Data-Gouv-ML/pcri-informations-sur-les-projets-laureats huggingface dataset:
Smart foraging: neuronal complexity, cognition and foraging in honey bees (NEUROBEECOG2012)

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): 299558.4
EU funding (EUR): 299558.4
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Metacognition is monitoring one's own thoughts and using that knowledge to guide decision-making; for example, knowing one lacks the knowledge needed to solve a problem. Do non-human animals have metacognition? I will investigate how honey bees solve choice tasks when available information is limited. Do they use metacognition or alternative simpler strategies? I will examine how bees recognize and communicate uncertainty about floral resources when foraging socially. I will determine how natural and manipulated changes in neuronal complexity relate to the abilities of bees to solve cognitive demanding tasks and foraging. Finally, I will examine how cognitive differences, natural and otherwise, relate to neuronal complexity by determining the anatomical changes that occur in key regions of the honey bee brain. This study will determine the relationship between neuronal complexity and cognitive ability and foraging performance and will advance understanding of the evolution and biology of cognition.

Keywords: animal psychology,cognition,metacognition,honeybee,psychopysics,animal behavior,neuroethology
How does climate policy affect the pace and direction of technical change? Theory and applications in a general equilibrium framework. (CLIPOL&TECH)

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: Italy
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2012-IIF, 2012)
Start date: 2013-06-01
End date: 2014-11-30
Duration (months): 18.0
Total project cost (EUR): 181175.7
EU funding (EUR): 181175.7
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

There is widespread agreement that governments must act to enhance the innovation and widespread diffusion of clean technologies if we are to avoid dangerous climate change. This is evidenced in the 2010 UNFCCC Cancun Agreements. However, there is neither political nor even academic consensus on exactly what exactly actions will best meet these objectives. Recent theoretical and empirical research has enhanced our understanding of the effects of climate policies on technological change, but significant gaps remain. The aim of this proposal is to improve understanding of how climate policies affect the pace and direction technical change through the market-driven innovation and diffusion of technologies. We will build on recently developed theoretical models in which the direction of technical change is endogenously determined by profit-driven innovation in imperfectly competitive markets. The first contribution of our research is to extend this theoretical framework so that we may study the pace, as well as the direction of technical change. Moreover, we will allow for both trade and knowledge flows between regions. We will investigate the effects of technology-, investment- and trade- related policies on innovation and international diffusion of clean and dirty technologies and on the global climate. Theoretical analysis and numerical simulations of stylised models will provide qualitative insights. These will be complemented by empirical assessments using a modified version of the Intertemporal Computable Equilibrium System (ICES) model that has been developed by the host institution. Taking advantage of the multiregional and multisectoral structure of ICES, our study will be distinguished by consideration of both disembodied and embodied channels of technical diffusion.

Keywords: climate policy,innovation,technology diffusion,knowledge spillovers,international trade,directed technical change,induced technical change,dynamic general equilibrium
SYNTHESIS OF AMINES FROM ALCOHOLS BY METAL-CATALYZED REACTIONS (AMINATION)

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-2012-IEF, 2012)
Start date: 2013-06-05
End date: 2015-06-04
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 161968.8
EU funding (EUR): 161968.8
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

This project is focused on the development of efficient, versatile and sustainable synthetic methodologies within the field of organic chemistry to allow preparation of simple organic compounds and its application to industrial processes. Amines are very important compounds for the chemical industry and also for several biological processes, and the discovery of new effective methods for their synthesis is still a very relevant research field. An attractive and sustainable approach is the metal-catalyzed amination of alcohols, an environmentally ideal process due to water is the only by-product and it is not necessary to use expensive and waste-generating activation agents. Nevertheless, this procedure has yet been scarcely investigated and most of the known catalytic systems require harsh conditions and are little productive and actives. For this reason, this proposal is aimed to the study of this transformation and its transfer to large-scale production in industrial processes. The first objective is to develop novel catalysts based on ruthenium and iron complexes that allow performing this reaction by using mild and chemoselective conditions. Otherwise different studies would be conducted to identify the exact operating reaction mechanism, while the scope of the amination reaction would be studied for further establishment of this methodology in organic synthesis. In addition, we have also a great interest to use chemical products based on functionalized alcohols from renewable resources (e.g. glycerol, sorbitol, etc.) which would allow for a sustainable production of novel and industrially significant amines, as well as to show the applicability of the developed methodology with the synthesis of some biologically active compounds. Finally, a very attractive objective consists in the development of an enantioselective version that allows preparing enantiomerically pure chiral amines, since to date the direct asymmetric amination of racemic alcohols is not known.

