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CAPACITY FOR CHANGE AND IMPLEMENTATION INSTRUMENTS IN TOURISM ARCHITECTURE DESIGN TOWARDS MORE INNOVATIVE, INTEGRATED AND SUSTAINABLE MODELS. (ARQTUR_13)

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: Spain
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2012-IOF, 2012)
Start date: 2014-05-01
End date: 2017-04-30
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 254925.9
EU funding (EUR): 254925.9
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

The project aims to boost growth in Europe through tourism architecture. The two tourism models, hotels and resorts, most implemented on the European coastline will be studied from innovation, integration and sustainability perspectives. A new architecture model based on customer and staff experience will develop more intelligent, competitive and sustainable opportunity elements. Main project objectives: 1.Analysis, assessment and evolution of different types of tourism coastal architecture and transformation and repositioning processes for more competitive and sustainable tourism models. 2.Strategies for the creation and/or renovation of the tourism architecture based on an intelligent, sustainable and competitive European model. 3.Instruments for public institutions and SMEs to promote integrated governance towards more sustainable and intelligent tourism models, within the framework of European policies. In order to achieve these objectives the following issues will be studied: a.Techniques and material design for green facades and comfort-improving technology services; b.Environment, public space and SMEs integration into change processes; c.Indicators and systems that reduce ecological footprint and environmental impact. For that, design analysis and architecture/urban simulation tools and technologies, geographical information systems, field operation techniques, qualitative and quantitative interviews will be used and statistical data will be produced. The results will contribute to the transfer of methods and architecture techniques between outgoing and return institutions. The Research Associate position as offered by the institution will enable the researcher to extend his work with hospitality industry institutions and leaders in research projects.

Keywords: tourism architecture,energy efficiency,smes,green hotel,innovative service,environmental integration,ecological footprint.
CONvective SYstems DEtection and analysis using Radio occultations (CONSYDER)

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: Austria
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2012-IEF, 2012)
Start date: 2013-07-01
End date: 2015-07-31
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 240733.2
EU funding (EUR): 240733.2
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

The deep convective systems play a fundamental role in atmospheric circulation and climate. Thunderstorms and mesoscale convective systems produce fast vertical transport, redistributing water vapor and trace gases and influencing the thermal structure of the Upper Troposphere - Lower Stratosphere (UTLS). These processes influence the climate and create damages and lives loss. The determination of cloud top height and the thermal structure of the system are important for the understanding of the climate effect and to detect and forecast the strength of the storm. The ongoing satellite missions do not provide suitable time/space coverage to study such kind of phenomena with adequate horizontal and vertical resolution and sensitivity. The ground based measurements and campaigns are too sparse and the acquisitions at the UTLS altitudes are always difficult and sometimes not reliable. The Global Positioning System (GPS) Radio Occultation (RO) technique enables measurement of atmospheric density structure in any meteorological condition, with extremely high accuracy, precision and vertical resolution, providing a global coverage of the Earth. The objective of the proposal is to combine the capabilities of the GPS RO technique with the high temporal resolution of ground based instruments, with the spatial resolution of other satellite instruments and with the accuracy and precision of campaigns measurements, to define a solid algorithm detecting the storm cloud top with high accuracy using the RO profiles. This will allow to get a good understanding of the role of convection in determining the thermal structure and composition of the UTLS both in the tropics and in the extra-tropics, and to improve the forecast of the intensity of severe events. The analysis of the temporal and zonal variation of the GPS signal will also be used to analyze the climate changes and the contribution of the convection to the climate changes.

Keywords: v201 meteorology - atmospheric physics and dynamics,v201 climatology and climate change,v201 earth observations from space - remote sensing
Identification of novel effectors of the Type Six Secretion Systems in Pseudomonas aeruginosa (T6SS-PSEUDO-EFFECTOR)

