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Measuring INnovation among EURopean Subregions

IN-EUR addresses the need for local level strategies to ensure innovation and knowledge growth all over the EU. Based on analysis of innovation, research and technology initiatives, IN-EUR supports public actors at sub-regional level to define and orientate local policies and investments on innovation.
The overall project objective is to use interregional cooperation to improve quality of innovation policy at local level through sharing, integrating and transferring methodologies for measuring innovation. Through improved innovation policy, based on information gained from tested methodologies and following a result oriented approach, local authorities can avoid duplication, gaps and subsequent waste of public resources.
IN-EUR is based on analysis of existing methodologies for measuring innovation at NUTS III level. Through in depth, interregional exchange, methodologies are updated and adapted in order to produce a shared tool, the Advanced Local Balance of Innovation (ALBI) model,
which can be applied to partner regions and on a wide scale outside the consortium.
IN-EUR groups 9 partners, representing 8 EU regions, all committed to this important objective. Each has the ability to involve key stakeholders, provide expert input and experience to thematic actions and directly or indirectly influence public policy on innovation. Partners with existing methodologies make these available for adaptation and transfer. Partners with other experiences in innovation policy or informal monitoring systems contribute to adapting methodologies into one integrated, flexible solution.
The project is articulated into 4 components. Component 1 ensures efficient and correct administrative and financial management of the project. Component 2 guarantees dissemination and capitalisation of project outputs and results at local and EU level. Component 3 foresees intense exchange on indicators and methodologies to enrich existing methodologies and define their means of implementation.
A sequence of activities  involving local stakeholders will lead to a new set of indicators and overall improvements to the methodologies, thus defining the Advanced Local Balance of Innovation. Component 4 will complete and integrate Component 3, by verifying the ALBI’s effectiveness through light pilot actions in 3 selected territories. All results will be used to define the Implementation Plan for each local territory, defining how the ALBI will be mainstreamed and extended.
Through this project, staff members in partner organisations and regional stakeholders will increase their capacity in terms of innovation policy monitoring and design, 8 innovation oriented processes will be stimulated by exchange and testing activities and 8 local policies will be improved, thanks to the integrated methodology for measuring local innovation(ALBI), tested in partner regions and widely disseminated in partner regions and outside.
Correlation between ERβ gene polymorphism and breast cancer of Uyghur nationality and Han nationality in Xinjiang area

OBJECTIVE Estrogen receptorβgene(ERβ)has two common polymorphism locis,which is a subtype of estrogen receptor(ER),different individual expression level and function of ERβmay be affected by the ERβgene polymorphism.The objective of this study is to investigate the relationship of ERβRsaⅠ polymorphism with susceptibility to breast cancer in patients of Uyghur and Han.METHODS A total of 493 women including 130 Uyghur cases,125 Uyghur controls,120 Han cases and 118 Han controls were enrolled to determine the Rsa Ⅰ polymorphism of ERβusing PCR-RFLP method.Then the relationship of ERβRsa Ⅰ polymorphism with breast cancer susceptibility was analyzed.RESULTS Significant differences of ERβRsaⅠ genotypes and allele frequencies were observed between cases and controls in whole group(P0.05).However,in Uyghur group,there were no significant differences of ERβRsaⅠ polymorphism between cases and controls(P0.05).While,in Han group,our finding showed significant differences of ERβRsaⅠ polymorphism between cases and controls(P0.05).We also found that compared with those carrying rr genotype,the population carrying Rr genotype without fertility or benign breast diseases showed decreased risk of breast cancer in Han group(OR=0.466,95%CI was 0.234-0.928,P0.05;OR=0.421,95%CI was 0.204-0.869,P0.05).CONCLUSIONS Our data shows significant difference of ERβRsa Ⅰ polymorphism between cases and controls in Uyghur and Han groups.People of Han carrying Rr genotype may have a decreased risk of breast cancer in Xinjiang.
Plant tissue culture for biotechnology

Publisher Summary Plant tissue culture involves excising plant tissues and growing them on nutrient media. It is used rather broadly to include several variations, such as meristem culture for propagation of virus-free plants, protoplast culture, cell suspension culture, tissue and organ culture, and anther or pollen culture for producing haploid plants. This chapter focuses on various technical aspects of plant tissue culture. A suitable explant is selected and prepared for culture, and later incubated on an appropriate nutrient medium for growth and differentiation. The basic laboratory setup, handling of explant tissue, nutrient medium and establishing the culture, and incubation of cultures are also discussed in this study. A laboratory that can handle plant biochemistry or physiology-type experiments meets most of the general requirements of plant tissue culture. It is a valuable tool for research on morphogenesis, cell signaling, physiology, and molecular biology, as well as crop improvement by biotechnology. The implications of plant tissue culture technology for agricultural biotechnology is immense.
Delivering beacon caresystem – a ground-breaking ict-enabled icu bed-side assistant providing recommenda-tions for critical mechanical ventilation support for better care and reduced costs.

