Data-Gouv-ML/pcri-informations-sur-les-projets-laureats huggingface dataset:
Atomic layer deposition applied to synthetic carburant production and low temperature microthermal imaging. New sputtering process applied to control oxygen stoechiometry and diffusion in oxide films (ALD-SPUTTERING-OXIDE)

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: Norway
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2009-RG, 2009)
Start date: 2009-10-01
End date: 2012-09-30
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 45000.0
EU funding (EUR): 45000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

This project involves 3 parts, the first part relies in the improvement of the Fischer Tropsch process using atomic layer deposition (ALD) of cobalt oxide on mesoporous alumina. The improvement of this reaction is a real challenge as this process is usually used in the conversion of coal or natural gas to liquid hydrocarbons, but can be also applied to production of synthetic fuels from gasified biomass. This process is currently an area of noteworthy process research more specifically concerning the production of liquid fuel from natural gas. The second project concerns the development of a thermal imaging system based on the temperature dependence of the quantum yield of the fluorescence in certain rare-earth chelates. The main issue is to achieve high temperature sensitivity combined with high spatial resolution. This system will operate from room temperature to liquid helium temperature (4.2 K), with sensitivity of deltaT = 0.01 K. To reach these objectives, first Eu-doped organic polymer-based films will be deposited using ALD and studied. The control of the oxygen stoechiometry and diffusion during a deposition is really challenging. A new patented sputtering process allows to control these parameters. This process will be used in the last part of this project for the deposition of first dielectric thin films for transistor applications and then for new multiferroic compounds and structures deposition. This control of the oxygen stoechiometry and diffusion will allow to tune the thin films properties as it is in most of cases the key parameter. This work will be held in close collaboration with the University of Aveiro where the films will be synthesized.

Keywords: industrial chemistry,heterogeneous catalysis,fischer tropsch,thermal imaging,photochemistry,optical and dielectric properties,cmos technology,vacuum technology,atomic layer deposition,sputtering
Acoustics of friction under light loads (BUAFULL)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: International Re-integration Grants
Action type: Support for training and career development of researchers (Marie Curie)
Countries involved: Türkiye
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2009-RG, 2009)
Start date: 2010-02-01
End date: 2014-01-31
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 100000.0
EU funding (EUR): 100000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Understanding the properties and consequences of friction under light normal loads is fundamental to areas such as tactile sensing, haptic systems used in robotic gripping of sensitive objects, and characterization of products rangıng from the softness of fabrics to effects of lotions on skin. In tactile sensing, as a finger is lightly rubbed over a surface, the mechanoreceptors in the dermis become excited and send signals to the brain for processing. Their excitation results from the asperities, adhesion, and other geometric and chemical surface properties that come into contact with the skin. These same sources also give rise to vibration and sound as two surfaces are in sliding friction even under light load, such as a finger pad over a silk fabric. Whereas the mechanoreceptors respond around 200 - 300 Hertz, spectrum of the actual sounds and vibrations that are generated can go beyond these values, thus presenting additional opportunities for surface characterisation through the acoustics response. Only a limited number of those address friction sounds and vibrations under light loads. Studies that address soft materials have not yet been reported. Much of the previous work in this area relates to perception and tactile sensing with limited attention to the generation mechanisms of sound and vibration between soft surfaces. The proposed project builds on the principle investigator&apos;s experience in this area for the past two decades. The project will focus on modeling friction forces over an area the size of a finger pad that moves over a surface and develop predictive models of the sound and vibration that emanate from such a moving contact area. The novelty the project brings includes consideration of materials and also adhesive surfaces, which are important in gripping. Another outcome of this project will be a new test set up that can mimic a finger rubbing over a material under light friction and has the ability simultaneously measure dynamic quantities.

