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COOPERAZIONE DELLE RETI ECOLOGICHE NEL MEDITERRANEO

The project's theme is the projection of the global issues of ecological network, in view of a synergistic sharing of intent to cross-border, cross-sector, cross-cultural and social.

 The overall project objective is to enhance the natural heritage and biodiversity in particular regions of the Mediterranean, through:
 • Reduction of human pressure and threats on the unique and rare habitats and sites that have a greater wealth of habitats;
 • Strengthening connections between the fields of public administration through improved management, greater integration of policies and planning tools, evaluation of the effectiveness of existing management tools;
 • Strengthening the role of enterprises for sustainable development, by promoting opportunities for sustainable development, information management to integrate human activities and nature protection, discouraging business impact;
 • Strengthening participation and citizen involvement.

 Recipients of the project are both parties, public and private, involved in the management of the areas, the community is appropriately informed and sensitized on the issues of interest.

 The main activities are summarized in: interventions aimed at recovery and protection of compromised sites, identification and exchange of good practices, empowerment of the people involved in management, awareness and information on a collective level.
Progesterone Profiles and Change in Rectal Temperature in Induced Whelping Bitches

The present study was conducted in 29 clinical cases. Whelping was induced by using cloprostenol, dinoprostone plus cloprostenol and mifepristone plus cloprostenol. The mean duration of time interval from starting of treatment to beginning of whelping was 34.46 ± 4.70, 40.48 ± 6.47and 26.98 ± 4.51 hours in three treatment groups respectively. The mean plasma progesterone concentrations were 3.89 ± 0.54, 3.54 ± 0.31, 2.72 ± 0.41 and 3.83 ± 0.2 ng/ml before starting of treatment; 1.92 ± 0.13, 1.86 ± 0.12, 2.87 ± 0.5 and 1.55 ± 0.21 ng/ml at 2 to 12 hours before whelping and 0.56 ± 0.06, 0.53 ± 0.08, 1.18 ± 0.4 and 0.74 ± 0.13 ng/ml during 0 to 6 hours after whelping in three treatment groups respectively. The mean rectal temperature was 101.23 ± 0.20, 101.62 ± 0.17, 101.86 ± 0.30 and 102.08 ± 0.08 oF before starting of treatment; 99.98 ± 0.53, 100.85 ± 0.28, 101.43 ± 0.35 and 100.5 ± 0.22 oF at 12 hours after treatment; 99.94 ± 0.21, 100.15 ±0.3, 101.5 ± 0.38 and 99.95 ± 0.24 oF at 24 hours after treatment; 100.75 ± 0.48, 101.79 ± 0.10, 101.88 ± 0.32 and 101.3 ± 0.14 oF at 36 hours after treatment and 101.5 ± 0.75, 102.0 ± 0.5 and 101.8 ± 0.16 oF at 48 hours after treatment in cloprostenol, dinoprostone plus cloprostenol, mifepristone plus cloprostenol and control groups respectively.
(21611.16122020.180000096) E.T.I.CO.V

INNOVATIVE TERRITORIAL EMPORIO OF THE COMMUNITY? FROM THE VILLAGE. THE PROJECT AIMS, AS PART OF AN INTEGRATED RURAL AND LOCAL DEVELOPMENT PROCESS, TO INITIATE AN ACTIVE FORM OF ANIMATION AND SOCIAL INTEGRATION IN A SMALL FRACTION OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF CINIGIANO (GROSSETO), THAT OF SANTA RITA VILLAGE (CALLED BY THE LOCAL POPULATION, AFFECTIONATELY THE VILLAGE?), THROUGH THE CREATION OF AN INNOVATIVE NETWORK OF SERVICES TO THE POPULATION. THE VILLAGE? IT WAS INAUGURATED IN 1964, DESIGNED AND BUILT FOLLOWING THE AGRICULTURAL REFORM OF MAREMMA; A SMALL RURAL TOWN LOCATED NEAR THE PROVINCIAL ROAD OF CIPRESSINO THAT LEADS FROM PAGANICO TO MONTE AMIATA AND NEXT TO A SMALL ARTISAN-INDUSTRIAL AREA. BORGO SANTA RITA? REFERENCE POINT OF A LARGE AGRICULTURAL AREA OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF CINIGIANO. THE PROPOSED PROJECT? FROM THE COMPANY? AGRICULTURAL COOPERATIVE HILLS AMIATINE, WITH REGISTERED OFFICE IN CINIGIANO (GR) IN VIA PASQUALE LANDI, 6. THE COOPERATIVE WORK PREVAILS
Control-limit policies for a class of stopping time problems with termination restrictions

