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solidstate cooling under pressure and electric field novel multicaloric strategies to improve material performance

there is an increasing need to find novel and sustainable alternatives to current dominating cooling systems these systems are based on the compression and expansion of powerful greenhouse polluters and thus contribute notably to global warming when released to the atmosphere caloric materials which display thermal changes upon variations on the corresponding applied field are promising candidates because 1 they can be energy efficient and 2 do not compel the direct use of greenhouse gases among the different caloric families those sensitive to hydrostatic pressure barocalorics bc are of particular interest because of the wide range of candidates their very large caloric effects and no mechanical breakdown nevertheless bc materials suffer from high intrinsic irreversibilities that limit their caloric efficiency interestingly some bc materials exhibit ferroelectric transitions that make them sensitive to the application of electric fields and hence display electrocaloric ec effects as well the goal of this msca project is thus to take advantage of multicaloric effects to improve the caloric performance in polar barocaloric materials to do so for the first time we will simultaneously apply pressure and an electric field to these materials by performing unprecedented experiments of calorimetry and dielectric spectroscopy under these two fields from these measurements we will be able to define novel multicaloric routes to enhance the reversibility and thus report improved caloric performances additionally a detailed characterisation of the lattice dynamics will be performed to understand the physical origin of these novel multicaloric strategies this proposal joins the expertise in barocalorics of the host group and the expertise in electrocalorics of the applicant the successful achievement of our proposal will represent a breakthrough in the material science community both at the fundamental and applied level
eucys leiden2022

the main objective of this proposal is the organisation of the young talents programme which contains two separate events the first is the european union contest for young scientists eucys 2022 the second is the development of a pilot for next stage researchers early career researchers with the working title eu talenton both events will be organized and held in leiden the netherlands stichting leiden european city of science 2022 leiden2022 will be responsible for the organisation of the young talents programme the primary aim of the eu contest for young scientists is to stimulate exchanges between talented young scientists ensure that young scientists get guidance from some of the most prominent scientists in europe and eventually to highlight scientific student achievements and attract widespread media interest in other words providing additional stimulus to young people who have an already demonstrated interest in applying science to solve problems in the 2022 edition leiden aims to innovate the existing eucys model in several ways into a more attractive contest leiden2022 aims to innovate eucys2022 in the following ways reviewing the eucys award system researching if the scope of eucys can be expanded towards components of the humanities from stem to steam embedding eucys into the public and scientific programme of leiden european city of science 2022 furthermore leiden2022 aims to reach a more mature target group that is entering the next level of their research career by organizing a pilot with this pilots leiden2022 will explore the possibilities for organizing the eu talenton and as such create a potential blueprint for eu talenton editions to follow therefore eucys2022 and the eu talenton 2022 have the potential to have long lasting impact on the future of the young talents programme with this new approach a broader group of young people will be attracted to academic careers in stem andor steam fields by giving special attention to future prospects of participants and competition winners both within and outside of academics the young talents programme is more than a scientific competition alone as it creates a broad career perspective for young students and next stage and early career researchers ranging in age between 14 and presumably 24 therefore the young talents programme is an instrument to achieve broader impact on young talent and society beyond the competitions itself and the events connected to it
market entry traceless materials

traceless materials is a femalefounded circular bioeconomy startup offering a holistically sustainable alternative to conventional bioplastics solving global plastic pollution for the first time agricultural industry byproducts are used to produce storagestable films rigid moulds and coatings that provide the beneficial properties of plastics while being compostable in the environment while biobased traceless materials dont compete with food production preventing landuse change being neither chemically modified nor synthetically polymerized we expect them not to fall under the eu plastic strategy and in contrast to conventional bioplastics they dont need harmful additives and have up to 87 lower co2 emissions on industrial production scale theyll be price competitive to conventional plastics with this project well build a demonstration plant for first market entry and contractsigning with pilot customers making the eu part of the solution not pollution
grammar assistance using syntactic structures fast parsing with formal grammars deployed for spanish grammar coaching

