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open source nexus modelling tools for planning sustainable energy transition in africa

the oneplanet project aims to develop a common nexus modelling framework to simulate and evaluate pathways to define a more sustainable future in africa through the deployment of renewable energy infrastructure in this way it will be possible to stimulate a green energy transition in the continent as well as a decarbonization of existing energy plants the oneplanet model will be tailored to the needs of different stakeholders and endusers public and private actors policy and decisionmakers experts and citizens and will be totally open source to stimulate its future upgrades the model will include information on water energy food wef and interlinkages with other sectors as economy ecosystems society climate and land for delivering a multisectoral assessment consistent with socioeconomic and climate scenarios the oneplanet modelling approach will integrate earth observation data eg copernicus esa or geoss statistical data and information from basins to national and regional via three representative case studies in the songwe malawitanzania inkomatiusuthu south africa and niger nigeria river basins which show different types of basins and socioecological systems oneplanet will help to better understand the interactions between nexus sectors to deliver sound technical and policy recommendations towards the implementation of energy infrastructure to build a more climate neutral and resilient society
colonial soldiers in decolonization wars the moroccan soldiers in indochina 19461954

the moroccan soldiers in indochina vietnam between 1946 1954 were a specimen of soldiers who fought a decolinization war in a third country not in the european metropole or in their own country of origin this project seeks to examine to what extent the french in a context of political tension in the maghreb managed to retain the integrity and loyalty of their moroccan military structures despite the struggle with the nationalists in morocco it will also examine to what extent there was continuity from the pre1946 era in the political and cultural policies that the french carried out towards their moroccan soldiers in indochina and the reception of the moroccans of these policies particularly the french armys islamic policy it will also look at the interactions of the moroccans with their indochinese cultural and human environment and the effect these interactions had on their attitude towards the people in indochina as well as the long term cultural social and cultrual effect of the struggle of these soldiers back in morocco especially in connection with marital unions and the families the moroccans established in indochina and later took them back home the project sees this group of military men as as an example of temporary migrants and will also seek to compare the difference and similarities between the indochinese case and other moroccan migratorymilitary experiences that took place in europe during and between the two world wars the project makes use of both archival material and exclusive interviews with moroccan veterans
a groundbreaking expressive texttospeech platform to create emotionally resonant virtual voices

traditional voice production process by voice actors in a studio environment is expensive time consuming and difficult to adapt to multiple languages text to speech tts solutions available in the market are trying to overcome the bottlenecks in the traditional voice production pipeline but fail to deliver the same level of emotion and prosody of human voices to overcome these problems voiseed designed a groundbreaking expressive tts platform driven by proprietary deep learning algorithms to create virtual humanlike voices emotionally resonant through a costefficient and timesaving process voiseed will offer voice as a service so that entertainment elearning and advertising companies will be enabled to generate and dub virtual voices into any target language keeping the required prosody during the project voiseed aims to develop a high quality unique expressive speech data set to release on the market a platform with more than 32 emotions in 16 languages
unraveling the molecular mechanisms underlying intracellular crystal formation

from vision in teleost fish to the spectacular colors reflected from reptiles and crustaceans intracellular molecular crystals play vital roles in the function of cells and the ecology of organisms these crystals are formed in specialized cellular vesicles termed iridosomes where their properties are controlled in ways that cannot be matched by modern technology failure to control crystal formation can be deleterious to organisms obstructing fundamental abilities such as vision body temperature regulation camouflage and kin recognition and underlying pathologies such as gout and kidney stones in humans exploring the fascinating ability of iridosomes to perform such elaborate chemical and biological processes has thus far been limited by the technical inability to study this complex organelle to obtain a mechanistic understating of the processes and principles underlying the controlled formation of intracellular crystals we will harness our unique interdisciplinary set of skills merging chemistry and cell biology as well as new approaches combining stateoftheart imaging and spectroscopy we recently developed we will use this synergetic experimental platform to identify the molecular players ultrastructural events aim 1 and intracellular mechanisms aim 2 underlying intracellular crystal formation in the zebrafish and then generalize the discoveries to other crystalforming organisms aim 3our project will provide a holistic view of the iridosome mechanism of action the strategies organisms use to form and control biomolecular crystals and the biological processes intracellular organelles proteins and regulatory mechanisms involved the obtained mechanistic insight into these processes will advance the understanding of the effect of ocean acidification on crystal formation in marine organisms and pave the way for developing new biomaterials and much needed therapeutics for pathological crystallization
effective forest research electronic system terrain exploration rover