Keywords: natural sciences,technological sciences,friction,sound,vibration,physical sciences
Self-assembled growth of III–V Semiconductor Nanowires on Si for Future Photonic and High Electron Mobility Applications (III-V NWS ON SI)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: International 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: 2009-10-01
End date: 2013-09-30
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 100000.0
EU funding (EUR): 100000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Apart from the never–ending miniaturization of higher–performance semiconductor devices, two major routes will be required to significantly push the Si semiconductor technology of today beyond its limits: the integration of low–cost Si technology with other high–performance materials and the use of new nanoscale device structures, where photonic and electronic units can exploit new functionalities via quantum physical effects. This project will merge these two important routes, aiming at the integration of III–V compound semiconductor nanostructures on Si for next–generation device applications. We will employ the gallium–arsenide (GaAs) compounds as highly efficient III–V materials due to their ultra–high carrier mobilities, superior optoelectronic properties and band gap engineering potentials. For nanoscale model systems we will incorporate these materials in the form of one–dimensional nanowires (NWs), which benefit from dimensions smaller than the emission wavelength, but also from their nearly defect–free singlecrystalline quality achieved via self–assembled growth. We will employ sophisticated molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) growth techniques to synthesize high–quality arsenide–based NWs on Si (111) via catalyst–free nucleation. The growth kinetics effects and selective area epitaxy will be directly correlated with extended materials characterization for optimization of structural, optical and electronic performance. Basic NW structures will then be extended toward advanced core–shell NW heterostructures for two complementary topics, (i) near–IR nanophotonic emitters with tunable–bandgap emission, and (ii) ultra–high electron mobility NW device structures, in particular field effect transistors (FETs). With detailed physical investigations and proof–of–principle demonstrations of such state–of–the–art device structures, we will provide significant insights toward the integration of nanoscale III–V heterostructures with Si.

Keywords: physical sciences,technological sciences,iii-v compound semiconductors,nanowires
International Migrant Families (MIGFAM)

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: 2009-10-01
End date: 2012-09-30
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 45000.0
EU funding (EUR): 45000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

The research proposal is called International migrant families. Its objective is to develop a comprehensive analysis of the short- and long-term demographic consequences of international migration on an individual’s life course and on developments and integration of international-migrant populations in Western European receiving countries. The project is designed to fill the gaps in knowledge about those factors that cause differences in demographic behavior of international migrants and to generate new scientific and policy-oriented knowledge on the family dynamics, living arrangements, and health-care needs of women and men in a multi-cultural context in Western Europe. I plan work on both “ends” of the life course in order to understand the different trajectories of individuals and the interrelation between the various events and passages. The objectives can be articulated as follows: 1) To analyze and to explain the demographic behavior of international migrant populations in Europe, in comparison to the indigenous populations and to each other. 2) To identify migrant-specific indicators of demographic behavior that can be used for further analysis and projections. 3) To link the different indicators and life domains of one individual to others in order to better understand population dynamics and change. 4) To identify the implications of the findings of this project for policy strategies that could facilitate the integration on international migrants. International migration and migrant integration have become more pressing topics in Western European countries following growing immigration flows in the past 60 years. The multi-disciplinary demographic research proposed can provide one of the key inputs for policy makers in the European countries with a well argued, scientifically based and objective discussion of the relationships between public policy, family trends, the challenges of population ageing and the quality of life of Europe’s citizens.

Keywords: humanities
Stability of sorbed arsenic by pipe scales and biofilms in drinking water distribution systems (STACS)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: International Re-integration Grants
Action type: Support for training and career development of researchers (Marie Curie)
Countries involved: Cyprus
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2009-RG, 2009)
Start date: 2010-04-01
End date: 2013-03-31
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 75000.0
EU funding (EUR): 75000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

