Projects 2010
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Scientific Projects 2010
Through the “Scientific Projects 2010” Program, 21 projects were funded. During the event for the presentation of the projects’ results which was held on May 5th, 2011, the following short movie was screened, presenting the scientific teams and the Foundation’s scientific evaluation committee.
Social Sciences and Humanities
| Title | Coordinator / Institution | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Clinical, Biochemical, and Genetic Factors of Cognitive Dysfunction in Schizophrenia Summary » | Final Report |
Coordinator: Kontis Dimitrios Institution: Psychiatric Hospital of Attica |
| 2. | Corruption and Tax Evasion in Economies with Public and Private Education Summary » | Final Report |
Coordinator: Palivos Theodoros Institution: University of Macedonia - Research Institute of Applied Financial and Social Sciences |
| 3. | The Clandestine Press 1936-1974: Digitization and theoretical study Summary » | Final Report |
Coordinator: Papathanasiou Ioanna Institution: Scientific Society «Contemporary Social History Archives» |
| 4. | Documentation of Urum, the language of a Greek population in the Caucasus Summary » | Final Report |
Coordinator: Skopeteas Stavros Institutions: University of Potsdam / National & Kapodistrian University of Athens / University of Bremen |
| 5. | Non-material Cultural Heritage and Biodiversity: Ethnobiological study in the region of Kissamos in Crete Summary » | Final Report |
Coordinator: Skoula Melpomeni Institutions: Park for the Protection of the Flora and Fauna, Technical University of Crete/Natural History Museum of Crete, University of Crete |
| 6. | The transformation of the Centre of Athens: What could be the contribution of the Arts? Summary » | Final Report |
Coordinator: Girgilaki Helen Institution: Network Nomadic Architecture |
| 7. | Urban Collective Memory through Time and Space Summary » | collectivecitymemory.net |
Coordinator: Hristopoulou Helen Institution: Ionian University |
Mathematics, Physical Sciences, Engineering, Information and Communication, Universe and Earth Sciences
| Title | Coordinator / Institution | |
|---|---|---|
| 8. | Effective Use of Low-Enthalpy Geothermal Fields for Heating and Energy Production by Using Optimal Thermal-Transfer Fluids and Energy-Producing Systems Summary » | Final Report |
Coordinator: Voutetakis Spyrus Institution: Centre for Research & Technology Hellas |
| 9. | Efficient Algorithms for Reachability and Path-Selection Problems with Applications Summary » | Final Report |
Coordinator: Georgiadis Loukas Institution: University of Western Macedonia |
| 10. | Ash as a Material of Passive Cooling of Buildings and Open-Air Areas Summary » | Final Report |
Coordinator: Karamanis Dimitrios Institution: University of Ioannina |
| 11. | Structural health monitoring of glass fiber reinforced composites using embedded carbon nanotube (CNT) fibers Summary » | Final Report |
Coordinator: Kourkoulis Stavros Institutions: National Technical University of Athens / University of the Aegean / Centre de Recherche Paul Pascal-CNRS, Université de Bordeaux |
| 12. | Geophysical and Mineralogical Investigations on the twin-meteorite impact craters in Thessaly (Central Greece) of Holocene age Summary » | Final Report |
Coordinator: Lagios Evaggelos Institutions: National & Kapodistrian University of Athens/Institute of Mineralogy and Petrography, ETH Zürich |
| 13. | Prototype Database of High-Quality Digital Mammography Images and its Portal-based Public Dissemination to the Scientific Community Summary » | Final Report |
Coordinator: Mavroforakis Michael Institutions: University of Houston, Texas / National & Kapodistrian University of Athens |
| 14. | Disk-shaped Graphene Liquid Crystals: Self-Organization and Dynamics Summary » | Final Report |
Coordinator: Floudas Georgios Institutions: University of Ioannina / Max-Planck Institute for Polymer Research (MPI-P) |
Life Sciences
| Title | Coordinator / Institution | |
|---|---|---|
| 15. | The Role of Mechanical Load in Treating Osteoporosis: Designing a Mechanical Osteoblast Stimulation Model to Investigate Curative Applications Summary » | Final Report |
Coordinator: Basdra Efthimia Institution: National & Kapodistrian University of Athens |
| 16. | The Creation and Analysis of a New Genetic Model of Osteoporosis in Transgenic Mice Overexpressing the RANKL Cytokine Summary » | Final Report |
Coordinator: Douni Helen Institution: Alexander Fleming Biomedical Sciences Research Center |
| 17. | The Genetic Differentiation of the Mitochondrial Genome and Its Co-evolution with the Nuclear Genome as a Speciation Mechanism in the Terrestrial Snails of Greece Summary » | Final Report |
Coordinator: Parmakelis Aristeidis Institutions: National & Kapodistrian University of Athens / University of Patras |
| 18. | What Lies Behind a Giant: the Case of the Skyros Lizard Summary » | Final Report |
Coordinator: Pafilis Panagiotis Institutions: University of Michigan / National & Kapodistrian University of Athens / Imperial College |
| 19. | Development of a Diagnostic Drug for Alzheimer’s Disease Summary » | Final Report |
Coordinator: Pelekanou Maria Institution: National Centre of Scientific Research "Demokritos" |
| 20. | Automatic Detection of Heart Murmurs in Children’s Phonocardiograms and Development of Paediatric Auscultation Training Software Summary » | Final Report |
Coordinator: Stilianou Ioannis Institutions: Foundation for Research &Technology (FORTH) / University of Crete |
| 21. | The Genetic and Molecular Role of the AIF (Apoptosis Inducing Factor) Proteins in Activating the Innate Immune System of Plants Summary » | Final Report |
Coordinator: Tsitsigiannis Dimitrios Institution: Agricultural University of Athens |