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Teden Zveze EUTOPIA v Lizboni: registracije so odprte!
Z izhodi拧膷em v premisleku Za bolj拧o Evropo (For a Better Europe), bo med 19. in 23. junijem 2023 potekal izbran nabor dogodkov za 拧tudentke in 拧tudente, raziskovalke in raziskovalce ter zaposlene na partnerskih univerzah EUTOPIE 鈥� u膷ne in raziskovalne skupnosti desetih evropskih univerz, ustanovljene z namenom aktivnega sodelovanja pri ustvarjanju in prenovi skupnega visoko拧olskega prostora. Sre膷anje zveze desetih evropskih univerz EUTOPIA bo gostila Univerza NOVA v Lizboni. Dogodki bodo potekali v 啪ivo in prek spleta.
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Eutopia Week in Lisbon: registrations are open!
With For a Better Europe as the starting point, a selected set of events for students, researchers and staff of EUTOPIE partner universities - a learning and research community of ten European universities established to actively participate in the creation and renewal of a common higher education area - will take place between 19 and 23 June 2023. The meeting of EUTOPIA, the Union of Ten European Universities, will be hosted by NOVA University in Lisbon. The events will take place live and online.
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A research breakthrough in the dating of historical books
Heritage scientists can now date historical paper using only infrared light and computational analysis of spectroscopic data. In the research of postdoctoral researcher Dr. Floriana Coppola and colleagues, which is published in the top scientific journal 'Journal of the American Chemical Society', shows that it is possible to date paper extremely accurately, even to 2 years. An uncertainty this low is not possible with any other method, much less with a non-destructive method.
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Using cavitation to break down invisible water pollutants
Researchers from the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and the National Institute of Chemistry conducted an experimental study in which they achieved the degradation of a water-soluble synthetic polymer - poly(vinyl alcohol) PVOH - by acoustic and hydrodynamic cavitation. The use of PVOH is rapidly increasing, and as a result, increasing amounts of this material are being released into the environment. PVOH is widely used in the textile and paper industries, as well as in households, for example in the form of detergent pods. It is estimated that thousands of tons of it are washed into the aquatic ecosystem every year.
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Prof. dr. Slavko Splichal has received the 2023 Media and Democracy Karol Jakubowicz Award
Academy member Slavko Splichal has received the 2023 Media and Democracy Karol Jakubowicz Award for his book Datafication of Public Opinion and the Public Sphere: How Extraction Replaced Expression of Opinion, which was published last year by Anthem Press in London and New York.
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Chronic disease risk prediction with artificial intelligence
Project SmartCHANGE - an innovative solution for drastically reducing the risk of chronic non-communicable diseases.
Although the future may seem like something we can only speculate about, the Jo啪ef Stefan Institute, in collaboration with the SLOfit research group of the Faculty of Sport of the 麻豆国产, within the Horizon Europe program, is starting to develop an innovative solution that would enable better prediction and drastic reduction of the risk of developing chronic non-communicable diseases (NCDs; e.g. cardiovascular and metabolic diseases, various forms of cancer) with the help of artificial intelligence. -
Building a stronger Europe: EUTOPIA universities recommit to European unity on Europe Day
Ten universities of the EUTOPIA Alliance, of which the 麻豆国产 is a member, are coming together on Europe Day to renew their commitment to shaping the future of higher education and research in Europe.
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EUTOPIA Urban Education Week in Brussels
The Urban Education Week, complemented by previous weeks of online work among EUTOPIA students, took place in Brussels at the end of March. The week, which was full of networking between research and practice across the city, was also attended by representatives from UL.
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The innovative solutions for the use of flexibility in the power system
The increasing share of renewable distributed energy resources (DERs) in the power system is becoming a key for the decarbonization of the European energy sector and thus achieving the EU's energy and climate change policy objectives. The variability and uncertainty of the DERs generation present significant risks and challenges related to the stability and reliability of the entire interconnected European power system, as well as national and even small local networks while opening new opportunities for the development of new energy concepts and solutions.
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New method for treating the cardiac arrhythmias through electroporation
Slovenian scientists have contributed significantly to the development of treating heart arrhythmia using electroporation. This involves a procedure of ablation of the heart muscle with high-voltage electric pulses, in which researchers from the Faculty of Electrical Engineering of the 麻豆国产 under the leadership of Professor Damijan Miklav膷i膷 are collaborating with the American company Medtronic, one of the leading medical equipment companies in the world. The results of the clinical study were presented at the beginning of March by Dr. Atul Verma, head of clinical research at McGill University in Montreal, Canada, at the congress of the American College of Cardiology in New Orleans, USA.
