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Cleaning Innovative Mediterranean Action: reducing waste to boost economies

While by 2020 most EU Member States will be reusing and recycling at least 50% of their municipal waste, landfilling less than 35% of biodegradable waste, and recycling at least 55% of packaging, forecasts are more difficult to determine for Mediterranean Partner Countries. The CLIMA project, and its regional platform of Italian, Tunisian and Lebanese municipalities, public agencies and NGOs, aims to cope with environmental, economic and social problems of organic waste mismanagement in three Mediterranean countries, developing policy tools like integrated Municipal Waste Management Plans, innovative technical solutions such as the compost drum and two improved pilot compost sites. At the same time, the project will support local businesses active in the circular economy sector, as well as information and advocacy campaigns to change citizens’ attitude towards zero waste paradigm. Through the project, around 80,000 citizens in 3 municipalities will benefit from the reduction of waste production due to the increase of treated organic waste.
Green Intermodal Freight Transport

The main aim of the current project is to map, analyze, and evaluate the status of the transport sector in the GIFT transport network and propose new policies and strategies in infrastructure, processes, assets, ICT, legislation, norms and harmonization/ standardization issues, in order to promote innovative green intermodal freight transport corridors. GIFT project will drill down in three Pan-European Transport Corridors, namely IV, V and VII that cover almost the entire SEE region. These corridors have been selected, since: -They connect ports to landlocked countries via road and rail infrastructure -A very significant flow of freight from/to Europe uses these corridors.They involve important areas such as the Adriatic, the Danube, the Black Sea regions and the Balkans -They have the potential to become green, since the instruments (both economical and operational) that can enhance a better integration of different modes of transport, exist. Moreover, we decided to use the PEC Corridors (instead of the TEN-T corridors) as the latter do not cross non-EU countries such as Serbia, BiH, Albania, etc, which however belong to the SEE region. In any case, we have selected PEN Corridors that are in line with TEN-T initiatives. In order to fulfill the initial aim, we will map and assess the current status in terms of transport strategy, operations and policies of the three selected Corridors. Subsequently, based on the findings of our analysis, we will synthesize concrete and pragmatic proposals for the improvement of the current transport network and for relevant policies to promote green transport in the selected corridors. In order to assess the effectiveness of our proposals, we will develop a series of tools to test their green operation. The aim will be to assess the impact of the proposed improvements and policies in terms of trip duration, cost, risk, and CO2 emissions.
Global value chains and local innovation systems in southern europe: the coevolution of technology, trade and finance, and the technological divide

In the post-Bretton Woods world economy, global value chains (GVC) have become the principal pipelines not only of trade, but also of capital and technology flows, with a decisive impact on the industrial structure of local economies and the technological dynamics of their innovation systems. The proposed project aims to investigate from an empirical, theoretical and normative perspective this impact, as well as its macroeconomic repercussions in terms of productivity, growth, employment, income distribution and the core-periphery technological divide. It will also examine the industrial policies needed to mitigate the technology gaps and to enhance the value capture capacities of peripheral innovation systems by ‘upgrading’ within GVCs, against the backdrop of the financial crisis.

At the empirical level, the project will focus on GVCs of knowledge-based manufacturing industries in crisis-afflicted Southern European economies. It will employ advanced statistical, computational and analytical methods at different geographical scales, ranging from econometric to social network analysis, agent-based, and stock-flow consistent modelling. At the theoretical level, it aspires to combine evolutionary, institutionalist, Schumpeterian and (post) Keynesian economic theories under a ‘systemic’ research programme on the crossroads of international economics, economic geography, innovation economics, theory of the firm, industrial organisation, and political economy of development. At the normative level, it will have significant implications for industrial, RTDI, trade, and regional development policies. This highly topical project aims to frame the post-crisis EU policy discourse on the future of the ERA, the Innovation Union, Europe 2020 growth strategy, and the ‘European investment plan’, as well as related national policy discourses. It is designed to boost the researcher’s career and to consolidate his expertise and research skills through high-quality training.
Improve the effectiveness of waste prevention policies in EU territories

The importance of waste prevention is nowadays fully recognized and generally considered as a priority within EU, national and regional authorities’ waste management strategies and plans, but many efforts need still to be done. One of the targets sets in the 5th Environment Action Programme (EAP) was to reduce the generation of municipal waste per capita per year to the average 1985 EU level (300 kg) by the year 2000 and then stabilize it at that level. This target is far from being reached and it has not been repeated in the 6th EAP, thus remaining a priority of the 6th EAP and of the new Waste Directive 2008/98/CE.
Pre-waste project is designed to improve the effectiveness of waste prevention policies in EU territories in order to significantly reduce waste production and hazardousness, through the close collaboration of local and regional authorities, public entities and other stakeholders. 

