaches will enable us to map the regulatory mechanism a sRNA employs per target through its effect on a certain molecular process. For feasibility we propose studying three processes: RNA cleavage by RNase E, pre-mature Rho-dependent transcription termination, and transcription elongation pausing. Finding targets regulated by sRNA manipulation of the two latter processes would be especially intriguing, as it would suggest that sRNAs can function as gene-specific transcription regulators (alluded to by our preliminary results). As a basis of our research we will use the network of ~2400 sRNA-target pairs in Escherichia coli, deciphered by RIL-seq (a method we recently developed for global in vivo detection of sRNA targets). Revealing the regulatory mechanism(s) employed per target will shed light on the principles underlying the integration of distinct sRNA regulation modes in specific regulatory circuits and cellular contexts, with direct implications to synthetic biology and pathogenic bacteria. Our study may change the way sRNAs are perceived, from post-transcriptional to versatile regulators that apply different regulation modes to different targets.

Keywords: gene expression regulation,small rnas
Municipal Action, Public Engagement and Routes Towards Energy Transition (mPOWER)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Societal Challenges
Programme: Secure, clean and efficient energy
Theme: Reducing energy consumption and carbon foorpint by smart and sustainable use
Action type: Coordination and support actions
Countries involved: Spain,Croatia,France,Netherlands,United Kingdom,United Kingdom,United Kingdom
Call: Engaging and activating public authorities (H2020-EE-2017-CSA-PPI, 2017)
Start date: 2018-05-01
End date: 2022-10-31
Duration (months): 54.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1999396.25
EU funding (EUR): 1999396.25
Participants: 7
Project status: CLOSED

mPOWER will enable in-depth, wide-scale and systematic peer-to-peer learning programme between at least 100 local public authorities with a view to replicate innovative best practice in municipal energy. European cities, particularly in Germany, Denmark and France, are municipal energy innovators running distribution networks, supply companies, renewable generation, citizen participation processes and finance for energy projects. Other cities across Europe are investigating their options for municipal energy and are looking to learn. mPOWER will map existing municipal energy policy and identify innovations, best practice, as well as obstacles and barriers. The action will enable participant authorities across Europe to (a) learn from replicable best practices, (b) recognise risks, obstacles and blockages, (c) identify and commit to replication pathways that best suit local needs, (d) incubate at least 30 new and improved municipal energy policies and projects within the project duration. Lessons learnt will be disseminated publicly and through target networks in easily accessible format for replication. 30 cities and city networks from 14 Member States have already expressed interest in participating. An estimated 3.9GWh/year can be saved and 40.8GWh/year renewable capacity installed through replicating practices between participant cities within the action (respectively 9.8GWh/year and 108.8 GWh/year within three years of project end). This can be scaled up around Europe through wider replication, promoted by Energy Cities and partners beyond the project’s lifetime. mPOWER’s project consortium brings access to an active network of cities committed to energy transition (Energy Cities, IPE), experience in energy policy (Platform, Energy Cities, IPE) and energy innovation (Carbon Coop), public services experts (UGLA, Basque University, TNI), and years of innovative peer-learning projects (Platform, TNI, IPE).

Keywords: renewable energy generation,municipal government,peer learning,citizen participation,public energy services,municipal services
Foundations of Geometric Statistics and Their Application in the Life Sciences (G-Statistics)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Advanced grants
Action type: ERC actions
Panel: Mathematics
Panel description: All areas of mathematics, pure and applied, plus mathematical foundations of computer science, mathematical physics and statistics
Countries involved: France
Call: ERC Advanced Grant (ERC-2017-ADG, 2017)
Start date: 2018-09-01
End date: 2024-08-31
Duration (months): 72.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2183583.75
EU funding (EUR): 2183583.75
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

Invariance under gauge transformation groups provides the natural structure explaining the laws of physics. In life sciences, new mathematical tools are needed to estimate approximate invariance and establish general but approximate laws. Rephrasing Poincaré: a geometry cannot be more true than another, it may just be more convenient, and statisticians must find the most convenient one for their data. At the crossing of geometry and statistics, G-Statistics aims at establishing the mathematical foundations of geometric statistics and exemplifying their impact on selected applications in the life sciences. So far, mainly Riemannian manifolds and negatively curved metric spaces have been studied. Other geometric structures like quotient spaces, stratified spaces or affine connection spaces naturally arise in applications. G-Statistics will explore ways to unify statistical estimation theories, explaining how the statistical estimations diverges from the Euclidean case in the presence of curvature, singularities, stratification. Beyond classical manifolds, particular emphasis will be put on flags of subspaces in manifolds as they appear to be natural mathematical object to encode hierarchically embedded approximation spaces. In order to establish geometric statistics as an effective discipline, G-Statistics will propose new mathematical structures and theorems to characterize their properties. It will also implement novel generic algorithms and illustrate the impact of some of their efficient specializations on selected applications in life sciences. Surveying the manifolds of anatomical shapes and forecasting their evolution from databases of medical images is a key problem in computational anatomy requiring dimension reduction in non-linear spaces and Lie groups. By inventing radically new principled estimations methods, we aim at illustrating the power of the methodology and strengthening the "unreasonable effectiveness of mathematics" for life sciences.

