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morphological evolution in island birds underlying molecular and ecological mechanisms

understanding body size variation across and within species has been a main quest in evolutionary biology but many of the mechanisms underlying body size evolution remain elusive this is largely because of the complex interplay of different factors such as climate diet and interactions with competitors and predators island are simplified ecosystems with a reduced number of habitats species diversity and number of predators and generally milder climate making them ideal natural laboratories for dissecting the intricate mechanisms underlying body size evolution isladapt aims to unravel mechanisms of morphological evolution and species diversification in birds using both macro and microecologicalevolutionary approaches based on stateoftheart methodologies such as metabarcoding and bayesian analysis first this project will use data from museums and literature for endemic island species and their closest relatives from mainland worldwide wp1 to unravel the underlying mechanisms such as changes in the ecological niche geographical features and phylogeny that explain the systematic morphological changes on islands wp2 second isladapt will use fieldbased data to test the hypothesis that morphological changes on islands are linked to changes in the feeding niche breadth to do this faeces and biometric data will be analysed from 20 bird species from gulf guinean island and the nearby mainland and diet composition will be identified with metabarcoding techniques wp3 third isladpt will examine the relationship between bird morphological evolution and lineage diversification on islands by using biometric data from museums and phylogenetic information for three archipelagos new caledonia the gulf of guinea and salomon islands wp4 isladapt will therefore address central open questions in island biology and reveal the underlying mechanisms thereby providing a major contribution to our understanding of island adaptation
synthesis and utilization of mesoporous silica nanoparticles for more sustainable and durable cementitious composites

the current project purposes to produce ultrahigh performance concrete especially at early age and also to further reduce cement consumption using novel nanotechnology techniques due to the fact that concrete is the most important building material and also one of the largest sources of air pollution it is necessary to improve its performance the slow process of increasing the strength of concrete and barriers to the use of nanomaterials justify the need to use new technology to achieve this using mesoporous silica nanoparticles msns have been considered due to their high chemical activity and suitable dispersibility in this study using msns in concrete will be dealt with for the first timemsns are synthesized and optimized in this study and then will be used in different amounts in cement composites to examine the micro structure durability and mechanical properties the methodology of the project is divided into three section 1 synthesizing and investigating msns 2 examining the properties of cement paste containing msns 3 investigating of properties of concrete containing msn and doing lcaconducting the project in ku leuven with its global facilities working with prof ozlem and also interdisciplinary nature of this study will give the applicant this opportunity to be trained in different terms including becoming familiar with equipment synthesizing analyzing the micro structure of concrete and managing project these help him to fill his research gap furthermore given the twoway science interaction nature of this project it can open a new research path at ku leuven considering the applicants current experience in concrete and the experience he will gain in this project it is expected that he will become an independent scientist in concrete chemistry at academia or industry the output of the project can lead to the production of sustainable products in line with eu policies reduce project time and improve the performance of concrete
amorphous topological matter predicting new phases with enhanced properties in a vast pool of amorphous materials

discovering new phases of matter in materials with superior properties is a central goal of condensed matter physics topological phases are a remarkable example their robust and universal properties are key to groundbreaking technologies notably robust quantum computation based on topological superconductors however our methodology to discover and classify topological materials relies heavily on crystal symmetry thereby overlooking the largest most affordable and scalable pool of materials amorphous materials amorphous matter can outperform crystals and is ubiquitous in technology eg amorphous bismuth superconducts below 6k a temperature 10000 times larger than crystal bismuth and amorphous silicon makes largearea solar cells affordable this raises the fundamental question of whether we have overlooked new topological phases intrinsic to amorphous matter in materials with properties unparalleled by crystals it is also unknown if any amorphous superconductor is topological the core objective of this project is to harvest the superior properties of the vast pool of amorphous solids to find fundamentally distinct topological phases with high technological potential via three specific goals 1 establish a predictive methodology to unlock the vast pool of amorphous matter to discover new topological materials 2 use this methodology to define unaccounted for amorphous topological phases with superior capabilities and no crystal analogues 3 use the above to predict the first amorphous topological superconductors these goals will establish amorphous topological matter as a radically new direction to solve the challenge of finding novel platforms for topological superconductivity where robust quantum computers can be based this project will establish the necessary and currently absent theoretical background guaranteeing a longterm impact on how we understand and discover new phases of matter with superior properties
confident decisions

