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A CREATION of new methodology for the analysis of the influence of textiles on human beings (CREATION)

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: Belgium
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2009-IEF, 2009)
Start date: 2010-11-01
End date: 2012-10-31
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 160100.0
EU funding (EUR): 160100.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

The objectives of this project are: creation and verification of a complex way of analysing the effects of textiles on human organisms, the comfort in those textiles and perception of those textile by humans as well as a classification of textiles (creation of hierarchical system of textiles) in respect of their influence on human organism. The underlying concept of the research is based on the development of a methodology concerning physiological (respiratory, circulatory), subjective hand measurement - perceiving of textiles, objective hand measurement (Total Hand Value (THV)), and finally creation of a “reaction to textiles” model. The methodology will be based on physical test in volunteers wearing different textiles (an interactive and a traditional one as reference point), psychological reactions on those textiles and objective laboratory methodology measuring a hand of textiles. The final phase consists of creating a sensorial process modelling based on stimulation of humans by textiles. The objectives will be achieved through multidisciplinary research of textile engineers, physiologists, neurologists, and statisticians. Using volunteers in laboratory testing will enable the analysis of the influence of different textiles on human physiological parameters. The tests on textile sets of garments concern the physical measurements of the fabrics, e.g., liquid permeability, air permeability, thermal resistance, THV according to the Kawabata System. This project is tailored in order for the Fellow to reach well – defined objectives in terms of career advancement. The schedule and the framework of a main research concept is a complement of the training activities and a Personal Career Development Plan, which head for a development of the scientific skills and knowledge of the Fellow and support of a Fellow at present stage of her career, an enhancement of her competence diversification in terms of new skills acquisition at multidisciplinary level.

Keywords: the influence of textiles on humans,objective verification of the influence of textiles on humans,technological sciences,health sciences
Contribution of beta-arrestin-dependent receptor signaling to the physiological regulation of the endocannabinoid system (CB1R ARRESTIN)

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: Hungary
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2009-IOF, 2009)
Start date: 2011-05-01
End date: 2015-02-28
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 223578.1
EU funding (EUR): 223578.1
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

The endocannabinoid system is composed of endocannabinoids, such as anandamide and 2-arachidonoylglycerol (2-AG), their metabolizing enzymes and cannabinoid receptors. To date, two cannabinoid receptors have been identified by molecular cloning, the CB1 and CB2 receptors. The endocannabinoid system has been implicated in a number of physiological functions, and pharmacological manipulation of this system is a promising therapeutic target in a large number of different diseases and conditions, including mood and movement disorders, obesity, neuropathic pain and cancer, etc. In neurons, release of endocannabinoids can be initiated by calcium signal or by stimulation of G-protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs). Anandamide production may be regulated by a number of lipid modulating enzymes, whereas 2-AG is produced by diacylglycerol-lipases (DAGLs). Stimulation of AT1 angiotensin II receptor and other Gq-coupled-receptors leads to DAGL dependent production of endocannabinoids, but the exact mechanism of this response has not been elucidated. The mechanism of action of GPCRs involves both G-protein-dependent and -independent pathways. G-protein-independent pathways are mediated by beta-arrestin-dependent scaffolding and regulation of signaling complexes. Although the role of these proteins during AT1R signaling is well documented, their function in the G-protein independent signaling of CB1R is not known. The aim of the present project is to elucidate the role of beta-arrestin mediated signaling in the regulation of endocannabinoid production, and to elucidate the role of G-protein-independent signaling in CB1R function. The proposed project includes in vitro studies using molecular biology techniques and in vivo experiments using genetically altered mouse models to elucidate these questions.