Keywords: computational anatomy,statistics on manifolds and lie groups
Travel in Tokugawa Period Japan (1603-1868): Identity, Nationand Social Transformation (TOKUGAWATRAVEL)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Excellent Science
Programme: Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Individual Fellowships (IF)-Standard European Fellowships
Action type: Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions
Panel: Social Sciences and Humanities
Countries involved: United Kingdom
Call: Individual Fellowships (H2020-MSCA-IF-2017, 2017)
Start date: 2019-04-01
End date: 2021-08-29
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 183454.8
EU funding (EUR): 183454.8
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

This research project investigates the practice of travel in Edo/Tokugawa Japan (1603-1868), particularly in connection with notions of social identity, transformation, and nationhood. Through a theoretical framework that combines Social History and Historical Bibliography, primary sources will be investigated, including commercially “unofficial” and “popular” sources published and distributed, such as travel guides and commercial maps. In the analysis the material will be considered: a) as objects, viewed in the light of the cultural and economical processes that led to their production and circulation, in order to understand the “range” of the ideological impact of travel; and b) in terms of their contents, in order to assess how their “commercialized” narratives reflect popular notions of identity and nationhood. An interdisciplinary approach, based on Travel Studies, Japanese Historiography, and in particularly, World Society Theory, will be implemented to discuss the cultural and social meaningof travel in the context of Tokugawa “absolutism”. Travel tends to be entwined with social mobility, in a way that alters and marks social and cultural landscapes. The project will therefore investigate whether travel within Japan, becoming growingly commonin a context of economic growth, came to subvert the geographical and social immobility that characterized Tokugawa administrative system. Furthermore, the analysis will discuss the relationship between travel and the formation of a national identity, assessing whether the social and ideological transformation connected with travel worked in Japan as a prompt for “proto-national” identification,as opposed to forms of local nationalism.

Keywords: japanese studies,travel studies,social history,national studies,historical bibliography
Redefining the way brands and game developers reach audiences - A fresh approach to advertising and customer retention. (Adapptise)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Industrial Leadership
Programme: Information and Communication Technologies
Action type: SME instrument
Countries involved: Ireland
Call: Open Disruptive Innovation Scheme (H2020-SMEINST-1-2016-2017, 2016)
Start date: 2016-06-01
End date: 2016-08-31
Duration (months): 3.0
Total project cost (EUR): 71429.0
EU funding (EUR): 50000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Global smartphone gaming revenue has reached €10.68 BN in 2015. Unfortunately this gold-rush has created an influx of developers, resulting in an over-saturation of the market. To make things even worse, all these apps/games are concentrated in two markets, making the challenge to stand out all the more difficult. To this end, in order to survive and get their products in the hands of customers, developers rely on the services of marketing agencies, spending in the range of €50,000 for a marketing campaign for their mobile app . The required investment drives down the possibility for freelance/independent developers to join the competition, even if their apps are highly professional and innovative. On the other side of the equation, we have companies who spend large sums of money for advertising their brands. They know that people are spending approximately 37 hours in a month on mobile apps and they want to utilize this goldmine of viewer ship to reach such audience and communicate their brands. Adapptise create a unique technology that provides a solution for the needs of both freelance developers and large branded companies. Using intelligent advertising, mobile game developers can get users to engage with their game with the chance of winning tangible products provided by the brands. Simultaneously, brand companies will get closer to their target audience, by having product placement in games, at a moment when the player is highly focused and in a relaxed state of mind. The innovation of our technology lies within the SDK we provide to the developers. The SDK provides a way to match players with brands and provides developers the datametrics required to improve customer retention. Our platform is being used by a number of game developers, and several brands are eager to tap into this novel advertising tool to reach mobile users. The market is twofold – a publishing system for game creators and a new advertising channel for brand companies.

Keywords: mobile game applications,intelligent advertising,monetization,software development kit,marketing