virtually every decision people make comes with a sense of confidence a subjective estimate of decision quality the human capacity for confidence has tremendous social clinical and industrial impact for example children who can correctly judge their own level of confidence perform better academically in the elderly confidence declines faster than other cognitive functions clinically confidence plays a key role in our understanding of various brainrelated disorders including dementia anxiety addiction and depression in industry confidence helps people trust algorithms and automated systems and creates more natural interactions with smartphones and selfdriving cars while the past decade has seen major advances in our scientific understanding of decision confidence its mechanisms remain poorly understood this lack of understanding significantly hampers the translation to realworld applications such as educational programmes and clinical interventions a major challenge for the immediate future is to fill this gap by expanding fundamental knowledge on decision confidence and explicitly bridging to technologies interventions and clinical practice code aims to address this need we are an international interdisciplinary and intersectoral training network that spans fundamental and applied confidencebased research and bridges between academia industry education and the clinic by reaching across domains that usually work in silos code will provide critical new insights into decision confidence and pave the way for important future confidencebased applications we will train doctoral students to become the interdisciplinary decision confidence experts of the future who can flexibly apply their knowledge and skills in a wide variety of domains and sectors and are exceptionally well prepared for successful careers in either academia or industry
politics of conservation and unequal ecological exchange in european peripheries

greenfrontier will radically transform understandings of how strict protection of nature remakes humanenvironment relations in europes marginal areas by developing a novel field of inquiry political ecology of conservation frontiers it breaks new grounds from research on frontier commodities by showing that uneven power relations within the eus conservation vision create a new resource wilderness essential for future green growth the projects pioneering and highrisk research design combines approaches from three disciplines anthropology history and politicsits main research question is how does a green growth vision based on strict protection of biodiversity affect humanenvironment relations in europes marginal areasgreenfrontier is urgently required because the eus visions of green growth which includes earmarking 10 of the eus land area for strict protection by 2030 raise serious issues of social and environmental injustice involuntary changes to livelihoods forced displacement marginalisation and decline of traditional ecological knowledge the project will investigate how strict protection of nature reshapes socioenvironmental relations in the following mountain regions often overlooked by academic debates the southern carpathians in romania the central apennines in italy the central cantabrians in spain and the bieszczady in poland the project moves beyond the state of the art and explores new analytical frameworks to understand european conservation frontiers within their specific genealogies of land use change and as part of the current political momentum of green growth imperatives within the eugreenfrontier challenges the mainstream understanding of commodity frontiers as happening in the global south instead it focuses on how the eus green growth vision produces in europe nonintervention zones where strictly protected carbon and biodiversityrich areas become essential fixes for multiple planetary crises
marine reciprocating superconducting generator rsg

marine reciprocating superconducting generator rsgmares aims at developing a next generation of ultrahigh force superconducting direct drive ptos for wave energy conversion the maximum power that can be extracted from a planar wave is proportional to the wave period and to the square of the wave amplitude but to extract this power the hydrodynamic parameters of the wave energy converter must be modified and this means having the availability of producing high reactive forces the proposed reciprocating superconducting generator rsg is simpler than other existing superconducting generators due to the fact that its alternating movement allows the direct integration into wave energy converters where the primary energy source is also moving in a reciprocating way this rsg consists of a circular switched reluctance machine housed inside a flexible moving cryostat with bellows avoiding the need of any feedthrough for any moving part the machine is cooled down using a cryogenic supply system css which recirculates helium gas through the coils and the radiation screen and current leads at two different temperaturesthe project proposes to build a full system prototype to be tested at the laboratory scale and to analyse its implementation into two existing wec systems developed by two technologists participating in the projecta set of the prototype generator coils will be made from mgb2 superconducting technology while the other one will use rebco tapes the achieved results for different temperatures will be compared in both cases the proposed technology will profit from the latest advances in superconductivity and very specifically in recent developments in superconducting magnet technology provided by six of the participants including the european organization for nuclear research cern a world leader in such activities in a perfect example of bringing the forefront technologies to social applications
sst stm system architecture and evolutions horizon europe top2

