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earth observation for early warning of land degradation at european frontier

land degradation ld is the worlds greatest environmental challenge affecting the environment agriculture and human wellbeing intensified by natural disasters and desertification the ld may present potential risks and socioeconomic tension at the european union eu frontier the project aims to develop an innovative framework to provide an early warning system ews and responses to the ld threatening the eu from its external border using multisource and multiscale earth observation eo data the consortium consists of the university lusofona pt which will work with big data management smart computation and risk analysis center for remote sensing of land surfaces of the university of bonn ge bringing their longterm research expertise on the ld scientific centre for aerospace research of the earth ua supporting with indepth knowledge on development and application of advanced eobased technologies sme ecomm ua implementing the emergent geoinformational solutions the university of zilina sl working in multistate simulation system for the ld risk assessment and advanced cloud computing the university of marrakech morocco with longterm experience in the inland ld and desertification evaluation using the eo data the resource ingeneering company resing implementing the developed ews prototype providing the necessary data and logistic support the ews prototype will be delivered to the eu and tested in complementary conditions in ukraine facing anthropogenic impact risks and in morocco where desertification risks are intensifying the intersectoral regionspecific expertise and skilltransfer secondments will ensure the selfsustainability and further evolution of the delivered system and of the consortium dissemination of the approach to the agricultural consumers will support the development of environmental and socioeconomic factors reach out to the remote rural society and enhance cooperation with and within the eu
digital innovative crosssector services for greater citizen integration in a just energy transition and societal empowerment

digitise aspires to enable the digital literacy and empowerment of consumers prosumers as well as the active engagement in digital energy activities and markets and the obtainment of an active role in the energy transition it brings together proven knowhow and tangible expertise around energy systems and flexibility services energy markets and transactions social human engagement in digital ecosystems it integrates advanced technologies for innovative crosssector services digital twins dltenabled marketplaces ai analytics and big data management interoperability and security into a holistic endtoend consumer empowerment framework that will be extensively validated in 1 well and long established living lab and 4 largescale demonstration sites in greece spain croatia and ireland involving the required actors consumers prosumers and the business actors retailersaggregatorslecs diverse cross domain data sources heterogeneous energy and nonenergy systemsassets and multivariate climatic and socioeconomic characteristics
characterising the microbiome and mycotoxin profiles of winter wheat varieties grown under sustainable crop protection system

during wheat colonisation toxigenic fusarium species produce substantial numbers of mycotoxins which pose serious adverse health effects in human and animals the current control strategies rely on the use of resistant varieties and synthetic fungicides however these control measures are not always effective moreover excessive use of fungicides has led to the development of resistance in many toxigenic fusarium species therefore there is an urgent need to develop an effective and sustainable method to minimise wheat mycotoxin content the goal of this project is to provide novel insights into the role of wheat microbiome in preventing mycotoxin contamination and to identify wheat varieties and microbes with potential to promote the suppression of mycotoxin production in wheat fungicide untreated winter wheat varieties will be collected from three different experimental field sites in ireland and northern ireland then a targeted metabolomics approach will be used to quantify 10 important mycotoxins in winter wheat samples to identify resistant and susceptible varieties subsequently dna will be extracted from the samples and a cultureindependent shotgun metagenomic highthroughput sequencing will be applied to characterise the microbiome diversity and function of wheat varieties robust statistical tests and bioinformatics tools will be used to analyse and compare sequences and mycotoxin level data to identify specific microbial species and metabolic pathways that are significantly correlated with wheat varieties found resistant and susceptible to mycotoxin accumulation ultimately the identification of specific wheat varieties that recruit microbiomes that can inhibit mycotoxin production opens new horizons for breeding nextgeneration crops depending less on fungicide input and resistant to mycotoxin contamination this project and the planned training activities will further enhance my skills to become an independent researcher
environmental histories of resource extraction in africa understanding cultural and political responses to environmental transformation

