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universal model of the density of deep silicate melts

the starting conditions for the earths evolution were set by gravitational differentiation in the solidifying magma ocean yet a thorough understanding of the magma ocean dynamics and thus of the primordial earth is lacking one key unknown is the density of silicate melts at high pressure which determines whether the crystallizing phases rise or sink magma density also governs the storage spatial distribution and migration of melts in the presentday earth densities of silicate liquids at mantle pressures and temperatures are extremely difficult to measure because of the tiny sample size melt chemical reactivity and its lack of crystalline structure the use of glasses as proxies of melts lifts some but not all of these challenges albeit needed for a holistic picture of planet earth no density systematics exists for glasses or melts across the pressure range of the entire mantleglass2melt will employ and further a novel class of fast white laser spectroscopy methods to measure the density of multicomponent synthetic silicate glasses and melts at mantle pressuretemperature conditions our approach is groundbreaking because it allows to thoroughly explore a large compositional space and determine the density of any deep silicate melt our results will i parametrize a universal silicate melt density model applicable to the entire mantle and ii quantify solidliquid buoyancy throughout the whole crystallizing magma ocean glass2melt will have a broad lasting impact on our understanding of the earths interior and its evolution over geologic time the new density model will provide critical input for future numerical simulations assessing fundamental questions about the solidification of the primordial magma ocean as well as the initiation and development of physical and chemical heterogeneity in the mantle it will also be crucial for deciphering deep low seismic velocity structures and to modeling magma dynamics in the presentday earth
spectroscopy and geochemistry of chert reconstructing human mobility in the pyrenees from the first modern humans to the last pleistocene huntergatherers

in palaeolithic archaeology steep mountain ranges have been perceived as geographical barriers impeding human mobility from the territories that flank them on both sides this is the case of the pyrenean mountain chain a key area for studying mobility and territoriality of prehistoric huntergatherers especially during the last glaciation c 120000 11000 bp due to its geographic location and harsh environmental conditions the pyrenees were until recently considered by archaeologists as a complete hindrance to human mobility and the only possibility it was thought was through the less abrupt extremes however in my earlier work i was able to suggest that humans may have crossed over the mountains by several alternative itineraries proposing that the classic view is most probably wrong these works were based on a new approach to the analysis of prehistoric chert tools using geochemical methods and it is in this context that the spegeochert project aims to investigate the project will innovatively employ an array of interdisciplinary methods to explore the possible routeways humans followed through the pyrenees to overcome the rough milieu this pioneering approach will be based on portable lowcost nondestructive fast and accurate techniques consisting on the use of reflectance spectroscopy combined with geochemistry and the application of multivariate statistics and gis to develop predictive modelling through the analysis of large series of materials directly at the museums the spegeochert project will create a novel data corpus with accurate information related to the geological chert sources exploited by palaeolithic groups the results obtained in this project will not only significantly broaden our knowledge on human adaptations to harsh ecological conditions and the understanding of mobility through mountains but will also radically change the archaeological approach to the analysis of lithic raw materials
group minds in ancient narrative

social cognition is a crucial category of both life and narratives we read stories about people who engage in social interactions act on shared emotions and thoughts and often view themselves as part of specific groups but how does narrative representation of collective consciousness serve as a mode of coming to grips with everyday social and distributed cognition my project aims to build a bridge between narrative theory and a phenomenological take on cognition as socially extended and distributed among a set of individuals in order to provide new answers as to the question of narratives function in humans understanding of the social worldancient literature offers precious material for such an approach the research hypothesis of this project is that greek and latin narratives thematise processes of group cognition in ways hitherto undetected and that a detailed analysis of these processes offers new insights over the way narrative cognitively affects both reading experience and reallife experience of intersubjectivity in order to be able to test this hypothesis the project adopts an interdisciplinary methodology that brings together structuralist narratology cognitive narrative studies and research on social cognition in philosophy psychology and the cognitive sciences it envisages the following objectives 1 to analyse the techniques by which group minds and intermentality are narrativised and thus offer the first narratology of collectives 2 to investigate the cognitive responses which are evoked in the audiences during story reading and 3 to illuminate the ways and extent that thinking about collective narrative minds feeds into thinking about human minds cognitive interaction and intersubjectivity in the real world the project offers a groundbreaking contribution to the narratological analysis of ancient texts the study of narratives social cognitive and psychological effects on reader the history of social cognition and all disciplines that study group minds
a firstinclass therapy for intestinal malabsorption in premature newborns

