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Projects related to community and settings approaches to the social challenges of serious illness, death, dying and loss (Compassionate communities)
COCO welcomes project proposals in the following broad, interdisciplinary themes:
- Operationalizing and measuring compassion.
- Studying transitions towards and the sustainability of Compassionate Communities.
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Psychological treatment of personality disorders (PDs) in older adults: adapting protocols and clinical staging
On one hand research demonstrated PDs benefit from treatment and that different psychotherapy approaches have comparable effectiveness (Kramer, 2018) on the other hand age groups addressed in these studies were largely limited to patients up to forty years old (Videler, 2016).
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Public service broadcasting in a digital, international and polarised context
From its inception in the 1920s until the 1970s, public service broadcasting was – albeit firmly rooted in a project of political power maximisation – concerned with emancipation.
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RADAR and radio detection of the PeV-EeV cosmic neutrino flux
With the detection of the high-energy cosmic neutrino flux in the TeV-PeV energy range, IceCube has opened a new window to our universe, neutrino astronomy.
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Re-use of treated wastewater for irrigation and groundwater recharge: effects on quantity and quality of groundwater
Water is an essential resource for households, industry and agriculture. However, the pressure on (drinking) water supply for households, industry and agriculture, water quality and aquatic environments is increasing.
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Real-time imaging of fluorescence lifetime
The project proposes to research a next-generation imaging platform capable of revealing in real- time new and 1more accurate information related to a patient’s body and its diseases through an innovative time-domain fluorescence imaging (tdFLI) technology.
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Reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RISs) for the 6G revolution
The demanding objectives for the future sixth generation (6G) of wireless communication networks have led to recent research efforts on novel materials and radio-frequency front-end architectures for wireless connectivity, as well as revolutionary communication and computing paradigms.
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Regulation of bacterial toxin-antitoxin systems
The genomes of lost bacteria contain a plethora of small operons commonly referred to as toxin- antitoxin (TA) systems. The toxin typically slows down or almost completely halts bacterial metabolism as a consequence of various kinds of stress such as food limitations.
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Reinvigorating participation and mediation in art practices
Arts are a reflection of the questions that resonate in a society and serve as dynamic spaces to challenge norms and inspire cultural and social change.
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Reinvigorating the EU-NATO Partnership
The EU and NATO exist in a symbiotic relationship: they represent the two side of the coin of European integration, namely economic integration and security cooperation.
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