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next generation modular sicbased advanced power electronics converters for enhanced renewables integration into the grid

sic4grid is a 48months project gathering partners from the complete value chain of sicbased converters collaborating to tackle current obstacles to the technologies market uptake sic4grid thus aims for an optimised integrated sicbased technology composed of threefold innovations in terms of hardware software and iot indeed to optimise both technoeconomic and environmental pillars the consortium will design produce test and validate an integrated product composed of a 30 smaller size energyefficient sicbased power module competitive with stateoftheart technology and coupled with an adapted optimised selfhealing energy management system ems this ems amplifies the benefits of a strong systemlevel iot architecture and adapted digital tools such as digital twin and optimisation algorithms throughout the project the circularity and ecodesign of all steps of the converter manufacturing process will be targeted with a strong emphasis on resource optimisation and carbon emission reduction the testing phase will be done both as an integrated modular converter on a physical test bench as well as digitally to increase the variety of relevant applications and realcondition scenario for the digital simulations three use cases will therefore be chosen to increase the validated parameters and scope of applications including mmc and sst converters onshoreoffshore wind and pv applications as well as the potential for storage overall the project contributes to advancing the market readiness of the technology by lowering its cost 30 cost reduction compared to silicon converters its size 15 size reduction its lifetime 30 years and its environmental impact 30 resource consumption reduction and 50 co2 emission reduction in the longerterm sic4grid will thus also help renewable energies integrate the energy grid and bring european leadership to the forefront of converter technology providers
research on phoenicianpunic sites in andalusia with experimental unmanned aerial system with lidar

among the most recent remote sensing methodologies applied in archaeological research are proximity analysis carried out with uas unmanned aerial system commonly referred to as drones they are rapidly evolving instruments that allow the use of different acquisition sensors such as lidar laser imaging detection and ranging this is a tool that makes it possible to scan not only objects but also entire landscapes and to observe the ground surface virtually cutting through vegetation and manmade elements thus enabling better topographical reading and the identification of archaeological features lidar mounted underneath aircraft has already proven to be a valuable tool for archaeological research in the past although it is little used due to the high costs and low resolution of the digital terrain models produced in which only the topographical macroelements are highlighted such as fortifications and urban districtsnow with the drastic reduction in prices and the miniaturization of hardware it is not only possible to equip a drone with lidar but also to obtain data at a centimetric resolution that allows even microtopography to be appreciated despite its considerable potential there is little pioneering research on the subject and a lack of manuals on the use of these lidar uas and the interpretation of the datatherefore the aim of phoenixuasl is the study and experimentation of these new technologies on some case studies that are well suited to the investigation in order to grasp their potential and limitations the results of which will be complementary to the classic studies of landscape archaeology and aimed at the diachronic reconstruction of places specifically it is intended to target research at some important archaeological sites in andalusia spain such as the two phoenicianpunic walled sites of castillo de doa blanca and cerro del castillo cadiz and on the other hand the indigenous sites on the hills of medina sidonia
dna encryption of compartmentalized dna files

current technologies for digital data storage eg tapes and hard disc drives have hit various sustainability limits a significant share of new data is not stored beyond the short term and conventional storage media do not have the longevity data density or cost efficiency to meet global demand longerterm projections forecast that the overall demand for digital storage will exceed supply by up to three orders of magnitude by 2040 dna data storage has several advantages compared to magnetic or optical data storage such as extremely high data densities high stability and limited energy needs considerable effort has been devoted to developing efficient encoding algorithms and methods for dna storage and retrieval however a complete data storage solution also requires the stored information to be protected from unwanted data access in dna encryption of compartmentalized dna files dnacryp we will develop a novel molecularlevel encryption method for data stored on compartmentalized dna files based on a revolutionary pcrbased randomaccess readout strategy that our lab has recently developed in contrast to digital encryption methods molecularlevel encryption is resistant to automated computerbased attacks to achieve this goal dna files are coencapsulated with locker dna templates that disrupt randomaccess readout using a unique sequence specific key strand locker templates can be removed and pcrbased readout restored specifically we will develop i an encoding pipeline for dataencoding dna strands allowing for encryption ii proofofprinciple experiments showing the validity of the lockerkey concept iii molecularlevel encryption of a 1mb book dnacryp methodology is highly interdisciplinary building on expertise in computer science engineering chemistry and material science dnacryp impact spans applications and technology domains and will be disseminated and exploited to benefit european society and industry
feasibility of a multipanel of epigenetic markers of fish growth

