Publishable summary. II.1. Summary description of project context and objectives The European population is ageing, and the number of adults age 70 and older is predicted to increase from 25% to 40% by 20301-5 as will the number of people with age-related chronic diseases. Thus interventions that prolong the number of years during which seniors are in good health and free from disabilities will have a striking impact on public health. The goal of DO-HEALTH is to extend healthy life expectancy by delaying physiologic aging at multi-organ sites in European seniors and to reduce healthcare costs via the implementation of effective and broadly applicable disease prevention interventions. This will be achieved within a large multi-centre clinical trial enrolling 2152 community-dwelling men and women aged 70 and older, when chronic diseases increase substantially. The randomized-controlled trial will test the individual and the additive (“multi-modal”) benefit of 2000 IU vitamin D/day, 1 gram of omega-3 fatty acids per day and a simple home exercise program in an efficient factorial trial design. DO-HEALTH will establish evidence for 5 primary endpoints: (1) the risk of incident non-vertebral fractures; (2) the risk of functional decline; (3) the risk of blood pressure increase; (4) the risk of cognitive decline; (5) and the rate of any infection. Key secondary endpoints include risk of hip fracture, rate of falls, knee pain in symptomatic knee osteoarthritis, glucose tolerance, oral health, gastro-intestinal symptoms, mental health, quality of life, and mortality. The trial duration will be 3 years to establish long-term efficacy and safety data for the 3 interventions. Follow-up will be in-person and in 3-monthly intervals (4 clinical visits and 9 phone follow-up calls). DO-HEALTH will further assess the comparative effectiveness of the interventions by evaluating reasons why or why not seniors adhere to them; and will assess their cost-benefit in a health economic model based on documented health care utilization and observed incidence of chronic disease.
Publishable summary. 1.1 Summary description of project context and objectives The DOREMI Project context and Scientific and Technological objectives are: • Development of an unobtrusive monitoring environment keeping track of the daily activities of the elderly people at risk of malnutrition, sedentariness and cognitive decline according to the “active ageing lifestyle protocol”(MS1, M8) established by the specialist. • Development of a smart environment for context awareness and service orientation (MS6, M33) for the dynamic analysis of elderly behaviour and compliance to the active ageing lifestyle protocol. • Development of a gamified environment to engage the elderly and stimulate social interaction and physical activity (MS7, M24). • Proof the concept and validate (MS8, M28 and MS9, M36) the effectiveness and impact of the proposed solution in a pilot study carried out in Italy (SI4LIFE) and UK (Extra and Accord), involving both elderly users and care providers.
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Publishable summary. Overview This project brings together and refines the best available knowledge of vector-borne diseases (VBD), climate variability and climate change trends, disease dependence on climate, factors governing infection rates in humans and animals, and the needs of end-user health professionals. The result is a valuable predictive tool that anticipates disease outbreaks and optimises the ability of health professionals and decision-makers to manage some of the most important diseases affecting human populations and livestock. Vector-borne diseases are the cause of major loss of life, hardship and economic stress in many African countries. Seasonal and interannual climate variability is a primary control of vector and pathogen survival and vector breeding success, leading to disease emergence and spread. A perfect storm of environmental drivers, as well as extreme events that cause floods and droughts are key factors in the dynamics of epidemics. Infection rates depend on vector and pathogen abundance, proximity to human or animal hosts, and on environmental variables including temperature, vegetation and the availability of standing water, which supports aquatic stages of vector life cycles. Climate variability alters temperature and precipitation which, by increasing the area, depth, number and duration of breeding ponds, directly influences vector survival rates and abundance. The overall objective of QWeCI was to combine state-of-the-art climate model outputs, weather- dependent infection control data for key infectious diseases in African, and local knowledge about population behaviour, disease, vectors and transmission patterns. These would generate maps showing areas of infection risk appropriate to the decision-making of health professionals on the ground and the policy-making of governments of susceptible countries. Knowledge of how current and future climate is likely to influence infection patterns will have profound implications for planning and disease prevention and control, and be a valuable tool for health professionals and government bodies in countries susceptible to VBD impacts. Databases and Reviews A database of all human and animal pathogens (the ENHanCEd Infectious Disease Database, EID2 xxxx://xxx.xxxxxxxx.xx.xx/EID2/) has been completed as a part of the NERC ENHanCE and FP7 QWeCI projects. Pathogen entries within the EID2 are labelled with information on their source (i.e. host), where they are found (at the country-level) and when the...
Publishable summary. This document describes models for the different aspects in the specification of tasks. These models allow us to describe learnable skills in a generic way. The focus of this deliverable are the models used in the description of these learnable skills. Although prototype implementations are already provided to test the viability of the models and some results will be shown, these are not the main focus of this deliverable. The learnable skill models of work package 5 are model-based description of the task that contains learnable parameters. These learnable parameters allow for both programming by demonstration (PbD) and on-line/off-line calibration. The models are developed while keeping the 5C’s in mind (separation of Computation, Configuration, Coordination, and Communication, while taking into account Composability). Four types of models are discussed in this deliverable:
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Publishable summary. The Moder project has developed four process and delivery models for refurbishment at district level. These models were tested against the development in Moder case study areas in the cities of Suonenjoki (FI), Riihimäki (FI), Kranj (SI) and Daugavpils (LV). The testing bases on information on the strategies of the cities and discussions with City administration. None of the case studies have entered to the stage of actual district level refurbishment project yet, but there have been several studies on the possibilities, strategies and costs of the district level project. The Moder project has either carried out various analysis such as energy simulations and studies on, e.g. citizen participation in the processes to help the authorities in decision-making on the scope and extent, content and the schedule of the development. The co-operation between the Moder project and the cities has been quite intense. The four integrated delivery models developed in the MODER project are [MODER a 2017]: • Alliance model • Primary project model (PPM) • Distributed design-build model (DBB) • Public/private-private partnership model (P/PPP) The feedback on the process models bases on a new tool for analysing the suitability of a process model for a specified case study. Design process can be characterised as a series of decisions concerning multiple requirements and various solutions. Current design management practise doesn't often include use of formal tools to assist in decision-making concerning the life cycle performance of the facility. Quality Function Deployment (QFD) offers a systematic approach to match the customer expectations with the product features, and to document decisions in the design process. It is a team decision making tool to achieve common understanding and commitment to performance-based design objectives and prioritised characters of design solutions. [Xxxxxxx et al., 2001] MODER Process Score Card was developed based on these principles. It can be used as an integrated design process tool to give guidance for choosing a suitable delivery model for each district refurbishment case. Case study Suonenjoki Alliance model seems the most suitable project delivery method at least for smaller areas inside the case area in Suonenjoki. It suits best for a limited number of buildings and clear ownership structure. It is crucial that the number of building owners is limited due to the size of the management group and communication within the project. The P...
Publishable summary. Atmospheric turbulence encounters are the leading cause of injuries to passengers and flight crews in non-fatal airline accidents. A whole class of turbulence, representing 40% of turbulence accidents, and designated as Clear Air Turbulence, cannot be detected by any existing airborne equipment, including state-of-the-art weather radar; this explains why the number of turbulence accidents has been growing by a factor of 5 since 1980, 3 times faster than the increase of the air traffic.
Publishable summary. For energy efficient refurbishment at district level, four aspects have to be observed.