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-2012-IIF, 2012)
Start date: 2014-03-01
End date: 2016-02-29
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 221606.4
EU funding (EUR): 221606.4
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a human pathogen causing life-threatening nosocomial infections. Its virulence mechanisms are pleiotropic, but secretion systems have a key role in transporting effectors, toxins and other virulence factors from the bacteria into the environment or target host cells. In recent years, a novel secretion system, the Type VI secretion system (T6SS), was shown to be important for P. aeruginosa virulence. Of three T6SSs encoded on the P. aeruginosa genome, the H1-T6SS is important for P. aeruginosa to compete with other bacteria and to establish chronic infections. H1-T6SS is involved in the secretion of at least three bacteriolytic effectors, Tse1-3, whereas no effectors have been identified for H2- and H3-T6SS. We hypothesise that proteins secreted by these two systems mediate other important aspects of P. aeruginosa virulence and their identification and characterisation are crucial to further understanding the H2- and H3-T6SS function and P. aeruginosa pathogenesis. This project will identify these effectors, using three approaches: 1) identification of regulatory elements controlling H2- and H3-T6SS gene expression in order to up-regulate expression of the H2- or H3-T6SS clusters and other co-regulated genes; 2) analysis of H1-, H2- and H3-T6SS gene expression in biofilm conditions using flowcells; 3) identification of H2- and H3-T6SS secreted effector proteins via secretome analysis of strains that have up-regulated expression of H2 and H3-T6SS clusters. The discovery of these secreted factors will be a breakthrough, since only a very limited number of T6SS substrates have been identified. It will give new insights into P. aeruginosa virulence and could be exploited for development of new therapeutic options.

Keywords: l607 microbiology,l609 bacteriology,gram-negative bacteria,pseudomonas aeruginosa,protein secretion systems,t6ss,effectors,secretome,pathogenicity,virulence factor
Migration, integration and labour market: skilled workers and building sites in Turin in the Eighteenth Century. (WORK AND MIGRATION)

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: France
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2012-IEF, 2012)
Start date: 2013-09-02
End date: 2016-04-12
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 269743.8
EU funding (EUR): 269743.8
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

The purpose of this research is analysing the migration of skilled workers from Switzerland and from the State of Milan to Turin in the Eighteenth Century. First of all, it will be necessary to define this particular migration phenomenon and to analyse the mobility of the population in relation to the socio-economic conditions of the country of origin, in order to identify the factors that determined the departure and the choice of the destination in a “georeferenciation” perspective. The migration typology will be indentified by means of the following factors: the length of the stay in Turin; its temporary or permanent nature; the relation between migrants and their country of origin. Then, the forms and the degree of immigrant integration in the urban context will be examined by considering the urban area of immigrant settlement, the social network activated or created by the immigrants and the strategies for their access to the labour market. Another useful element for evaluating the immigrant opportunities for integration is the commitment or the capacity of municipal institutions to favour this process. Finally, this research will deal with the relation between immigration and the labour market in order to evaluate how much the labour organisation conditioned the mobility and integration of migrants. As a case study, we will analyse the urban building sites, with special attention to the Filippo Juvarra ones. In this way, this study will be of interest not only for social history, but also from the viewpoint of art history.

Keywords: migration history,integration,labour market,labour history,skilled workers,building sites,filippo juvarra,georeferenciation,networks,labour migrations,ethnic identity.
CorpAGEst. A corpus-based multimodal approach to the pragmatic competence of the elderly (CORPAGEST)

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: France
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2012-IEF, 2012)
Start date: 2013-10-01
End date: 2015-09-30
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 202405.8
EU funding (EUR): 202405.8
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

This research project aims to establish the gestural and verbal profile of very old people in normal aging, looking at their pragmatic competence from a naturalistic and ecological perspective. To reach this goal, a multimodal corpus (integrating text, sound, and gesture) will serve to carry out corpus-based analyses with the aim of testing several hypotheses: (i) a change in the use of (inter)subjective verbal markers (e.g., tu sais/vous savez ‘you know’) could be an indicator of a change in the empathic ability of the elderly; (ii) we expect a change in the use of gesture (incl. hand gesture, facial expression, and eye contact) associated with increasing age, which could be an indicator of an adaptive strategy used to reduce the cost of gestural production during interaction; (iii) we expect a change in the concurrent use of verbal and non-verbal pragmatic units considered within temporality (synchronization or heterochrony between modes), which could be an indicator of a change in the pragmatic competence of the elderly’s language. The dual approach, combining parametric and functional analysis of both verbal and non-verbal modes, will allow quantitative and statistical processing of language data, while guaranteeing maximum reproducibility of the analysis results. In response to European socio-economic concerns about the aging population, the project’s contribution is multiple: (i) enrichment of the discussion of the concrete strategies to be implemented to promote successful aging, in particular by improving care of the elderly; (ii) enrichment of multimodal interaction annotation systems, which is a key issue for linguistic description and more generally for understanding language mechanisms; (iii) provision of a reference multimodal corpus of the language in healthy very old people that may serve as a control corpus for further comparative studies (e.g., as an aid to early detection of dementia).

