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smart fenton oxidation a catalytic membrane for water purification

the main goal of this project is the development of new polymeric catalysts and new catalytic membranes designed to carry out highend chemical oxidation in aqueous streams catalytic membranes are means to perform chemical transformation at the solid fluid interface and they are ideal interfacial reactors and contactors simultaneously catalyzing and directing the heterogeneous phase reaction between substrates and oxidant agents these systems have a key role in the future process industry and in water treatment since they enable oxidation reactions whilst reducing reagents and waste current systems employ inorganic and often highvalue catalysts which are generally of high cost and prone to leaching causing loss of performance in time i propose the first fully polymeric catalytic membrane made exclusively of bioinspired iron coordination polymers this research will lead to key scientific breakthroughs by i creating new nonheme catalytic polymers that mimic the activity of biological enzymes and that can be efficiently deployed to cast membranes for heterogeneous reaction ii designing and fabricating polymeric membranes consisting of the catalytic macromolecules and with suitable surface and morphological properties to precisely guide and enhance the contact among the reagents and with the catalyst iii successfully applying these systems maintaining high catalytic rate and yield and to understand the mechanisms and pathways of transformation of compounds especially water micropollutants these innovations will enable membrane robustness longterm efficiency and low cost in particular the potential of the new catalysts membranes and membrane reactors will be exemplified in the purification of contaminated streams to produce safe water thus this new system represents a platform for a plethora of further advances in the field of oxidation processes applied to chemistry engineering and the environment
predictive understanding of the effects of global change on ecological communities and ecosystem functions

the observed degradation in essential ecosystem services has catalysed a demand for biodiversity promoting policies to implement them we need quantitative information on how ecosystem functions are changing due to the direct effects of global change vs effects mediated by changes in biodiversity with befpredict i will tackle this challenge by providing a novel framework for linking global change through its effects on biodiversity to ecosystem functions my approach builds on three recent developments each transformative in itself but so far essentially unlinked to each other first community ecology has significantly progressed our ability to predict how abiotic drivers shape biodiversity second traitbased ecology offers a tool for learning mechanisms behind ecosystem functions third methods developed by climate scientists and statisticians provide tools for predictive model comparison and assessment in ecology which have so far largely been lacking building on these advances i will objective 1 develop novel predictive models of the joint distribution of species and ecosystem functions that build on community and traitbased ecology jef models objective 2 develop a novel toolbox of model comparison and assessment methods for comparing and testing for the predictive limits of ecological models objective 3 apply the jef models to unique longterm observational datasets through this joint approach i will tease apart the relative roles of direct effect of the abiotic environment on ecosystem functions and the effects mediated by changes in biodiversity this proposal balances high risk and high gain by aiming at the truly ambitious goal of establish the scope and limits for quantitative predictions of ecosystem functioning these conceptual and methodological breakthroughs will open new horizons for global change research and provide tools urgently needed for a transformative change to ecologically sustainable societies
continual and sequential learning for artificial intelligence

machine learning systems while promising lack the autonomy needed for many realworld applications beyond mere proofofconcept stages the key challenge lies in enabling ai to continuously adapt to shifting data distributions and proactively seek information under high uncertaintyfields such as drug discovery and microchemistry are expecting breakthroughs from ai given the vast and intricate search spaces they deal with coupled with expensive data acquisition it is vital for algorithms to steer this search assimilate new data and strategically explore promising zonesreinforcement learning rl offers tools and methods for agents to autonomously learn from their actions but its efficacy has been largely confined to stationary singletask settings consequentials vision is a continual and sequential learning ai that marries supervised and unsupervised learning with advanced data gathering and rldriven discovery mechanisms to achieve these goals i propose to bridge the theory of constrained and nonstationary rl to build a sound and useful mathematical formulation of the problem on these new solid grounds i develop novel algorithmic principles that allow the agent to detect and respond to external shifts while remaining aware of her own impact on the system she interacts with i address the memoryversusstability tradeoff central to continual learning by enabling agents to actively plan their skill acquisition in accordance with their longterm goals the ambition of this project is to position ai to tackle the consequential scientific challenges ahead
digital competitive next generation aviation technologies for sustainable business models products and services

