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Bioinspired-Polyamidoamine/Nanoparticle coatings as high-performing flame retardants for cellulosic fabrics

PANACEA project dealt with the design of bioinspired-polyamidoamine/nanoparticle coatings as high-performing flame retardants (FRs) for cellulosic fabrics. The main purpose is to synthesize environment-friendly, non-toxic FRs with performances comparable to those of the best traditional FRs currently used for cellulosic textiles. The overall objective is to study novel coatings based on polyamidoamines (PAAs), a family of synthetic water-soluble biocompatible and biodegradable polymers, bearing in their repeating units the same organic functions present in proteins, that were proven efficient FRs for cotton by the PANACEA supervisor. PAA preparation can be considered green and scalable as obtained by stepwise polyaddition of prim- or sec-amines to bisacrylamides in water, at room temperature and with no added catalysts. Furthermore, the synergism between PAAs and some nanoparticles (NPs) will be studied and exploited for i) improving the FR properties of selected PAAs and ii) reducing the final add-on of the most performing PAAs. PAAs with carboxylic or guanidine groups will be combined with layered double hydroxides and zinc borate nanorods in order to suppress cotton combustion in the most drastic fire scenarios, guaranteeing a low emission of combustion products. In parallel, sulphur-based-PAAs will be combined with graphene and graphene oxide with different sizes and oxidation grades. These coatings will be obtained by a water-based finishing treatment of impregnation/exhaustion and/or Layer-by-Layer assembly of biocompatible PAAs and NPs. Both these approaches are easily scalable, hence adaptable to the needs of pre-industrial production, conclusive objective of PANACEA. To this aim, the durability of such treatments will be objective of the project and achieved by initially grafting of FR PAA bearing reactive vinyl terminals through radical reactions in the presence of thermal or redox initiators, and then interacting with specific synergist NPs.
Influence of Post Fit and Post Length on Fracture Resistance: An in vitro Study

As root filled teeth often have insufficient coronal tooth structure, placement of a post is occasionally necessary to provide adequate retention for the core and final restoration. The aim of the present study was to investigate (i) the impact of post fit (form-congruence) and (ii) the influence of post length on the fracture resistance of severely damaged root filled extracted teeth.Forty single-rooted human teeth were root filled and divided into four groups (n = 10 per group). Post spaces were prepared with a depth of 6 mm (groups 1, 3) and 3 mm (groups 2, 4). Form-congruence with a maximal fit of the post within the root canal space was obtained in groups 1 and 2, whereas there was no form-congruence in groups 3 and 4. In all groups, glass fiber reinforced composite (FRC) posts were adhesively cemented and direct composite crown buildups were fabricated without a ferrule. Specimens were subjected to thermocycling and cyclic loading followed by application of static load until failure. Loads-to-failure [in N] were compared among the groups.Post fit did not have a significant influence on fracture resistance, irrespective of the post length. Both groups with post insertion depths of 6 mm resulted in significantly higher mean failure loads (group 1: 274.27 N; group 3: 277.16 N) than the groups with post space preparation of 3 mm (group 2: 250.40 N; group 4: 255.48 N).Within the limitations of this study, the fracture resistance of teeth restored with FRC posts and direct resin composite crowns without ferrules was not influenced by post fit within the root canal. These results imply that excessive post space preparation aimed at producing an optimal circumferential post fit is not required to improve fracture resistance of roots.
Modeling and Simulation of Five-Axis Milling Machine Based on ADAMS

A method for motion control and analysis of five-axis milling machine was proposed by means of simulation. The method started from solid modeling of five-axis milling machine in PRO/E, and then imported the model into ADAMS, generating its own solid model, through seamless interface software Mechanism/Pro 2005. Therefore, co-simulation of PRO/E and ADAMS was realized. On the platform of ADAMS, constraints and drivers necessary for simulation was added to the solid model and the simulation was begun. During the simulation process, motion parameters of each head were produced, and these information directly provided a control basis for NC machining of five-axis milling machine. Thus, the performance study of five-axis milling machine through simulation was realized on the computer and it provided an effective method for the engineering design of the machine.
A genomic and macroevolutionary approach to studying diversification in an insect-plant arms race

