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food systems transformation in southern africa for one health

food systems transformation in southern africa for one health fostahealth will develop ambitious and inclusive visions of and action plans for food systems transformation for achieving positive one health outcomes in southern africa the project is centered around four key transformation agendas 1 transformations within and out of maize 2 transformations of land use and irrigation 3 transformations from domestic to export markets and 4 diet diversification in relation to each we will work with crosssystem stakeholder groups from government industry farmers nongovernmental organisations and rural communities and draw on evidence from case study contexts in malawi south africa tanzania and zambia to build an understanding of the complex system dynamics that link food systems transformation to diverse animal environmental and human health outcomes a set of representative transformation pathways rtps describing alternative plausible transformation futures will be outlined and novel integrated modelling tools used to collaboratively evaluate the potential these offer for delivering positive one health outcomes this will be combined with a mapping and analysis of leverage points of food system transformation at locallandscape national and regional government and supply chain scales action plans will be developed and capacities built for supporting action around leverage points at each of these scales across fostahealth particular attention will be paid to equity and justice in the visioning governing and outcomes of transformative change critical reflection on participation and power dynamics within the focal contexts of the project and within the project itself will be the basis for making recommendations and advocating for the equitable and inclusive governance of food systems transformation
statistical methods for accurate quantification of microrna expression via small rna sequencing

micrornas mirnas are a class of highly conserved small noncoding rnas that regulate the expression of most protein coding genes mirnas have been extensively studied not only to understand their molecular function but also due to their potential as therapeutic and diagnostic tools most current studies rely on small rna sequencing srnaseq recently extended to single cells because it allows to measure all mirnas present in a sample even at low input amounts however stateoftheart statistical analysis of srnaseq data is still performed using standard mrnaseq software this is inappropriate because mirna counts violate several assumptions of these methods in extreme cases upregulated mirnas will falsely seem downupregulated because of technical effects technical bias is even more severe in low input applications eg singlecell so decreasing the rna input lowers quantification accuracy by developing statistical methods specifically tailored to model srnaseq complexities miraqel aims to dramatically improve the accuracy of mirna quantification through srnaseq contributing to solve challenges in the field appropriate statistical methodology is urgently needed to fully elucidate the role mirnas play in many diseases and improve their biomarker potentialthe fellow will receive specialized training in standard singlecell rnaseq and statistical analysis of mirna data from a leading research team in the field in turn he will bring his pipeline development and mirna genomics expertise to implement and evaluate srnaseq modelling software using ground truth data and simulations a placement will ensure transfer of this knowledge to an european startup the emerging unique skill set will provide him with a privileged interdisciplinary view that he can leverage to kickstart an independent academic career in the analysis of small rna molecules at the single cell level getting ahead in a field that is expected to develop in the coming years
investigation of disruptive 2dsilicon technology for hybrid multispectral photodetection

my research ultimate goal is to develop novel approaches for multispectral detection in emerging 2d hybridsilicon technology and unify in one single technological platform highperformance photodetectors in allspectral bands from visible to midinfrared theoretical and experimental methods will be applied to study new concepts and physical phenomena for broadband photodetection in integrated 2dsilicon hybrids aiming for innovative solutions novel device architectures and disruptive technological development of multispectral photodetection systemsonchip a diversity of modern applications ranging from remote healthcare and environmental monitoring gas sensing and hazard detection food and water inspection to biosensing and automotive vision share similar urgent needs for highperformance miniaturized and lightweight multispectral optical sensors monolithically integrated with lowcost and highfunctionality silicon electronics however current semiconductor photodetectors technologies are mainly tailored and optimized to specific spectral bands their roadmaps have so far prevented the development of universal detectors that could simultaneously address multiple spectral domains thus there is a pressing need for a radically new approach that could combine highperformance broadband photodetectors in all spectral bands in one single siliconcompatible technological platform graphene and 2d materials integration with silicon technology open an unprecedented opportunity to reach this goal leveraging unique ultrabroadband absorption properties of graphene and diversity of 2dfamily with mature silicon fabrication facilities for monolithically integrated scalable and costeffective multispectral imaging systemsthe fundamental study exploration and technological development of novel 2dsilicon multispectral pd technology beyond the stateoftheart and increasing its potential impact on modern application domains is the core objective of the proposal
urban mobility cultures in transition sociospatial implications of transformative practices