Keywords: c141 organic chemistry,c112 catalysis,amine synthesis,redox reactions,ruthenium and iron complexes,environmentally benign process,renewable resources,enantioselective synthesis
Engineering and Design of Novel Tailored Li-Air Battery Cathodes (LI-AIR CATHODES)

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: 2013-09-02
End date: 2016-09-01
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 254925.9
EU funding (EUR): 254925.9
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Continuing research into renewable sources of energy is essential in order to overcome the issues arising from man’s insatiable demand for energy and our current dependence on fossil fuel sources. Highly efficient energy storage devices are required to enable a smooth transition to energy sources with reduced environmental impact and this research has been identified as a priority by the European Union. Lithium-air batteries present a promising form of energy storage with a theoretical specific energy approaching that of petrol and an order of magnitude higher than the current ubiquitous Li-ion battery. Substantial challenges must, however, be overcome prior to widespread commercial exploitation. The most critical include large voltage hysteresis, low round-trip efficiency, low gravimetric and volumetric power and short cycle lifetime. Recent studies confirm the importance of developing a fundamental understanding of the cathodic oxygen reduction (ORR) and evolution reactions (OER) in order to be able to effectively address these issues. The proposed project will utilize a methodical approach to the development of novel cathode materials. Investigation of Li-air cell behavior by electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS), a technique with little application in the field, will enable establishment of a quantitative model of the relationship between cathode chemistry, morphology and cell performance. Application of this model will facilitate the design and testing of innovative catalyst and cathode materials with targeted performance characteristics. The project will encompass the study of the chemistry and morphology of reaction products, an understanding of which is central to achieving cells with long cycle lifespans. The return phase of the project will culminate in the development of a prototype Li-air cell, utilizing the materials developed during the course of the project, which will enable the commercial viability of the technology to be assessed.

Keywords: c105 surface science,c109 electrochemistry - electrodialysis - microfluidics,c112 catalysis,c114 chemical reactions,c126 new materials,c128 nanomaterials,c137 characterization methods of materials
Protein-Specific Charges for Drug Discovery (PSCDD)

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: United Kingdom
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2012-IOF, 2012)
Start date: 2013-07-01
End date: 2016-06-30
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 282561.0
EU funding (EUR): 282561.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Optimisation of the inhibitory potency of a drug candidate requires an accurate description of the interactions between the compound and its target protein receptor. State-of-the-art computational simulations of drug potency rely on classical molecular mechanics force fields with atom-centred point charges, which are often fit to reproduce quantum mechanical properties of small molecules. Yet recent advances in linear-scaling density functional theory software allow quantum mechanical simulations of biomolecules comprising thousands of atoms. A method is described to enhance the accuracy of computational predictions of drug binding by deriving the point charges of the target receptor directly from a single quantum mechanical simulation of the entire protein, thus incorporating the electrostatic polarisation of the protein's native state into the charge fitting procedure. The method will be validated against experimentally measured benchmark potencies of p38 MAP kinase inhibitors and applied in a prospective search for novel pharmaceutical compounds that disrupt interactions of the von Hippel-Lindau protein, which is being investigated as a target for treatment of chronic anaemia associated with kidney disease and cancer chemotherapy. Promising compounds will be synthesised and assayed for potency by the outgoing host. The mobility phase of the project enhances the synergy between computation and experiment, thus increasing confidence in the developed methods and the likelihood of widespread uptake by the pharmaceutical community. As well as broadening the EU's portfolio in basic pharmaceutical research, the project is structured to train the applicant in drug design and enhance his network of international and inter-disciplinary collaborators, thus improving his prospects of establishing an independent research career at the boundary between electronic structure theory and the Life Sciences on returning to the European Research Area.