The notion that inorganic contaminants behave conservatively between the point of entry (after conventional or reverse osmosis-desalination water treatment) and the point of use by consumers is currently being re-visited by EU regulatory agencies. One of the main reasons deteriorating the quality of home tap water is related to the accumulation of contaminants, such as arsenic (As) to scale and biofilm growth in drinking water pipe walls. The central hypothesis of the proposed research is that changes in solution chemistry of the finished water adversely influences the stability of sorbed As by pipe scales. Our long-range goal is to provide mechanistic insight to critical unanswered questions related to the stability of sorbed As by pipe scales and biofilm conglomerates (PSBC) in drinking water distribution systems, thereby eliminating health risk associated with human ingestion of As-contaminated water. If we identify the factors influencing the stability of sorbed As, then we could formulate guidelines to minimize the health risk from the release of sorbed As into the finished water. The stability of the pipe scales (amorphous masses of corrosion by-products mixed with biofilms) may be undermined by the presence of disinfection by-products, ii) to the nonconventional corrosivity of desalinated water or iii) by changes in bulk solution chemical properties and SBC surface chemical parameters. Knowledge obtained from this project will, i) minimize the human health risk associated with the presence of toxic As in the finished water; and ii) formulate specific guidelines for the effective decontamination of SBC in drinking water pipes. This IRG project will prove most useful to the recently reintegrated coordinator towards developing his Water and Health research program in the Eastern Mediterranean region.

Keywords: technological sciences
Role of lysophosphatidic acid in the pathophysiology of spinal cord injury (ROLPASCI)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: International Re-integration Grants
Action type: Support for training and career development of researchers (Marie Curie)
Countries involved: Spain
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2009-RG, 2009)
Start date: 2010-09-15
End date: 2014-09-14
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 100000.0
EU funding (EUR): 100000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Traumatic spinal cord injury (SCI) causes permanent functional deficits due to damage to neurons and supporting cells. The primary mechanical injury triggers inflammatory changes that develops within hours and continues for several days after the injury, which then results in further exacerbation of tissue loss and functional impairments. Reducing the inflammatory response after SCI can therefore be expected to reduce secondary tissue damage and limit functional deficits. A number of mechanisms underlie the recruitment of leukocytes from the peripheral circulation, and the activation of these cells and endogenous microglia and astrocytes within the injured spinal cord. However, the molecules that trigger these responses are not completely known. Lysophosphatidic acid (LPA) is a potent, biologically active lipid mediator that has many physiological functions such as cellular Ca2+ homeostasis and regulation of cytoskeleton, proliferation and survival, adhesion and migration. Recent observations suggest that LPA might be also involved in inflammation. We have preliminary data suggesting that LPA causes a rapid and potent activation of the inflammatory response in the spinal cord, which leads to demyelination and functional impairment. LPA may mediate its effects by signaling via 4 G-protein coupled receptors (LPA1-4). Selectively blocking the receptors involved in detrimental pro-inflammatory responses without affecting those that either are not involved in the pathophysiology of the SCI or might be exerting tissue protection may lead to new interventions to promote repair after SCI, for which there is currently no effective therapy.

Keywords: axon regeneration,functional loss,inflammation,lysophosphatidic acid,neuropathic pain,neuroprotection,secondary damage,spinal cord contusion injury
Design HEALS: Investigating Design Guidelines for Healthy Assisted Living Settings (DESIGN HEALS)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: International Re-integration Grants
Action type: Support for training and career development of researchers (Marie Curie)
Countries involved: Türkiye
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2009-RG, 2009)
Start date: 2010-07-01
End date: 2013-12-01
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 75000.0
EU funding (EUR): 75000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Recent European Commission (2008) report on “Long-term care in the European Union” announced that demands for quality and quantity of long-term care services bound to rise. As current models for healthy ageing define institutional care as the last resort, assisted living settings fill a big gap between home and institutions. Varying in scale and design, the overall concept of assisted living facilities is to provide home-like physical environment and social support for those who require help in performing their activities of daily living. The aim of this research is to study the link between environmental qualities of assisted living facilities and well being of cognitively intact elderly. Multiple case study methodology will be followed by selecting facilities varying in size and plan layout configurations. The size of facility, plan layout configuration, walking distances between resident’s room and common areas, accessibility and presence of neighborhood amenities will be the independent variables of this study. Well-being outcomes (dependent variables) will be collected by structured observation of resident’s use of common spaces and their social interactions. Personal digital assistants that run geographical information software will be used to record location and behaviors of residents in social areas. Residents will be asked about their perceptions of facility and neighborhood in an interview. Caregivers will be asked to provide non-medical information and make behavioral assessments about each resident. Research findings will be transformed into design guidelines and an assessment tool for assisted living settings. Currently, no tool exists that links well-being of elderly and physical environment of assisted living, with the potential of affecting policy. Results will be communicated to network of decision-makers, architects, planners, caregivers, and residents of these facilities within European Union.

