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Development of nanofilled prepreg for aircraft composite structures. (CNMD)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Joint Technology Initiatives (Annex IV-SP1)
Theme: Public-private partnerships
Destination: Clean Sky
Action type: Article 171 of the Treaty
Partnership: CLEAN-SKY (Art-185)
Countries involved: United Kingdom
Call:  (SP1-JTI-CS-2009-01, 2009)
Start date: 2010-01-01
End date: 2010-12-31
Duration (months): 12.0
Total project cost (EUR): 249600.0
EU funding (EUR): 124800.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Among the characteristics of primary structures of a Green Regional Aircraft, it appears essential to assure a relevant efficiency with respect to the requirements for lightning strike protection, potential discharge, electrical grounding and electromagnetic shielding. The introduction of advanced composites materials in modern aircraft primary and secondary structures presents special challenges due to their inherent low electrical conductivity. Although carbon fibers are good conductors, polymeric matrixes are excellent dielectric, reducing composite structures conductivity. Cytec Engineered Materials (CEM), relying on the great experience acquired in decades of research, manufacturing and application of advanced epoxy systems to the aerospace market, can bring to this problem the know-how required to reach an advanced and sustainable solution. We believe that epoxy resins modified with carbon nanotubes can have a great potential as matrixes for next generation prepreg and composite materials with tailored electrical properties. The objective of this work is the use of carbon nanotubes for a new nanomodified prepreg development. Work package 1 is focused on the selection of an epoxy/nanofilled system and the identification of manufacturing prepreg processes parameters. Work package 2 is focused on the manufacturing and characterization of coupons and small panels for properties evaluation and final product demonstration. A specific testing campaign will be carried out to evaluate the nanomodified composites electrical properties. The test plan will include both DC and AC conductivity and electromagnetic shielding efficiency measurements. In addition the effects of a lightning strike event on a composite structure will be evaluated.

Keywords: nanomaterials,prepreg,electrical conductivity,aircraft
Computations of Automorphic Galois Representations (COMPAUTGALREP)

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: 2010-07-01
End date: 2012-06-30
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 164540.8
EU funding (EUR): 164540.8
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

In groundbreaking work, the researcher has developed the first ever algorithm for explicitly determining the mod l-Galois representations of classical modular forms. He has applied this to the Inverse Galois Problem and to Lehmer&apos;s Conjecture on the non-vanishing of the Ramanujan tau-function. Arguably the greatest advance in arithmetic geometry within the last decade has been the proof by Khare and Wintenberger of Serre&apos;s Conjectures over the rationals. A version of Serre&apos;s Conjectures over totally real fields has been suggested by Buzzard, Diamond and Jarvis, complete with explicit formulae for the Serre &apos;weights&apos; and &apos;levels&apos;. The broad objectives of the proposal are as follows: 1. Improve the researcher&apos;s algorithms for the explicit determination of mod l-Galois representations of classical modular forms. 2. Give a corresponding algorithm for Hilbert modular forms. 3. With the help of 2, provide systematic evidence for Serre&apos;s Conjectures over real quadratic fields. 4. Systematically apply the Galois representations of classical and Hilbert modular forms to the Inverse Galois Problem.

Keywords: number theory,algebraic geometry,algorithms
Networks in European Law (EU NETWORKS)

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: 2010-09-01
End date: 2012-08-31
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 158945.6
EU funding (EUR): 158945.6
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

The proposed research aims to examine the way in which ‘networks’, resulting from the cooperation of public and/or private actors, are increasingly established under European Law. The research project analyzes the networks from both the institutional and the functional perspectives and, specifically, considers the networks established for the enforcement and the harmonization of European Law. This goal will be pursued by adopting a methodology that relies on a transdisciplinary approach to the study of Law (e.g. an approach that crossed over the traditional boundaries of private and public laws), and the suggestions coming from other disciplines (e.g. political sciences, sociology), especially with respect to the possibility to apply methods for research (e.g. the interviews) well known in certain disciplines, but not so often used in approaching EU Law. In particular, this research will concentrate on the following two case-studies. The first case-study regards the networks of public authorities and courts adopted to enforce Consumer Law and Competition Law (i.e. the Consumer Cooperation Regulation Network and the European Competition Network, “CPC” and “ECN”). The second case-study concerns the private-based networks that have been introduced to harmonize product safety standards and that are now under development within the ‘New Legislative Framework’ (i.e. the European Standardization Organizations, “ESOs”). The research project will also examine the role played by these European networks in the ‘international arena’, and, precisely, the role of the CPC and the ECN in the transnational enforcement of Consumer Law and Competition Law as well as the tasks of the ESOs in the processes managed by the International Standardization Organization (“ISO”). The goals of this research consist in framing the emerging European experience in ‘network governance’ within the wider theoretical framework provided for by the “network theory”.

