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reconstructing social memory through moroccan womens writing female prison literature between the 1970s and the 2010s

the project proposes an innovative analysis of writings by women in morocco published between the 1970s and the 2010s that deal with prison experiences during the period known as the years of lead c 19651999 the projects general objective is to analyse how moroccan womens prison writings contribute to incorporating womens participation in social and political issues in accounts about moroccan history the texts studies will include the different genres testimonies poetry letters and fiction and languages arabic and french in which they are written the project aims at localising and analysing the different texts of this thematic published by women in morocco between the 1970s and the 2010s taking a feminist perspective this project considers that prison writings by women can constitute examples of alternative history and contribute to the reconfiguration of social memory by bringing womens experience to the centre and claiming their role in in the movement of political prisoners as structural rather than as exceptional or secondary in addition the project also intends to shift moroccan womens position from objects to producers of discourse to challenge orientalist constructions that prevail in hegemonic cultural perspective and to break stereotyped images about the moroccan woman that portray them as passive rather than as active individuals
deciphering stem cell immunity

stem cells guard tissue integrity by renewing the pool of differentiated cells and must therefore be shielded from threats such as transposable elements or viruses in that line stem cells can largely resist viral infections but they do so without deploying the antiviral pathways at play in differentiated cells so what guards the guardians i recently discovered a stem cellspecific immune pathway driven by a protein termed avid antiviral dicer which mounts an antiviral rna interference rnai response and thwarts rna virus infection this illustrates that stem cells implement specific defence mechanisms that are poorly understood or unknown my proposal aims at bridging the current knowledge gap in stem cell immunity we will do so by investigating the role of the avid pathway in vivo using an avid knockout mouse as well as by unravelling the molecular regulation of the pathway aim 1 stem cells demise can additionally be provoked by the expression of transposable elements tes converging evidence suggests that avid and the rnai pathway may play a second defensive role in shielding uninfected stem cells from te expression which we will explore in aim 2 because cancer is characterised by a stemness transcriptional program avid may similarly control tes in tumour cells we will study avid expression in various tumour models and assess its role in controlling tes this is of special interest because awakening te expression in cancer is being leveraged by new therapeutic approaches in multiple malignancies similarly we will explore if inhibiting avid and the rnai pathway could have an antitumour effect aim 2 finally i hypothesize that stem cells are protected by additional unknown antiviral pathways which we aim to identify and characterise using new genomescale approaches aim 3 overall this proposal aims at unveiling new biology in stem cell immunity as well as developing clinical applications in the field of antitumour therapy
additive manufactured automotive antenna for autonomous driving

to enable autonomous driving vehicles need to perceive their surroundings in 360 degrees under any conditions autonomous vehicles thus require a variety of highperformance sensors including camera lidar and radar systems these sensors need to be weatherindependent reliable costeffective and invisible while cameras and lidar are struggling with various drawbacks radar sensors have the potential to fulfil all requirements however critical technical hurdles need to be addressed first and golden devices technology plays a key role in overcoming them highperformance antennas are a crucial factor in achieving the necessary level of sensor system performance antennas are the connecting and at the same time limiting element between chips software and the external environment the antennas transmitting and receiving signals from radar sensors are currently based on printed circuit boards pcb due to their 2dimensional structure and very limited design possibilities these pcb antennas have severe shortcomings in terms of performance 3dimensional waveguide antennas are a promising alternative significantly reducing transmission losses and increasing bandwidth however the established design of waveguide antennas is based on a splitblock approach which means that several parts are assembled and manufactured mainly by injection moulding both factors are limiting the performance of waveguide antennas and therefore radar sensors to overcome this limitation golden devices has developed a unique manufacturing process based on 3d printing and a proprietary metallization concept unlike the splitblock process golden devices manufactures the waveguide antennas in one piece this provides numerous essential advantages in terms of technical performance significantly reduced product development times and costs and thus faster timetomarket in the next step we will now scale and automate the manufacturing process to realise series production
trusted and green traceability through eu space technologies