We consider a class of stopping time problems in which the state of the process evolves according to a discrete-time Markov chain and the action which terminates the process is available only in a certain subset of the state space. For the objective of maximizing total expected discounted reward we develop an infinite-horizon Markov decision process formulation and derive two families of sufficient conditions under which the optimal policy exhibits a control-limit structure. We present numerical examples to illustrate the two families of conditions we derive are satisfiable and do not overrule each other. We also demonstrate that a family of our conditions is weaker than those in the literature which guarantee the optimality of control-limit policies for a special case of the problem we study.
Réorganisation des processus de production, d’organisation, TIC/Information et marketing

Nous avons l’intention de modifier notre processus de production par des investissements qui réduisent les tâches exécutées manuellement (pont de rouleau et déroulage des tôles), qui évitent la sous-traitance (machine de découpe de plaques par le procédé «plasma»), système d’information interne (TIC)
Novel system for surface inspection and quality control for steel industries.

European and global steel industry are facing several challenges, including meeting the high international quality standards. 

ISEND is a SME founded in 2006 and a acknowledged worldwide expert in industrial Non Destructive Test (NDT) systems that  is participated by the Venture Capital ”Sodical” to support its international growth. ISEND has identified a need from its customers (spread trough Europe, Asia, North&South America) in a specific niche market of the Hot rolling mill industries for metal wire rod to which the current commercial solution have strong weakness. 
In this market, the producers are required to fulfil quality standards for surface cracks lower than 1% of diameter. Claims from customers against the lack of these standards can reach 4% of total plant year production. Surface cracks inspection technologies, are difficult to implement due to plants harsh environment (1200 ºC and rolling speeds up to 120 m/s), massive production rates (>10 Mton/year). Those systems must also deal with different alloy grades, applications, and final product sizes (diameters covers from 5 to 90 mm, wire coil lengths range is from 14,000 m to 750 m).
Our proposed system EddyEyes® is a surface quality control system for Non Destructive Testing of metal products in production plants  and is able able to detect, locate, display and storage surface cracks as smaller as  50 µm deep at 120 m/s rolling speed and 1200 ºC temperature in continuous operation. 

EddyEyes® selling price would be 0,4M€ (50% lower than our main competitors) what will allow the enduser payback period be less than 1 year.
We have estimated that the worldwide market size for this product will be of 2.000 industries, from which we forecast that at least 20% will be interested in an improved quality control system.

We foresee to be able in 5 years to position ourselves as leader in this niche market, reaching around 20% of the worldwide market and a turnover of 24 Million euro and creating 80 employees
The earthquakes network: the role of cell size

The complex network theory is a way to investigate the complex systems with minimum information about their entities and corresponding interactions. There is a growing interest to studying the earthquake phenomena by the method of networks. Several network features characterize the complexity of seismic events. Unfortunately they depend on how we construct the network. Here we study the role of cell size or in other word the resolution on the network properties for the Iran’s seismic data. We have found that all the network topological features vary as a power of the resolution. Furthermore by increasing the resolution, the networks become random and uncorrelated.
Exact results in extended holography

The study of integrable models in the AdS/CFT correspondence has provided deep insights into string theory, the holographic principle, and the finite coupling behavior of quantum field theory. My proposal aims to extend aspects of this approach beyond supersymmetric and conformal theories by studying integrable deformations of the AdS5 x S5 superstring. These come in two types — quantum deformations and Drinfeld twists — which can produce both new theories and new perspectives on well-established ones. The aims of this programme are (A) to understand quantum deformations in string theory and AdS/CFT, (B) to refine associated technical tools based on integrability, (C) to develop a unified perspective on Drinfeld twists in string theory and AdS/CFT, and (D) to overcome technical obstacles in the integrability based description of twisted models. By developing exact results and methods, this programme will lead to new insights in string theory, holography, and quantum field theory, at finite coupling, beyond the superconformal regime.