The exuberant proliferation of herbivorous insects is often attributed to their association with plants, making their interactions of particular importance to understanding what is driving their vast diversity. Early biologists exploring the underlying factors proposed the hypothesis of coevolution (and the escape and radiate model). Despite general support for this hypothesis, the macroevolutionary and genomic consequences of the origins and evolutionary dynamics of host-plant shifts remain elusive. Recent results illustrate the need for a multidisciplinary approach to assessing the role of host plants in shaping insect diversity at macroevolutionary scales. Using the swallowtail butterflies (Papilionidae) and their host plants, this project will develop a macroevolutionary and genomic framework to studying the origin and evolution of an arms race through time and space. We will build a complete species-level phylogeny for Papilionidae relying on whole-genome sequencing for all species. This time-calibrated phylogeny will be combined with species traits to estimate ancestral host-plant preferences and subsequent host-plant shifts. We will reconstruct dated phylogenies of the main host-plant families to estimate whether the butterflies and their host plants diversified concurrently through time and space. Diversification rates will be estimated for shifting/non-shifting and prey/non-prey clades. A matching genomic survey will to look for genes under positive selection by comparing sets of phylogenetic branches that experienced a host-plant shift versus branches without such a shift. Transcriptomes will be characterized for caterpillars and their plants to identify and pinpoint the genes involved in the arms race, as well as to compare them across the swallowtail tree of life. With this ambitious research proposal, we aim to provide answers to longstanding and fundamental evolutionary questions on the mechanisms behind ecological interactions over long timescales.
Contusive spinal cord injury up regulates mu-opioid receptor (mor)gene expression in the brain and down regulates its expression in the spinal cord: possible implications in spinal cord injury research

Traumatic spinal cord injury (SCI) is one of the dreaded neurological conditions and finding a cure for it has been a hot area of research. Naloxone - a mu-opiate receptor (mor) antagonist was considered for SCI treatment based on its positive effects under shock conditions. In contrary to animal studies based reports about the potential benefits of naloxone in treating SCI, a large scale clinical trial [National Acute Spinal Cord Injury Study II (NASCIS II)] conducted in USA failed to witness any effectiveness. The inconsistency noticed was intriguing. Therefore, the objective of the present study was to re-examine the role of naloxone in treating SCI using a highly standardised Multicenter Animal Spinal Cord Injury Study (MASCIS) animal model of contusive SCI. Results indicated that naloxone produced negligible and insignificant neuroprotection. In an attempt to understand the cause for the failure, it was found that mu-opioid receptor (mor) gene expression was upregulated in the brain but was down regulated in the spinal cord after contusive SCI. Given that the beneficial effects of naloxone are through its action on the mor, the results indicate that unlike the brain, spinal cord might not be bracing to utilise the opiate system in the repair process. This could possibly explain the failure of naloxone treatment in NASCIS II. To conclude, opiate antagonists like naloxone may be neuroprotective for treating traumatic brain injuries, but not for traumatic/contusive spinal cord injuries.
TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY IN LAND USE FOR SOYBEAN CROPPING BY SMALL FARMS EVIDENCES FROM NORTHERN MATO GROSSO, BRAZIL

Nuestro objetivo fue analizar la eficiencia de los pequeños agricultores en Mato Grosso que cultivan soja. Se empleó el método de la Análisis de la Envoltura de Datos (AED) y verificamos los factores que afectan la eficiencia con un modelo logit. Los resultados demostraron que solo pocos agricultores son eficientes en el cultivo de soja porque esta producción se basa en economías de escala debido a los altos costos involucrados en el paquete tecnológico. Se identificaron dos prácticas principales para reducir la dependencia de los pequeños agricultores de las economías de escala: con contratos entre agricultores y tradings para financiar los costosy la adquisición de maquinaria usada o contratos de servicios en sustitución de nuevos equipos. La soja demostró ser económicamente viable también en agricultores ineficientes, pero requiere el desarrollo de mejores políticas para ser sostenible.
Research advances on pasture management model