dipegasus overall objective is to enable fully autonomous costeffective and environmentally friendly operations for seaplanes vtol and drones this objective will be achieved by developing several enabling technologies targeting both the air and the ground side in addition dipegasus proposes to develop a digital platform to evaluate the viability of specific business models at particular locations according to the digital technologies available and the key performance indicators incl costeffectiveness job creation emissions savings investment costs in order to make recommendations to policy makers and relevant stakeholders that will host these services this platform should also support the assessment of regulatory compliance to identify the safety assurance process that the technologies will need to follow as well as the gaps in existing regulations that will need to be addressed
youth health from a holistic perspective

empowering children and adolescents to adopt healthy lifestyles while tackling health inequalities is crucial personcentred interventions have been developed to this end but face several challenges they are often restricted to one specific actor of childrens environment teachers parents or peers and rarely target several significant others simultaneously they are often restricted to one specific behaviour eg physical activity or life domain eg school their effectiveness may differ according to socioeconomic or sociospatial conditions and they are rarely both largescale and personalised to individuals needs to address these challenges and in line with the call the ambition of yeah is to develop an innovative personalised personcentred digital intervention that 1 promotes children 810 years and adolescents 1416 years social interactions with multiple actors of their environment 2 targets multiple health behaviours physical activity sedentary behaviours diet sleep 3 combines in a novel manner evidencebased knowledge of optimal intervention features theorydriven approach with cocreation with endusers and stakeholders datadriven approach to tailor the intervention to the local context and target group and 4 relies on a stateoftheart method of intervention development to rigorously measure and verify its impact optimise its sustainable implementation in the community and its equity and evaluate its costeffectiveness to do so yeah which is coordinated by a woman researcher will articulate interdisciplinary methods and concepts from psychology health social developmental public health psychiatry social marketing geography geomatics environmental epidemiology it and computer sciences statistics physiology and medicine and on the participation of stakeholders children and adolescents parents teachers healthcare professionals educators local and national authorities
manufacturing as a service for the eus twin transition until 2040 mastt2040

the mastt2040 project aims to 1 use strategic foresight methods in an inclusive and participatory manner to build a shared understanding of which changes opportunities or disruptions are present and emerging both inside and outside of the manufacturingasaservice domain to guide decision making strategies and actions for the eu manufacturing sector in the context of twin transition up to 2040 2 actively engage key stakeholders within the maas and ce communities manufacturing industry as well as standards developing organisations to jointly elaborate a strategic roadmap and action plan addressing shortterm 5 years mediumterm 10 years and longterm 15 years timescales to identify and track desired developments in order to advance digitalisation circularity decarbonisation and sustainability of industrial productionwe strive to guide european industry community to assure that maas can become a key enabler for speedingup and scalingup circularity and the provision of rcycle services sustainability becomes an integral part of maas approaches leading to optimal sustainable industrial production and supply for all new products in linear and circular economy maas increases resilience of supply by strengthening local european production networks of smes europe scales up maas to create a critical mass of expertise and the right supporting policy measures to accelerate the uptake of maas in strategic areas of importance for the twin transition in europe and to ensure strategic autonomy in maas and ce strengthened by leading the development of key digital enabling and emerging technologiesmastt2040 combines the expertise of industrial umbrella organizations specialized in manufacturing strategy development and foresight sirris belgium cluster comet italy future industry platform poland steinbeis germany thhink netherlands and 4cf the futures literacy company poland
sustainable packaging solutions for food and cosmetics based on aquatic biomass and sidestreams

the overall objective of the aquapack project is the development and evaluation of the effect of novel biodegradable packaging systems on the quality and safety of perishable food and cosmetics in the supply chain of the eu region and worldwide through the introduction of economically and environmentally sustainable packaging materials based on marine biomass micro and macroalgae fish processing side streams and bycatch aquapack faces the challenge of reducing plastic pollution through transnationally designed innovations for development of novel biodegradable packaging systemswelldesigned secondments between academic and industrial partners with complimentary capacities will deliver the project objectivesito introduce economically and environmentally sustainable low carbon packaging materials based on aquatic biomass and sidestreams that can appropriately preserve the quality and safety of food and cosmetics products from production all the way to consumptioniidesign and test at least 2 biodegradable packaging materials appropriate for fish fillets and cosmetics by developing i biodegradable active films appropriate for food and cosmetics by utilizing aquatic biomass ii biodegradable films appropriate for secondary packaging of cosmetics b an innovative direct freshness monitoring system biosensor applicable across the supply chain of perishable productsiiito improve the sustainability of the food and cosmetics sectors by preserving their quality extending their shelf life and thus reducing wasteivreduce waste of packaging materials by applying nonplastic biodegradable packaging solutions for food and cosmeceutical productsvassess the sustainability and safety of the new packaging solutions in comparison to commonly used packaging for food and cosmeticsvito provide crosscutting interdisciplinary knowledge exchange technology transfer and training to improve employability and career prospects
arousal and respiratory codysfunction in drugresistant epilepsy from mechanisms to therapy

