Data-Gouv-ML/pcri-informations-sur-les-projets-laureats huggingface dataset:
Advanced Lubrication Modelling (ALM)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: European Re-integration Grants
Action type: Support for training and career development of researchers (Marie Curie)
Countries involved: Sweden
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2009-RG, 2009)
Start date: 2010-07-01
End date: 2013-06-30
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 45000.0
EU funding (EUR): 45000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

This project focuses on the development and implementation of sophisticated mathematical models and methods that may be used to facilitate the fundamental understanding about mechanisms connected to the lubrication process of various applications such as, bearings, gears, cam-mechanisms etc. The long term goal is to deliver computational tools enabling prediction that in turn lead to improving the energy efficiency, reduced friction and wear and that mitigate the environmental impact caused by applications such as those previously mentioned. The contribution from surface topography and lubricant formulation on tribological performance are of special interest. An important task is to preserve as much generality of the models and the methods as possible, to cover a broad spectrum of applications. In this way the versatility will increase and the possibilities of applying the models and methods in other fields of research become more likely. This is realized by the application of rigorous mathematical techniques - to the equations that governs the lubrication process - that enable efficient treatment of the surface topography, the rheology of the involved fluid, the material characteristics, etc.

Keywords: technological sciences,mechanical engineering,machine elements,tribology
Marketing Conservation Services - a European Manual (COMAR EUROMAN)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: European Re-integration Grants
Action type: Support for training and career development of researchers (Marie Curie)
Countries involved: Germany
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2009-RG, 2009)
Start date: 2010-04-01
End date: 2014-03-02
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 45000.0
EU funding (EUR): 45000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

In spite of the supragenerational importance of the conservation services aiming to preserve the cultural heritage in the best possible way, one can observe that the communication between the providers and prospective beneficiaries of these services is rather imperfect. It is also observed that few actions aiming to raise the social awareness of the need for appropriate preservation of cultural heritage and - consequently - the public interest in and demand for conservation services. The negative results of these communication failures can be compensated if appropriate marketing tools be introduced that aim to eventually enhance the commercial accomplishments of a conservation service provider and – primarily – to raise the social awareness of how the cultural heritage should be appropriately taken care of. In her initial Marie Curie research, the Researcher carried out an empirical analysis of the Maltese conservation market, including an extensive analysis of the demand and the supply side, in order to provide basis for constructing theory in the novel field of marketing conservation services that would help to identify set of principles applicable by conservators in their professional practice, in particular in their communication with both, prospective and existing customers and with the general public. In view of the above and following the objectives set in her initial Marie Curie Fellowship, the Researcher aims to verify in this reintegration project the applicability of the previous findings in the wide European context. Having done that, she aims to draw up a handbook in marketing that would contain knowledge about the marketing mechanisms pertaining specifically to the conservation services. Such handbook would become a practical tool to be used by European conservators in their private practice and would help disseminating this novel knowledge among those whom it may concern.

Keywords: social sciences,economic sciences,cultural heritage economics,marketing conservation services,sustainability,european handbook
Development of universal vaccinal dendritic cells lines for cancer treatment (PDCTHERAPY)

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: 2010-07-19
End date: 2011-10-18
Duration (months): 15.0
Total project cost (EUR): 150681.0
EU funding (EUR): 150681.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

The development of efficient vaccines for the treatment of cancers is a major public health issue but remains a challenge. The induction of cytotoxic specific T cell able to recognize and lyse malignant cells is the main goal of immunotherapeutic strategies based on dendritic cells. The fellow has developed a unique cell line (GEN2.2) from the new Plasmacytoid Dendritic Cell (PDC) type. He demonstrated its tremendous potential in allogeneic setting to induce the activation and proliferation of specific efficient cytotoxic T lymphocytes in vitro (melanoma patients’ samples) and in vivo (preclinical humanized mouse model). Allogeneic PDCs therefore represents a new promising immunotherapeutic strategy to fight cancer. The project aims to create a set of universal “off-the-shelf” dendritic cell lines based on GEN2.2. The current strategy is based on irradiated GEN2.2 loaded with immunogenic peptides derived from tumor antigen presented by HLA-A*0201 allele. This strategy, however, is limited to the patients with the corresponding HLA allele and to the known peptides chemically synthesized. In collaboration with the University College London, the fellow proposes to improve this vaccine strategy by engineering genetically modified cell lines, either coding for i) the antigenic peptide to avoid the loading step, ii) the antigens as the whole protein to enlarge the spectrum of presented peptides, or iii) other HLA class I antigens to target a larger number of patients. This project is ambitious and in the scope of the developments in the immunotherapeutic field. It proposes to enlarge the patient population and the cancers for which this new and promising strategy could be used. The Marie Curie Action proposed here is an adequate opportunity for the fellow to overcome his weaknesses (genetic engineering, English language) and increase his international renown to develop his projects involving genetic aspects and to gain leadership skills for managing European projects.