The healthy and production level of natural pasture,which is one of the most important utilization terminals of grassland,depend on its management level.With the developing of information technologies,and the quantifying and segmenting of ecological studies,studies on pasture management model and how to use these models to guide actual production have become one of the hotspots of modern grassland agricultural study.As one of grazing system models,pasture management model is the decision support system(DSS) of grassland production and livestock production.It simulates the effects of different production and management modes,and guides actual production,by collecting data of grassland growth,livestock growth,livestock production and management modes.To provide references for domestic researches on pasture management model,research advances on pasture management model at home and abroad were reviewed,and further prospect on development of pasture management model in future was made in this study.
Insights Into the Development of Alcoholic Chronic Pancreatitis at Soweto, South Africa

We asked why so few working-class Africans of Soweto have chronic pancreatitis (CP) when alcoholism is the norm.Twenty-one alcoholics with acute psychosis but normal pancreas were investigated for lifestyle, micronutrient status, electrophilic stress, and iron overload.Alcoholics consumed more ethanol daily than did 14 previously studied patients with CP (P = 0.003); cigarette usage was similar; both groups had even poorer vitamin C status than 14 healthy controls, and no participant had iron overload. The CP group had higher scores for exposure to occupational xenobiotics than did alcoholics (P < 0.05), with lower plasma glutathione (P = 0.047) and urinary inorganic sulfate (P = 0.009). Further analysis identified hyperhomocysteinemia in the alcoholic set, with lower vitamin B12 (P < 0.001), higher folic acid (P = 0.003), and similar vitamin B6 levels compared with controls.The transition from alcoholism to CP in Soweto is associated with occupational exposure to xenobiotics. Among detoxification systems that are strained thereby, glutathione and inorganic sulfate depend on methionine intake, which is ample in Sowetans, whereas vitamin C, which exerts a glutathione-sparing effect, is deficient. Hence, a daily tablet of vitamin C may enable community prophylaxis against the disease--but homocysteine status would need monitoring.
Acquisition of Clostridium difficile by piglets

Clostridium difficile is recognized as an important cause of nosocomial diarrhoea in humans especially in association with administration of antibiotics. In pigs, C. difficile can cause neonatal enteritis and can be isolated from faeces from both diseased and healthy animals. The presented prospective study describes how soon C. difficile can be isolated from newborn piglets after normal parturition and how C. difficile spreads within a pig farm. Six sows, their farrowing crates and their litters at one farm were sampled until C. difficile was found in all piglets. Within 48 h after birth, all 71 piglets became positive for C. difficile (two piglets were already positive within 1h post partum), all sows became positive within 113 h after parturition and the farrowing crates were found intermittently positive. C. difficile could also be detected in air samples and in samples of teats of the sows. All isolates belonged to PCR ribotype 078. Twenty-one C. difficile ribotype 078 isolates, found at the farm, were further analyzed by MLVA (multiple-locus variable-number tandem repeat analysis) and belonged to one clonal complex, except one isolate. To be sure that piglets were not born already infected with C. difficile ribotype 078, 38 caesarean derived piglets were sampled immediately after surgery. All piglets tested negative at delivery and stayed negative for C. difficile ribotype 078 during the 21 days in which they were kept in sterile incubators. This study shows that C. difficile ribotype 078 spreads easily between sows, piglets and the environment. Vertical transmission of C. difficile ribotype 078 was not found and is very unlikely to occur.
LIGURBONIFICHE SIMPLIFIED LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY

LIGURBONIFICHE OPERATES IN THE FIELD OF DISINFESTATION AND BASES ITS ACTIVITY ON A SOLID EXPERIENCE DEVELOPED IN THE FIELD OF CIVIL, INDUSTRIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HYGIENE. THE COMPANY OFFERS SERVICES BOTH FOR PRIVATE CUSTOMERS AND FOR PUBLIC ADMINISTRATIONS AND FOR OWNERS OF HOMES, VILLAS AND ADMINISTRATORS OF CONDOMINIUMS OR ENTREPRENEURS OPERATING IN VARIOUS PRODUCT SECTORS (HEAVY OR FOOD INDUSTRY). IN DETAIL, THE COMPANY OFFERS VARIOUS SERVICES FROM DISINFESTATION TO GRAFFITI REMOVAL, THROUGH DISINFECTION, FUMIGATION, SANITATION OF PREMISES, THE FOOD INDUSTRY AND DERATTISATION. AS FAR AS DISINFESTATION IS CONCERNED, THIS IS THE SET OF OPERATIONS TO LIMIT THE SPREAD AND PROLIFERATION OF PARASITES, AND ALL THE DAMAGE THEY MAY CAUSE. THE ACTIVITY OF THE COMPANY CONSISTS OF RETURNING TO AN ENVIRONMENT THE DEGREE OF HYGIENE AND SAFETY NECESSARY FOR YOU TO LIVE THERE, WITH THE AIM OF OFFERING OPTIMAL AND LASTING RESULTS.
Application of AMSR-E Brightness Temperature Data in Observation and Simulation of Soil Moisture Variation over Northeast Plateau

An estimation model of soil moisture from the AMSR-E brightness temperature data was coupled into the WRF-Noah mesoscale numerical model for improving the observation and model simulation ability of soil moisture over Northeast Plateau.The main condusions are as follows: Firstly the land surface soil moisture(SM) in the northeastern part of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau was estimated by the AMSR-E brightness temperature data.Its value was something lower than the observed and the NCEP reanalysed data,but regional distribution was reasonable and the temporal variation showed a quick response to the daily precipitation.Sencondly,the estimated SM was assimilated into the WRF-Noah model by using the Newtonian relaxation assimilation method.By fine tuning of the quality factor in the Newtonian relaxation method,the simulated SM values were obviously improved in desert areas,somewhat improvements also occurred grassland,shrub and grass mixed zones.On temporal scale,the difference between the simulated and observed SM were also decreased.
Infrared structural monitoring of cracks using thermoelastic analysis in production environments

This proposal is built around a well-established set of laboratory-based techniques, which use Thermoelastic Stress Analysis (TSA) for characterising strain fields associated with structural features.  It is proposed to extend their applicability to aircraft structure tests and to enhance their productivity through the use of automation for data acquisition and processing in an industrial environment.  Thermoelastic stress analysis is well-established as a laboratory-based technique  and its use for structural analysis , fracture mechanics  and damage mechanics  has been explored extensively.  Most of the work so far has been performed using relatively small test coupons with simple structural features.  In the proposed work the aim is to prove the feasibility of applying thermoelastic stress analysis in a structural test environment for detecting stress hotspots.  The structural test tools developed will enable fast acquisition of data-rich stress fields in large aerospace components during structural tests at relatively low cost and the post-processing capabilities will allow meaningful comparison of experimental results with those from computational models and service life evaluations. The scientific and technical objectives are designed to lead to innovative methodologies that will enable more detailed stress information to be acquired during aircraft structure tests.  These methodologies will be faster, lower cost and provide higher confidence in computational models than is possible at the moment.
UNDERWATER COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS, UNDERWATER SPEAKERS, UNDERWATER MICROPHONE ASSEMBLIES AND METHODS

Underwater communication systems, underwater speakers, underwater microphone assemblies and associated methods are described. According to one aspect, an underwater speaker includes a housing, a transducer member coupled with the housing and positioned to contact a body of water, wherein the transducer member is configured to vibrate to generate sound pressure waves within the body of water which comprise content which is audible to humans within the body of water, and an exciter coupled with the transducer member and configured to impart forces to the transducer member to cause the vibration of the transducer member to generate the sound pressure waves in the body of water as result of a received electrical signal which comprises the content.
Current expression mode of clan's power of discourse——Humanics investigation on establishing ancestral temple and revising pedigree of clans at Heye Town