both seizures and their complications are modulated by patients vigilance states several epilepsy complications are associated with sleep including sudden and unexpected death in epilepsy sudep sudep primarily results from a fatal postictal central apnea after a nocturnal generalized convulsive seizures while transient seizurerelated respiratory dysfunction is frequent in patients current hypotheses suggest that in some of them repetition of seizures may induce a chronic alteration of respiratory regulation increasing the risk of fatal apnea reducing the severity of postictal respiratory dysfunction has thus appeared as one of the most promising way to prevent sudep however no encouraging result has been reported yet suggesting that epilepsyrelated respiratory dysfunction may only be the tip of the iceberg given the numerous interconnections between the network that regulates arousal and sleep and the respiratory network i make the hypothesis that some patients with drugresistant epilepsy might combine this wellknown seizurerelated respiratory dysfunction with a chronic alteration of arousal regulation resulting in abnormal asphyxiainduced arousal adenosine system is deeply implicated in the regulation of sleep and central respiratory control and is modulated by seizures epilepsyrelated alteration of the brainstem adenosine pathway may play a key role in the development of arousal and respiratory codysfunction using both experimental and clinical studies epiarousal will investigate the exact interplay between epilepsyrelated respiratory dysfunction and arousal regulation on the one hand and the relation between longterm repetition of seizures brainstem adenosine pathway and the respiratory and arousal codysfunction on the other hand the final objective is to validate that adenosinetargeted therapy can restore normal asphyxiainduced arousal in drugresistant epilepsy paving the way for a first a clinical trial of sudep prevention
promiscuous print legal deposit libraries rejected texts and new methods for negative bibliography

promprint will uncover and analyze the rejects of legal deposit the printed texts excluded from the ostensibly universal archive promised by copyright libraries legal deposit works to preserve every text published in a specific group of libraries while this principle is egalitarian the cultural promiscuity of print has often troubled the prestigious deposit libraries as deposit brings such historically controversial forms as novels childrens books almanacs and pamphlets into elite collections the project asks 1 which textual forms and genres do deposit libraries reject how and why does this change over time 2 how can digital tools and quantitative analyses help to map absences and gaps in deposit collections 3 what are the best models for using these tools and analyses in relation to particular texts and types of texts as in the examples of obscene books colonial texts and childrens literature 4 how does the process of putting together local and centralized records to uncover deposit rejects lead to generalizable methodologies for finding texts absent from other archives and collections 5 what does a focus on rejection relegation and negative bibliography the study of gaps in the bibliographical record add to book history including current debates over digitization the project answers these questions by focusing on a particular case study deposit in the nineteenthcentury united kingdom in this period an unprecedented increase in the production of printed texts led to high pressure on the deposit system at the same time that cultural interest in deposit as a system for knowledge preservation grew beyond the case study though the project will drive forward wider understandings of how literature is canonized and forgotten collected and destroyed
a leap towards sae l4 automated driving features

the introduction of connected cooperative and automated mobility ccam can make a significant improvement to logistic chains the modi project will identify and largely resolve barriers on confined areas and on public roads for sae l4 ccam vehicles on the corridor from rotterdam to oslo and demonstrate the solutions coordination is a central element of development in this project it enables early integration of ccam in current logistic vehicle operations adding more efficiency benefits for logistics companies and thus creating an attractive path to deployment coordination is also needed for smart traffic management in the public domainthe project comprises five different use cases each describing a part of the logistics chain it identifies what is already possible on sae l4 and what is not possible yet for the public roads the project will focus on understanding and overcoming the regulatory barriers and pdi shortcomings on the motorway corridor with road authorities and oems of the project involved in cocreation with all stakeholders the project will search for an optimal combination of physical digital infrastructure and oem equipment easy to implement and low in costs for all partiesin addition to the demonstrations the project provides detailed business models for the logistics sector demonstrating that the use of ccam can lead to greater profits especially when vehicles drive on a coordinated waythe consortium consists of 8 industry partners oems its solutions providers test centers and logistical companies engineering and research providers with 4 rtos 3 universities and associations of logistical companies tier 1 companies its service providers complemented with road authorities and citiesregions along the corridor representing the complete value chain a strong stakeholder group is committed signed los
innovative tools to use south african plant extract in advanced delivery systems for antibacterial applications