around 10 babies are born preterm and premature birth is the 1st cause of newborn deaths preterm infants are born with an underdeveloped gastrointestinal gi tract causing intestinal malabsorption at the first weeks of life adequate nutrition is critical for brain and vital organ development so infants are placed on central line nutrition until their gi is capable of absorbing sufficient nutrition however central line nutrition is inadequate for critical growth and poses lifethreatening risks thus a fast transition to oral independence is the goal for improving outcomes elgngi is the first drug for stimulating gut maturation for rapid transition to oral nutrition it is safe and demonstrated to reduce 4 days dependent on parenteral nutrition 7 days in highlevel nicu 7 days in hospitalization period and to contribute to 40 reduction of lifethreatening infections and necrotizing enterocolitis
a unified description of flat space holography

one of the most challenging open questions in theoretical physics consists in describing quantum mechanics and gravity in a unified framework important progress has been made towards this goal with the development of the holographic principle whose most concrete realization is the adscft correspondence although adscft is the duality that has attracted the most attention the holographic principle is believed to be much more general and to hold for other kinds of asymptotics including for the more realistic model of fourdimensional 4d asymptotically flat spacetime in this regard two proposals of flat space holography have emerged the first consists of a 4d3d duality where 4d gravity is dual to a 3d carrollian cft living on the null boundary of the spacetime the second is a 4d2d duality where 4d gravity is dual to a 2d conformal field theory called celestial cft living on the celestial spherethe aim of this research project is to make major steps towards a holographic description of quantum gravity in asymptotically flat spacetime to do so we plan to provide a unified description of flat space holography by exploring the relation between the two above proposals and connecting them with the adscft correspondence through a flat limit process four main lines of research will be investigated i the relation between 3d carrollian cft and 2d celestial cft ii the representations of the bms group acting in the dual theories iii the flat limit of the adscft correspondence and iv the construction of explicit candidates for the dual theories this project involves a transfer of knowledge between the host institutions and the researcher who will receive training in new advanced techniques in the field this unique exchange of skills and the collaborations that will emerge in this program are expected to generate major advances in the quest for flat space holography
anticipatory climate adaptation for communities in africa

acacia is an ambitious interdisciplinary alliance to enhance the resilience of atrisk communities in subsaharan africa to climate impacts focusing on floods in the greater horn of africa and floods and tropical cyclones in madagascar we seek to improve the ways climate services are produced disseminated and used for making shortterm and longterm decisions to diminish climate risk our strategy is to mitigate five obstacles to climate adaptation 1 temporal and spatial mismatches and lack of relevance of climate services 2 capacity to implement coping strategies and access to climate services 3 governance barriers including fragmentation of responsibility 4 climate change which can make existing coping strategies obsolete 5 lack of evidence on the socioeconomic impacts of climate services our consortium is highly multidisciplinary social science is strongly represented in our crosscutting coproduction activities which involve working with peer communities consisting of actors from multiple sectors including policymakers and community work with 100 vulnerable villages in madagascar our rigorous assessment of the added value of climate servicesbased interventions in these villages will also be led by social scientists climate scientists will steer the coproduction of national and regional operational early warning systems and work to enhance the skill of a subseasonal forecast model system all the partners will be involved in an extensive training and capacitybuilding programme which targets vulnerable communities consortium members including national and regional meteorological services our consortium has 14 partners with strong representation from africa it involves actors from all parts of the climate services ecosystem the reason for mobilising such a broad alliance is to ensure that services and protocols are developed locally which enables our outcomes to be sustained beyond the lifetime of acacia
gaming ecosystem as a multilayered security threat