Keywords: cell-based vaccine,anticancer therapy,genetic engineering,molecular biology
Violence Expressed - a comparative study of testimonies of violence among Kurdish activists (VIOLEX)

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: Denmark
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2009-IEF, 2009)
Start date: 2011-01-15
End date: 2013-01-14
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 207541.0
EU funding (EUR): 207541.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Most people living in conflict areas have experienced armed incidents, poverty, displacement, as well as witnessed torture and killings. However, only certain forms of suffering are publicly acknowledged and may lead to prestige and a strengthened social position within a community, or grant political asylum in the country of refuge. Expressions of suffering and pain are therefore seldom the mere expressions of personal suffering as they are often integrated into a standardized discourse of victimhood and heroism. Taking the two decades of conflict between the Kurdish Workers Party PKK and the Turkish State as point of departure, this projects elaborates on the effects such standardization or silencing of violent experience have on the processing of violent experience – for the individual and the social community at large. Grounded in the anthropology of violence, and based on a two years comparative research in Turkey and Denmark, this multisited and interdisciplinary research aims at understanding how expressions of violence are determined and influenced by social processes such as nationalist discourses, ongoing conflict and migration. Suffering that has no place within a public discourse, is silenced, the body often being the last resort to express the unspeakable. How then do individuals cope with their pain that has been politicized, publicized and collectivized; what happens, when suffering is regarded illegitime, or a sign for weakness and shame? An understanding of these mechanisms is crucial to better understand the violent dynamics in post-conflict societies, as well as to assess difficulties in integration of traumatized refugees. Insight in how violence is understood, coped with and expressed is thus an essential part of assessing and preventing violence in the first place.

Keywords: social sciences,social anthropology,violence,conflict,torture,narratives,kurds,turkey
Experimental and Numerical Analyses of the Dynamic Behavior of Rolling Tires in order to Improve the Tire Modeling Accuracy (TIRE-DYN)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Industry-Academia Partnerships and Pathways
Action type: Support for training and career development of researchers (Marie Curie)
Countries involved: Belgium,Luxembourg
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2009-IAPP, 2009)
Start date: 2010-09-01
End date: 2014-08-31
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 700041.0
EU funding (EUR): 700041.0
Participants: 3
Project status: CLOSED

The increasing complexity and shorter development times of vehicles require more accurate and efficient simulation tools. Already in the early phases of the vehicle development, a reliable prediction of the tire dynamic behavior is required to assess and optimize vehicle performances, such as, tire/road noise, handling, ride comfort, vehicle NVH (Noise, Vibration and Harshness) and durability. In addition, the tire dynamic behavior plays a key role in several new automotive technologies, such as, intelligent driver assistance systems, active suspension, in-wheel electric drive, intelligent tires,… The objective of this project is to obtain more accurate structural tire models through a better understanding of the influence of rolling on the tire dynamic behavior. Up till now, the physical phenomena that determine the complex dynamic properties of a rolling tire are not fully understood due to the strong multi-disciplinary nature of the subject. Consequently, the current tire models are not able to provide an efficient and accurate prediction of the rolling tire dynamic behavior. This project studies the physical phenomena through an integrated approach in which the state-of-the-art in the field of experimental and numerical tire dynamic analyses are linked and consolidated. Based on the obtained insights, the effects of rolling will be implemented in existing tire models in order to improve their accuracy and applicability. The developed implementations will be experimentally validated afterwards. The integrated research approach of this project is based on a continuous transfer of scientific and engineering knowledge between industry and academia. Through secondments, recruitments, training and networking activities, this knowledge will be efficiently transferred. The outcome of the project will strengthen the European automotive industry and research through the availability of efficient and accurate tire dynamics simulation tools.