Keywords: neurobiology,cell biology,neurochemistry,physiology
Automated Traffic Profiling of Internet Services (PRAWN) (PRAWN)

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: Greece
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2009-IEF, 2009)
Start date: 2011-08-01
End date: 2013-07-31
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 147997.4
EU funding (EUR): 147997.4
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Over the last few years, the proliferation of Internet services has lead to a dramatic increase of network applications. However, reliable mechanisms for effective traffic profiling of network applications, and classification of the traffic flows according to the applications that generate them remain elusive. This lack of mechanisms combined with the fact that most modern applications intentionally or not “hide” their generated traffic has a number of adverse consequences: (i) it leads to inefficient management of network resources and infrastructure, (ii) it exacerbates the problem of security, and ultimately, and (iii) it induces poor end-user experience of the provided services, discouraging adoption of advanced technologies and Internet services. Our goal in this project is to advance the state of the art in the area of application identification by investigating algorithms and implementing a system that allows robust and automated application classification. The proposed methodology will be based on capturing the communication patterns of network applications in graph structures without inspecting the user data, respecting in this way user privacy concerns. This is attractive, since these properties are hard to obfuscate without modifying significantly the application itself, while at the same time the methodology succeeds even in the case of encrypted data. We believe that the collaboration proposed in this project has all the potential to bring it to a successful completion. Combining (i) the applicant’s knowledge of, and contributions to the state-of-the-art in, the area, with (ii) the extensive experience of the host in network measurements, will allow us to explore novel algorithms and solutions for the problem of traffic classification. Beyond its research merit, the proposal will significantly add to the applicant’s long-term career development and academic experience by setting this work as the point of reference in the area.

Keywords: technological sciences,systems networks,internet traffic profiling,traffic classification
Dreamings, Songlines and the “Cult of Heritage”: Tourism Development and Aboriginal Culture in Broome, Western Australia (THE CULT OF HERITAGE)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: International Outgoing Fellowships
Action type: Support for training and career development of researchers (Marie Curie)
Countries involved: Germany
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2009-IOF, 2009)
Start date: 2011-10-01
End date: 2014-09-30
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 251603.3
EU funding (EUR): 251603.3
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

This project analyses tourism development in relation to social policy in Broome, Western Australia. Tourism is the largest and fastest growing industry in the world and therefore a major field in the area of globalization. Social policy is an integral part of this growing market space. The central question is how images of Aboriginal culture and environment change through tourism impact and how these changes affect minorities and their political representation in Australian society. The primary research site is the town of Broome and the Lurujarri Heritage Trail in the Kimberley region of Western Australia. The trail follows an Aboriginal song cycle along the Indian Ocean coast. It originated from the Dreamtime Ancestral Beings who in Aboriginal culture are believed to have created the landscapes, humans, animals and plants, all of which are interconnected by the same life spirit. The landscape, its narrations and imaginaries are compared with what people on different ends – government officials, social and economic entrepreneurs, minority representatives, tourists – have to say about their rediscovery and development for the tourism industry. By taking a ‘grassroots’ perspective the focus of the project is on people as key players in the field of tourism and social policy. The research is grounded in a collaboration between the Social Policy Research Centre (SPRC) at the University of New South Wales (UNSW), Australia and the Institute of Social Anthropology and Philosophy (ISAP) at Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg (MLU), Germany. It is an integral part of initiatives to form an interdisciplinary research hub on Tourism, Globalization and Ethnicity at MLU in close collaboration with major research centres in the field, inside and outside of Europe. This research hub will link questions of cultural contact and knowledge production in tourism contexts with state of the art scientific discourse on sustainability, ‘environmental capital’ and heritage.

Keywords: aboriginal culture,australia,social anthropology,socio-economic research and policy,tourism
The gauge gravity duality and its applications to real world strongly coupled systems (ADSCFT MUNICH)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Intra-European Fellowships
Action type: Support for training and career development of researchers (Marie Curie)
Countries involved: Germany
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2009-IEF, 2009)
Start date: 2011-01-01
End date: 2012-12-31
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 155461.0
EU funding (EUR): 155461.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

The fellow’s research area is high energy theoretical physics. Specifically, in using methods from string theory to understand some of the most complex, and least understood areas of elementary particle physics. Through a profound observation into the link between theories of gravity, described by string theory, and the fundamental forces of particle physics, we have access to tools which allow insight into some of the most complicated areas of fundamental physics. Not only is this allowing us to answer questions about these forces which would previously have been impossible, but it is also giving us a deeper understanding into the very nature of space and time. In addition to this, advances in the field over the last few years have meant that we are now able to use these same methods from string theory to look at condensed matter phenomena, which can be studied in the laboratory but where an understanding of their underlying mechanisms is still lacking. In this proposal an outline is given of the ways in which the fellow will be able to answer some of the remaining questions in this fascinating area. From the ideas set out in this proposal a series of important results over the two year period of the fellowship can be delivered. The areas of application which will be discussed in detail are: 1) String theory methods for understanding thermodynamic and hydrodynamic properties of the strong force at high temperature. 2) String theory methods for understanding mesonic and baryonic physics in cold nuclear matter and in the high temperature phase. 3) String theory methods for understanding superconductivity and superfluidity. The interdisciplinary aspects of this proposal linking string theory, heavy ion physics, high energy experimental physics, lattice and condensed matter