the need to protect forests and cultural resources and preserve biodiversity are among the basic challenges of mankind a step towards the effective implementation of these tasks is conducting the periodic systematic inventory of naturthe need to protect forests and cultural resources and preserve biodiversity are among the basic challenges of mankind a step towards the effective implementation of these tasks is conducting the periodic systematic inventory of natural resources and their constant monitoring such activities require modern tools to assist in protecting the most valuable natural resources including forests in terms of monitoring and inventory of forests there is planned an autonomous device capable of navigating in a diverse environment and recording a wide variety of data the main aim of eforester effective forest research electronic system terrain exploration rover project is to create and integrate through staff exchange an international team capable of responding to the challenges posed by the european green deal in the field of forestry such a largescale project requires the selection and cooperation of an interdisciplinary team which will include foresters fauna and flora specialists archaeologists as well as engineers and machine learning analysts the result of their work should be a rover with research tools capable of operating continuously regardless of terrain diversity and weather conditions providing data and cartographic materials constituting documentation presenting the diversity of the forest environment by detailed documenting plant and animal species and through appropriate algorithms also natural habitats the project should also meet the challenges posed by of the european unions tasks which is the natura 2000 network identification of archaeological relics through noninvasive methods will fulfil valetta convention 1992 recommendations and open a new area for archaeologicalhistorical investigations
the impact of translator prominence celebrity translators and their indirect translations in meiji japan

this fellowship will enable me to establish myself as a leading female researcher in indirect translation in modern japan with expertise in digital humanities and to develop my career by undertaking advanced training knowledge exchange dissemination deepening my expertise research training is implemented through the proposed project and in a collaboration with two leading experts the project investigates the relationship between translators social statuses and their approaches to producing indirect translations ie translations of translations in japan during the meiji period 18681912 the aim of this interdisciplinary project is to lay the ground for a larger collaborative project which i will undertake following this fellowship i will spend the preparatory m1m3 and return stages m24m36 at the school of languages literature and cultural studies trinity college dublin tcd under the supervision of dr james hadley an expert in digital humanities and japanese translation at tcd i will develop specialist skills in digital humanities mentoring and networking through training teaching organising a conference and public engagement which enable me to share my knowledge during the outgoing stage m4m23 i will be hosted by the school of culture media and society waseda university wud japan under the supervision of prof hirokazu toeda a highly established specialist in modern japanese literature at wud i will have full access to extensive archival materials and expert knowledge in modern japanese literary culture and gender which are crucial for this project i will also collaborate with wuds experts in these areas and develop my professional network which i will share at tcd these facilities and opportunities will greatly assist the development of this project benefit my personal development as an independent researcher as well as generate collaborative opportunities for future projects for myself and the host institutions
solid through rigid electrolyte advanced measurements

nabased allsolidstate batteries assbs are promising alternatives to solve the intrinsic safety and raw materials availability issues related to current liion technology moreover they theoretically overcome the stateoftheart performance of available cells by enabling the use of metallic negative electrode however the metal penetration over cycling plagues the performance of assbs leading to dangerous short circuits which can be mitigated by opportune synthesis conditions of the solid electrolytes as well as by opportune cell stack pressure to get insights into nabased systems at present under explored this project stream sodium through rigid electrolyte advanced measurements aims to study the relations between mechanical properties and electrochemical behaviour of a selected class of nabased solid electrolytes ses hydroborates and derivatives prepared by costeffective solventfree and upscalable mechanochemical syntheses the metal propagation through the electrolyte will be studied by operando optical measurements on symmetrical nasena cells with an inplane geometry a cuttingedge investigation technique never applied to such class of materials flanked by post mortem sem and afm characterizations the opportune conditions of preparation and cell manufacturing stack pressure electrolyte thickness preventing or limiting the dendrite formation will be therefore transferred to a complete cell prototype equipped with highvoltageoperating positive electrodes by correlating electrochemical signature with mechanism of cell failure driven by metal propagation inside the battery this study will provide a reliable series of data that can open the gate for implementing aidriven quality control and safety tests on commercialprototypes assbs
medical nanofiber technology to prevent cerebrospinal leakage in neurosurgeries