This programme would foster connections with other areas of theoretical and mathematical physics such as supergravity, integrability in condensed matter physics, and noncommutative geometry. Its aims are directly aligned with the current research goals of the proposed supervisor, Prof. Arkady Tseytlin, one of the world's leading experts in exact holography and string theory. The knowledge and skill set required to complete them are a natural and complementary combination of his and my own. Imperial College London would, furthermore, provide an excellent setting for transferrable skills training and outreach activities. Taken in its entirety, this fellowship would allow me to establish myself as an independent researcher with a broad scope and extensive transferable skills and network, significantly advancing my career opportunities.
Double anchorage to the membrane and intact inter-chain disulfide bond are required for the low pH induced entry of tetanus and botulinum neurotoxins into neurons

Tetanus and botulinum neurotoxins are di-chain proteins that cause paralysis by inhibiting neuroexocytosis. These neurotoxins enter into nerve terminals via endocytosis inside synaptic vesicles, whose acidic pH induces a structural change of the neurotoxin molecule that becomes capable of translocating its L chain into the cytosol, via a transmembrane protein-conducting channel made by the H chain. This is the least understood step of the intoxication process primarily because it takes place inside vesicles within the cytosol. In the present study, we describe how this passage was made accessible to investigation by making it to occur at the surface of neurons. The neurotoxin, bound to the plasma membrane in the cold, was exposed to a warm low pH extracellular medium and the entry of the L chain was monitored by measuring its specific metalloprotease activity with a ratiometric method. We found that the neurotoxin has to be bound to the membrane via at least two anchorage sites in order for a productive low-pH induced structural change to take place. In addition, this process can only occur if the single inter-chain disulfide bond is intact. The pH dependence of the conformational change of tetanus neurotoxin and botulinum neurotoxin B, C and D is similar and take places in the same slightly acidic range, which comprises that present inside synaptic vesicles. Based on these and previous findings, we propose a stepwise sequence of molecular events that lead from toxin binding to membrane insertion.
Hands for autonomous and dexterous grasping

The human hand is an incredibly complex system with a huge spectrum of functionality. Hands are essential not only to interact with different objects daily, but also necessary for social interactions, such as communication and arts. The loss of a hand is a terrific traumatic experience regardless to any gender or ethnicity, usually followed by significant psychological and rehabilitation challenges. The interaction between engineering and science has, for a long time, made efforts to restore the functionality of a lost limb. Although enormous progress has been reached, there are still serious drawbacks in terms of functionality and reliability due to the conventional myoelectric human-machine interface (e.g.,  electromyography sensors placed on the skin of the residual limb) and to prostheses simply not up to the task. Unfortunately, this is reflected in a too high rejection rate of prosthetic devices. The current situation can change if efforts are spent on the development of more intelligent prosthetic hardware. This project has the mission to develop methods for creating prosthetic hands which are semi (or potentially even completely) autonomous from the conventional myoelectric human-machine interface. This will be achieved by observing in unprecedented detail the human grasping behaviours and exploiting modern sensor technology, efficient data processing units, and artificial intelligence algorithms. Semi-autonomous prosthetic hands can be a game changer, ultimately converting the conventional view of a prosthetic hand from a tool to a more complex device that interacts in an intelligent fashion with the user and any object.
An Assessment of Clinical Performance Measures for Pediatric Emergency Physicians

The objectives were to evaluate clinical performance measures used for pediatric emergency medicine (PEM) physicians for reliability, correlation with one another, and relationship with clinical experience. This retrospective cohort study collected performance data for PEM physicians working at an urban children's hospital emergency department (ED) for each of 7 consecutive 6-month periods. Low correlations were seen between patients per hour or admission rate and 72-hour revisit rates. No significant association existed between level of experience and any performance measure. Physician treatment times appeared to be most reliable, and revisit rates were least reliable. Increase in number of patients seen per hour or lower admission rates in the ED are not significantly associated with an increase in revisit rates. Provider experience did not affect performance measures. Physician treatment time, patients per hour, admission rate, and charges per hour are reliable measures to assess the clinical performance of PEM physicians working at a single center.
Noninvasive Real-Time Monitoring by AlamarBlue<sup>®</sup>During<i>In Vitro</i>Culture of Three-Dimensional Tissue-Engineered Bone Constructs