grammar assistance using syntactic structuresin the times when a humans right to a cultural identity is often at odds with the standardized requirements placed by eg employment systems automatic grammar coaching serves an important purpose of advising on standard grammar varieties while not imposing social pressures typical for a traditional grammar classroom or reinforcing established social roles such systems already exist but most of them are for english and few of them offer meaningful instructive feedback furthermore they typically rely completely on neural methods which means they require huge computational resources which most of the world cannot afford i propose a grammar coaching system for spanish that relies on i a rich linguistic formalism capable of giving informative feedback and ii a new faster parsing algorithm which makes using this formalism practical in a realworld grammar coaching application my approach is feasible for any language for which there is a formalized grammar and is less reliant on hugely expensive and environmentally costly neural methods while still benefiting from them where appropriate i thus seek to contribute to greener ai and to address global education challenges by raising the standards of inclusivity and engagement in grammar coaching while retaining the precision of systematized linguistic knowledge
rural environmental monitoring via ultra widearea networks and distributed federated learning

internet of things iot technology combined with complementary support for data analytics is the corner stone of todays digital transformation the societal and economic impact of iotml systems in urban and suburban areas significantly outpaces the one in rural areas due to a limited reach of connectivity infrastructure to reverse further widening of the urbanrural gap we need to bring efficient and affordable iotml solutions to deep rural areas reaching out to applications and use cases ranging from wildlife management rural tourism livestock monitoring water and air pollution control and others by identifying main gaps in connectivity and affordable data analytics and through interleaved research development and validation in a realworld setting remarkable will address the challenge of bringing iot and data analytics systems a step closer to seamless energy efficient and secure deployment in rural ares the consortium composed of six european academic partners five companies and five associated partners representing leading academic groups from africa will focus on research development innovation and demonstration across five use cases with six demonstration sites located in rural areas across the european and african continent the interdisciplinary nature of the programme provides a unique opportunity for investigation of smart sensing iot and data science technology from nontraditional holistic perspectives leading to new scientific achievements and innovations project outputs like smart iot sensors and devices rural iot digital twining platforms ultra widearea iot networks novel data analytics models and architectures will find their routes to the market via active industrial partners the project will impact eu workforce market via new interdisciplinary skills for young contributors and form new longlasting networks of european and african institutions in the area of sensing iot big data analytics and rural entrepreneurship
antidemocraticantigender nexus in bosnia and herzegovina

the recent rise in antidemocratic discourses and politics in europe has been linked with a rise in opposition to womens and lgbtiq rights i call this link the antidemocraticantigender nexus and argue that we need to explain the exact nature of the link to understand the rise of and develop strategies to combat dedemocratization processes in europe the project antigenderinbih focuses on how gender and sexuality are governed and framed in bosnia and herzegovina bih as a potential eu accession candidate bih has positively identified the need to promote diversity and equality within its population yet opposition to them and particularly to lgbtiq rights has been increasing working with prof roman kuhar at the university of ljubljana i will pursue two connected research objectives firstly to analyse the antidemocraticantigender nexus empirically in the bih context by applying a triangulation of methods including interpretative policy analysis and critical frame analysis i will analyse policies developed on the national and the level of the two entities federation of bih and republic of srpska relating to the governance of gender and sexuality issues as well as discourses on these issues mobilized by media and activists through this i will identify potential antidemocraticantigender frames policies and networks in bih secondly to conceptualize the antidemocraticantigender nexus theoretically combining my data with a critique of existing theoretical explanations this will provide novel theoretical explanations that will allow myself and other scientists in the field to identify the links between antigender and antidemocratic discourses and politics and explain the rise of the antidemocraticantigender nexus the novel empirical insights and successful conceptualization can serve as a basis for policy and decisionmakers in bih and the eu to tackle the problem of increasing attacks on democracy and human rights
surfaceenhanced raman spectroscopy for the reliable analysis of solidstate surfaces

in many industrial fields the purity of materials is a key feature and the identification of impurities is crucial for instance a quicker detection and allocation of dangerous germs and a closer monitoring of smallest traces of environmental pollutants like nanoplastics lead to a higher safety likewise in the production process of high purity devices like ultraprecise lenses or semiconducting devices contaminations can lead to a change in functionality and understanding its origin is decisive our technology offers a new reliability to a powerful method socalled surfaceenhanced raman spectroscopy or sers moreover with our socalled sersplasters we enable the application of sers on solid state surfaces which was up to now not possible thus opening completely new industrial markets our technology is based on ultraprecise nanostructures that enhance the signals of the substances in question up to a billionfold our nanostructures consist of a novel material and are fabricated by a scalable nanostructuring method that was invented by us and tailored specifically to the material the combination allows reproducible nanostructures and enables a new reliability in ultrasensitive detection in the proposed project we will develop an extensive marketing strategy for our sersplasters and successfully bring our product to market in addition the coaching and mentoring program will sharpen the leadership skills of our ceo and femalefounder dr henriette maa and raise our awareness for gender inequalities in a deeptech surrounding
low oxygen key ingredient of the plant stem cell niche