Keywords: european law,european integration,comparative law,network governance,consumer law,competition law,product safety,standardization
Taming TDP43: High-throughput screening for compounds to reduce aggregation of the new player in MND. (TDP-43)

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-2009-IIF, 2009)
Start date: 2010-05-01
End date: 2012-04-30
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 174240.8
EU funding (EUR): 174240.8
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Until recently, the majority of motor neuron disease (MND) research has used cellular and animal models of disease based on the over-expression of mutant superoxide dismutase (SOD1). SOD1 mutations cause protein aggregation and toxicity but are found in only 5% of all MND patients. In contrast, aggregates of the TAR DNA binding protein (TDP-43), have recently been identified in motor neurons and glia in greater than 90% of MND patients, and in cortical neurons in 60% of fronto-temporal lobar dementia (FTLD-U) patients. The Shaw Lab has recently identified TDP-43 mutations in rare familial and sporadic MND patients and confirmed a role for TDP-43 aggregation in neurodegeneration. Interestingly, TDP-43 aggregates are absent in both patients and transgenic mice with SOD1 mutations, suggesting that the mechanism of SOD1-mediated degeneration is distinct from that occurring in the vast majority of MND patients. This may explain why drugs which modify disease in SOD1 mutant mice have not been effective in clinical trials in MND patients. The identification of compounds which can reduce TDP-43 aggregation is likely to have broader therapeutic potential for MND and FTLD-U than those which modulate SOD1. We will develop a range of wildtype and mutant TDP-43 over-expressing cell lines in order to recapitulate disease-specific aggregation and/or toxicity. We will then use high throughput image-based screening to investigate the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) library of 1040 Federal Drug Authority approved compounds for their ability to reduce the aggregation and/or toxicity of mutant TDP-43. ‘Hit’ compounds will be validated in the context of motor neurons differentiated from induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs). These iPSCs will be derived from MND patient skin fibroblasts. By identifying pathways common to drugs which modulate disease in this powerful human MND motor neuron system, we hope to determine the key therapeutic targets in MND.

Keywords: neurobiology,cell biology,motor neuron disease,frontotemporal lobar dementia,tdp43,aggregation,induced pluripotent stem cells,high throughput screening,drug library.
Comparative genetic patterns in parasite populations and species: the search for structuring forces (PARAPOPGENE)

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: Czechia
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2009-IOF, 2009)
Start date: 2010-03-01
End date: 2013-02-28
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 238426.8
EU funding (EUR): 238426.8
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Gene flow among populations maintains the integrity of a species across its geographical range. To a large extent, gene flow depends on the mobility or dispersal abilities of a species, as well as on landscape features such as the presence of barriers to dispersal. For parasitic organisms, gene flow and the extent of genetic structure among populations are crucial for several key evolutionary processes, ranging from local adaptation to speciation. However, our understanding of genetic structuring in parasitic species is very limited, in particular with respect to the influence of life-cycle characteristics and transmission routes. This project addresses the application of a novel comparative molecular approach at different evolutionary, ecological and spatial scales to assess the effects of key life history variables, host and habitat characteristics on patterns of genetic structuring of parasite populations, using two species complexes of trematode parasites as model systems. The project will first investigate the processes acting on microevolutionary scales to generate variability among populations of parasites (outgoing phase), before turning to their consequences at the macroevolutionary scale and the evolution of different patterns of host use between related parasite species (return phase). The novelty of the proposed research lies in trans-disciplinary approach linking advanced ecology and molecular epidemiology concepts with population genetics and evolution. Key novel aspect of the methodology is the application of a comparative approach across multiple populations and species by contrasting a range of life history, transmission and co-existence strategies as well as genetic markers which reveal both mitochondrial and nuclear DNA variability. The successful implementation of the project will result in a substantial transfer of expertise from a world centre leading in molecular parasitology to the applicant and her team at the return European institute.