Keywords: s208 use of language,s102 ageing - work - social policies,s207 acquisition and knowledge of language,discourse markers,gesture,multimodality,corpus,pragmatics,linguistics
Metagenomic analysis of viral and microbial communities from global high-latitude pristine environments as a model to understand the influence of viruses on the ecosystem (COOLVIROMES)

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: Spain
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2012-IIF, 2012)
Start date: 2013-07-01
End date: 2015-09-08
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 173370.6
EU funding (EUR): 173370.6
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Pristine, high-latitude freshwater ecosystems represent some of the last unaltered habitats on the planet. These ecosystems commonly present limited nutrient input and are dominated by microorganisms, commonly presenting very small meso- and macroorganism communities, which translates into relatively simple natural ecosystems with short food-webs. Microorganism communities are regulated by the availability of nutrients (bottom-up control), the activity of predators (top-down control), and viral lysis. The role of the top-down control in these environments appears to be limited and, thus, the ecological role of viruses in these extreme habitats could be greater than in temperate ecosystems. This research project is based on the recognition that due to their relative simplicity, these habitats constitute a unique ecological model to understand the influence of viruses on natural microbial communities and the overall ecosystem. With this background, this research project will make use of Metagenomics and NGS techniques, as well as state-of-the-art computational approaches, to analyze the genetic diversity of viral communities, as well as the structure of viral and microbial communities, in pristine high-latitude freshwater habitats. Instead of merely cataloguing ‘what is there’, these analyses will provide several independent yet complementary pieces of information related to the role of viruses in natural environments. Collectively, the results derived from this research project will give us a wider understanding of the diversity and structure of viral communities, and the complexity of biotic interactions that they establish with the microbial community and the entire ecosystem, improving the state-of-the-art of the field. The proposed transfer of knowledge will complement and enhance the host’s limited knowledge and experience in the use of NGS and novel Metagenomics approaches to study microbial communities, augmenting their ability to produce high-impact science.

Keywords: l608 virology,l607 microbiology,l801 ecology
Seabird population genetics, structure and biogeography (SEABIRDPOP)

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-2012-IOF, 2012)
Start date: 2013-05-06
End date: 2016-08-25
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 253118.7
EU funding (EUR): 253118.7
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

As the global biodiversity is rapidly eroding, the preservation of species and their intra-specific diversity is an urgent challenge. Many seabirds are slipping dangerously close to extinction and seabird numbers have deteriorated faster than most other groups. Molecular methods and population modelling can be used to answer various questions important for the declining species conservation. This project has three main objectives. First, we will develop an accurate method to census seabird colonies and analyse kinships even when the birds are absent. Indeed, one difficulty of working with seabirds is that they are often located in areas difficult to access and study trips are usually of limited duration. Second, we will determine how seabird populations are connected and if meta-populations occur. The grey-faced petrel (Pterodroma macroptera) and the Yelkouan shearwater (Puffinus yelkouan) both have unclear conservation status even if the latter has been recently listed as Vulnerable by the IUCN. Humans have had a marked impact on their range and many local populations have gone extinct or contracted to very small sizes. It is crucial to evaluate gene flow and meta-population occurrence to identify threatened populations. Third, we will analyse how seabird population diversity is distributed and what are the factors that influence their distribution. We will use a range of various molecular techniques, population modelling and biogeographical analyses to reach these objectives. The fellow will obtain the skills necessary to use the full toolkit of molecular methods currently available to ecologists and to perform meta-population modelling analyses. Once learned, these skills will be easily transferred to other conservation programs in Europe. This project will help to define units below the species level (Evolutionary Significant Units, Adaptative Units, Designatable Units) to accurately assess the extinction probability and to help set conservation priorities.