oxygen o2 is essential for efficient energy conversion by multicellular organisms including plants therefore environmental conditions where o2 is limited hypoxia such as during flooding stress pose a severe threat to plant survival and can lead to death when prolonged i recently discovered that plant stem cells of the shoot apical meristem sam are embedded in a local hypoxic niche and that this condition is even important for meristem activity this suggests that local hypoxia may play a positive role in regulating meristems despite being harmful to other plant tissue safeguarding the stem cell pool of the sam is especially important for plant fitness since it not only produces all above ground tissue but also specifies the germline in this project i will therefore challenge the paradigm of hypoxia as a solely stressful conditions and propose that local hypoxia might create a protective environment for stem cells whereas oxygenation outside the meristem might allow growth of differentiating organs i will address this hypothesis via three interlinked strategies 1 complete the development of prototype o2 biosensors which will unlock the ability to visualize and understand the role of o2 gradients in plant tissue 2 employ genetic manipulation of the o2 sensing machinery to test if and how o2 gradients provide a positional cue that spatially organizes the sam and its derived organs 3 investigate the role of meristem hypoxia in formation of dnadamaging radicals from o2 metabolism and study the evolution of the hypoxic niche and its perceptionprotection of meristems and differentiating organs is essential for plants to survive flooding events which are increasing in frequency due to global warming the novel insights on how o2 levels regulate development and the tools developed in this project will therefore be fundamental to make the strides forward that are needed to face global climate change and secure crop productivity under stress
the external dimension of the failed democratic transitions in the mena region the impact of interstate rivalries on national politics

rivalmena proposes new research exploring the impact of interstate rivalries on the negotiation of political change after the fall of dictators in three countries across the middle east and north africa mena region tunisia libya and egypt analysing the influence rivalries have on political transitions in the mena is timely and important for understanding regional politics the region is experiencing an unprecedented fall of longserving authoritarian rulers most of whom were ousted by national revolts yet democratization rarely follows the fall of dictators and countries rapidly descend into civil wars or return to some form of authoritarian rule rivalmena aims at showing the crucial role that interstate rivalries play in thwarting processes of political change toward democracy thereby refining the dominant scholarly interpretation that points almost exclusively to national factors to understand the shortage of successful democratization processes in the mena region to attain the research objectives rivalmena relies on a mixed methodological approach including triangulation between qualitative and quantitative data in addition to contribute to the advancement of academic knowledge research outputs include the creation of databases and maps that will be useful to eu institutions for implementing its common foreign and security policy the author has already conducted extensive research on the international relations of the mena both in the field and remotely and can rely on a wide network of contacts that will facilitate the accomplishment of the research objectives and tasks
biosourced biologicals composed of phytosterols to elicit plant response to water stress and to biotic stress as part of the transition to ecological agriculture

besta is a pioneer product based on biosourced phytosterols to deliver sustainability and proven yields gain in water stress conditions issued from the proprietary and patented technology developed by elicit plant and already authorised in france for corn and soybean this is a first product to adapt crops to climate changethe objective is to improve the formulation of the product create new products with same technology to expand usage to other species and other stresses then to carry out new field tests and to obtain marketing authorisations with three ultimate goals to help farmers1provide sustainable biosourced product to adjust to climate change2reduce usage of chemicals3ease to grow protein crops with a sustainable approachelicit plants goal is to take a leading position in the global biologicals market thanks to its phytosterols based products and to achieve a turnover around 450 million euros in 2029 selling its products in more than 15 countries worldwide
soil innovation labs coregenerating and transforming european soils

