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Catalyzing action towards sustainability of deltaic systems with an integrated modeling framework for risk assessment – DELTAS
Deltas are economic and environmental hotspots, food baskets for many nations, and home to a large portion of the world population. They sustain rich, biodiverse ecosystems and related services. Most deltas are also international and regional transportation hubs that support intense economic activit
Involvement of microRNAs in the response to SRI antidepressants – miR-Dep
Depression concerns more than 350 millions people over the world according to WHO data, placing this pathology as a major concern for public health. Depressive states are associated to a decrease in the brain of the level of serotonin, which regulates mood, anxiety and appetite. SRI Antidepressants
Polymeric nanovectors transfer, from blood flow to tumors – Polytransflow
Polymersomes, a kind of deformable particles, know an increasing enthusiasm from biology, chemistry and pharmacology due to their biocompatibility, their ability to encapsulate either hydrophilic or hydrophobic drugs, their ability to be tuned and their physico-chemical properties preventing their r
Sea-ice Evolution in Arctic Summer – SEAS
The extent of sea ice during summer in the Arctic Ocean is among the most sensitive indicators of the ongoing climate change. The Arctic sea ice is known to have a key role in determining the planet albedo, which is the ratio of reflected over incoming solar radiation. During the last summer (2
Novel two-dimensional electron gases at the surface of transition-metal oxides – LACUNES
Fifty years of dramatic advances in microelectronics have reshaped the way we communicate and work, but progress on silicon-based technologies could well be reaching their limits. This calls for fresh research on new materials for the electronic industry. In this context, fabrication of high quality
Prediction of the physical properties of next-generation refrigerant fluids – PREDIREF
On account of the constraints imposed by the European and International legislations, the refrigerant industry must constantly find alternative refrigerant fluids that have lower impacts on the global warming of Earth and Ozone layer. Besides the safety and environmental constraints, these alte
Quantum dot sensitized p-type wide band gap semiconductors for photoelectrochemistry – QuePhelec
The QuePhelec project proposal aims at the fabrication and study of new architectures for photoelectrochemical applications: assemblies of quantum dots (QDs) on p-type wide band gap semiconductors. By properly choosing the chemical and electronic nature of the components of the assembly, of the conn
Optimising CNS-targeted neurotensin-peptide-vector conjugates for induction of therapeutic hypothermia – VEC2Brain
Central Nervous System (CNS) diseases are the world’s leading cause of disability. The brain's blood vessels possess unique anatomical and physiological features - collectively known as the blood-brain barrier (BBB) - that substantially limit the delivery of drugs to the nervous tissue. Strategies f
Coupling between hydrodynamics and surfactant transport at interfaces: experimental and numerical challenges. – HydroSurfDyn
The two phenomena involved (hydrodynamic and transport of surfactants) are widely studied in the literature, but their coupling is still often misunderstood. The boundary conditiosn for the flow are not known a priori, but they must be determined from the coupling between the flow and the surfactan
Optimization of functional properties of particulate aerated materials – ProMAP
This project deals with issues related to Foamed Particulate Materials (FPM), encountered as foams produced from granular suspensions, such as cement or plaster pastes for example. Those materials have a high development potential in the context of thermal renovation of buildings. However, their the
