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eXplaining Competency and Autonomy development in Learning Environments – xCALE
With the advent of MOOCs, and the success of exercise-based platforms, large-scale online environments are becoming widespread, both in distant learning and in blended learning. Self-Regulated Learning (SRL) is known to have a good potential on autonomy development and on maintaining motivation fo
Wearable Nano-Opto-electro-mechanic Systems – SNOW
Motivation: Health and fitness wearables present mobile solutions for ICT in public wellbeing by providing personal remote control and clinical intervention through telemedicine networks. Due to their noninvasive and continuous vital sign monitoring, wearables are incorporated in several studies t
Viral dynamics at the individual and population levels: impact for antiviral treatment optimization – TheraCoV
The outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), which originat-ed in Wuhan, China, has become pandemic and a major concern all over the world. By March 22, 2020, this virus has a?ected more than 320,000 people worldwide and caused more than 14,000 deaths. Despite the un
Umbilical cord-derived mesenchymal stromal cells therapy in SARS-CoV-2-related ARDS – STROMA-CoV2
Whereas the pandemic due do Covid-19 continues to spread, the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) causes Severe Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome in 30% of patients with a 30%-60% mortality rate for those requiring hospitalization in an intensive care unit. The main physio
Trust in science and public institutions challenged by Covid-19 – CIESCO
How can we find the right words and arguments to convince the population to adopt behaviors that are healthful, not on an individual basis but in the name of the general interest? The CIESCO project aims to understand the conditions of reception and acceptance of speeches made by government offici
Tracking trust and suspicion: Analysis of social media to assist public health responses to Covid-19 – TRACTRUST (Tracking Trust)
How to promote acceptance, uptake, and adherence to public health measures for COVID-19 prevention and control? What are the most effective ways to address the underlying drivers of fear, anxieties, rumours, stigma regarding, and how to improve public knowledge, awareness, and trust during the respo
Toward an integrated surveillance of potential zoonotic Betacoronaviruses in the wild animal value chain of Cambodia – ZooCov
Naturally hosted in wild animals such as bats, betacoronaviruses (beta-CoVs) are responsible for severe and fatal human respiratory infections. Data and knowledge on animal reservoir, but also knowledge on cultural, sociological and ecological factors driving beta-CoVs spread to humans and emergence
The role of the Army in the "war" against the coronavirus and its perception by the population – ARMY
This proposal aims at questioning the mobilization of the military in the fight against the coronavirus, designated as an "invisible enemy". The objective of the project is twofold. On the one hand, it analyzes the decision-making process within the political institutions of the State and the Army
The durability of protective immune responses elicited by primary infection with SarS-Cov-2 in patients with rheumatoid arthritis or spondyloarthritis - Impact of immunosuppressive treatments – COVIRIC
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and spondyloarthitis (SPA) are the two most common chronic inflammatory rheumatic diseases, with a prevalence of 0.5-1% for RA and about 0.35% for SPA. Many studies have described an increased risk of serious infectious diseases directly associated with increased morbidity
The Covid-19 North-South Death Transfer – Transfert de mortalité
The crisis generated by the coronavirus pandemic is unlike any other. Beyond the high mortality generated, it has plunged the world into uncertainty. In the first few months after the virus appeared, two strategies had emerged. The first was that the development of herd immunity was essential by all