We are Mermaid Care - provider of leading ICT-based care systems for optimizing Ventilation Management within the Intensive Care Units (ICU) and anesthesia segment. 

ICUs are some of the most resource-demanding hospital units consuming 20% of all hospital costs. A major contributor is the Length of Stay (LOS) of ventilated patients. Key to reducing costs is to reduce LOS. The process is difficult, as doctors have to decide on the proper ventilation strategy in a matter of minutes during his/her few daily rounds. Studies show that LOS can be drastically reduced if experts oversee the ventilation management 24/7 – clearly not a sustainable solution, we see a clear need for an ICT-based advisory system to aid 24/7 management. 

We will deliver BEACON Caresystem – a breakthrough ventilation assistant. BEACON will potentially reduce LOS with 15-25% – additionally cutting ICU costs with the proportional amount. As an add-on to existing ventilation systems, it provides optimal ventilation recommendations based on non-stop, personalised monitoring. Basically a bed-site specialist. Based on unique diagnostics algorithms and physiological models, it recommends weaning off scenarios, supporting the critical decision-making processes. No one else offers this diagnostic and physiology-based approach (individualised care). The ICT-approach means BEACON changes workflow and empowers ICU nurses to take over a vast part of the management.

In the proposed project, BEACON value proposition (LOS reduction) will be clinically documented. Following the project, BEACON is launched on the EU market, allowing European hospitals to cut ICU costs and improve healthcare procedures. This project will allow us to accelerate sales volume from €0.8M in Y1 to €43M in Y5 and create 30 new European work places. Our innovation is based on +15 years of research and 10 patents. 

In Q6-2017 we submitted a very similar proposal receiving a Seal of Excellence with a score of 13.71.
Outboard engine unit

Outboard engine body (19) is mounted via a swivel shaft (17) to a stern bracket (16). Angle sensor (24), provided on the stern bracket, includes a contact (35) having a maximum operating angle set to be not greater than half of a maximum steered angle of the engine body, and it outputs detection information indicative of an operating angle of the contact (35). Curved member (31) is provided on the engine body (19) and normally held in engagement with the contact (35), and it has a continuously-varying radius of curvature from the central axis (18) of the swivel shaft (17), so that the contact (35) varies in operating angle while sliding along a curved outer peripheral surface (36) of the curved member in response to steering operation. Thus, a steered angle is determined on the basis of the detection information from the angle sensor.
A photothermal lateral flow test for visual point of care detection

The rapid development of cost-effective and efficient biosensors has had a profound worldwide socioeconomic impact. Advances in the fields of microelectronics, materials science and nanotechnology have been vital to the implementation of enhanced sensing platforms aimed at providing alternatives to traditional analytical methods. Further, current sensing platforms are often slow, unreliable and expensive; in particular, when ultralow concentration detection is required. Although progress in the biosensors field typically focuses on clinical point-of-care diagnosis, a clear demand exists in areas such as food safety regulation, environmental policy, military and the arts, where time, cost, portability and ease-of-use of the device are critical. The grand aim of HOTFLOW is to develop an innovative, rapid, inexpensive, versatile and sensitive thermal transduction biosensor for the ultralow detection and quantification of relevant proteins such as tumoral markers. This novel sensing technology will use detection biomolecules linked to plasmonic gold nanoprisms which serve as thermal transducers by based on a lateral flow immunoassay and a “sandwich” recognition strategy with capture biomolecules immobilized on a dual-active nitrocellulose membrane support/thermosensitive paper that subsequently functions as photographic and tracing detection element. Although the ambitious thermal sensing device proposed here will be prototyped using simple analytes, this ERC POC project goes significantly beyond the current state-of-the-art in nanoplasmonics and biosensing by proposing the development and elaboration of an almost universal paper-based thermal sensing device. This technology will be implemented and validated by applying it to a specific problem, gastrointestinal cancer diagnosis.
Previble - the previsualization tool