on b2b and b2c relations the reliability among stakeholders is an essential requirement every second of every day businesses exchange items with suppliers partners customers and others items mean goods services money data and more such exchanges are transactions that need to be reliable precise and agreed among the participants moreover in many transactions the fully automation is not possible it is needed a trusted centralized entity in many cases the human intercession is needed to certify the proper execution of such transaction audit public notaries thirdparty certifierblockchain aims to enable automatic transactions reducing the trust tax among stakeholders it is being used in more and more domains however blockchain cannot fully ensure that the digitally recorded information is taken in a certain location and time the automated and trusted proof of location has not been fully achieved without the human intercession a reliable and affordable source of positioningtiming data is essential to achieve the automated verification of location and time the new service open service navigation message authentication osnma of galileo will provide authentication of the navigation data in order to determine if the data used for processing was produced by the satellites or falsified the overall goal of space4greeneris to propose a technological solution that enable a trusted platform among stakeholders of different nature for the automated certification that an activity occurs or a thing is in a location in a certain point of time without requiring a thirdparty human certification the solution is based on the integration of galileo osnma signals and blockchain with smart devices and mobile platforms that will produce a trusted information and share it among the stakeholders the benefit of such approach is applicable to multiple domains but the technical validation will be focused on agrifood and fishing scenarios
developments of the generalized retrieval of atmospheric and surface properties for the synergy of different satellites and groundbased networks advances in atmosphere and surface characterizations

the graspsynergy proposal is to make an international and intersectorial network of organizations working together including scientists and engineers of different background and expertise the focus is on atmospheric sciences particularly in addressing the challenges about developing standard techniques that permit atmospheric and surface characterization from different techniques and measurements the main objective is further develop of the generalized retrieval of aerosol and surface properties grasp algorithm for joint inversions of different remote sensing instrumentation that permit advanced synergistic retrievals of atmosphere and surface properties to fulfil this breakthrough objective graspsynergy will address i advanced aerosol parameterizations modelling from new developments in multiwavelength polarized polar nephelometry iinew deployments and optimizations in grasp forward and inversion approaches for advanced retrievals iiisynergies of different space instruments to improve spectral spatial and temporal coverage as well as information content from multiangular polarimetry and ivsynergies of groundbased and space measurements for advanced retrievals and for satellite validations these objectives try to address challenge that the measurements from single spaceborne instrument is always be limited in one or another way this seriously limits the possibility of advanced atmospheric and surface characterizations from space measurements in this regard the synergy of different instrument allows essentially improve information content of measurements and bring the retrieval of atmosphere and surface properties to qualitatively new level to face all these challenges graspsynergy consists of an ambitious consortium and to favor all these interactions we propose a set of secondments workshops and training activities that will also foster a shared culture of research and innovation
characterization of drought tolerance related mechanistic traits in sorghum related to water transport

sorghum is a drought tolerant cereal crop grown extensively by smallholder farmers in west africa it is expected to become increasingly important to crop production in the sahel and grow as part of europes grain portfolio as incidences of drought become more frequent identifying drought tolerant varieties and what traits confer drought tolerance in sorghum is of great importance to food security both in the sahel and across the world the sorgheau project will investigate drought tolerance in sorghum to uncover the mechanistic basis for this trait the role of adaptive plasticity in the drought response and the genetic control of traits relating to drought tolerance the main focus of this will be investigating vascular anatomy particularly the metaxylem and its effect on physiology and water use using diversity populations in west africa and europe will capture data on the vast majority of global genetic diversity as well as highly agronomically relevant elite lines this will facilitate gene discovery and by investigating a highly drought tolerant crop with a known diversity for this feature we expect significant findings i will use this data to identify a vascular trait with a role in drought tolerance and select lines of interest and parental candidates for mapping populations contrasting in this trait i will investigate plasticity through controlled drought experiments to characterize the role of vascular traits in the drought response i will then use this data to identify a candidate trait and conduct genetic analysis to identify associated qtls and use gene expression analysis to uncover the molecular mechanism for regulation of this trait this work will develop my skills in conducting field trials anatomical analysis and plant physiological phenotyping and i will learn new skills in synchrotron scanning transpiration phenotyping and lysimetry gene expression and genetic analysis
towards a paneuropean research infrastructure for excellent citizen science