resource extraction industries have propelled environmental transformation across africa most notably between 1950 and 2020 the undeniably dramatic effects of mining and oil drilling on landscapes and lifeworlds have elicited radically divergent cultural and political responses from apparent acquiescence to violent protest and accusations of ecocide yet the nature of the relationship between environmental change and human response in african localities remains extremely poorly conceptualised afrextract addresses this gap by analysing how various actors in three emblematic sites the witwatersrand the copperbelt and the niger delta have experienced and responded to environmental change the first study to investigate this comprehensively and comparatively afrextract demonstrates that insights from environmental history political ecology and environmental humanities are crucial to topical debates about colonialitydecoloniality and the anthropocene our main objectives are 1 to identify the causal factors informing human response to environmental transformation through three indepth case studies gold mining in south africa copper mining in zambia oil drilling in nigeria 2 to analyse how cultural expression specifically literature and music has made sense of environmental change 3 to conceptualise varieties of environmentalism beyond a binary of resistance and resignation afrextract will combine archival research with oral history literary analysis and ethnomusicology to document changing values regarding the environment a new analytical framework will facilitate engagement with global discussions about extractivism colonialismpostcolonialism environmental inequality and climate change as resource extraction and its toxic legacies are set to continue a historical understanding of these issues is imperative
timing the economic cultural and environmental patterns of agropastoralism development in the indoiranian borderlands

the emergencethe emergence of an agropastoral way of life in south west asia from the late 10th millennium bce revolutionised the social organisation of prehistoric communities the spread of this new economic and cultural model followed several trajectories a key region comprised between the zagros mountains of the iranian plateau to the indus valley in the plains of pakistan known as indoiranian borderlands iibl is yet poorly explored current knowledge of agropastoralism dynamics and dispersal in this area remains fragmentary due to the lack of a robust chronological frame drawing temporal links between the settlements the agrochrono project particularly explores the development of agropastoralism among agropastoral societies of the 7th to 4th millennium bce in the iibl around four research themes i the chronology to resolve the time frame of early agropastoral occupations in this region ii the economy to document human subsistence practices with the exploitation of domestic resources iii the palaeoenvironment setting and variations that may have influenced the settlement patterns and availability of natural resources necessary for their subsistence iv the cultural and economic links between the various settlements by gathering all the archaeological datasets available all these aspects are investigated using a combination of classical archaeological bioarchaeological and palaeoenvironmental methods together with the latest developments in biomolecular isotopic and chronometric techniques it particularly includes the next stage of development for compoundspecific radiocarbon analyses of archaeological and environmental matrices a stateoftheart method essential for resolving the local problematics regarding the chronology all the generated data will be modelled to test various scenarios on the emergence of agropastoralism in the iibl and to determine if this resulted from a single cultural diffusion or local independent trajectories
autonomous indoor farming

autofarm brings a disruptive and novel automated way of operating greenhouses to the market applying a revolutionary new growing system that unlocks plant mobility for optimal use of robotisation and artificial intelligence worldwide the hightech indoor farm sector is expanding from 60k hectares to 80k in 2025 this growth is triggered by the societal need for climate resilient food production the fast growing market demand for fresh food and the economic need for greater resource use efficiency to enable this growth many hightech indoor farming processes have been standardised and optimised but the automation of labour availability and crop management is lagging behindsaia introduces through autofarm a paradigm shift towards a food factory of the future where 50 of the labour is automated and crop management is supported by data mining and artificial intelligence saias novel plant system enables yearround steady production which allows for 30 more yield
european performing science program

fundacin pica la fura dels baus proposes in collaboration with a wide scientific ecosystem the european performing science program epsp that include the two editions of european performing science night epsn for 2024 and 2025 as well as the next generation performing science ngps activities for schools the epsp 2425 will be consolidated as an implemented program that brings researchers closer to the public and vice versa and makes their work more tangible and accessible among civil society the programme uses an innovative approach based on art and culture as a common language and new narratives and communication tools for researchers that is i training to equip researchers with skills to deal with scientific communication ii bring researchers and their disciplines to schools through cocreation sessions debate and conversations focused on the researchers works projects and disciplines by using technology and new language tools iii the realisation of artistic cocreation based on the work of researchers to show the diversity of science and its impact on the daily lives of citizens and iv a round table performaforum after the performance experience to promote open science and help stimulate interest in research careers
twodimensionally multiplexed ondemand quantum memories