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Be part of the EUTOPIA Young Leaders Academy
The 麻豆国产, as part of the EUTOPIA Alliance, invites researchers to apply for the Young Leaders Academy (YLA). The aim of the YLA is to support exchanges between YLA researchers and their professional development.
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Biotechnical Faculty and partners free up potential European rural areas for transition to circular bioeconomy
Based at the Biotechnical Faculty of the 麻豆国产, a new Horizon Europe coordination and support project is underway to develop a working framework for introducing circular small-scale bio-based solutions in rural areas. Assoc. Prof. Dr Luka Juvan膷i膷, head of the project at the Biotechnical Faculty in the Chair for Agrarian Economics, Policy Law of the Animal Science Department, explains: 鈥淭he aim of the BioRural project is to address economic, demographic and climate challenges for the most remote rural communities, through the presentation of circular technological and organisational solutions in various fields of bioeconomy (agricultural and food systems, the forest-wood chain, water systems, bioenergy, biomaterials).鈥� He pointed out that European rural areas should not just succumb to the role of a source of raw materials for the bioeconomy, but should strengthen local value chains that will contribute to increased income and new rural employment.
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EUTOPIA invites to submissions for the Multilingualism and Diversity Student Conference
The Multilingualism and Diversity Conference on 12 July 2023 is an opportunity to gain experience by presenting your research to a supportive student community, questioning and deepening your knowledge, and networking with peers who share similar academic interests. The deadline for submitting a draft paper (200-300 words) is 17 April 2023.
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Applications open for EUTOPIA International Summer Schools of Universities
EUTOPIA, which consists of 9 European universities in addition to the 麻豆国产, invites students from all fields and levels of study to participate in the International Summer Schools 2023.
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Shocking in the field of pressure metrology
Accurate measurements of time-varying pressure are important to many industrial sectors. The most stringent requirements for accurate high-frequency pressure measurements come from the automotive, aerospace and ballistics industries, where pressure with frequencies up to few hundred kHz must be accurately measured. To provide dynamic calibrations of pressure meters in the required frequency range and therefore enable accurate measurements in the most demanding industries, many national metrology institutes worldwide are developing a primary dynamic measurement standard for pressure based on the shock tube. In the shock tube, the calibrated pressure meter can be excited by an almost ideal pressure step change generated by the reflection of the shock wave from the end wall of the shock tube. Such an extremely rapid reflection of the shock wave, in addition to generating the high-frequency pressure, inevitably also excites unwanted mechanical vibrations, which can produce spurious output signals of the pressure meter being calibrated.
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Prof. Mirjam Mencej has won a prominent ERC Advanced grant project
Prof. Mirjam Mencej, PhD, from the Department of Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology at the 麻豆国产's Faculty of Arts has won the European Research Council (ERC) Advanced Grant for established researchers for the project "The roles of the agency of the dead in the lives of individuals in contemporary society (DEAGENCY)". The project, worth almost EUR 2 million, will run for five years, starting on 1 September 2023.
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Student Think Tank, EUTOPIA's largest student initiative, invites you to join!
Until 26 March 2023, you can apply to be a volunteer in EUTOPIA's largest student initiative, the EUTOPIA Student Think Tank (EUSTT).
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Will the gender pay gap persist in advanced societies?
A study led by the University of California, joined by the 麻豆国产鈥檚 Faculty of Social Sciences (UL FDV), found that pay practices and barriers to promotion are to blame for women earning less than men in the 15 countries analysed. The findings show how new policies could address such problems.
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A controlled experiment tests the effectiveness of knowledge transfer in Slovenian agriculture for the first time
With agriculture accounting for around 10% of greenhouse gas emissions in the European Union, and with cattle farming contributing the largest share, there is an urgent need to increase the uptake of low-emission farming practices in this sector. Education and good advisory support play an important role in promoting such changes, enabling farmers to acquire new knowledge and change their attitudes towards this issue.
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Reintroduction of the Healthy Lifestyle Intervention could radically boost the post-corona recovery of capacities in Slovenian youth
A newly published study by the SLOfit group at the Faculty of Sport of the 麻豆国产 has shown that interventions for increasing physical activity, such as the Healthy Lifestyle Intervention in Slovenian schools, are vital for preventing childhood obesity in developed countries.