the interaction between individual choices to address mobility demands and the structural components of cities eg land use and transport system results in specific urban mobility cultures which can be different across cities regions and countries to varying degrees those urban mobility cultures threaten various ecological economic and social objectives of a sustainable development the project transform aims to break new academic ground by studying from a holistic interdisciplinary intersectoral and gender sensitive approach the meaning and functioning of transitions in urban mobility cultures examining whether and to what extent transformative practices are effective mechanisms for activating and consolidating the transitions mentioned as well as the resulting sociospatial effects the operationalization of the project will be mainly based on recruiting 13 doctoral candidates aiming to pursue postgraduate studies towards the acquisition of a doctoral degree the research program of these individual researchers will be integrated into a set of 8 work packages that include the participation of 16 highlyreputed european academic institutions and 9 experienced nonacademic organizations of relevance for urban mobility private companies associations regional governments and urban living labs the project will focus on training of a new generation of researchers through an innovative comprehensive interdisciplinary and intersectoral doctoral program that includes i academic training ii nonacademic training iii transferable skills training and iv specific and coordinated supervision mentoring
flow detection of viruses by graphene field effect transistor microarrays

infectious zoonotic diseases that jump from animals to humans are on the rise and the risk of a new pandemic is higher now than ever before future health models need to consider the close connection between human and animal health and new technologies capable of continuously monitor places where the risk of pathogens transmission is higher shared by animals and humans are urgently needed to prevent the human sociopolitical and economic cost from pandemicscontinuous monitoring and harmonized data collection of animal farms are required by the european parliament however current methods are not suitable for an insitu continuous and automatic detection so today only a limited number of specific pathogens are monitored flufet will be the first automatized sensor able of continuously detecting a broad spectrum of viral targets and with the unprecedent capability of detecting unknown viruses this sensor will be based on graphene field effect transistors gfets flufet will detect infectious zoonotic threats before they spread to humans and create potential outbreaks opening the door for a pandemics prevention continuum it will bring the possibility to incorporate the longdistance external factors heavily affecting human health at worldwide levelflufet brings interesting opportunities for health and pandemics experts and managers policymakers and regulatory standardization bodies animal farmers and their associations precision livestock farming solution providers investors and researchers in the multiple disciplines involved in the consortium flufet requires an interdisciplinary consortium including partners from computational biophysics graphene technology nanotechnology sensing microfluidics virology surface engineering and sensor design and electronics
cyprus on a mission to engage inspire and connect with citizens through the european researchers night

the vision of the connect proposal is to engage inspire and ultimately connect with researchers and the public at large in a quest to increase awareness about research and innovation activities and to boost public recognition of science and research education in cyprus in the framework of the proposed project two european researchers night ern events will be organised in cyprus in september 2022 and september 2023 the theme of the events mission inspire 2022 and mission connect 2023 is inspired by the eu missions aiming to mobilise and activate collective efforts to tackle common challenges and bring about lasting impact the target audience is the public at large attracting people regardless of their age gender or scientific background with a special focus on families pupils and students having coordinated the organisation of the ern events in cyprus since 2006 the research and innovation foundation rif will seek to build on the experience accumulated over the years and established collaboration with local research and innovation ri stakeholders from the academia the public sector industry as well as other actors in civil society to make the events successful key messages will be communicated through a vibrant and diverse awareness campaign and unique preevents such as a flashmob whilst the main events will bring together the public and researchers from all disciplines through handson experiments prototype demos and simulations as well as through an online event engagement application a treasure hunt screenings of documentaries science communication competitions and a standup science comedy live show to conclude festivities connect will also bring researchers at schools in order for them to actively engage with the younger generation but also promote a scientific approach to teaching for teachers providing direct access to information about research performed in cyprus in the priority topics of the eu missions
cocreating behavioural change towards climatesmart food systems