The activities such as ancestral temple reconstruction and revising pedigree of clans,etc.are substantially the expression mode of clan's power of discourse and an appeal of clan's consciousness after the loss of clan's power of discourse for a long time.This paper takes the Ge's establishment of ancestral temple and revision of pedigree of clans at Heye Town of Hunan Province as an example to expound the process of establishing ancestral temple and revising pedigree of clans,analyze the background and motivating force for revitalizing clan's consciousness,propose that these activities manifest the restoration and reappearance of traditional ethnics.They embody local politics and economic appeal;it is a result of mutual adjustment between a country and civilian power;it is motivated by local knowledge and modern technology;the appeal for pedigree of a clan is a practical problem existed nowadays that should be fully regarded and correctly guided.
Smarter finance for families–improving citizens’ health, comfort and financial well-being by supporting banks, residential investors and solution providers with green homes and green mortgage programs

Many citizens, particularly in nascent green building markets, make suboptimal decisions in the design and construction choices for renovation approaches and new home purchases due to a fear of bank financing. Borrowing sufficiently to bring forward necessary resources to build homes properly both reduces citizens’ “Total Cost of Monthly Ownership” (loan payment plus energy, health and repair costs) while unlocking a critical increase of construction budgets facilitating ownership of the greenest, high-quality homes.  Financing Green Homes with the borrower subject to lower monthly operating costs is less risky to banks which provide discounted credit without harming profits.   
 
The SMARTER project effectively communicates the benefits of Green Homes to citizens and other key stakeholders to bring a systemic solution to a systemic problem that inhibits the financial industry to design and offer green finance products and the citizens to understand and request them. SMARTER replicates a successful “Green Homes and Green Mortgage” program to 12 new countries, addresses barriers and brings green innovation with relevant research and cluster formation, adapts essential tools for administration and communication, and effectively expands collection of actual energy and financial performance to improve risk analysis with local data. Public investment is leveraged and ambitious green EU targets are supported as banks, developers, and green solution providers all contribute budgets to increase private financing for building exemplary homes.   
 
The SMARTER “Green Homes Investment Platform” guides new programs to a suitably ambitious, common definition of green investments and facilitates institutional investment by collaborating with ongoing initiatives including EeMAP and EEFIG; aligning with EC objectives such as “Mainstreaming Energy Efficiency Finance” and advancing the Financial, Technical and Behavioral de-risking championed by “Smart Finance for Smart Buildings"".
Noratest: an e-health solution for a better alzheimer's diagnosis and management

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a major medical problem and is currently an issue of global general interest as the total number of people with dementia is projected to reach ~80M in 2030 and almost duplicating this number by 2050. The lack of an efficient and affordable solution in the AD's health care sector has motivated our company Alzohis to develop NORATEST, a very unique and innovative e-Health platform producing significant improvements, in terms of speed efficiency, in the detection of neurodegenerative diseases. By means of a novel combination of biomarkers “signatures” detectable in the blood with a state-of-the-art computer algorithm NORATEST can discriminate patients suffering AD from those healthy ones, as well as detecting other neurodegenerative diseases. Our prototype, currently at TRL6, is the first reliable non-invasive molecular diagnostic method able to detect the disease in the very early stages, offering several competitive and innovative advantages such as: Cost-effective novel technology, fast, accurate, early ddiagnosis, data privacy coupled to smart analytics, user-friendly and highly scalable and adaptable platform. Our business model is a pay-per-use combined model of charging per analysis and direct online sales. The global AD market shows great opportunities for us since it was worth €2.5 B in 2016 and is set to reach €12.6 B by 2026 (CAGR of 17.5%). Worldwide we expect a market growth in both established and in developing countries, anticipating >5M annual AD's diagnoses in the two main markets leaders based in Europe (2.5-3.5M diagnoses/year) and USA (1.5-2.5M diagnoses/year) by 2024. Our company goal is to become the reference for AD's diagnosis in Europe. We estimated that in 5 years (end of Phase 2 project), we will accumulate 360K diagnosis tests sales (revenue €54M) accounting for ~2% of the EU and USA market. We expect to hire 40 new technical and sales employees and earn ~€32M profit, with a ROI of 6.5.