Keywords: c113 physical chemistry of biological systems,c115 theoretical and computational chemistry,c134 biological chemistry,pharmaceutical chemistry
Multi-scale computational fluid dynamics modelling and optimisation of the state-of-the-art solid oxide fuel cells (CFDSOFC)

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-2012-IEF, 2012)
Start date: 2013-09-01
End date: 2014-08-31
Duration (months): 12.0
Total project cost (EUR): 154293.9
EU funding (EUR): 154293.9
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

The presently proposed research project will be an integral part of the ongoing solid oxide fuel cell research at the Department of Energy Conversion and Storage in Technical University of Denmark (DTU Energy Conversion). DTU Energy Conversion is a world leader in research, development and commercialisation of solid oxide fuel cells. The third generation cell or metal-supported cell of DTU is currently at a more experimental stage. Here the anode support is replaced by a porous layer of ferritic stainless steel (approx. 78% iron and 22% chromium). The cell is constructed on top of a support consisting of iron and chromium. The anode is on the same metal powder as the support, but with a finer particle size. However due to the corrosion problems, other solutions are being sought, lanthanide doped strontium titanate (LST) being one of them. The advantages are a significant decrease in cost and an increased robustness in case of fuel supply failure or operating stop (redox and temperature cycles). At the same time the operating temperature is reduced to 550-650°C. In addition to the completely new support, all active components are being improved through characterisation, testing, and modelling. DTU Energy Conversion would greatly benefit from an additional researcher working on the crucial aspects of the modelling of the above novel SOFC development project. DTU Energy Conversion have identified a researcher with the ideal background to perform the multi-scale thermo-fluid and electrochemical modelling of the state-of-the-art planar SOFC using numerical modelling approaches (i.e. a combination of FEM and CFD) in three-dimensions and in the process receive training and enhance his experience in the multidisciplinary set of skills, including SOFC development and manufacture, stack development, testing, and also administrative/technical management of the EU projects.

Keywords: g306 energy systems,g203 simulation engineering and modelling
Reductions and exact solutions of boundary value problems with moving boundaries by means of symmetry based methods (BVPSYMMETRY)

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: 2013-09-23
End date: 2015-06-22
Duration (months): 21.0
Total project cost (EUR): 270580.8
EU funding (EUR): 270580.8
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Boundary value problems with moving boundaries are widely used in mathematical modeling a huge number of processes, which arise in physics, biology and industry. While these processes can be very different from a formal point of view, they have the common peculiarity: unknown moving boundaries. The most important subclass of such boundary value problems (BVPs) is the Stefan problems, in which the movement of unknown boundaries is governed by the well-known Stefan boundary conditions. BVPs with moving boundaries, particularly the multidimensional Stefan problems, are the main object of the proposed project. Developing new theoretical foundations and algorithms for reduction of such BVPs to those of lower dimensionality and construction of exact solutions of BVPs in question is the main aim of the project. Applied goal is to compare the analytical results derived with those obtained by means of the appropriate numerical techniques in the case of a wide range of the physically and biologically motivated problems. Moreover such comparison will demonstrate the real interdisciplinary aspect of the proposal. The novel idea of the project is to develop the algorithms mentioned above using such symmetry based methods as the classical Lie-Ovsiannikov method, the Bluman-Cole method of non-classical symmetry, conditional symmetry method and their recent extensions. The main results to be achieved: new definitions of (generalized) conditional invariance for BVPs with a wide range of boundary conditions will be derived; algorithms for how to construct all possible conditional symmetries for the given class of BVPs will be determined; new analytical results (conditional symmetries, reductions and exact solutions of BVPs) will be established by application of the algorithm to a wide range of nonlinear BVPs modeling the tumour growth processes and melting-evaporation processes.

Keywords: nonlinear boundary value problem(bvp),free and moving boundaries,symmetry of bvp,reduction of bvp,symmetry of partial differential equation(pde),exact solution of nonlinear pde,stefan problem
Microscopic derivation of non Markovian dynamics (MICRONM)