Pre-waste sub-objectives are: the definition of a common methodology for
efficient regional waste prevention policies, the exchange of Good Practices (GPs), the assessment of waste prevention actions efficiency and monitoring.
Partners have been selected among public entities directly involved in the planning or in the implementation of waste management policies according to their competences, e.g.: Marche Region-IT (LP), Ile-de-France Region Waste Management Observatory (ORDIF), Association of Cities&Regions for Recycling and for sustainable Resource management (ACR+), Municipality of Roquetas de Mar (ES),Municipality of Sofia (BG), Brussels Environment (IBGE), Public Cooperation Department of Ilfov County (RO), Municipality of Karlskrona (SE), Tampere Regional Solid Waste Management Ltd (FI) and WasteServ Malta.
All partners are engaged in the selection of at least 50 GPs and in the identification of a shared methodology that enables regional/local authorities to implement an effective waste prevention policy in term of planning and implementation.
In order to assess the transferability of one or more GPs in its own territory each partner carries out a feasibility study.
Beside, common indicators and a web tool aimed at assessing the effectiveness of waste prevention actions and politics will be defined.
As a final result, public entities, directly or indirectly involved on the project, will have an increased knowledge about good practices initiatives/policies experimented in Europe and competence on the evaluation of the waste prevention policies effectiveness, as to influence the design of local strategies for waste prevention. To support this, two joint interregional training sessions are foreseen.  
The organization of an European Conference and of 9 national events, plus the use of ACR+’ network as well as the partners’ networks, ensure that Pre-waste results will be spread throughout European targeted audience.
European sustainable biobased nanomaterials community (biomac)

Recent developments render the biobased sector a key player in European Economy providing a great impetus towards Circular Business Models of resource efficiency. Developments in biobased nanomaterials are coupled with biotechnologies applied to biomass converting the renewable resources into high added-value polymers. BIOMAC will establish an Open Innovation Test Bed (OITB) Ecosystem providing open access to SMEs or Industry to a single-entry point. Starting from the utilization of biomass sources followed by the production of biobased nanoparticles and different building blocks the ecosystem produces biopolymers for the strategic sectors of Food Packaging, Construction, Automotive and Printed Electronics which consist a high market share. A self-sustainable open innovation ecosystem for the upscaling of upscaled processes across the supply and value chain is intended to be created in order fill this gap. Although the last two decades a high number of publications have been only a very limited number of such cases has been finally commercialized and reached the market end users. Some of the reasons that these have not been adopted by the market are lack of investment, funding for further development, upscaling and the limited willingness of end users to adopt nanomaterials into their processes, this is the ‘valley of death’ which BIOMAC intends to overcome. The OITB will offer services that cover the assessment of regulation & safety, sustainability, circularity and market potential among with modeling, process control, standardization and characterization; accessible at fair conditions and cost. BIOMAC establishes a concrete community of open collaboration for stakeholders and customers enabling innovation and minimization of investment risks. This will be achieved by offering an open innovation ecosystem, in which technologies that have been developed up to TRL4-5 will be able to be upscaled and validated up to TRL 7.
Training Program in Reproduction, Early Development, and the Impact on Health (REDIH): Evaluation of Year 1

Objectives : The purpose of this research was to use the W(e)Learn conceptual framework to design, deliver and evaluate the Reproduction, Early Development, and the Impact on Health (REDIH) training program for graduate students and post-doctoral fellows. Methods: The REDIH program provides stipends and other support, and runs semi-annual two-day face-to-face training sessions for trainees with their mentors. During the sessions, seminars and workshops are provided, and laboratory visits are arranged for trainees. A mixed methods approach (surveys and focus groups) was used to evaluate the content, delivery, structure and service of the first year of the REDIH training program. Results : Trainees recognized and appreciated three main improvements implemented into the second REDIH training session as a result of their feedback: (a) objectives and expectations were made clearer, (b) laboratory visits and more hands-on learning had been implemented, and (c) segregation between trainees and mentors had been greatly reduced. Trainees also had several recommendations for further improvements. Conclusions: Trainees were overwhelmingly appreciative of and grateful for the opportunity to be involved in the REDIH project. Trainees felt their voices had been heard during the first training session and steps were taken to address their expressed concerns and needs in the second session. This study also demonstrated that evaluation is critical for program design, improvement and long-term success. Perceptions of quality were strongly linked to a fit between participants’ experiences, needs, wants, and perceived competencies; a formal evaluation process; and project administrators and the curriculum committee respecting and responding to the participants’ feedback via the evaluators.
A probe for environment properties in open quantum systems: accessing spectral densities with multi-dimensional coherent spectroscopy

The structures nature has built to harvest and use the light from the sun are full of ingenuity. Indeed, they are the product of millions of years of trial and error. A lot can be learnt from the structure and function of photosynthetic organisms to help guide humanity's effort to develop solar energy technologies. One of the frontiers in understanding the early stages of photosynthesis is the interaction of the excited chromophores with the environment, and in particular how energy is dissipated as the light-induced excitation migrates to the reaction center where it will produce a charge separated state. It has become evident that the details of the dissipation are crucial for an efficient transfer. Dissipation is characterized by the spectral density of the bath, but this information is difficult to extract experimentally. Current approaches (e.g. three pulse photon echo spectroscopy, fluorescence line narrowing) have several limitations such as the inability to predict the motion for short times where the non-Markovianity of the bath is most evident. 