a longdistance quantum network requires quantum repeaters dispersed between the end nodes at intercity distances the entangling rate of quantum repeaters may be limited by the photon travel time and the classical communication time quantum repeaters and memories based on rareearthdoped crystals overcome this limitation as the atomic frequency comb afc protocol preparing these memories allows for temporal multiplexing besides temporal multiplexing spatial and frequency multiplexing are also possibilities for rareearthdoped crystalsentanglement between these quantum memories is generated in a hybrid and heralded scheme by entangling each memory with a telecom photon and detecting a single photon after a beam splitter thus the key element for quantum repeaters with rareearthdoped crystals is the quantum correlations between the telecom photons and the memoriesin this project i will extend the storage capabilities and the entanglement generation rate of rareearthdoped crystals such that realistic quantum repeater applications at intercity distances are within reach the research project is divided into three research objectives first i will establish quantum correlations between a longlived ondemand quantum memory and telecom photons the correlations will be stored in spin waves for over milliseconds second i will implement spatial multiplexing and store quantum correlations between telecom photons and 100 spatial modes of a single crystal the spatial multiplexing is realized with acoustooptical devices in a crossed configuration third i will entangle two ondemand quantum memories in 1700 modes with temporal and spatial multiplexingi expect that spatial multiplexing will become a standard tool for solidstate crystal memories entanglement of two ondemand memories in 1700 modes will mark a shift in paradigm as this is the first demonstration of entanglement of two solidstate memories with multiplexing in two degrees of freedom
fascist prehistory nationalist and internationalist dimensions of the human origin researches in the fascist capital 19251942

fascistprehistory proposes to study the development of palaeolithic archaeology as a field of inquiry in fascist italy breaking away from the traditional historiographic association of archaeology with nationalism the project seeks to open an international perspective on the conditions that shaped scientific development of the homo sapiens paradigm under fascism considering the vatican crucial role as a vector of the internationalization of the fascist project fascistprehistory scrutinizes the coconstruction of the universalist paradigm of homo sapiens in the contexts of fascist rome during the 1920s through 40s it sets its focus on interwar rome as both the national centre and international display case of italian culture under the fascist regime it explores the developments leading up to and in between two major shows of palaeolithic archaeology at the vatican missionary exhibition 1925 and the esposizione universale di roma 1942 respectively the project concentrates on the role archaeologists played in the construction of the fascist international cultural agenda through their elaboration of universalists scientific discoursesbringing together leading experts in the fields of scientific internationalism maastricht university and catholic and contemporary history secondment cole française de rome fascistprehistory aims to renew our understanding of the role of the sciences in the building of a cosmopolitan culture under fascism by means of the placement at istituto italiano di paleontologia umana the project will also provide an accessible introduction to fascist scientific heritage to various audiences
mom matters expound the influence of the interaction between maternal 5htt genotype and maternal care on offsprings individual neurodevelopment

serotonin plays a prominent role in a wide range of psychiatric disorders importantly serotonin 5ht is not only a neurotransmitter but also a neurotrophic factor during brain development contributing to neurodevelopmental disorders ndds one largely neglected source of 5ht affecting development is maternal serotonergic genotype which can influence offspring through the placenta and by changing maternal care behaviour as a pediatrician i am interested in the latter as it unlike the biological route can be modified providing an opening for early intervention for children with ndds here i will delineate for the first time how maternal serotonin transporter 5htt genotype affects maternal care behaviour and impacts offspring development from an individual perspectiveto understand the influence of maternal 5htt genotype on offsprings development related to sex and genotype i will use the wellestablished 5htt knockout 5htt rat modeling 5htt gene variance in humans and affecting maternal care first i will examine maternal care behaviours in wildtype and 5htt mothers and the developmental trajectories of male and female offspring with varying 5htt genotypes by tests assessing social and emotional behaviour from infancy to adulthood included are highly sophisticated analyzes of ultrasonic vocalizations which i am an expert in second i will elucidate the offsprings brainwide neuronal activity pattern using cuttingedge brain clearing and 3d lightsheet microscopy to test causality and provide a lead for an early intervention i will determine if enrichment ameliorates maternal care and improves offspring development this project is expected to uncover how mother genotype influences offspring development in the context of behaviours relevant to ndds and whether the developmental trajectory can be improved through a nonpharmacological intervention
a multiomics approach for novel drug targets biomarkers and risk algorithms for myocardial infarction