Previble is an innovation within previsualization, predominantly for the film and entertainment industry. It is a tool to efficiently create digital previsualization in film, TV, video games and other sectors. The technology builds on mostly existing hardware and software solutions. Previsualization in the film- and video games industry is an arduous and expensive task but often needed to ensure that the outcome on screen accurately represents what the creator has envisioned. This new tool will make this process more efficient, less expensive and more enjoyable than any other existing method. By providing the customers with this intuitive versatile solution we can eliminate the barriers that arise between customers and animators and help filmmakers and other creators get their projects closer to their initial vision, and even experiment beyond. The customers can control their work, and the tool can be adapted for groups and crews so they can all work on the same scene at the same time on real-time. Previble has the potential to revolutionise previsualization in the same way as 3D animation did some 30 years ago or storyboards did in the 1930:s. We estimate that the previsualization market is about € 2.55 billion. With this grant we hope to proceed with out feasibility study; understand how to the innovation may be optimized for various customers, including outside our target groups, properly understand the market characteristics, their risks, benefits, and furthermore identify appropriate business model. This tool will be able to service a growing European film and video game industry and simultaneously be accessible and affordable for a large group of European filmmakers who lacks big resources. We believe also that this innovation may not only disrupt the film and entertainment industry, but possibly other sectors where easy to use simulation technologies are in demand, such as architecture and urban planning.
Biowaste derived volatile fatty acid platform for biopolymers, bioactive compounds and chemical building blocks

VOLATILE aims in the development of an innovative Volatile Fatty Acids Platform for the bioconversion of municipal solid bio-waste fraction and sludgy biowaste from other industries. The platform will be integrated in anaerobic digestion. The volatile fatty acids will be recovered continuously using sophisticated membrane technology and will be provided as feedstock / carbon source for value added fermentation approaches such as biopolymer PHA to be tested in material applications, single cell oil as precursor for oleochemical industry as well as long chain unsaturated health-promoting Omega-3 fatty acids to be used as food ingredient or nutraceutical. PHA will be obtained by bacterial fermentations, single cell oil from yeast cultivation and Omega-3 fatty acids via heterotrophic microalgae. The process development will be accompanied with sophisticated LCA study in order to ensure environmental friendly process design.
The project will also work on solutions to typical barriers beside others such as quality requirements, continuous and sufficient feedstock supply or interaction between members of value chain using agent-based modelling. Also the effect of legal stimuli and restrictions and subsidies and taxes will be studied and a link between product requirements and markets will be established. VOLATILE will prepare a Roadmap indicating future research needs but also giving suggestion for legislative improvements. A CEN workshop will be initiated to discuss with external stakeholders rules for the VFAP & to set up standard requirements in the form of a CEN workshop Agreement.
SISTRIE - Systemes Regionaux d'Information Statistique SISTRIE

The partners do not have systems allowing them to manage all the data produced within their territories. When development policies are drawn up by the authorities, the process is slow because information is not managed in an integrated fashion. The EU will not be able to advance unless its citizens perceive that the mechanisms for solidarity work and that we are heading towards convergence. There is not only a need for better, more complete statistics but also data must reach citizens with greater ease. Overall objective / Objectif général SISTRIE aims to improve statistical processes in EU regions in order to improve the efficiency of EU regional policies. Expected results / Résultats attendus The member regions, which have already developed their own systems for statistical information by using multi-dimensional technology, bring together their data base concepts. The project will allow the production of a single concept for all the partners. The regions will be able to re-use this model in order to partially or totally adapt their systems. This should lead to: • Sharing of information flows among European regions. • Improved statistical processes for EU regions to enhance the effectiveness of EU regional policies. • The inclusion of all types of information of an economic, demographic, social and geographical nature based on a new model for organising and analysing regional statistical information.
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Cambodia's Fertility Transition: The Dynamics of Contemporary Childbearing

Cambodia is undergoing a fertility transition with the total fertility rate falling from 6.7 before 1970 to 3.0 in 2010. This study is the first to examine the contemporary context of childbearing in Cambodia and the drivers of this transition analyzing the articulations of men and women and the rationales behind their fertility intentions and behavior. Findings are derived from 21 months of ethnographic fieldwork in urban and rural settings in Siem Reap. The article explains how patterns of reproduction are shaped by the specific context and social organization the political economy gender relations and kinship system. In Cambodia changes in employment conditions agricultural systems and living arrangements create new motivations that in turn affect fertility decisions. In post-conflict Cambodia rationales related to lineage continuation and the effects of the Khmer Rouge period also emerge as important influences.
Review on Applicable breakup/coalescence models in turbulent liquid-liquid flows

Liquid-liquid flows are common in process industries, particularly in turbulent systems. These systems are usually characterized by the diameter of the dispersed phase and are governed by external forces, deformation, breakup, and coalescence processes. In this review, the common methods and equations used to predict these phenomena will be discussed. First, deformation models in both laminar and turbulent flows containing single and multi-drop are considered. Then, the breakup process and models for these mechanisms are investigated. The coalescence process and collisions that may result in coalescence are also investigated. Coalescence efficiency is another factor that will be introduced in this review. Finally, daughter droplet size distribution is investigated considering both phenomenological and statistical models. Copyright Â© 2011-2013 by Walter de Gruyter GmbH.
Alpine Lakes Network