cerebrospinal fluid csf leaks is a major postneurosurgical complication that occurs in 4 to 32 of neurosurgeries depending on the surgical site it impacts millions globally causing lifethreatening infections and costs the eu an estimated 330 million each year prevention requires proper sealing and healing of the dura mater current dural repair treatments are suboptimal leading to long hospital stays extended recovery and a high economic burden on healthcare systems to address this nurami has developed artifix a bioabsorbable biocompatible patch designed to seal and repair the dura and prevent csf leaks it features an adhesive layer for sutureless fixation and watertight sealing plus electrospun nanofibers that promote healing of the dura artifix will be the first and only 3in1 solution for dural repair on the market it uniquely combines a sealing and healing solution that also adheres to the surgical site even to wet tissue artifix is a new category of sutureless sealing patches targeting dural repair it is both a dura substitute and a sealant patch in a single easy to apply solution artifix will therefore replace current dural repair products which include dura substitute patches liquid sealants and suturesby reducing extra surgeries hospitalisations and longterm care artifix will improve patient outcomes and reduce the costs of cerebrospinal complicationsartifix is a platform adhesive patch which can be finetuned for implementation in numerous additional surgical procedures in this manner nurami will capitalize on large underserved and growing multibilliondollar market opportunity with significant commercial opportunitiesnurami has an outstanding multidisciplinary team supported by strong scientific advisory board and active board of directors and is capital efficient being able to achieve preliminary product commercialization for its first product in pipeline following total funding to date of only 148m
realizing designer quantum matter in van der waals heterostructures

conventional materials hosting exotic quantum phases typically have complex atomic structures inhomogeneities from defects impurities and dopants making it difficult to rationally engineer their electronic properties this can be overcome using van der waals vdw heterostructures that allow an almost arbitrary selection of the heterostructure building blocks including metals and insulators chargedensity wave systems superconductors magnets correlated insulators and ferroelectrics in a vdw heterostructure the layers interact only through vdw forces and can keep their intrinsic properties however proximity effects cause properties to leak between the adjacent layers and allow creating exotic quantum mechanical phases that arise from the interactions between the layers these key features have recently made it possible to realize exotic quantum phases by design and engineer responses that do not occur in natural materials i will now exploit these features and fabricate heterostructures using molecularbeam epitaxy mbe to target artificial heavy fermion heterostructures realizing unconventional superconductivity artificial 2d multiferroic materials and 2d quantum spin liquids the atomic scale geometry and electronic properties of the resulting heterostructures will be characterized using lowtemperature scanning tunnelling microscopy stm and spectroscopy ststhese designer heterostructures will have engineered electronic phenomena with atomically precise structures and controlled interactions this will lead to exciting new opportunities in fundamental condensed matter physics and subsequently in quantum devices realizing completely new functionalities they answer the pressing need for novel quantum materials with tuneable properties to enable completely new types of approaches in quantum technologies this will keep europe at the forefront of the second quantum revolution and create yet unimagined future breakthrough technologies
accelerating breakthrough innovation to monitor control and reduce methane emissions

reducing global warming is the key challenge we must face in the next years methane ch4 accounts for a third of temperature increase resulting from greenhouse emissions countries worldwide have collectively signed the global methane pledge to decrease ch4 emissions by 30 by 2030 however to date existing data are both too expensive and not accurate enough to allow precise quantification and regulation of ch4 emissions absolut sensing is building gesat a satellite constellation to provide regulators and companies with accurate and affordable ch4 data we achieve this thanks to groundbreaking innovations a compact optical system a miniaturized cryogenic spectroimager and an aiamplified data processing chain our constellation will reach a better detection threshold 30kghourch4 revisit rate daily measurement across all high methane emitting areas worldwide and quantification precision 95 regardless of weather conditions at a better cost 2km2
marine forest coastal restoration an underwater gardening socioecological plan