there is widespread agreement across police authorities policy makers and the academic community that the video gaming ecosystem plays a substantial role in the process of radicalization however as yet there is no compelling evidence base to understand how the process takes place or the best measures to prevent the radicalization process games as a multilayered security threat gems is an interdisciplinary mixedmethod and crosssectoral project bringing together academic researchers ai specialists policy experts and a range of police authorities from across europe in order to address this challenge cocreation of knowledge with a comprehensive enduser engagement is the fundamental principle of gems the main aims of gems are 1 to contribute to a scientific advancement of the field of radicalisation and violent extremism by developing a new academic field of sociology of gaming and radicalisation 2 to provide epas with a novel training curriculum and an innovative tool the watchtower a futureproof ai platform trained to recognise and prevent the spread of extremist content and recruitment in the online gaming space 3 to create a new crosssectoral collaborative network dedicated to countering extremist presence in the gaming ecosystem european networks against gamingrelated extremism engage and 4 to develop an effective citizens awareness campaign and evidencebased policy solutions which will greatly improve high level decision making empower citizens and enhance youth protection these aims will significantly contribute to the fight against the rapid spread of extremism in the online gaming spaces and lead to a secure cyberspace
improved control of priority animal diseases novel vaccines and companion diagnostic tests for african horse sickness peste des petits ruminants and footandmouth disease

current vaccines for african horse sickness ahs peste des petits ruminants ppr and footandmouth disease fmd have critical shortcomings that leave the european union vulnerable to these category a transboundary animal diseases but control strategies that rely on culling alone are increasingly rejected by the public at the same time the risk of an introduction of ahs ppr or fmd into europe is growing driven by climate change global trade and longdistance travel innovative vaccines and companion diagnostics that are grounded in an increased knowledge of pathogenesis and immunity are urgently required to improve the capacity to prevent introductions and contain outbreaks which are a major threat to european agriculture the spidvac safe priority infectious diseases vaccines consortium consists of 13 partners from germany france spain the united kingdom the netherlands south africa and senegal who will develop innovative vaccines against ahs ppr and fmd and evaluate their capabilities in vitro demonstrate the safety and efficacy of the candidate vaccines in smallanimal models and in the target species and develop companion diagnostic to reliably differentiate between infected and vaccinated animals diva in addition the project will increase knowledge on the mechanisms of infection virulence and immunity and study the acceptability of vaccines for stakeholders in endemic areas the consortium includes industry partners for veterinary vaccines and diagnostic tools who will ensure the technological readiness and market relevance of the newly developed tools which will help policy makers veterinary services and business operators reduce the burden of infectious animal diseases contribute to a sustainable livestock industry and promote public and animal health from farm to fork
novel microsensing platform for remote patient monitoring

we have developed and inhuman validated a new generation of implantable microstimulators for neuroprosthetics accomplishing very thin 1 mm and flexible devices with an unprecedented level of miniaturization as they lack batteries and bulky components our microstimulators are powered by an external system using an innovative wireless power transfer method that uses the human body as an electrical conductor of innocuous high frequency currents while developing the microstimulators we realized that this technology could also be used to create minimally invasive implants capable of sensing relevant biomedical parameters for remote patient monitoring rpm our technology has the potential to revolutionize rpm as it allows to combine different sensing capabilities in a single device and to create a network of implants for multisite sensing after analysing several opportunities we decided to focus the applicability of our sensing platform to chronic heart failure hf monitoring chronic hf is a longterm persistent condition in which the heart is not able to efficiently pump blood to the body causing symptoms such as limited physical activity and swelling with time the patient decompensates leading to repeated costly hospitalizations with an annual cost of caring of us30000 per patient in us and a 5years mortality rate of 50 rpm using implanted sensors is an emerging clinical reality for hf patients as it optimizes medical management and treatment improving their quality of life and outcomes the objective of foresee is to bring the implantable microsensing platform for rpm of hf patients from trl3 up to completion of trl5 and to develop a successful business strategy to ensure its future market access benefiting almost 105 million hf patients in eu and us that are candidates for rpm the technological and business activities developed by our team with strong scientific and business expertise will ensure techtomarket transition
tracking the dispersal of homo sapiens into the levant and across wider eurasia