this horizon europe grant is to be understood within a wider context on eusst where other grants are being executed simultaneously with the common objective of improving the eu autonomy on space surveillance and trackingin particular this top focuses on foster european cooperation in the sst domain and improve the eusst performance towards larger autonomy highlight and propose solutions to fill the gaps in the current eusst architecture pave the way on which the eusst system has to evolve towards a higher level of performance eg accuracy number size of catalogued objects quality of service eg timeliness of information and autonomy demonstrate the complementarity coherence and addedvalue of each element of eusst system towards a more autonomous interoperable sst system explore and look for higher levels of cooperation with other sst systems such as the us ssa system which is of paramount importance to develop longterm cooperation raise the main issues and propose relevant answers to questions posed by all those developments in various technical and operational domains based on the outcome of the previous stm coordination and support actions developed under h2020insert here text for your proposal propose adaptation to the new changes and solutions for their possible integration into the existing standards practices and technological meansthe starting point of these activities is the output of 23sst201820 which constitutes the state of the art on sst matters
hyper powered vessel battery charging system

as a significant source of greenhouse gasses ghgs it is essential that the maritime transport sector focuses on ways to become climate neutral partial electrification of power systems has already been adopted as a ghg reduction measure however further advances are necessary on such aspects as the provision of high charging powers to minimise costs and improve standardisation in this context hypobatt will be focused on the development of an interoperable charging solution with a costcompetitive performancehypobatt will deliver a modular fast and easy multimw recharging system demonstrated in two european ports with fast turnaround times the project will assess the endtoend services between both ports and compatibility with other ports a modular approach on electrical and mechanical integration will minimize the required connection time the charging time land from port side and the number of components and costs the charging system will be designed to achieve interoperability and compatibility with different electric ships grid constraints components modularity logistic and handling monitoring and safety systems power flow maintenance digitalizationautomation cybersecurity and human element aspects the standardization of the charging modules the interfaces and the communication protocol will scale up the charger based on and onoffshore sides flexibility of power levels will be addressed and the impacts on the electrical grid infrastructure and on the battery degradation during fast charging will be minimized hypobatt unites key actors from the european maritime sector to develop and demonstrate the charging system a key element is to develop business mechanisms to exploit the flexibility of the charging system amongst shipbuilders integrators ports and stakeholders this will enable the wide adoption of the solution thus increasing europes lead in fast charging systems
light4switch conformational switch of lightharvesting complexes upon illuminating azobenzene

plants can dissipate excess absorbed light energy as heat by reversible switching of lightharvesting complex ii lhcii into photoprotected quenched states to prevent photodamage of photosynthetic apparatus the conformational switch of lhcii is suggested to modulate the interaction between the embedded pigments and consequently activate charge transfer andor excitation energy transfer processes which ultimately lead to the dissipation of excess energy as heat known as energydependent quenching qe although the site of qe has been long established ie the lhcii the specific protein domains and conformational switches responsible for activating qe are currently unknownthis msca fellowship project azolhcii aims to determine the role of the protein matrix of the lhcii in tuning their energetic state and driving the photoprotective switch of plants to this end this disciplinary project will for the first time strive to manipulate the conformation of lhcii antenna proteins with azobenzene photoswitches and use a novel multipulse transient absorption spectroscopy approach to study in realtime the effect of sitespecific conformational fluctuations on the regulation of the excitation energy transfer in lhcii
crosssectoral framework for socioeconomic resilience to climate change and extreme events in europe