Keywords: quantum field theory,string theory,holography
Swedish Presidency SET-Plan Conference (SET-PLAN_SE2009.EU)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Energy
Destination: Knowledge for energy policy making
Action type: Coordination and support actions
Countries involved: Sweden
Call:  (FP7-Adhoc-2007-13, 2007)
Start date: 2009-09-01
End date: 2010-01-31
Duration (months): 5.0
Total project cost (EUR): 286932.0
EU funding (EUR): 143466.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

On the occasion of the Swedish Presidency, the Swedish Energy Agency is organising a conference on the &apos;European Strategic Energy Technology Plan&apos; (SET-Plan). The conference will take place in Stockholm, 21-22 October 2009 and will allow the participation of about 500 people. The objective of the conference will be to give momentum to the implementation of the SET-Plan, which was adopted by the Commission on 22 November 2007. In particular, the conference will seek to generate impetus for the proposed European Industrial Initiatives.

Keywords: set-plan,coordination and support action,conference,swedish presidency
THE PARTICIPATORY ACTION RESEARCH APPROACH TO THE TEST OF SOUTHERN INERTIA. Comparing experiences to broaden Boundaries of Action in the Environmental and Community Planning Field (PARTES)

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: Italy
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2009-IOF, 2009)
Start date: 2011-01-12
End date: 2014-01-11
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 239604.7
EU funding (EUR): 239604.7
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

The research project aims at exploring potentialities offered in the Environmental and Community Planning field by the direct involvement of university faculty, staff and students in promoting social and economic development in long-term underdeveloped areas. The research will be conducted through the direct involvement of the researcher in Participatory Action Research experiences in the host and return phases of the project, in two geographic areas that – even characterized by significant differences in culture, history, economy, etc. – share the status of lagging regions, especially if compared with their countries of belonging: the Mid-South (USA) and Sicily (Italy). The aim of the research is to implement and compare at least two high quality case studies, at the neighbourhood scale (one in the city of Memphis during the host phase and the other in the city of Catania during the return phase), evaluating the effectiveness of planning strategies adopted in practice and highlighting how community-University partnerships can have transformative impacts as sustainable development and research organizations in difficult contexts like those mentioned above. Such an outcome will give a significant contribution to the European debate on how spatial planning can address territorial cohesion among regions with different status of development. Moreover, addressing a longer project of collaboration between the two institutions involved, with the possibility of establishing in the future a "Promoting Community Environmental Participatory Planning" Italian-American Consortium, the project will significantly contribute to the advancement of the researcher's career, allowing her to achieve fundamental skills and steps to fulfil her academic curriculum such as: excellent international records in her fields of interest together with full responsibility in the fund-rising and organizing activities of the possible consortium.

Keywords: lagging regions,community development,sustainability,spatial planning,participatory action research,urban design,gis,territorial cohesion,mid-south usa,sicily,comparative studies
Towards the investigation of the nature of neutrinos with SNO+ (NEUTRINOSSNOPLUS)

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: 2010-12-01
End date: 2012-11-30
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 171740.8
EU funding (EUR): 171740.8
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