the diaspora of modern humans from africa into eurasia and beyond is one of the seminal chapters in the history of our species modern humans emerged in africa by 250300000 years ago their several subsequent dispersals outwards must have followed one of two routes the most likely being across the sinai peninsula and levantine corridor here they would have encountered resident neanderthals and beyond into eurasia the denisovans a major dispersal of modern humans by 50000 years ago hypothesised to be linked with the initial upper palaeolithic is paralleled by further development of aspects of behavioural modernity the increased presence of symbolic objects art new types of technology and the ability to adapt and survive in novel and challenging environments the lebanese site of ksar akil is the type site for the palaeolithic in the key levant region first excavated in the 1930s40s and again in the 1970s it contains a deep 23m sequence sadly despite its importance its potential has never been realised but is clear that it can contribute greatly to our understanding of human presence climate and environmental changes over the last 90000 years this project plans to reveal this by applying the latest sediment dna approaches to determine the presence of different hominins through the archaeological sequence dating the site reliably for the first time analysing its stone tool remains and generating a paleoenvironmental and climatic history in parallel we will collate new and unpublished data from a range of similar palaeolithic sites from across eurasia to test hypotheses concerning the movement of early human groups into and out of the region the project will contribute a strong legacy value for local lebanese archaeology and students as well as internationally in building a fuller and more nuanced understanding of the late period of human evolution
nibased ferromagnetic coatings with enhanced efficiency to replace pt in energy digital storage applications

platinum group metals pgm are currently highly demanded due to their unique properties which have made them indispensable in different strategic sectors as renewable energy electric mobility and digital technologies unfortunately pgms are costly and europe depends on their importation from other continents which is nowadays a high risk for the development of strategic applications in key industrial sectors for these reasons pgms are categorized as critical raw materials crm by the ec thus finding alternatives to them is critical for the eu economy in this context nickeffect project has identified an opportunity to replace these materials in key applications as electrolysers electrodes fuel cells catalysts and magnetoelectronic devices the proposed alternative is based on nickel ni an earthabundant element with ferromagnetic character to enhance the catalytic performance of ni innovative deposition techniques to obtain coatings with ordered and pseudoordered porosity will be developed the higher surface to volume ratio provided by the increased porosity will allow enhancing catalytic performance or converse magnetoelectric effect cme in electronic devicesnickeffect will develop and validate at least 3 new materials together with the coating methodologies including process modelling and decision support tools for materials selection integrating safe and sustainable by design ssbd criteria and materials modelling the nickeffect project brings together a strong consortium composed of twelve different partners with complementary profiles and large expertise covering the special skills capabilities and certification expected for the project
mycelium material bonding molecular mechanism and enhancement strategy

the development of naturalbased materials is crucial to reduce environmental impact and achieve a circular economy fungal mycelium has recently achieved significant attention as a new biobased sustainable material in nature filamentous fungi colonize lignocellulosic ie plant substrates such as wood and agriculture waste streams their elongated mycelium works as a natural glue that binds the substrate together taking advantage of this unique binding property people have developed innovative methods to grow fungal mycelium in different lignocellulosic waste streams resulting in composite products with various forms densities and target applications however little is known about the fundamentals especially the essential factors that determine the material properties this project aims to provide an indepth understanding of the adhesion of mycelium to the substrate and to use this knowledge to enhance this adhesion to optimize fungal mycelium materials thereby contributing to the eus sustainable plan the project will focus on three different levels understand filamentous fungi adhesion to lignocellulosic surfaces at the molecular level improve this adhesion based on the findings apply this technology to novel fungal myceliumlignocellulosicbased sustainable materials development this project will carry out a multidisciplinary study linking molecular and chemical biology to materials science and technology the transfer of knowledge will benefit both the researcher and the host and further promote mycelium material development the result of this proposal will be shared with researchers in different disciplines industrial partners and the public it will contribute to eus sustainable technology
researchers and citizen creating together a better future

the project will bring together researchers to the general public and will increase awareness of research and innovation activities with a view to supporting the public recognition of researchers the european researchers night in madrid will bring together researchers to the general public and will increase awareness of research and innovation activities with a view to supporting the public recognition of researchers creating an understanding of the impact of researchers work on citizens daily life and encouraging young people to embark on scientific careers the project will implement it by means of a set of festive activities to be carried out in the region of madrid on the morning and evening of the last friday of september the activities will be addressed to public at large scienceaddicts and sciencereluctant children families teachers elderly people regardless their scientific background with a special focus on young people secondary and primary school students with the main purpose of encouraging stem subjects and science careers university students and also vocational education and training students the event will involve researchers benefited by eu funds especially the marie sklodowskacurie actions msca their presence in the activities at the european corners will point out the transnational and diversity aspects of research showing the attractiveness of their jobs that can be done everywhere in europe regional and academic authorities stakeholders and managers from universities research centres museums hospitals ngos foundations and industry spin offs sme or large companies in the region of madrid will be at the core of the project