aquaculture the process of controlled fish and shellfish cultivation is a sustainable alternative to fisheries the sector has seen tremendous growth and nile tilapia is one of the most important commercially farmed species worldwide to date the optimization of production yields is limited to traditional selective breeding programs that exclusively focus on genetic markers as a result unknown variability in growth selection remains which may be diminished through epigenetic selectionprof jorge fernandes group has found evidence for the direct involvement of multiple categories of epigenetic markers in growth rate and size of nile tilapia during the erc consolidator project epifish 683210 fernandes group observed important differences in expression levels of noncoding rnas ncrnas fullsibling groups of nile tilapia with distinct growth rates expressed different sets of ncrnas in muscle despite being reared under the same environmental conditionsepiselect will explore the technical and commercial feasibility of a multipanel for the assessment of epigenetic markers for fish growth optimization this multipanel will assess the newly discovered ncrnas in combination with the previously identified dna modification markers as a result episelect may improve selective breeding programs leading to higher profitability and increased sustainability of the aquaculture sectorto reach the proofofconcept stage we will1 explore ncrna markers for growth prediction and validate the multipanel of epimarkers
enhanced urban greening plans for biodiversity mainstreaming in society

it is now widely acknowledged that to make adequate and timely progress in the direction of biodiversity mainstreaming three critical aspects previously overlooked or insufficiently handled by supranational policies need to be emphasised and further explored in their transformative potential1 the establishment and operation of bottomup and especially city and community driven initiatives which may adequately complement the country level national sustainable development plans and green growth strategies2 the introduction and refinement of appropriate methodologies and capacitybuilding activities to enable the engagement of all key societal stakeholders notably including market players citizens and local government actors in concerted actions to restore the most compromised elements of the natural environments3 continuous work on enabling naturebased solutions by identifying the connections and addressing the disconnects between biodiversity conservation and social economic and technological challenges to meet the requirements of the eu biodiversity strategy for 2030 and of the recent commission proposal for a nature restoration regulation the ugp consortium proposes a 3year long action research plan engaging 11 academic partners and 5 european cities as lighthouse and greening testbeds ready to share knowledge and scale up from their ongoing experiences in ugp design and nbs implementation scaling to a nextgeneration strategy for urban and periurban ecosystem transformation mainstreaming biodiversity ecosystem services and natural capital in urban policies and economies through adopting a whole of society approach
responsive and reconfigurable value network for the manufacture of bulky parts

the demand of large and complex part manufacturing is growing rapidly in the capital goods sectors such as energy generation yellow goods or railway due to increasingly required energy generation efficiency larger infrastructures and cost effective means of transport respectivelythe manufacturing process of bulky parts usually involves high labour intensity workpiece handling and set up as well as a final assembly stage many of these tasks are completed manually and this occasionally leads to low precision low efficiency poor stability and high physical burdendifficulties in the manufacturing of bulky parts result in a shortage of companies capable of producing components within the required standards even when they have the production equipment to do so the homologation process of subcontractors is very sensitive and it is usually based on a trust relationship between customer and suppliermanufacturers accessibility to auxiliary equipment for workpiece setup handling and modelling is cumbersome and based on word of mouth leading to rigid supply chains and a lack of flexibility to find alternative partnersthis rigidity in the supply chain of bulky components contribute to the need to identify monitor and reconfigure traditional supply chains into more flexible and responsive value networks in order to effectively address supply chain distressesthe main objective of reed project will be the development of a manufacturing as a service maas platform that will provide the enabling technologies equipment and services for the manufacturing of bulky parts of the capital goods sector assuring the quality of the produced components while maximising productivity and minimising environmental impact the reed platform will redefine the b2b relationships through a networked digital productive model
polymathy and interdisciplinarity in premodern islamic epistemic cultures