The project consists in the creation of a network of local authorities in the alpine area involved on the one hand in the management of natural alpine lakes, and on the other hand in sustainable development and improvement of “lakeside environments”. The networking initiative’s two main concerns are the promotion of tools in favour of the regional planning of the lakes space, the protection of the environment and the development of quality tourism (ecotourism) which is respectful of the environment.
This project is organised around operational WP which consist 
- firstly in the implementation of a shared and coordinated observation of the lakes and lakeside environment especially environnemental criteria, pressures from human activities and from lakes and catchment’s area uses, 
- secondly in a detailed picture of ecotourism, 
- thirdly in a detail picture of other uses like drinkable water supply, navigation, fishing activities, natural resource management and in the management of uses conflicts.
METHOD OF PRODUCING A METALLISED PRODUCT

A method of producing a metallised product intended to be used in the manufacturing of a printed wiring board or a printed circuit board, including the step of providing a Printed Circuit Board substrate with a curable dielectric material, a step of curing the dielectric material, a pretreating step comprising immersing the resulting element in a catalyst bath, followed by electroless plating of a first metal layer onto the dielectric material and electroplating of a second metal layer onto the first metal layer, wherein the pretreating step consists of only heat-treating the resulting element and thereafter immediately immersing the hot element in the catalyst bath without any intervening treatment. A metallised product produced according to the method.
Numerical and experimental studies of natural convective heat transfer from vertical and inclined narrow isothermal flat plates

Natural convective heat transfer from an isothermal narrow flat plate embedded in a plane adiabatic surface and inclined at moderate positive and negative angles to the vertical has been numerically and experimentally studied. The solution has the Rayleigh number, the dimensionless plate width, the angle of inclination, and the Prandtl number as parameters. Attention was restricted to a Prandtl number of 0.7. The numerical results have been obtained for Rayleigh numbers between 103 and 107 for dimensionless plate widths of between 0.3 and 1.2 and for angles of inclination between +45° and −45°. In the experimental study, results have been obtained for Rayleigh numbers between 4 × 102 and 105 for dimensionless plate widths of 0.4 and 2.5 and for angles of inclination between +45° and −45° to the vertical. Empirical equations for the heat transfer rate have been derived.
Control of protein concentrations in heterogeneous cell populations

In this work we propose a synthetic gene circuit for controlling the variability in protein concentration at a population level. The circuit, based on the use of an intracellular nonlinear controller coupled to a cell-to-cell communication mechanism, allows for independent control of the mean and variance of a signalling molecule across cell population. Via a piecewise affine approximation of the nonlinearity, we provide set invariance results that imply the stability of the closed loop system. We also obtain closed-form expressions for the mean and variance as a function of the tuneable parameters of the controller. The predictions offered by the theoretical analysis are in agreement with numerical simulations performed with physiologically realistic parameters in Escherichia coli.
Proton strucure for discovery at the large hadron collider

The objective of this project is to revolutionize the way the structure of the proton is accessed, determined, and used in the computation of physical processes at hadron colliders such as the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) of CERN.  At a hadron accelerator, predictions require a precise, detailed, and accurate description and understanding  of the structure of the colliding protons, as encoded in parton distributions (PDFs) - the distributions of quarks and gluons. At the LHC, PDFs are at present the major source of uncertainty, and in the near future they will be the main hurdle for discovery. The vision of this project is to remove this hurdle by attacking the problem using recent results from artificial intelligence (AI). I will lead a research team of two staff scientists, four postdocs and three PhD students, who will apply to PDF determination the recent methods of deep reinforcement learning and Q-learning, which will be coupled with deep residual networks to achieve a fully parameter- and bias-free understanding of proton structure. I will bring into high-energy physics a methodology so far used for object recognition in self-driving cars and automatic game playing, leading both to new physics, and new computational techniques. The application of these techniques to  PDFs will enable me to reach two secondary goals. The first is theoretical: the full use for PDF determination of recent high perturbative order (next-to-next-to leading order or NNLO) computations, which will be integrated by means of a new approximation method which relies on combining known exact results with all-order information in various kinematic limits to extend the scope of the former to a more detailed (""more exclusive"") description of the final state.The second is phenomenological: the integration in PDF determination of the Monte-Carlo event generators which are used to turn field theoretical prediction into a realistic description which may be directly compared to experimental data.
Dispositivo de controle de odor de bombeamento de linha de águas residuais

O objetivo do projeto é desenvolver um dispositivo fabricado em série para controlar os odores das estações de bombeamento de linha. O novo equipamento destina-se a utilizar a ionização bipolar para neutralizar os odores. O equipamento destina-se a ser eficiente, fiável e fácil de manter.