Keywords: population genetics,comparative phylogeography,molecular ecology,parasites,life history strategies,host specificity,fresh water ecosystems,mitochondrial cox1 gene,microsatellites
Semiautomatic Methods for the Creation and Maintenance of Links between Scientific Resource Aggregations on the Web (SCILINK)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: International Outgoing Fellowships
Action type: Support for training and career development of researchers (Marie Curie)
Countries involved: Austria
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2009-IOF, 2009)
Start date: 2011-03-01
End date: 2014-02-28
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 235162.0
EU funding (EUR): 235162.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

The Web has revolutionized the way of publishing and distributing scientific results. If, however, we regard current publications on the Web, they still resemble the production process of traditional print publications and usually do not deliver the relevant or even necessary information for the described research context, such as the data sets required for reproducing experiments. The goal of the SciLink project is to reassess the traditional way of publishing scientific results on the Web. We believe that arranging publications as aggregations of Web resources and linking them with resources in a broader network of data-centric, Web-based information sources (e.g., DBpedia) will allow scientists to better share, reuse, and further enhance their scientific assets. The proposed research objectives will build on established standards, most importantly the Open Archives Initiative Object Reuse and Exchange (OAI-ORE) specification. The central contributions of the SciLink project are: (i) a semi-automatic link discovery framework for establishing links from publications to semantically related resources on the Web (e.g., DBpedia resources), (ii) the development of strategies and solutions for maintaining link integrity in an open information space, and (iii) novel Web-based aggregation authoring and presentation solutions. We expect that a variety of disciplines, which are currently adopting the OAI-ORE specification for their scientific publications, will make use of our proposed research results. Furthermore, with our approach we will also bridge the gap between the developments in the OAI-ORE and those in the Linked Data community. The results of SciLink will also have a direct impact on the European Union’s digital library flagship initiative Europeana, where the OAI-ORE concepts are applied for “building the Europeana Semantic Layer”.

Keywords: internet technology,metadata,linked data,digital libraries,oai ore
PROBABILITY AND QUANTUM GROUPS (PROBQUANTGROUPS)

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: Poland
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2009-IEF, 2009)
Start date: 2010-10-01
End date: 2012-09-30
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 119533.6
EU funding (EUR): 119533.6
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

The project lies at the intersection of functional analysis, probability theory and quantum algebra, with possible applications to mathematical physics. It is broadly concerned with the analysis of evolutions of systems related to quantum groups, using the language of noncommutative probability. The latter, which extends the classical stochastic theory, is necessary to describe random phenomena encountered in the microscopic world. A specific goal is the mathematically rigorous investigation of probabilistic aspects of both local and long-time behaviour of systems in the presence of quantum symmetry, represented by quantum groups. Recent years have brought a dynamic development of general theory and prolification of concrete examples of quantum groups and, more generally, quantum spaces. It is natural to expect that stochastic methods and interpretations will be indispensable to deepen the understanding of both discrete and continuous dynamical systems arising in this context. Connections with noncommutative geometry are also expected to be uncovered, thus extending the longstanding fruitful interaction between classical probability, geometry and algebraic structures.

Keywords: functional analysis,probability theory,mathematical physics,quantum groups,noncommutative probability,operator algebras,quantum stochastic evolutions
Origin of the asymmetric electron transfer in photosynthesis explored by photo-CIDNP MAS NMR (REACTION CNTR CIDNP)

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: Netherlands
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2009-IEF, 2009)
Start date: 2010-03-01
End date: 2011-10-31
Duration (months): 20.0
Total project cost (EUR): 161248.8
EU funding (EUR): 161248.8
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Photosynthetic reaction centres (RCs), such as the RC from purple bacteria or photosystems I and II of plants, have their cofactors arranged in a nearly C2 symmetry. Despite this symmetrical arrangement, the electron pathway in RCs of purple bacteria and photosystem II is entirely unidirectional occurring along a single branch. In photosystem I, however, both electron transfer branches are equally active. It appears that the understanding of the very basic principles of the directionality of light-induced electron transfer is lacking. Here we propose to solve this question by combining laser-flash photochemically induced dynamic nuclear polarization (photo-CIDNP) magic angle spinning (MAS) NMR, providing electronic structure information of the highest occupied molecular orbital (HOMO) and the donor triplet at atomic resolution. This experimental data in combination with theoretical calculations will allow reconstructing the lowest unoccupied molecular orbital (LUMO) from which the electron is transferred. Our approach is based on the assumptions that (i) the donor triplet can be approximated by single electron occupation of both HOMO and LUMO, (ii) the structure of the LUMO is responsible for the directionality of the light-induced electron transfer. Hence, we aim at reconstruction of the LUMO of the electron donor as key for understanding directionality. This reconstruction may also stimulate research on artificial photosynthesis, which is currently facing the problem to direct charge separation into macroscopically useful units.