beatles aspires to change the way agrifood systems currently operate and accelerate the systemic and systematic behavioural shift to climatesmart agriculture and smart farming technologies fully aligned with the ambitions of the farm to fork and biodiversity strategies and the new cap at regional and eu levels by adopting a food systems approach the agrifood value chain is viewed as a system of interlinked components where interactions lead to systemic innovations through targeted selection of agrifood value chains across the eu and by engaging multiple stakeholders in the cocreation of systemic innovations in the context of appropriate behavioural and experimental settings the project will provide an integrative inventory of behavioural insights about the full range of lockins and levers that hinder or motivate behavioural change including individual systemic and policy factors five different food systems representing the major crop and livestock farming systems in europe cereals dairy stone fruits livestock vegetables in various eu regions western eastern southern and northern europe will be studied to account for the diversity in agrifood systems and conditions in the eu the behavioural insights are used to develop transformative pathways via business strategies and policy recommendations to encourage transition to fair healthy and environmentallyfriendly food systems beatles will provide a set of business strategies establishing roadmaps for a fair shift towards climatesmart agriculture based on environmental social and economic sustainability assessments moreover a series of policy recommendations and tools will be developed to foster behaviourally informed policy design and implementation the active participation of multiple value chain actors at various levels of society public political professional in the cocreation activities all along the projects lifespan will establish a mutual understanding of the value
sustainable and healthy food solutions system dynamics and tradeoffs

food systems are crucial to end hunger but also to mitigate and adapt to climate change to protect and restore biodiversity to ensure human health and wellbeing to end poverty and to support sustainable communities while hunger has receded food systems are causing increasingly severe damage to our environment and health the flora project will contribute to a transformation of global agrifood production trade and consumption necessary to achieve sustainable and healthy food systemsthe project will create essential evidence to identify and implement the shifts in practices and behaviours needed to effectively achieve this transformation by 1 making a diagnosis of the integrated health and environmental outcomes of food systems globally from the production and consumption perspectives with innovative measures of sustainability 2 identifying key threats and opportunities with system dynamics and complex network analyses and 3 targeting and evaluating tailored solutions with an interdisciplinary modelling framework the project will enable the identification of most effective targeted solutions by considering tradeoffs synergies and dynamics of key food systems components global in scope it sets the ambitious goal to overcome barriers in current approaches by taking a systemic approach and establishing a robust interdisciplinary framework supported by empirical advancements to tackle complex food systems challenges this innovative project builds on the pis excellent track record in leading interdisciplinary research focusedon the global agrifood system and its environmental impacts
enabling data analytics for actions tackling skills shortages mismatch

trails proposes a holistic approach to identifying the conditions for skills gaps and shortages across european countries and to contributing to policy actions its approach involves all conceptual and theoretical models of optimal skills match and utilization by workplaces new methodologies for measuring skill gaps and understanding optimal ways to skills upskilling and reskilling it involves novel primary datasets stateoftheart big datasets from administrative records matched to firms and workplaces innovative inquiries with large secondary datasets that are merged with taxonomies and other sources to enable pathbreaking analyses field and statedpreference experiments along with boost samples of groups of particular interest such as platform workers and other stakeholders all these elements will produce a canvas that enables a new framework for identifying the conditions and the elements required for the development of skills matched to the needs it will allow the inspection of relevant behavioural societal and cultural dimensions affecting participation and choice of training and learning programmes by individuals moreover the project will propose aims and objectives for basic and transferable skills that are seen as most conducive to european labour mobility towards the green and digital jobs of the future finally the project will propose ways to optimize the usage of new technologyenhanced ways of bridging the gap between labour supply and demand in matching skills to needs via the usage of ai methods and the largescale piloting the project will propose ways that empower skills profiling and intelligence in ways that raise awareness of training programmes matched to the needs of individuals and the jobs of the future for european labour markets ultimately a trailss webbased tool will be developed to bring together new datasets and insights for policy makers and to raise citizens awareness regarding transferable skills and training p
gaswatermineral interfaces in confined spaces unravelling and upscaling coupled hydrogeochemical processes

with the european green deal and its goal to reach net zero greenhouse gas emissions in europe by 2050 the increased use of the subsurface is inevitable the largescale exploitation of the subsurface for storage eg gases and extraction activities eg geothermal energy will create large scale perturbations which can destabilize the rock and allow leakage of contaminants into groundwater therefore we need a sound understanding of coupled hydrogeochemical processes arising from such activities as well as tools to predict these impacts reliably reactive transport modeling rtm has so far proven to be the most powerful tool to track the fate of subsurface contaminants from laboratory up to geological timescales however the simplistic approaches to describe the gaswatermineral interactions in rtm do not accurately capture the complex processes in geological environments as they do not consider relevant processes that take place at the microscopic scale these processes need to be upscaled integrated into rtm this requires detailed insights into mineral crystallization processes involving gas in confined porous media particularly i coupled mineral dissolution and precipitation with gas generation and ii mineral nucleation at the watergas interface since both affect the transport properties and mineralogical reactivity of the rock matrix genies will integrate cuttingedge labonachip ie miniaturized microfluidic experiments with advanced in operando microanalytical techniques and an interdisciplinary environment to provide the insights needed for upscaling this project will provide highfidelity experimental datasets that will bring new theoretical insights into hydrogeochemical processes involving gases the resulting extended rtm will allow reliable modeling of the fate of contaminants and consequently reduce uncertainty when assessing the integrity of subsurface storage and extraction systems
diagnostics modeling and control of airfoils in dynamic stall regimes