the riecsconcept project aims to conceptualize the european research infrastructure for excellence in citizen science that will leverage both citizens resources such as mobile phones desktop computers etc and scientific existing resources citizen science platforms data collections existing ris etc and will provide transversal servicies to the research community this proposal responds to the needs of citizen science actors atomization and interoperability issues efficiency etc and lays the foundation for the worlds first complete design of this nature it sets a flagship pathway for citizen science marking a supposes significant leap forward for excellence in citizen science for the coming decadesthe riecsconcept project will produce two key outcomes a conceptual design including a feasibility study and a fiveyear implementation plan for the new research infrastructure these outcomes will provide detailed insights into the diversity and maturity of the concept considering technical operational societal and environmental challenges associated with establishing the permanent and shared infrastructure to gather project findings and communitybased evidence the consortium will conduct primary secondary and metaanalysis research involving a wide range of communities and various themes and scientific domains with a transversal and holistic approach topics addressed will include the catalogue of resources and best practices gaps assessment legal and ethical considerations as well as sustainability and governance frameworksthe consortium will cooperate with major national and international networks coorganizing activities such as surveys and workshops to bring their related solutions and needs
vortex microflow inducer that enables detection of ultralow concentrations of species in sensors

according to who in 2018 more than 100000 chemicals were released into the global environment due to their production use and disposal in this regard water is the key element for their effective transport in the food chain and since remediation can be extremely difficult such pollution is leading to acute or chronic toxicity in aquatic organisms loss of habitats and biodiversity as well as human diseases but industrial wastewater flows contain hazardous and toxic species that are not easy to process and treatment installations need extremely reliable and sensitive sensing solutions to continuously monitor the efficiency of the side stream treatment processes at the same time the world population is increasingly depending on aquaculture for nutritious food frequent analysis of the water quality is essential and needs to be performed at pointoftesting not in remote laboratories the common challenges in environmental control wastewater management and aquaculture are that in small sample sizes species need to be detected that are present in very low concentrations with a technique that can be performed at pointoftesting at low cost and in a minimum of time in the last decade new sensor technologies have emerged that can meet these challenges these sensors however require the sample to flow over the sensor surface and importantly detection is only possible if the target species in flow makes contact with the sensor surface this is one of the key technological hurdles that todays microfluidics sensors have not overcome yet in vortex sensor vortices will be induced in the flow channel with acoustic streaming an approach which was developed in erc starting grant evodis this will enable long range transport of compounds towards the sensor surface in vortex sensor a prototype of the very first biosensor with vortex microflow inducer will be built and its performance will be validated with two relevant pathogens for aquaculture of salmon
genome topology and mechanical stress

the nucleus is the stiffest organelle in the cell and is constantly challenged by intrinsic and extrinsic forces that deform the nuclear envelope chromosomes are mechanical objects that can sense transduce and adsorb mechanical forces interchromosomal contacts and nuclear envelopeassociated domains contribute to transduce mechanical stress when cells experience compression stretching or interstitial migration we aim to study the mechanical properties of the chromosomes and how genome integrity and the chromatin topological landscape are affected by nuclear deformations we will combine mechanistic genetic and genomic studies in yeast wp1 with genomic imaging and microfluidic approaches in mammalian cells wp2 in wp1 we will investigate i how the topological context influences nucleosome chirality and the epigenetic landscape ii how the interchromosomal connections mediated by topoisomerase activities influence genome mechanics iii how chromosome topology contributes to generate aberrant dna structures and how dna damage induces topological changes iv how the nuclear envelope and the nucleolus influence chromatin topology and histone modifications v how nuclear deformation affects genome integrity and the topological landscape in wp2 we will study i the atr and atmmediated mechanisms controlling nuclear and genome integrity and mechanics under unperturbed conditions or in response to mechanical stress ii how the topological context of the genome responds to mechanical forces generated by cell compression or stretching and the implications for fragile site expression iii how mechanical stress generated by interstitial migration influences genome topology chromosome instability and those mechanisms causing amplification of specific chromosomal loci the expected results may contribute to elucidate the mechanisms controlling nuclear and genome mechanics and those pathological processes promoting certain mechanodiseases
spatial skills and mathematics towards a causal understanding of mechanisms