Keywords: vibration engineering,structural dynamics,numerical modeling,gyroscopic eigenvalue problem,operational modal analysis,finite element analysis,modal correlation analysis,tire models
Network for Habitat Monitoring by Airborne-supported Field work – An innovative and effective process in implementation of the Habitat Directive (CHANGEHABITATS 2)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Industry-Academia Partnerships and Pathways
Action type: Support for training and career development of researchers (Marie Curie)
Countries involved: Germany,Austria,Hungary,Germany,Poland,Austria,Hungary
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2009-IAPP, 2009)
Start date: 2011-01-01
End date: 2015-06-30
Duration (months): 54.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1414780.0
EU funding (EUR): 1414780.0
Participants: 8
Project status: CLOSED

The aim of CHANGEHABITATS 2 is the initiation of a long lasting intersectoral and international network in the field of environmental monitoring between industry and academia. Its aim is to develop operable, time and cost effective procedures, and (software) solutions for monitoring habitats using innovative airborne data acquisition techniques. Within the project two complementary data acquisition methods which are currently becoming established in the market will be concentrated on: airborne laser scanning and airborne hyperspectral imagery. These methods will be evaluated and their potential for manual and automatic derivation of habitat parameters – an unsolved problem so far – will be investigated for selected sites. Added value of the developed methods beyond habitat mapping will be explored, e.g. for river basin management. These aims will be achieved by tight integration of data producers, data processors and end users, building the network both from industry and academia. The project will support EU´s NATURA2000 Directive, which prescribes repeated monitoring of over 50 million ha of habitat sites in Europe. The complexity and importance of habitat monitoring by airborne techniques will ensure close cooperation within the network beyond the project duration. Cost savings in an order of up to 3.4 Billion Euros at European level could be achieved by reducing expensive and laborious field work for habitat mapping by automated analysis of airborne sensed data, which is cheaper in acquisition and more homogeneous than subjective perception during the field work. The contributing SMEs will gain economic benefits and clear competitive advantages. For device manufacturers a new market for data acquisition devices will be opened, and for service providers faster and more accurate habitat mapping will result in enlarged project execution capacity, supporting national and regional administrative bodies in their environmental protection duties.

Keywords: natural sciences,eu habitats directive,environmental monitoring,biodiversity,full wave laser scanning,remote sensing,hyperspectral data,interpretation keys
Impact of cryptic rhizosphere plasmids on the molecular interactions between bacterial populations and crops (SINOPLASMID)

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: 2010-06-01
End date: 2012-05-31
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 172740.8
EU funding (EUR): 172740.8
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

The competitiveness of Europe in the field of sustainable agriculture programs has been drastically compromised due to a serious drift of academic expertise on the development of novel inoculants away from Europe’s to major USA Agricultural companies where the multidisciplinary skills required for this work is available in single institutions. ERA is therefore at serious risk of becoming non-competitive with North America where there is critical mass and excellent training in this area. To regain the European leadership in this field there is an urge to generate a critical mass of scientific workforce with the required advanced multidisciplinary training. The research project will use Sinorhizobium meliloti as a model bacterium used in inoculums and will investigate, at the molecule level, the role natural cryptic self-mobilisable plasmids from plant associated rhizobacteria have on the interactions between these bacteria and crops with a view to design novel inoculums that can be used for sustainable agriculture. This IEF project is highly complementary to the applicant’s existing research skills and her extensive knowledge on advanced technologies for the study of bacterial molecular genetics, protein-target interactions and bacterial gene transfer will, in return, bring new expertise to the University of Nottingham. This type of project cannot be achieved with the expertise of a single institution but can be attained through establishment of this IEF fellowship for advance complementary multidisciplinary training where both the host institution and the visiting fellow will benefit from the exchange of expertise. The topic has been freely chosen by the fellow in collaboration with the host institution with the aim to maximise her employability, competence diversification and lifelong learning as an independent researcher.