In this work, we will develop descriptions of multidimensional spectroscopy which will map the spectral density as an experimental observable. For this we will work in the Non-equilibrium Green functions formalism, and apply partition ansatz for the bath such as the surrogate Hamitlonian to facilitate obtaining analytical expressions. Our formalism will be benchmarked against exact numerical methods by the use of entanglement and non-Markovianity witnesses. The application of our theory to natural systems will yield a picture of the most salient bath features in natural systems. These will be then compared to selected artificial systems.
ANTI-SOILING, ABRASION RESISTANT CONSTRUCTIONS AND METHODS OF MAKING

Described herein is a construction comprising a microsphere layer comprising a plurality of microspheres wherein the microspheres comprise glass, ceramic, and combinations thereof; a first polymer layer comprising a first polymer, wherein the plurality of microspheres is partially embedded in the first polymer layer; and an undercoat layer therebetween the microsphere layer and first polymer layer, wherein the undercoat layer comprises a plurality of silica nanoparticles. Also disclosed herein are articles comprising the construction and methods of making thereof. In one embodiment, the constructions of the present disclosure have good anti-soiling and abrasion resistant properties.
The Alternative Trip Generation Model for Flat/Apartment/Condominium and Low Cost Housing Subcategories

Malaysian Trip Generation Manual (MTGM) is an important document to assist transport planners in forecasting the estimated trip attraction and trip production from a land use. The forecast is crucial in estimating trip generation from a proposed development on the existing road network. Therefore, this study is to verify the accuracy of the existing trip generation model published in MTGM for flat/apartment/condominium and low cost housing subcategories. By applying variable transformation, four alternative models were developed. They were the logarithmic model, the inverse model, the linear-logarithmic model and the logarithmic-linear model. Using residual analysis, influential data was identified and taken out for second analysis. Model selection was based on R 2 value, t-test and Kolmogorov-Smirnov tes t results. Besides linear model, logarithmic model is also truly representing trip generation model for both subcategories. There is some difference in the trip generation estimation between the study model and the existing model in MTGM. Sensitivity analysis shows the level of sensitivity between study model and existing linear model. One of the implications in using the studied trip generation model is in evaluating level of service of the junction.
Fast, flexible, and convenient: a simple insert system for the in situ nmr analysis of very fast reactions on a modern open-access ft nmr spectrometer

The project will involve further design and development of our methodology, developed under the ERC Advanced grant 'arylator', for variable ratio in situ stopped flow NMR. The methodology has recently been published and its power amply demonstrated in the deconvolution of the mechanism for CF3 transfer from Ruppert's reagent to electrophiles. The equipment that will developed and demonstrated under tenure of a proof of concept grant will reduce the dead time from 0.2 seconds to a matter of milliseconds whilst retaining the flexibility of our current system. Thus a standard walk-up NMR spectrometer can thus be used ad hoc for the analysis of very fast homogeneous reactions. This will be transformative for the mechanistic analysis of reactions, including catalysed and enzymatic processes, and will significantly enhance the commercial potential of the stopped flow NMR system.
Aumentare la competitività dell'impresa attuando i risultati del lavoro di R & S attraverso l'innovazione di prodotto