know is the first comprehensive study of polymathy and interdisciplinarity in premodern islam the project sets out to write a history of knowledge that takes the interaction between disciplines as its primary subject the projects historical framework is the postformative period 12001800 ce which saw the rise of new institutions of learning the proliferation of libraries the formation and integration of disciplines and curricular texts and an increase in academic travel facilitating interdisciplinary cooperation competition and conflict despite its significance our knowledge of this period remains rudimentary the project promises to transform our understanding of the intellectual dynamics of this period by applying the lens of polymathy and interdisciplinarity previous scholarship has focused on intellectual products ie doctrines and texts and has tended to project our contemporary disciplinary divisions onto the premodern period eg humanities v sciences religious v secular this project departs from these approaches by focusing on epistemic processes and practices rather than products and artefacts to do so the project tests three research hypotheses 1 cultural and intellectual vibrancy of the premodern period is evident in the interaction between disciplines 2 madrasa education and hospital culture produced an interdisciplinary space 3 interdisciplinary practices created a common scholarly language the projects interdisciplinary methodology draws on the history of science interdisciplinary studies and polymathy studies the pi will be supported by an interdisciplinary team of three postdoctoral researchers covering together the intersections between philology theology exegesis law medicine logic algebra and geometry in premodern islamic epistemic cultures know will make significant contributions to interdisciplinarity and polymathy studies as well as the emergent field of the history of knowledge
triboreactor for fluorine circularity by urban mining

trifluorium largely expands current circular economy capabilities for highly stable organofluoride waste pfas including fluoropolymers and provides safe sustainable and efficient regeneration of fluorine into safe stable inorganic fluorides as industrial resource such as fluorspar fluoropolymers are indispensable for many critical eg semiconductors and green eg hydrogen production fuel cells evs applications and their disposal options are very limited needed fluorspar resource is listed as eus critical raw material and is acquired outside of the eu with recycling rate at 1 due to the lack of proper technologies trifluorium wants to achieve proof of the tribolysis recycling principle for organofluorides trl 3 irrespective of particular chemical structure molecular weight or liquidsolid form under properly designed controllable tribocontact site which promotes chemical reactions initiated by mechanical stimuli tribolysis shall within one processing step generate local denseenergy spots to initiate decomposition of very stable organofluorides including the perfluorinated ones and to activate safe reactants such as alkaline earth metal group ii salts or oxides to efficiently convert organofluorides into safe stable inorganic products mineralizationtrifluorium will also develop a dedicated triboreactor for laboratory scale validation of tribolysis frecycling trl 4 for process scaling and enhancement of tribolysis technology development towards industrial application the locally initiated reactions with benign reactants have inherently safe operational and energyefficiency features supporting toxicological and lca assessments will be carried out to comprehensively evaluate tribolysis recycling process and triboreactor performance from all relevant perspectivesthe foundation of tribolysis recycling for organofluorides answers urgent technological needs and contributes to current environmental economic and social goals
efficient compact modular thermal energy storage system

the projects goal is to develop and demonstrate novel modular compact high performances and plugplay thermal energy storage tes solutions for heating cooling and hot tap water production the new concept of tes proposed in the project will provide electricity load shifting with meaningful peak shaving of the thermal and electric load demands furthermore the exploitation of renewable sources will be a key point of the new tes device considering at the same time the costeffective results in terms of energy costs and sustainability of the systemthe project will provide a tes system able to store energy for heating and cooling in building applications for a period of at least four weeks the novel tes system will be based on a closedloop tcm reactor insulated by pcm and equipped with an ice storage again integrated with pcm for high cooling energy demand the thermodynamic cycle has been designed to benefit from a further pcm thermal buffer tank breaking through the closedloop concept by compensating the energy for humidification with its latent heat an advanced heat pump will be finally dedicated to the power conversion during the thermal charging process of reactor and pcms storages increasing the overall performancea dedicated control system will be developed to operate the tes according to the energy production and the endusers requirements adapting to the conditions of use according to the type of air conditioning system and the particular demand for domestic hot waterthe tes solution will be adaptable to all the different possible european scenarios in terms of energy policy and endusers requirements it will be designed to be used both as integrated into the building heating system and in the smart electricity grid or in buildings not connected to district heating and cooling networkdifferent characteristics of the system will be taken into account ranging from storage efficiency and durability to cost reduction and lca and lcca
regime transmission regimes of climatesensitive infectious diseases in latin america