Keywords: v302 biodiversity - comparative biology,v304 conservation biology - ecology - genetics,v303 biogeography,v107 population dynamics,v308 population biology - population dynamics - population genetics
MEasurement of Lichen and Seed Survival through non-invasive Assessment of metabolic activity (MELISSA)

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: Austria
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2012-IEF, 2012)
Start date: 2014-03-19
End date: 2016-03-18
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 179137.2
EU funding (EUR): 179137.2
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Desiccation tolerance is an intriguing phenomenon that allows certain organisms, including lichens and most plant seeds, to survive long periods of time in the absence of water. As yet, the molecular mechanisms that underpin the "desiccome" are not fully understood. Tools that can diagnose how long desiccation tolerant organisms can remain in the dry state would be extremely valuable, especially for the seed industry, and for conservation projects. MELISSA will use a unique combination of the most modern non-invasive techniques to diagnose cell viability (infrared thermography, PAM microscopy imaging, hyperspectral imaging, headspace GC-MS) in conjunction with state-of-the-art metabolomics techniques (UPLC-MS, GC-MS). At the forefront of knowledge, the primary scientific aims of MELISSA are to (1) characterise the early stages of rehydration of seeds and lichens (i.e. to diagnose whether or not an organism can "spring back to life" after periods of desiccation); (2) develop novel tools for the non-invasive diagnosis of viability; and (3) transfer the knowledge gained to the industry sector. The "scientist in charge" at the University of Innsbruck (UIBK) has an unparalleled expertise in both seed and lichen biology, and staff have widely-acknowledged expertise in plant stress physiology generally. This, the unique facilities available, and the location within the European Alps, where lichens required for the project are abundant, makes the UIBK the most suitable place in the world to develop the proposed research program. This Marie Curie Fellowship will strongly enhance the applicant’s scientific credentials. She will receive extensive training in the most modern analytical techniques used in the biomedical sciences, including metabolomics, in non-invasive methods beyond the "omics" techniques, will establish first contact with industry sector, and overall, will develop into a mature scientist.

Keywords: v403 agriculture related to crop production,v405 agroindustry,v406 forestry - biomass production,desiccation tolerance,seed,lichen,non-invasive technique
A Co-Evolution Framework for Model Refactoring and Proof Adaptation in Cyber-Physical Systems (SPHINX)

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: Austria
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2012-IOF, 2012)
Start date: 2014-02-01
End date: 2016-04-29
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 182917.5
EU funding (EUR): 182917.5
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Computers that control physical processes, thus forming so-called cyber-physical systems (CPS), are today pervasively embedded into our lives. Advances in CPSs are the basis for creating environments of smart mobility, smart energy grids, telemedicine, and intelligent manufacturing. These efforts have been identified as important themes on the research agenda of the 7th Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development of the EU. The key challenge in engineering CPSs is the question of how to ensure their correct functioning in order to avoid incorrect control decisions w.r.t. safety requirements. This overall challenge is even more aggravated by the fact that evolution is inherent to engineering CPSs due to incremental development. For example, common practice is to start with a simple CPS model, prove its correctness in a typically laborious process, and incrementally extend the model to better reflect the real-world CPS (i.e., refactor the model while ensuring preservation of safety constraints). In order to address this challenge, especially promising techniques seem to be model-driven engineering to incrementally develop CPSs and formal verification to prove their correctness, together forming the vision of verification-driven engineering. An especially urging research question in verification-driven engineering is how to keep proofs up-to-date when models evolve. The vision of the Sphinx project is to address this question by providing a framework supporting model refactoring and proof adaptation for CPSs, dealing in particular with three research objectives: First, support modeling and refactoring of CPSs, especially w.r.t. an extensible library of semi-automated model refactoring operations. Second, identify an initial set of refactorings and proof adaptations by incrementally building models and proofs of real-world CPSs. Third, provide an extensible library of proof adaptations, including proof recommendation techniques.

Keywords: g111 modelling tools,g115 systems and software,g103 formal methods,cyber-physical systems,model-driven engineering,refactoring