difficulties in learning maths usually begin at the start of education and are robust over time the number of students not reaching basic levels of maths achievement remains a major societal challenge at a time when societies are increasingly demanding maths skills due to scientific and industrial progress research examining the key cognitive foundations for successful maths learning has identified spatial skills as a promising potential contributor to maths development nevertheless how and why spatial skills contribute to maths learning remains elusive spaths will therefore develop a new framework that aim to understand the causal mechanisms via which spatial skills impact maths learning this will be done firstly by using graphical causal models in particular directed acyclic graphs dag to draw causal inferences from observational data this technique originally developed for computer science and novel to cognitive and developmental psychology is a way of visually representing and testing a priori causal assumptions various spatial skills and maths abilities will be tested and causal pathways between the different abilities will be estimated in a crosscultural context which varies in the extent to which children start formal school start at 5 vs start at 6 years and allows us to generalise findings across different educational contexts second to empirically validate the findings from the causal models a training experiment will manipulate the learning of spatial skills in 5and 6yearolds spaths will unravel longawaited knowledge about the mechanism underlying the spatialmaths association this is essential for future research into efficient interventions to improve maths and to make spatial training programs more effective moreover by introducing dags to cognitive and developmental psychology spaths will provide the possibility to test causality in natural environments eg schools in which experimental data are difficult to obtain
integrated designs for future floating offshore wind farm technology

the importance of an increased exploitation of renewable energy sources is highlighted by the recent geopolitical events with their impact on energy security and pricing together with the global efforts to mitigate the anthropogenic climate change floating offshore wind with its tremendous potential will play an important role in the future to achieve the european commissions ambitious goals towards a climateneutral energy transition however the required expansion of floating offshore wind capacity to achieve eg the eus set plan targets challenges the goal to protect and preserve biodiversity habitats and species in the eu sea basins as set forth eg by the mission healthy oceans the inf4inity project integrated designs for future floating offshore wind farm technology aims to support the solution of this challenge by developing critical technologies for the offshore wind farm of the future which enable balancing human needs clean energy with natures and societys demands decreased negative environmental and social impact in particular inf4inity provides two major technology innovations an innovative nature inclusive design for gravity anchors and their associated scour protection system and 2 an innovative primary artificial reef structure combined with the floating structure of a floating offshore wind turbine to that end inf4inity combines world class numerical modelling and experimental analysis expertise with leading industrial technology development being immersed in a holistic technoenvironomic multilevel multiobjective optimisation framework inf4initys technology development results in truly innovative economically viable and sustainable solutions for the current technosocioenviroeconomic challenges of the floating offshore wind industry
photoswitchable supramolecular polymer networks toward spatial and temporal control of selfhealing function

self healing polymers ie materials which the ability to repair themselves have emerged as an attractive alternative to traditional materials due to the advantages they offer to society in terms of durability reliability and cost and energy efficiencies a fruitful approach towards these novel materials is based on the introduction of supramolecular crosslinks into polymer frameworks which due to their reversible and dynamic nature can be dissociated and reconnected multiple times to heal the damaged area however polymer toughness and autonomous healing exhibit an inverse relationship and for practical reasons the healing process must be activated in conditions that are different from the working conditions or otherwise the material becomes too soft such activation is typically carried out through thermal heating which accelerates the dynamics of the noncovalent bonds and enhances polymer chain diffusion in lightheal we plan to make a groundbreaking impact in the field of dynamic polymer networks by developing phtotoswitchable supramolecular crosslinks that exploit the extraordinary attributes of light as an external stimulus concretely we want to be able to switch onoff cooperative noncovalent crosslinks in polymer networks so that the material can reversibly alternate on demand between a mechanically tough state and a soft healable state moreover we want to achieve such control with spatial precision temporal precision and wavelength orthogonality for such goal we will combine the knowledge of the host group in gquadruplex polymer networks with the experience of the candidate in stateofthe art azobenzene photoswitches lightheal introduces fundamental challenges and unprecedented approaches in the expanding field of stimuliresponsive polymer materials with smart functionalities and constitutes the best research scenario for the candidate to learn from different fields and further develop his career