aerodynamic forces generated by rotor blades and wings in unsteady regime modulates when the angleofattack aoa is dynamically varied one of the important phenomena that occurs with the increase in the magnitude of the aoa modulations is the dynamic stall ds which entails large excursions of the aerodynamic forces in turn introducing strong vibrations alongside noise generation and structural fatigue the emergence of 3d flow features ie stall cells further complicates the ds phenomenon and leads to spanwise modulation of lift and drag overally diamonds seeks to address timeresolved tr and threedimensional 3d diagnostics modeling and control of airfoils in ds regimes objectives of diamonds are 1 characterization of the pitching airfoil in the ds regime using a tr3d particle tracking velocimetry ptv method 2 investigation of leadingedge le tubercles to control spanwise lift and drag modulation acting on the stall cells and 3 development of an unsteady stall cell characterization model through extension of the unsteady liftingline theory ullt to the 3d flow structures also in presence of le tubercles implemented in tu delft and supervised by prof fulvio scarano and dr morgan mogeng li diamonds will allow me to diversify my individual competence by acquiring new scientific and nonscientific skills diamonds will strongly benefit my intersectoral and interdisciplinary expertise and strengthen my international network a twoway transfer of knowledge is guaranteed since diamonds combines my expertise in analytical aerodynamic modeling with the hosts expertise in the stateoftheart 3d optical flow diagnostics methods in addition to creating high quality new knowledge about stall cells and ds phenomenon and its control diamonds leads to wind turbines and rotorcraft that are safer and much quieter and have less environmental consequences and also makes it possible to fly with less fuel or generate energy at a lower cost
multi faceted implementation of a mixed softwarehardwarebased zerotrust framework for the computing continuum

technological advances in information communication technologies ict as well as the digital transformation of complex systems have led to the development of novel networks platforms and systems which have in turn kickstarted the realisation process for multifaceted technological collaborations and datadriven workflows on a scale never seen before consequently an integration process among the different layers of complex systems and services has been unfolding raising significant issues and challenges in its wake hence the digital data and collaboration spaces are all predicated upon the realisation of what is known as the computing continuum which is based on the integration of cloud edge and internet of things iot nevertheless this has given rise to significant security and privacy risks especially since it is about systems that involve a high number of entities and devices with different profiles processing a vast amount of potentially sensitive infomediates vision is to produce a robust technology which will address the security and privacy attributes of the computing continuum for this it will put forth a complex architecture that is based on the concept of zerotrust and will assume a federated learning approach in order to perform securitybased scrutinisation at all continuum levels ie iot edge and cloud using security models that can be updated redistributed and reconfigured across it the actual features of the mediate framework will support major topic outcomes such as cybersecurity resilience through reconfiguration vulnerabilities mitigation through cyber threat analysis secure integration at the iot level through software and hardwarebased security sensors and trust and security for massive ecosystems through the use of federated learningbased orchestration moreover it will feature aibased tools for cyber threat intelligence that assist a decision support system and privacy policies for data and identity protection
developing a reusable pregnancy test

in order to gain information about the most important happening in a persons life women have been turning to the athome pregnancy test for decades the problem is that available tests are either expensive per use or poor in quality aside from being singleuse only this ultimately leads to many needs being unmetwe at pharmista technologies intend to combat these needs by developing the worlds first reusable pregnancy test placing high focus on accuracy hygiene and userfriendliness this in turn will increase conveniencelevels reduce our customers spendings on their reproductive health minimise the risk of missinterpreting the results and lastly reduce the consumption of hazardous singleuse plastic products if our mvp works according to plan we seek to employ the methodology onto other diagnostic areas where reusability would be advantageous therefore our innovation has a great potential to disrupt not only the pregnancy testing market but the immunoassay market in whole