in targetmi we propose a high throughput multiomic approach for rapid discovery of novel drug targets biomarkers and risk algorithms applied here to atherosclerosis myocardial infarction mi and their risk factors cardiovascular disease is a major cause of death and morbidity worldwide the causes of mi are highly complex involving genetic lifestyle and environmental factors whilst much research effort has been invested in attempting to decipher these factors clinical applications of findings are disappointingly few we will harness four omic datasets whole genome transcriptomic metabolomic and proteomic data on 1000 highly phenotyped samples of the maltese acute myocardial infarction mami study these were collected from cases controls and relatives of cases including 80 families with meticulous attention to preanalytical variables we will identify intermediate phenotypes associated with risk of mi and its associated risk factors using a combination of approaches including extreme phenotype and familybased approaches we will identify variants which robustly influence these intermediate phenotypes the genes thus identified are potential drug targets that influence risk of mi via an intermediate phenotype and are applicable across all populations they will be validated through various approaches including computational analysis using mendelian randomisation and 10 year followup data and functional work that includes using zebrafish as an animal model machine learning algorithms will be used to analyse the multilayered data to identify novel biomarkers and risk algorithms including polygenic risk scores for early risk prediction in the clinic quantitative targeted proteomic assays will be developed for further validation in other cohorts facilitating clinical use besides the increase in knowledge on the molecular etiology of mi this powerful integrated strategy will bring rapid clinical translation of unprecedented multiomic data
critical action planning over extremescale data

the vision of crexdata is to develop a generic platform for realtime critical situation management including flexible action planning and agile decision making over streaming data of extreme scale and complexity crexdata develops the algorithmic apparatus software architectures and tools for federated predictive analytics and forecasting under uncertainty the envisioned framework boosts proactive decision making providing highly accurate and transparent short and longterm forecasts explainable via advanced visual analytics and accurate realtime augmented reality facilities to achieve its vision crexdata will develop a next generation predictionasaservice paas system where action planners will easily register their multimodal data stream sources and compute resource federations and graphically design predictive analytics workflows including i data ingestion fusion ii simulation iii federated learning for pattern extraction and iv multiresolution forecasting operators decision makers will receive back extremely precise forecasted representations of future worlds reasoned about using transparent ai facilities and with reduced complexity via visual analytics and intuitive augmented reality provided onsite or remotely the crexdata architecture incorporates 10 exploitable assets based on cutting edge research which will significantly outperform the current state of practice in respective fields crexdata will be evaluated in three use cases where realtime critical action planning and timely decision making are of utmost importance i maritime domain for forecasting hazardous situations at sea and impose safer navigational routes ii weather emergency management to allow authorities and first responders proactively act so as to avoid or reduce the impact and speed up recovery from natural disasters and iii health crisis management to limit pandemic outbreaks and come up with nonpharmaceutical means of patient treatment
solidarity sovereignty and sanctuary on the seas a global history of boat refugees since the 1940s

in 2015 over one million boat refugees sailed across the mediterranean this was not the first time that people took to the seas in search of asylum during the 1940s jewish boat refugees voyaged across the mediterranean in the 1970s and 1980s vietnamese boat people traversed the south china sea in the 198in 2015 over one million boat refugees sailed across the mediterranean this was not the first time that people took to the seas in search of asylum during the 1940s jewish boat refugees voyaged across the mediterranean in the 1970s and 1980s vietnamese boat people traversed the south china sea in the 1980s and 1990s cubans and haitians tried to navigate the caribbean to reach the us and in the 1990s and 2000s boat refugees sailed across the indian ocean the gulf of aden and the mediterranean in an attempt to reach australia yemen and europe respectively the central research question framing this project is how did notions of solidarity sovereignty and sanctuary influence the experience and reception of boat refugees across time and space the research team will be guided by the related subquestion who hindered and who helped boat refugees on their journeys and whyeach of the subprojects will examine a whether there was solidarity onboard between boat refugees b whether boat refugees encountered solidarity from nonstate actors such as merchant vessels fishing boats and ngo search and rescue missions c how states responded to boat refugees at sea and d whether boat refugees attained sanctuary after their journeythis projects groundbreaking character lies in three aspects 1 thinking through seas 2 going beyond the state and 3 comparing the experience and reception of boat refugees across time and space the main sources that the project will rely upon will be interviews with boat refugees nonstate and state actors oral history state archives ngo archival collections legal cases and contemporary media coverage