extreme climatic events environmental degradation and socioeconomic inequalities exacerbate the risk of mosquitoborne disease mbd epidemics and modulate the transmission regimes of these diseases most mbds can coexist and share patterns which are sensitive to biodiversity loss land use and land cover change as well as climate and socioeconomic and demographic factors determining the spatial and temporal scales at which these complex factors interact and modulate disease transmission can help to target effective control and prevention strategies this research goes beyond the stateoftheart by developing an innovative modelling tool called regime to assess the relative impact of multiple determinants on mbd emergence spread and cocirculation in latin america models will be formulated using data for brazil over the past 20 years at the municipality level 5570 municipalities multivariate cluster analysis will be performed to propose a transmission regime classification eg endemic epidemic episodic using disease case time series for each municipality each year to identify temporal changes in the transmission regimes a model based on the transmission regimes will be designed to disentangle the role of different disease drivers using multisource data and random effects which account for additional layers of uncertainty and help identify unknown spatial patterns interannual signatures and similarities or differences between the drivers for each disease the knowledge gained from brazil will be applicable in a broader context in latin america by validating the model framework in the context of disease risk scenarios shared by those countries regime will facilitate the generation of actionable knowledge to inform local risk mapping and build robust early warning and response systems to build resilience in lowresource settings
mchcox2depend regulation of neuronal function and neuroinflammation in alzheimers disease

alzheimers disease ad patients stay in a prodromal phase over many years before robust cognitive decline during this phase complex molecular events lead to cellular alterations resulting in aberrant synaptic activity and chronic inflammation which leads to neuronal death and cognitive impairment my unpublished work shows that melaninconcentrating hormone mch regulates synaptic function and revealed that the mch system is impaired in a mouse model of early ad and ad patients i showed that mch regulates the neuronal expression of multiple immediate early genes that control neuronal activity and more interestingly the expression of ptgs2cox2 cox2 catalyzes the formation of proinflammatory prostaglandins from arachidonic acid but upon activity change it produces specialized proresolving mediators thus precise cox2 levels and activity are essential to regulate the synthesis of bioactive lipids involved in the initiation and arrest of inflammation ptgs2cox2 is expressed in excitatory neurons and a link to synaptic function seizure and neuroinflammationassociated to seizure has been established my preliminary data shows that excitatory neurons from a mouse model of early ad that displays mchsystem dysfunction aberrant synaptic activity and neuroinflammation have altered ptgs2 expression together with genetic studies that place lipid metabolism as a mediator of microgliamediated neuroinflammation this suggest that cox2 can play a critical role in the neuronmicroglia interaction during the prodromal phase of ad i hypothesize that impaired mch system leads to aberrant neuronal activity and increased ptgs2 expression increasing proinflammatory mediators and recruiting microglia activation here i will study how mchsystemptgs2 interaction affects neuronal lipid metabolism and test if it regulates neuronmicroglia communication contributing to neuroinflammation and to the onset of cognitive decline
the division of matrimonial wealth in malay polygyny the codification of culture in malaysian islamic family law

this project is an anthropological investigation into the division of matrimonial assets in the malaysian islamic family law ifl from a sociolegal and gendered perspective the concept of matrimonial assets is not officially recognized in classical islamic law rather it is an adat customary tradition long practiced in the malay archipelago where the dominant bilateral system of gender relations accords both spouses mutual access to and ownership of the resources jointly acquired during the marriage this project will first examine the juridical processes and justifications enabling the incorporation of this provision into the ifl thereby codifying as islamic what actually originated from malay adat second it will analyze how this provision was translated into practice in the malaysian shariah judiciary to understand how it fulfills adats original intention to preserve and enhance womens economic security in precarious marriages such as polygyny to pursue these lines of inquiry i will conduct ethnographic and archival fieldwork in a shariah court situated in the kuala lumpur metropolitan region the project will include interviews of malay couples in the process of dividing their matrimonial assets and archival research into past polygyny applications the ultimate aim of this research project is to assess whether the malaysian shariah system is equipped to protect the economic rights of malay women who earn own and add to the acquisition of assets and circulation of resources as an equally important key economic contributor in the marriage