SNO+ is a high potential, multi-faceted neutrino experiment consisting of a kiloton liquid scintillator detector surveyed by about 10,000 photomultiplier tubes (PMTs). Its main goal is the determination of the nature of the neutrino, Dirac or Majorana, via the search for neutrinoless double beta decay in 150Nd. This is recognized to be one of the most important current topics in particle physics because the Majorana nature of neutrinos would account for the very small neutrinos masses and provide a strong experimental argument in favour of the leptogenesis theory, which has the potential to explain the matter-antimatter asymmetry in the universe. SNO+ is expected to achieve a very high sensitivity level (mββ≈100 meV) very quickly (2014) thanks to its large volume. It is therefore one of the most competitive neutrinoless double beta decay experiment that is fully funded. SNO+ will also be able to study many other aspects of neutrino physics, using solar, geo, reactor and astrophysical neutrinos. Currently it is in its construction phase, with a start scheduled late 2010. The programme described in this proposal fits into the early stage of the experiment and offers the candidate a rich experience within SNO+: during the end of the construction, the candidate will participate in the crucial initial calibration of the full detector. Her instrumental background in precise calibration of optical detectors and commissioning will allow her to take a significant role in this step of SNO+. When the data taking starts, she will use her current experience in the MINOS experiment to analyze the first neutrinoless double beta decay data. The long-standing involvement of the host group at the University of Sussex in neutrino experiments, with its expertise in both commissioning and data analysis techniques, and the participation in an international collaboration provide an outstanding professional opportunity for the implementation of this project and the candidate’s career.

Keywords: physical sciences,experimental physics,particle physics,neutrinos,neutrinoless double beta decay,calibration,sno+
From few-body interactions to novel quantum phases of ultracold gases (QUANTUMPHASES)

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: 2010-09-01
End date: 2012-08-31
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 172403.2
EU funding (EUR): 172403.2
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Research is planned into two novel systems in the field of ultracold atomic gases in which the interplay between few-body and many-body physics plays a crucial role. The first is the heteronuclear fermionic Potassium 40-Lithium 6 (K-Li) gas, where experiments are just now starting up. In a recent theoretical work the applicant and collaborators discovered that the scattering of a K atom by a weakly bound LiK dimer can be tuned onto p-wave resonance by confining the system to quasi-2D, without loss of stability. This leads to the possibility of a stable p-wave resonantly coupled Bose-Fermi superfluid, a novel system with rich new physics. I propose to study the properties of this p-wave resonance and the polaron problem of a single LiK dimer moving in a sea of K atoms. I will also investigate the critical momentum at which the LiK dimers condense in the presence of the K atoms, which is likely to result in a supersolid phase. The second part of my proposed research concerns microwave dressed polar molecules. Polar molecules in the rovibrational ground state have been recently obtained in experiments. Use of a circularly polarized microwave field to dress polar molecules in 2D has been shown theoretically to lead to the px+ipy superfluid phase. This raises several questions which I will address in this work. What are the effective interactions between polar molecules in the presence of other polarizations in 2D and 3D? What are the resulting correlated states of matter? An open question is whether 3-body interactions lead to an instability of the system and this will be investigated. 24 months of research are proposed in the Theory of Condensed Matter group of the Cavendish Laboratory at the University of Cambridge. The scientist in charge will be Prof. Nigel Cooper, a leading theorist in the field whose skills complement my own. During this project I will learn additional skills which will make me very qualified for a position of scientific maturity in the field.

Keywords: atomic physics,quantum field theory,atomic and molecular physics,ultracold quantum gases,heteronuclear mixtures,polar molecules
Matrix Models Recursions in Topological Strings and Beyond (MMRTSB)

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: 2010-10-01
End date: 2012-09-30
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 165040.8
EU funding (EUR): 165040.8
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Recently it has appeared that recursions relations formulated in the context of matrix models can be applied to solve a wide array of problems ranging from topological string theory to algebraic geometry to statistical physics. It has also been shown that matrix models recursions are sometimes equivalent to other known recursions developed to solve several algebro--geometric problems. Matching recursions belonging to different areas has very deep conceptual implications pointing to the existence of some hidden universal property of solvable problems which would explain the broad applicability of matrix model technologies. In this research project several problems will be addressed with these new tools, from mostly mathematical to more physical ones. On the more formal side matrix models technologies will be employed in topological strings and algebraic geometry, fields where the profitability of these methods is by now well established. On the physics side more explorative researches will be carried out mostly in the context of the AdS/CFT duality and in the computation of gluon scattering amplitudes. This interdisciplinary project is expected to be a means for knowledge transfer between the mathematics and string theory communities. The training proposed in this project aims at enhancing all aspects of the applicant&apos;s capability to perform leading independent research.

Keywords: recursions,matrix models,topological strings,unoriented amplitudes,mixed trace correlators,ads/cft,gluon scattering amplitudes.