today an estimated 6070 of soils in the eu are severely degraded due to unsustainable land use practices and pollution the soilcrates consortium includes 21 partners from across the quadruple helix that fully acknowledge the importance of healthy soils and wish to work together on the tasks defined by the eu mission a soil deal for europe the ambition of soilcrates is to create four sustainable and dynamic living labs lls to monitor soil health and biodiversity beyond the stateoftheart to enhance soil structure and health and to increase soil literacy in society during the project lifetime four lls based in the netherlands france ireland and spain will be improving and monitoring the soil structure soil life and cropgrowing conditions of mineral soils in these lls stakeholders will work with the experimental sites ess land managers to foster innovations and practices suited for the local context through cocreation and colearning the lls will increase their knowledge of soils and the underlying soil processes special attention would be given to exploring crop diversity and vegetative cover the application of organic soil amendments and irrigation techniques and combining these practices at the farm level by using various educational tools soilcrates will make this knowledge available to the wider public and use it further to inform science practices and policy briefs to reduce pressures on soils by the end of the project four regional lls would be fully sustainable and operational the initial partnership would be enlarged with 40 subgrantees ess and lighthouses lhs testing and demonstrating good practices developed through the project eur 1600000 budget allocated for fstp collaboration will also be established with other lls sister projects jrc and euso proposed solutions are expected to spark further regional innovation uptake of practices and monitoring solutions and increase the impact of the project
towards a spatial coexistence theory for species rich communities

ecologists have tried for long to explain coexistence of many competing species in communities such as tropical forests but this key question of ecological theory remains largely unresolved we argue that this failure originates as a scaling problem although plants compete mostly with their closest neighbours the phenomenological models of most approaches addressing this question do not consider spatial mechanisms of how the dynamics and patterns at the macroscopic community scale emerge from the collective behaviour and interactions of individuals at the microscopic neighbourhood scale we therefore propose to change the way the problem is tackled by incorporating this essential information into macroscopic mathematical modelsthe overarching objective of the project is to develop a spatiallyexplicit theory for understanding the dynamics and stability of plant communities of intermediate to high species richness at local scales we integrate stateoftheart mathematical and simulation approaches with methods from physics and spatial analysis of the best available spatial data such as forestgeo inventory data of 2050 ha forest plots each comprising the species identity size and location of 100000 trees the link to the microscopic scale of individual plants allows us to integrate ecological detail in unprecedented ways while keeping the theory tractable such a comprehensive and highly integrated research endeavour can only be tackled within the framework of a large project and will be a ground breaking advance at this final frontier of ecological research the project will provide theoretical expectations and mechanistic understanding of how multiple spatial pattern and processes shape species richness and reveal if simple laws govern the assembly and dynamics of complex speciesrich communities this proposal will also open the door to new research lines of spatial ecology to better understand and conserve biodiversity
the academia secretorum naturae magic secrets and instruments of experimental science in the sixteenthcentury naples

this twoyear ef will bring me at ca foscari university of venice italy where i will be supervised by prof marco sgarbi the overall aim of the project is to provide the first complete historicalphilosophical reconstruction of the academia secretorum naturae one of the earliest societies in europe to explore in an innovative way the secrets of nature by performing experiments in the field of physicochemical and mechanical sciences the academy was founded in naples in 1560 by giambattista della porta 15351615 one of the leading figures of the italian renaissance in natural philosophy so much so tha the echoes of his thought reached authors like francis bacon galileo and isaac newton the scientific activity of the academy is able to be reconstructed by reading the magia naturalis by della porta a study on the experimentalism promoted in naples by the academia secretorum naturae which is at the core of the project will significantly influence our understanding of the italian renaissance and its contribution to the socalled scientific revolutionrise of experimentalism research will aid in determining certain fundamental junctures between the shift from natural magic to the new science clarifying the role of the peculiar empirical aristotelianism open to the instances of natural magic mathematics and practical knowledge in vogue in the naples of the 16th century
next generation integrated sensing and analytical system for monitoring and assessing radiofrequency electromagnetic field exposure and health

the nextgem vision is to assure safety for eu citizens when employing existing and future emf based telecommunication technologies this will be accomplished by generating relevant knowledge that ascertains appropriate prevention and controlactuation actions of emf exposure in residential public and occupational settings fulfilling the vision will provide a healthy living and working environment under safe emf exposure conditions that can be trusted by people and be in line with the regulations and laws of the public authorities for that nextgem will provide a framework for the generation of healthrelevant scientific knowledge and data on new scenarios of exposure to emf in multiple frequency bands and develop and validate tools for evidence based risk assessment nextgem will also create the nextgem innovation and knowledge hub nikh for emf and health offering a standardised way for european regulatory authorities and the scientific community to store and assess project outcomes and provide access to fair data nextgem is part of the european cluster on emfs and health