following the nonachievement of the aichi targets and most of the good environmental status objectives for 2020 active restoration has been emerged also envisaged by the eu as one of the preferred tools that may boost sequels of marine protected areas and other conservation measures restoration acts promote biodiversity enhance carbon sequestration and accelerate coastal and offshore resilience yet we still lack a program that combines conservation and restoration under a unified setting as the involvement of local citizen embracing socioeconomic parameters into opportunities thus an advanced restoration program must conjoin ecological perspectives together with societal commitment and clear economic benefits for local communities above all it must be designed with continuity beyond the lifespan of a project responding to the above ocean citizen proposal represent a novel restoration approach in which 1 restoration is depicted as a toolbox holding ubiquitous properties and as such it is experienced in 3 sites representing different marine ecosystems in one of the sites all tools are used in concert and different environments subtropical tropical and cold temperate 2 a profession of gardeners of the sea is created and endorsed including detailed curriculum 3 the project targets the restoration of the most neglected marine biome encompassing the various types of marine forest mf organisms seagrasses seaweeds sponges corals gorgonians etc4 new ecoengineering aspects are applied including integrated multitrophic aquaculture and smart enhanced reefs ser the sers act as substrates for massive recruitment and transplantation of mf organisms 5 the is performed on land and in situ from shallow mesophotic to continental shelf areas to 90100 meters depth 6 a novel approach for c sequestering and sink 7 the full involvement of citizens and local stakeholders with a complete business plan
molecular catalyst immobilized into porous photocathode for production of solar fuel

the biggest contributor to global warming is co2 emission by burning fossil fuels it is feasible to achieve carbon neutrality by recycling co2 to fuels which has a negative carbon footprint it is not economical to recycle co2 under the traditional circumstances which involve extreme conditions photoelectrocatalytic co2 reduction using thinfilm semiconductor at room temperature is promising for co2 reduction molecular catalysts are beneficial because of easy structurefunction correlations but they lack recyclability and durability co2 reduction catalysts will be produced by the eufunded molpps project through heterogenization of molecular catalysts in porous matrix with 3d crystalline architecture due to heterogenization the proposed catalyst will possess inherent activity and gain stability molpps will help elucidate the principles leading to heterogeneous molecular catalyst designingthis proposal will implement two distinct heterogenization methods for irontin porphyrins containing carboxylic acids and hydroxyl groups into porous covalent organic framework porphyrins are wellknown co2 reduction catalysts the microenvironment around porphyrins will be tweaked to tune the photoelectrocatalysis to produce methane and formic acid drawing inspiration from the effects of extended coordination spheres and proton management commonly exploited by the biological enzymes electrochemical theories will be expanded to decipher mechanistic information and develop catalytic models working for molpps will aid the experienced researcher achieving his goals for an independent research career by 1 scientific training in organic synthesis and catalysis 2 mentorship training via supervision of phd students 3 fund management training and 4 develop longlasting collaborations
symbolism and iconography of ancient egypt and subsaharan africa

the essa project will challenge the egyptological scholarly narrative that has for centuries contextualised ancient egypt in relation to the mediterranean and the near east and simultaneously overlooked its position on the african continent minimising its relations with subsaharan cultures this transformative objective will be achieved with the creation of a catalogue of motifs symbols and cultural traits shared by several ancient cultures by presenting the key elements of cultural exchange the project aims to disrupt traditional perspectives of egyptology the essa will adopt a diachronic approach and systematically examine different phases of the relations which will allow for a nuanced evaluation of changes andor continuity of cultural values over time moreover it will delve into how these cultural shifts relate to the prevailing political dynamics of each period the overarching goal of the essa project is to recontextualise ancient egyptian civilisation not only in relation to other african cultures but will instead reposition it as an integral part of the african continent
recollected history memory and imagination in contemporary greek comics and graphic novels

approaching greek graphic novels as a site for both artistic innovation and social critique recollected sheds light on ways in which comics can inform our views on presentday cultural landscapes and engage with broader social issues pertaining to the role of popular culture and cultural heritage in shaping identity and redrawing the boundaries of national belonging the aim of the project is twofold firstly it aims to assess what led to the boom of comics in the greek cultural field over the past decade and identify any shared patterns and characteristics of these comics secondly the project will then use this data to propose categories and conceptual tools that comics can offer for cultivating alternative visions for tackling contemporary problemsin order to reach these aims recollected relies on an interdisciplinary methodology combining tools and insights from comics studies with anthropology cultural analysis data visualization the project will develop in close collaboration with comics artists themselves in order to integrate their own perspectives into the framework and in hope to spur debate in the field as well as new directions in comics practice as a result of this collaborative effort skills and training gained at uva in advanced methods for combining ethnographic data and closereading of cultural texts conducting interviews and data visualization will ensure that the project contributes to cultural innovation within greece as well as responds to the latest developments within the transnational field of comics studies