Bone tissue engineering (TE) aims to develop reproducible and predictive three-dimensional (3D) TE constructs, defined as cell-seeded scaffolds produced by a controlled in vitro process, to heal or replace damaged and nonfunctional bone. To control and assure the quality of the bone TE constructs, a prerequisite for regulatory authorization, there is a need to develop noninvasive analysis techniques to evaluate TE constructs and to monitor their behavior in real time during in vitro culturing. Most analysis techniques, however, are limited to destructive end-point analyses. This study investigates the use of the nontoxic alamarBlue(®) (AB) reagent, which is an indicator for metabolic cell activity, for monitoring the cellularity of 3D TE constructs in vitro as part of a bioreactor culturing processes. Within the field of TE, bioreactors have a huge potential in the translation of TE concepts to the clinic. Hence, the use of the AB reagent was evaluated not only in static cultures, but also in dynamic cultures in a perfusion bioreactor setup. Hereto, the AB assay was successfully integrated in the bioreactor-driven TE construct culture process in a noninvasive way. The obtained results indicate a linear correlation between the overall metabolic activity and the total DNA content of a scaffold upon seeding as well as during the initial stages of cell proliferation. This makes the AB reagent a powerful tool to follow-up bone TE constructs in real-time during static as well as dynamic 3D cultures. Hence, the AB reagent can be successfully used to monitor and predict cell confluence in a growing 3D TE construct.
Permafrost collapse alters soil carbon stocks, respiration, CH<sub>4</sub>, and N<sub>2</sub>O in upland tundra

Release of greenhouse gases from thawing permafrost is potentially the largest terrestrial feedback to climate change and one of the most likely to occur; however, estimates of its strength vary by a factor of thirty. Some of this uncertainty stems from abrupt thaw processes known as thermokarst (permafrost collapse due to ground ice melt), which alter controls on carbon and nitrogen cycling and expose organic matter from meters below the surface. Thermokarst may affect 20-50% of tundra uplands by the end of the century; however, little is known about the effect of different thermokarst morphologies on carbon and nitrogen release. We measured soil organic matter displacement, ecosystem respiration, and soil gas concentrations at 26 upland thermokarst features on the North Slope of Alaska. Features included the three most common upland thermokarst morphologies: active-layer detachment slides, thermo-erosion gullies, and retrogressive thaw slumps. We found that thermokarst morphology interacted with landscape parameters to determine both the initial displacement of organic matter and subsequent carbon and nitrogen cycling. The large proportion of ecosystem carbon exported off-site by slumps and slides resulted in decreased ecosystem respiration postfailure, while gullies removed a smaller portion of ecosystem carbon but strongly increased respiration and N2 O concentration. Elevated N2 O in gully soils persisted through most of the growing season, indicating sustained nitrification and denitrification in disturbed soils, representing a potential noncarbon permafrost climate feedback. While upland thermokarst formation did not substantially alter redox conditions within features, it redistributed organic matter into both oxic and anoxic environments. Across morphologies, residual organic matter cover, and predisturbance respiration explained 83% of the variation in respiration response. Consistent differences between upland thermokarst types may contribute to the incorporation of this nonlinear process into projections of carbon and nitrogen release from degrading permafrost.
A Plant Mixture Model Against Plasmopara Halstedii (Sunflower Downy Mildew)

Sunflower downy mildew caused by Plasmopara halstedii is one of the most potentially important diseases. So far, a complete, major gene resistance (Pl) has been used successfully. But, with the appearance of eight races in France since 2000, research on more durable resistance was undertaken. In this study, we presented new results concerning the evolution of pathogenicity in P. halstedii under conditions of re-enforced infection and different Pl gene selection pressure. Moreover, we studied the evolution of virulence and aggressiveness of P. halstedii under a mixture model of sunflower inbred lines carrying the two types of resistance (qualitative and quantitative). This sunflower model may enhance durable resistance against P. halstedii.
Energy harvesting via wetting/drying cycles with nanoporous electrodes

