This is the third and last call for proposals for VPH NoE Exemplar Projects (EPs), activities that are intended to reinforce VPH ToolKit development. Successful proposals will be awarded financing to hire a postdoc/engineer/programmer for 6 to 12 Person Months for work directly related to the VPH ToolKit.
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Personalised Solutions for the Treatment of Traumatic Brain Injuries
VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland and a Consortium of leading research institutions across Europe are taking the treatment of traumatic brain injuries in a more individualised direction in the EU funded project TBIcare.
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Call for Papers: Policy Lessons from a decade of eGovernment, eHealth & eInclusion
Policy lessons from a decade of eGovernment, eHealth, and eInclusion Europe has had many information society strategies, eEurope (1999), i2010 (2005) and Digital Agenda for Europe (2010). eGovernment, eHealth, and eInclusion are the three policy sub-domains comprising the societal public services pillar which is the backbone of all of these strategic frameworks.
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€40 Million Start-Up Fund for Junior Researchers in Europe in 2011
€40 million, to cover over 400 grants, will be offered to researchers starting their first full-time research job in a European research institute in 2011. The €100 000 'career integration' grants are funded through the EU's Marie Curie programme and aim to encourage European scientists to return to Europe,
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Little Evidence to Support Most eHealth Technologies
Despite the wide endorsement of and support for eHealth technologies, such as electronic patient records and e-prescribing, the scientific basis of its benefits - which are repeatedly made and often uncritically accepted - remains to be firmly established.
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Success Stories: The Osteoporotic Virtual Physiological Human
Osteoporosis is becoming one of the most serious diseases for the European ageing population: nearly four million osteoporotic bone fractures cost the European health system more than €30 billion per year, and kill 250,000 elders for related complications; this figure could double by 2050.
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Smart Phones and Remote Controls Help Elderly and Disabled to Manage their Homes
With €2.7 million of EU funding, researchers from the Czech Republic, Germany, Portugal, Spain and Sweden have developed a solution to give elderly and disabled people easier control over the various electronic appliances and services in their homes using their mobile phone or other devices.
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