L'obiettivo principale del progetto è quello di aumentare la competitività dell'azienda implementando i risultati del lavoro di R & S utilizzando l'innovativo software "Kettlo". Il lavoro di R & S è stato svolto da un ricercatore presso UMCS, la sig.ra Bartłomiej Bielecki, assistente del Dipartimento di Cybersecurity. Il risultato del lavoro è il modulo SELPRS dt.: regolazione dei valori di carico e intervalli di esercizio — la prima applicazione di questo tipo, riducendo al minimo gli infortuni durante l'allenamento, perché i sistemi esistenti non offrono la possibilità di regolare il carico, sia prima che durante l'allenamento, cioè il sistema in situazione di non esecuzione con il carico giusto, proporrò una variazione di valore, il modulo effettuerà anche aggiustamenti di peso nella situazione di esercizio eccessivamente lungo. Il sistema Kettlo avrà anche un modulo "Smart Virtual Personal Trainer" responsabile della selezione del piano di formazione appropriato, correggendo l'esercizio in assenza di possibilità di esecuzione a breve o permanente a causa ad esempio di impilatore danneggiato a lungo termine, temporanea mancanza di disponibilità eseguendo esercizi da parte di un altro cliente, mancanza di piacere nell'esecuzione di esercizi con un determinato dispositivo. Il sistema offrirà durante l'allenamento un esercizio con parametri simili o identici relativi al coinvolgimento delle parti muscolari, incluso l'esercizio con il proprio peso corporeo. Si tratta di un innovativo software automatizzato su scala internazionale, altri sistemi di questo tipo non hanno le funzionalità di cui sopra. Attraverso l'implementazione del progetto, l'azienda aumenterà l'occupazione di un dipendente, aumenterà la propria attività nei lavori di R & S e internazionalizzerà il prodotto sui nuovi mercati esteri. Il gruppo target del progetto è molto ampio, si tratta di persone che trascorrono attivamente il tempo, sono utenti di fitness club, così come persone che vogliono iniziare l'attività utilizzando un sistema avanzato. Il progetto offre un'ottima opportunità per l'azienda di sviluppare i propri obiettivi.
Providing services under horizon 2020 enhancing the innovation management capacity of hungarian sme's within the framework of the enterprise europe network - 2019

The global objective of the ""Providing services under Horizon 2020 enhancing the innovation management capacity of Hungarian SME's within the framework of the Enterprise Europe Network - 2019"" project is to effectively contribute to the innovation driven competitiveness and sustainable growth of the European economy via improving the innovation management processes and culture of Hungarian SMEs by enabling them to get their products, services successfully into the market. 

The concept of this project focuses on the development of Innovation Management capabilities via two different types of high-added value services: 

• “Key Account Management” for the beneficiaries of the SME Instrument, Future and Emerging Technologies Open (FET-Open) and Fast Track to Innovation (FTI) programs
• “Enhancing SME innovation management capacity” with the usage of IMP3rove and Innovation Health Check tools/methods.

Partners delivering services are members of the Hungarian Consortium for Enterprises (HCE). Their in-depth innovation management portfolio will be accessible for SMEs from all parts of the country.
Local moving least square-one-dimensional integrated radial basis function networks technique for incompressible viscous flows

This paper presents a local moving least square-one-dimensional integrated radial basis function networks
method for solving incompressible viscous flow problems using stream function-vorticity formulation. In this method, the partition of unity method is employed as a framework to incorporate the moving least square and one-dimensional integrated radial basis function networks techniques. The major advantages of the proposed method include the following: (i) a banded sparse system matrix which helps reduce the computational cost; (ii) the Kronecker-i property of the constructed shape function which helps impose the essential boundary condition in an exact manner; and (iii) high accuracy and fast convergence rate owing to the use of integration instead of conventional differentiation to construct the local radial basis function approximations. Several examples including two-dimensional (2D) Poisson problems, lid-driven cavity flow and flow past a circular cylinder are considered, and the present results are compared with the exact solutions
and numerical results from other methods in the literature to demonstrate the attractiveness of the proposed method.
Skylight: innovations in titanium investment casting of lightweight structural components for aero engines

Project SkyLight is proposed by AMRC Castings (which evolved out of Castings Technology International).  AMRC Castings, a department of the University of Sheffield (USFD), is part of the UK’s High Value Manufacturing Catapult.  AMRC Castings’ mission is to develop and disseminate casting technology to the benefit of the cast metal and manufacturing sectors.  
Based on the Topic Description, and on AMRC Castings’ long experience of similar projects, we believe that project SkyLight would enable the investment casting process to deliver greater geometrical complexity, reduce defects by 50%, optimise stiffness, and deliver weight saving of 15% to 30% and cost saving of 30% compared to conventionally fabricated multi-piece assemblies, along with significant environmental benefits for both the manufacturing and the use phase of the component.  
AMRC Castings helped Sulzer to achieve an improvement in pump absorbed efficiency - saving 10% on the power demand.  AMRC Castings’ Patternless® process helped Rolls-Royce reduce the time from CAD model to prototypes from 6 months to 6 weeks, and developed more accurate naval propellers for the VT Group that are seen as setting a new standard for others to follow.  AMRC Castings’ MEGAshell® process enables ceramic moulds with dimensions of up to 2m3 to be manufactured so that heavy section valve castings weighing several tonnes can be manufactured 34% lighter than the sand cast equivalent and reducing machining costs by over 50%.  
This year, AMRC Castings is installing what is believed to be the largest furnace for casting titanium aerospace components in Western Europe - a 1000kg titanium melter - to complement its existing state-of-the-art casting facilities.
AMRC Castings has participated in 21 EU-funded collaborative research projects including 8 projects as coordinator - including research projects such as FASTCAST and events to achieve the greater participation of the castings sector in EU-funded research programmes.