Huge amounts of energy are wasted as low grade heat during conversion, transportation and end use. While several technologies can convert heat into electricity, none of them is cost-effective for the conversion of low-grade waste heat. EHAWEDRY proposes a radically new concept for converting low grade waste heat into electricity. EHAWEDRY will couple charging/discharging cycles of electrochemical super-capacitors with the drying/wetting of their nanoporous electrodes, exploiting the proportionality of the capacitor capacity to its electrode/electrolyte contact area. Previous attempts to couple charging/discharging cycles with changes in the electrode/electrolyte contact area aimed at harvesting the mechanical energy used to drive the change in the contact area. The power generated by these mechanical energy harvesters is relatively low, mainly because they have to use smooth capacitor plates (electrodes) to avoid generating too large capillary forces counteracting the harvested displacement. EHAWEDRY proposes a paradigm shift from the energy harvesting strategies previously used. Instead of mechanically changing the electrode/electrolyte contact area by displacing smooth electrodes, EHAWEDRY will change the electrode/electrolyte contact area by modifying the electrolyte level within nanoporous electrodes through drying/wetting cycles. The use of nanoporous electrodes will increase by many orders of magnitude the electrode/electrolyte contact area, which will translate into several orders of magnitude larger amounts of harvestable energy per cycle. Via pioneering fundamental research, EHAWEDRY targets the generation of a harvester prototype that reaches a volumetric power densities of the order of 10 kW/m3, comparable to established waste heat recovery technologies such as Rankine cycle engines, but with advantages in terms of cost, design flexibility, scalability and potential for the cost-effective harvesting of low grade waste heat without upgrading.
COPOLYMERS COMPRISING POLYAMIDE BLOCKS AND POLYETHER BLOCKS AND HAVING IMPROVED OPTICAL PROPERTIES

The invention relates to a copolymer comprising polyamide blocks PA alternated with polyether blocks PE, said PA blocks being formed by homopolyamide blocks PA X.Y obtained by polycondensation of: a linear aliphatic diamine having X carbon atoms, and a carboxylic diacid having Y carbon atoms. Said copolymer is characterised in that it has improved optical properties (transmission at 460nm, 560nm and 700nm) compared with the values obtained for a PA12/PTMG copolymer with the same block size or the same stiffness characterised by bending modulus (Mpa), tensile modulus (Mpa) or Shore hardness D parameters, all measured under the same conditions.
Carbon nanomembranes with sub-nanometer channels for molecular separation in organic liquids

Energy efficiency is a key principle of the EU’s 2020 strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth, and implementation of this strategy requires innovation in energy intensive industries. Organic solvent nanofiltration (OSN) meets this need—it is a membrane-based separation with the potential to achieve more than 90% energy savings over conventional distillation in the energy intensive chemical industry. Current challenges for OSN are the need for materials with high flux, high selectivity and high chemical resistance. This proposal advocates meeting this need by constructing a membrane with: i) an ultrathin selective layer, ii) uniform pore sizes and iii) a cross-linked network. Carbon nanomembranes (CNMs) are 2D materials made by crosslinking of self-assembled monolayers; this results in a film with single-molecule thickness. CNMs mainly comprise carbon, resulting in chemically-stable separating layers. Also, their molecular structure is tunable by synthesis with purpose-designed molecules. Recently, the Fellow was part of the team which created the first 1.2-nm thin CNM with a high density of sub-nm channels, providing ultrafast permeation of water while blocking the passage of most other molecules.
This project will combine the Fellow’s expertise in the development of single-molecule-thick films with the host’s expertise in OSN and interfacial synthesis; it aims to design new nanomaterials for advancing molecular separation in organic liquids. The objectives of the project are to: 1) demonstrate the ability of freestanding CNMs for OSN; 2) explore the tunability of CNMs at a molecular level for improved selectivity; 3) create nanocomposite membranes comprising interfacially synthesized mesoporous films supporting CNM separating layers.
This highly innovative and interdisciplinary research will promote the Fellow’s career prospects by widening her research perspectives, enriching her research experiences and expanding her network with European colleagues.