Keywords: social sciences,psychology,design,environmental design,interior design,spatial design,landscape architecture
The role of local mRNA translation in synapse formation (PRESYNAPTOGENESIS)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: International Re-integration Grants
Action type: Support for training and career development of researchers (Marie Curie)
Countries involved: Portugal
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2009-RG, 2009)
Start date: 2010-04-01
End date: 2014-03-31
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 100000.0
EU funding (EUR): 100000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

The objective of the proposed research is to identify the signaling mechanisms that lead to presynaptogenesis, the mechanism by which a functional presynaptic terminal is formed. Postsynaptic mechanisms such as LTF (long-term facilitation) in invertebrate neurons, and LTP (long-term potentiation) and LTD (long-term depression) in mammalian neurons have been well characterized and shown to be dependent on local mRNA translation. However, presynaptic protein synthesis has not been object of intense studies in the past years. Recent studies show that axons can rapidly integrate and respond to local cues by regulating locally protein synthesis. Studies involving axonal protein synthesis in neurodevelopment have focused essentially on the role of local mRNA translation in growth cone collapse. However, recent data has shown that local translation is required for other neurodevelopmental mechanisms like neuronal survival and axonal pathfinding. Also, the observation that distal axons have a diverse mRNA composition leads us to ask if local mRNA translation may play an important role in other neurodevelopmental processes like presynaptic differentiation. In our preliminary studies we addressed this question. We have found that axonal application of FGF22 induces synapse formation in ciliary ganglia motor neurons in culture, as accessed by synapsin clustering. Protein synthesis inhibitors were able to block this effect indicating that local protein translation is required for synapse assembly. However, the mechanisms by which synaptogenic cues lead to the formation of a functional synapse remain unknown. Here we test the hypothesis that presynaptic differentiation occurs through local mRNA translation.

Keywords: neurobiology,mrna,local translation,synapse,presynaptogenesis
Rabbinic Literature in Moravia from the Fifteenth to the Nineteenth Century (RLMFNC)

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: Czechia
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2009-RG, 2009)
Start date: 2010-02-01
End date: 2013-06-03
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 45000.0
EU funding (EUR): 45000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Rabbinic literature is an important genre of primary sources of Jewish cultural, religious, social, and intellectual history. As a rule rabbinic texts were written by the rabbis who formed the intellectual elite of traditional Judaism. Rabbinic texts are often difficult to understand; nonetheless, researching them is quite rewarding. Besides providing many “hard facts” about the life of Jewish communities rabbinic texts also inform modern researchers about how reality was perceived by the intellectual elite of the Jewish minorities and they reveal the possibilities and limits of a religious authority that functioned for the most part of its long and complex history under the dire conditions of discriminated minority. The Jewish community of Moravia (a region in the Czech Republic) played a very important role in the Jewish life of the pre-modern period from the sixteenth until the nineteenth century. It was close to such important centers of Jewish life as Vienna, Prague, Bratislava, and Budapest. The Moravian chief-rabbi (Landesrabbiner) was one of the most prestigious rabbinic positions in Europe. The rabbinic literature produced in the region is an eminent source-material about the social and intellectual history of Moravian Jews and extremely important from a comparative perspective as well. In spite of its importance, the history of the Jewish communities in Moravia has received little attention since the Holocaust period. This is true even more of the rabbinic literature written by or about Moravian Jews. The research project proposed here aims to realize this desideratum by (1) surveying the rabbinic sources that were produced in Moravia or about Jews living in Moravia from the fifteenth to the nineteenth century; (2) preparing an annotated bibliography of these sources; (3) preparing a sourcebook with English translations and comments; (4) analyzing these sources in papers published in English, Czech, and Hungarian.

Keywords: humanities,jewish studies,rabbinic literature,intellectual history,regional history,moravia,minorities,non-christian religions