Keywords: natural sciences,agricultural sciences,crop protection,soil biodiversity,sustainable exploitation,bacteriology
Analytic and ergodic aspects of automorphic forms on higher rank groups (ANERAUTOHI)

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: Switzerland
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2009-IEF, 2009)
Start date: 2011-09-01
End date: 2013-08-31
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 165865.2
EU funding (EUR): 165865.2
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Automorphic forms are an important subject in number theory and have many arithmetic applications. Some crucial results in the theory of (classical) automorphic forms include results on subconvexity, converse theorems and zeros of L-functions, to name only a few. However, so far the theory of higher rank groups is not as developed as the theory of (classical) automorphic forms and in the last years interest in higher rank groups and their application has increased. This can be seen from the number of workshops that deal with this topic, e.g. the American Institute of Mathematics (AIM) organized in the last two years three workshops that dealt with higher rank groups, namely the workshops &quot;Computing arithmetic spectra&quot;, &quot;Subconvexity bounds for L-functions&quot;, &quot;Analytic theory of GL(3) automorphic forms and applications&quot;. In the proposed project we want to study a wide range of analytic aspects of higher rank groups, especially their L-functions and their applications (e.g. arithmetic quantum chaos in theoretical physics). It turns out that outstanding results on automorphic forms of groups of rank less than 1 have been very recently obtained via techniques largely inspired from ergodic theory. For instance, the subconvexity problem with respect to all the parameters at the same time for GL(1) and GL(2) automorphic forms was solved a few months ago. On the one hand, these techniques mimic the classical analytic methods but their main advantage lies in their softness. One purpose of this project is to master deeply these techniques and to determine how they could be used in the higher rank setting. On the other hand, the limit of these ergodic techniques (even in the rank 1 case) should shed some light on new analytic problems, which could possibly be attacked via classical techniques. Roughly speaking, the intricacies of the links between analytic and ergodic techniques are the core of this project.

Keywords: physical sciences,mathematics,number theory,automorphic forms,higher rank groups,analytic number theory,ergodic theory,subconvexity problem
Cognitive distortions in eating disorders: Development and application of a model for thought-shape fusion (THOUGHT-SHAPE FUSION)

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-2009-IEF, 2009)
Start date: 2010-05-25
End date: 2011-10-24
Duration (months): 17.0
Total project cost (EUR): 165645.6
EU funding (EUR): 165645.6
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Cognitive distortions are characterized by faulty, irrational thought processes, and are characteristic of psychopathology. Within the past decade, new research has emerged that suggests that there is a specific cognitive distortion associated with eating disorders. This distortion has been identified as ‘thought-shape fusion’ (TSF), and is associated with the belief that just thinking about eating fattening foods can lead to weight gain, feelings of fatness, and perceived moral wrong-doing. The experience of TSF can, in turn, have an impact on cognitions and behavior. The clinical significance and implications of this cognitive distortion have yet to be systematically studied; however, it has been suggested that identifying and addressing distortions such as TSF may be beneficial for the sizeable number of individuals with eating disorders who do not respond well to therapy. The proposed project will involve carrying out a series of three studies to investigate the mechanisms underlying cognitive distortions, and the role that TSF plays in eating disorders. The major breakthrough that is anticipated as a result of the project is the validation of a proposed model of TSF, and confirmation that addressing specific components of this model in a brief intervention can reduce the experience of TSF. The experimental approach taken into this novel research area provides a cost-effective approach for the study of cognitive distortions. These findings will provide a significant advance in the existing knowledge of cognitive distortions and thought processes relating to eating disorders, and can ultimately provide critical insights for future research investigating treatment and prevention of eating disorders. The proposed fellowship will provide the researcher, Dr. Jennifer Coelho, with the opportunity to develop her clinical research skills, build on her knowledge of statistical analysis techniques, and foster a new collaborative network.

Keywords: clinical psychology,experimental psychology,eating disorders,cognitive distortions