the project crosseu aims to respond to the increasing societal needs to reduce climatedamaging actions adapt to the expected consequences and increase socioeconomic resilience the project aims is to deliver a climatesensitive framework including a readytouse decision support system platform and technical recommendations to inform investment decisions costeffective adaptation and mitigation options and policy response to climate change the project will contribute to advancing the understanding of the socioeconomic risks and response options associated with climate change impact in europe in different timeframes including the postcovid19 societalenvironmental transformation and derive practical recommendations for political and societal action the solutions proposed are based on an extensive assessment of the socioeconomic risks of climate change in a crosssectoral hierarchical approach based on storylines addressing key categories of climate hazards in different socioeconomic sectors and climate changesensitive areas across countries and european regions the project will offer a readytouse solution that integrates complex information from available climate risk data sets and nonclimatic sectoral data collected during the project implementation and derived through modelling based on demanddriven climatesocioeconomic pathways crosseu is designed to bridge the sciencebased information about the economic impacts of climate change and the unique contributions of the project will be i the quantification of costs of existent and emergent socioeconomic risks and opportunities at nuts3 level ii an improved representation of adaptation within biogeophysical climate change risk and iii a better consideration of modelling uncertainties by identifying their nature assessing their characteristics in a systematic way to determine a better informed and robust decisionmaking
emerging technologies for crystalbased gammaray light sources

technocls project at the breakthrough in technologies needed for designing and practical realisation of novel gammaray light sources ls operating at photon energies from 100 kev up to gev range that can be constructed through exposure of oriented crystals linear bent and periodically bent to the beams of ultrarelativistic charged particles the technocls highriskhighgain sciencetowardstechnology breakthrough research programme will address the physics of the processes accompanying the oriented crystal exposure to irradiation by the highenergy electron and positron beams at the atomistic level of detail needed for the realisation of the technocls goals a broad interdisciplinary international collaboration has been created previously in the frame of fp7 and h2020 projects which performed initial experimental tests to demonstrate the crystalline undulator cu idea production and characterisation of periodically bent crystals and the related theory technocls aims to build the highriskhighgain sciencetowardstechnology breakthrough research programme on these successful studies aiming at a practical realisation of the novel gammaray lss such as cus crystalline synchrotron radiation emitters and many others additionally by means of a prebunched beam a cu ls has a potential to generate coherent superrradiant radiation with wavelengths orders of magnitudes less than 1 angstrom ie within the range that cannot be reached in existing lss based on magnetic undulators such lss will have many applications in the basic sciences including nuclear and solidstate physics and the life sciences theoretical computational experimental and technological results obtained in the course of this project will pave a way for key technological developments of the lss and their wide exploitation the technocls international collaboration possesses all the necessary expertise to conduct successfully the outlined programme
the common notion science and consensus in the seventeenth century

notcom is a philosophical study of common notions collective inquiry and dissemination strategies in seventeenthcentury natural science with special focus on the role of socalled common notions using a groundbreaking transversal methodology it studies 1 epistemological models of consensus as they emerged from early modern controversies in logic rhetoric moral philosophy theology and law and how they were redeployed within natural philosophy 2 methods of collective inquiry in early modern natural philosophy 3 the role of consensus models and methods of collective inquiry in the public dissemination of early modern natural philosophy 4 the actuality of early modern consensus models and methods of collective inquiry in relation to current philosophy of science and science communication studies early modern collective scientific practices have over the last half century provided a rich field of study for the sociology and history of philosophy of science little attention has however been paid to the role that epistemological models of consensus played for the methods governing those practices yet the period produced a wealth of such models often in the context of doctrines of common notions which informed natural philosophical methods of collective inquiry in myriad ways these methods were moreover inextricably wound up with complex strategies for the broader public dissemination of science some of these models methods and dissemination strategies still have purchase today more importantly however writing their history offers a narrative about philosophy science and society with a didactic potential that merits exploration combining these four dimensionsconsensus models collective methods dissemination strategies and actualitynotcom thus explores the historical background to the current notion of scientific consensus and the contemporary uses of writing this history