Keywords: natural sciences,photochemistr,photosynthesis,reaction center,electron transfer,solid-state nmr,nuclear polarization
Exploring the influence of number cognition on number grammar: a cross-linguistic investigation of Hebrew and English (NUMBER GRAMMAR)

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: Israel
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2009-IOF, 2009)
Start date: 2010-10-01
End date: 2013-01-24
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 161186.2
EU funding (EUR): 161186.2
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

The desire to investigate the relationship between language and thought is deeply rooted in linguistic and psychological thinking. For instance, the standpoint that thoughts and the words that express them are inseparable is the basis of the strong Whorfian hypothesis (Whorf, 1956). A careful examination of contemporary psychological literature reveals that scientists are quite concerned with the possibility that the development of number cognition depends on language use. Accordingly, much concern is addressed to the question of whether pre-linguistic infants, adults who speak languages without counting systems or even non-humans have a defined concept of enumeration. The cognitive process of enumeration has been subjected to extensive research. Various studies in the number cognition domain claim that enumeration takes place in two distinctive processes: subitizing, a fast and accurate process used for numerosities up to three objects (and possibly even four), and counting, a slower and less accurate process for numerosities of four objects and more. Since according to Corbett (2000), languages that have number systems make linguistic distinctions for up to three determinate number categories – singulars, duals, and trials, it seems likely that the fast and almost flawless cognitive process within the subitizing range can support the grammatical number system. In the proposed research I plan to investigate the possibility that number language depends on number cognition. The research will be conducted in Hebrew and in English, and will exploit cases in which notional number and grammatical number are distinct, i.e., mass nouns (e.g., silverware) and pluralia tantum nouns (e.g., scissors). The controlled comparison between the two languages will provide me with the opportunity to assess potential cross-linguistic differences in speakers&apos; sensitivity to notional number in the course of producing nominal forms.

Keywords: psycholinguistics,number grammar,number cognition,nouns,language production,hebrew,english
Photovoltaic Excitonic Solar Cells (EXCITONIC SOLAR CELL)

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: 2010-06-01
End date: 2012-05-31
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 182970.8
EU funding (EUR): 182970.8
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Photovoltaic cells (PVCs) use semiconductors to convert light energy into electrical current and are regarded as one of the key technologies towards a sustainable energy supply. The current PVCs supplying power conversion efficiencies of 10–20%. However, their poor absorbing properties and the difficulty in producing uniform thin films over large area substrates make the manufacturing processes quite costly. Further, most current PVCs harvest solar energy with a wavelength below 1.1 micron, though almost 50% of the sun power reaching the earth is in the infrared (IR) regime, and the power conversion efficiency could be improved with the use of the IR portion above 1.1 micron. This paper proposes the development of radically new nanostructures and molecular materials for the production of innovative solar cells, called excitonic solar cells (XSCs), competitive with traditional energy sources. The goals of the research are to develop XSCs using of semiconductor quantum dots (QDs) as light harvesting units, with a fine tuning of the optical cross section and of the band gap in the IR regime. To design molecular relays (MRs) that connect the QDs to electron conductor materials, the MRs should enable carriers’ transport and good adhesion to the electron-transport nanostructures. Moreover, a specifically designed n-type semiconductors will be developed, such as ZnO or TiO2 nanofibers, with architecture, morphology and surface structure suitable to maximise the efficiency of the charge transfer processes at the QD. The competitive cost-efficiency ratios of the materials used in this research will be improved, developing efficient synthesis approaches and surface functionalization to enable reliable, large scale applications of XSC devices. The significance of this research is the integration of innovative materials in XSC devices to be used as environmentally clean, renewable electric power sources, paving the way for short-, medium-, and long-term applications.

Keywords: quantum chemistry,electrochemistry,chemical physics,surface chemistry