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-2012-IEF, 2012)
Start date: 2013-04-01
End date: 2015-03-31
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 161968.8
EU funding (EUR): 161968.8
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Technology is moving in the direction of producing smaller and faster devices. The time scales at which the near future devices will operate, are such that the physical processes involved are foreseeable to be described in terms of non Markovian dynamics, i.e. dynamics displaying memory terms. Recently a strong interest on non Markovian dynamics is also grown in biology, in particular concerning the study of energy transfer and light harvesting in the photosynthesis process. So far, only phenomenological models have been proposed to describe non Markovian dynamics, but a microscopic derivation of non Markovian dynamics is still lacking. Our project aims at filling this gap. Aim of the research project is to give a microscopic derivation of non Markovian dynamics and to understand the nature of their memory terms. Such a goal will be achieved through the following three objectives: 1) Classical microscopic derivation of non Markovian dynamics. We will study a classical particle coupled to an environment of harmonic oscillators. 2) Quantum microscopic derivation of non Markovian dynamics. Once the classical model is understood, we will study the corresponding quantum one. 3) Comparison of the results of previous objectives with known phenomenological models. We will be able to give a microscopic derivation of the microscopic parameters entering these models. We use advanced mathematical tools to analyze the properties of physical systems, which so far were studied only phenomenologically. The training objectives of the project are fully focused on mathematical aspects: - Acquire a solid knowledge on stochastic calculus and stochastic differential equations. - Study integro-differential equations and their properties. - Learn methods of statistical physics. - Study functional analysis tools, weak topologies and function spaces. As we will show, the applicant and the host institution profiles are perfectly matching with the project.

Keywords: mathematical physics,non markovian dynamics,quantum mechanics,open quantum systems,stochastic differential equations.
Beyond Abelian T-duality (T-DUALITIES)

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: United Kingdom
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2012-IOF, 2012)
Start date: 2014-01-01
End date: 2016-12-31
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 294693.0
EU funding (EUR): 294693.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Abelian T-duality is a well-known symmetry of String theory for space-times admitting an Abelian isometry. Less well appreciated is the fact these dualities can be generalised to space-times with non-Abelian and fermionic isometries. While these are not full symmetries of String theory, they still are symmetries of the effective String theory action, namely type II supergravity. One long-standing problem with non-Abelian T-duality is the identification of the dual conformal field theory (CFT), a problem that plagues non-Abelian dualities in general. In contrast, fermionic T-duality has been shown to be intimately related to the hidden symmetries seen in scattering amplitudes, though only for the isolated example of maximally supersymmetric super-Yang-Mills in four space-time dimensions. So, this work aims to address both these shortcomings by identifying the dual CFT for non-Abelian T-duality and finding symmetries of scattering amplitudes in other theories that can be accounted for through fermionic T-duality. Furthermore, we will also investigate the phenomenological and cosmological implications of these symmetries.

Keywords: p101 fundamental interactions and fields,p301 astronomy - astrophysics and cosmology
Prosodic strategies to improve the attention and recall of a listener exposed to an auditory stimulus (PROSOCOGNITION)

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: 2013-09-05
End date: 2016-05-04
Duration (months): 32.0
Total project cost (EUR): 313189.47
EU funding (EUR): 313189.47
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

The prosodic features of a message are a key factor in the transmission of information by a sound medium as the radio. Some authors have shown that the perception and the proper comprehension of radio messages depend largely on the intonation, accent and speech rate used by the broadcaster. Therefore, the aim of this study is to determine how different prosody strategies applied to a radio ads can provoke an oriented response (OR) and increase the levels of attention and recall of the listener. Acquiring knowledge about how the prosody features influence the listener’s attention and recall is fundamental for improving the cognitive processing as well as obtaining a more complete picture of how the brain processes auditory stimulus. The radio advertisements of this study will combine different pitch levels, pitch accents, and speech rates in certain degrees for two conditions: neutral and emotional prosody. The methodology will be based on psychophysiological measures to analyze how the brain processes radio or sound messages. Heart Rate Activity (EKG) and Skin Conductance Activity (EDA) will be the techniques to index attention paid to media combined with recall tests to analyze how the cognitive processing improves by applying different prosody strategies. It’s expected that certain degree of novelty introduced by the pitch modifications using a moderate speech rate may provoke an oriented response, and that a high degree of significance applying contrastive pitch accents and speech rate variations may improve the levels of attention and recall of a listener exposed to the radio ads.

Keywords: s113 communication networks - media - information society,s203 neuropsychology and cognitive psychology,s205 formal - cognitive - functional and computational linguistics,s208 use of language