multidrugresistant bacteria are becoming implicated more frequently in acute and chronic infections bacteria often live together in a biofilm community which makes it easier for bacteria to become resistant to different classes of antibiotics this poses a severe threat to global public health and the fact that antibiotics have many side effects makes the situation even worse it is imperative to search for novel safe and effective antimicrobial agents and robust drug delivery strategies in insapant south african plants will be employed for the green synthesis of biogenic nanoparticles and their antibacterial potential against biofilm associated with multidrugresistant bacteria will be investigatedthe main goal of the insapant is to exploit a synergic therapeutic approach by designing a novel delivery system targeted with aptamers that will carry the biogenic nanoparticles selectively on site of action and protect them following systemic administration this combinatorial strategy can potentially remove the biofilm in a manner that is more efficient than a passive release or the administration of the content aloneinsapant has significant social benefits since it has the potential to lead to the creation of a unique drug delivery system for the treatment of biofilm formation and ultimately the reduction of mortality caused by bacterial infectionsthe insapant fellowship will contribute to i expose the researcher to a multidisciplinary and intersectoral research network and foster excellence in research ii improve the researchers project management and fundraising skills iii enhance the researchers communication dissemination and exploitation of results as well as transfer of knowledge to various audiences and iv boost the researchers career development skills
learning the universe in the era of precision cosmology

i propose the project lupcos learning the universe in the era of precision cosmology to be carried out at the kapteyn astronomical institute university of groningen under the mentorship of prof pratika dayal the main scientific goal of lupcos is to fully capitalize on the upcoming skysurveys by developing very accurate and highly efficient analytical and seminumerical models of the cosmic dawn and the epoch of reionization and finally employing the latest machine learning techniques to obtain the tightest constraints on different cosmological and astrophysical parameters the workflow of the project is a combination of machine learning techniques and seminumericalanalytical modelling of the early epochs of the universe thereby bridging the gap between these fields to maximise scientific output the objectives will be addressed via three work packages wps first wp1 improve the stateoftheart analytical model cosmoreionmc by incorporating more observational data and more detailed physics related to different complex astrophysical processes during cd and eor second wp2 coupling the latest parameter estimation technique with the stateoftheart seminumerical galaxy formation model delphi to make it suitable for parameter estimation study third wp3 employ the most recent machine learning technique on the stateoftheart cosmological nbody simulation data to extract the maximum information this will work as a precursor project on parameter inference techniques for the upcoming sky surveys my expertise in analytical modelling of the early universe and skills in ml techniques along with the expertise of my proposed supervisor prof p dayal at the kapteyn put us in a favourable position for the successful execution of this project furthermore with the training from this fellowship i will be competent to lead future research groups of my own paving the way for groundbreaking scientific results with upcoming surveys
coastal landscapes and roman maritime villas a comparative regional study of architectural models and environmental settings

coastal heritage is increasingly at risk from both natural and manmade factors and is therefore crucial to document it before it disappears maritime villas a common feature of the roman mediterranean are very important for understanding the development of ancient urbanisation and architectural forms the interaction between humans and the environment and the use of natural resources yet an overall study looking at the architecture of roman maritime villas in the mediterranean regions and how they impacted on and were shaped by their local environments is lacking clarmav will investigate the typology of roman maritime villas across the mediterranean basin 2nd century bc6th century ad it will do so by studying the architectural models adopted and developed in the various regions the prevailing trends over time the use of individual architectural spaces and the role of these villas in the local economy the project will focus on the dialogue between domestic architecture and the environment and look at the use of available natural resources special attention will be given to water usage and to whether any watersaving measures were put in place to address its scarcity in some regions this project with its multidisciplinary nature will contribute to the knowledge of the architectural environmental and socioeconomic histories of the roman empire by incorporating in its methodology the use of gis and 3d reconstructions the resulting outputs will be of use to archaeological sites and museums both in managing the sites and in offering educational resources to visitors the coastal environments occupied by ancient maritime villas are seriously impacted by coastal erosion rising sea levels due to climate change and anthropic actions therefore it is vital to systematically record and study these structures the data generated by the project will be useful to local authorities in charge of preservation of coastal heritage and urban planning