42 projects
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COPLASMAVID -Atmospheric plasma treatments on textiles for virus decontamination and for increase...
In the context of the COVID19 pandemic, many countries in Europe suffer from critical shortages of personal protective equipment (PPE) such as 'Filtering Face Piece' (FFP) masks and lab coats. In order to address this challenge, several initiatives throughout Western Europe are carried out to re-use the available equipment through decontamination or even sterilisation processes. So far, technologies such as chemical sterilization, irradiation technologies, UV exposure, supercritical CO2 or vacuum plasma have been tested and proved to be efficient against COVID19 contamination. However, they...
FAREWELL to C19 (FAmily REsponse and WELL-Being impact of Covid-19
Lockdowns and the economic crisis induced by Covid-19 are imposing unprecedented constraints on families in terms of freedom of choice, consumption opportunities, time use, and social interaction. While working from home has become the norm, it also implies a dramatic increase in inequality among families, since people most likely to be working from home were already better off. The FAREWELL to C19 project aims to analyse how these effects concur with individual traits (such as age, gender, economic status, and resilience under uncomfortable circumstances) to shape people's preferences, eco...
Predicting major challenges of returning to work in Luxembourg by evaluating the impact of change...
This project is a study conducted by Pétillances, a company based in Strassen, Luxembourg, specialized in psychosocial risks prevention, trainings and organisational consultancy. This study was launched on 27th April 2020 and is still ongoing. It consists in a questionnaire evaluating how the measures taken by the Luxembourgish and cross-border governments are impacting the work organisation and what consequences it has on workers' mental health. Its first purpose is to compare the situation before the confinement measures were introduced and afterwards, for example: in what extent has ...
Support in the Luxembourg for app-based contact tracing of Covid-19 A longitudinal study using an...
In absence of cure, a lockdown exit strategy requires non-medical interventions such as social distancing to contain Covid-19 diffusion. Innovative apps for smartphones have been proposed to contain new outbreaks by quickly alert people in case of contact with infected people. Various technical solutions are available, but the basic idea is that an app in the mobile phone registers other users of the app in close proximity. If an app user is diagnosed with the coronavirus, all people who have recently been in close proximity to this person are notified immediately. Despite the evident adva...
Evaluation of the risk factors to COVID-19 among the population 50+
In this project, we aim to evaluate the relationship between characteristics of the individuals aged 50 and above and their vulnerability to COVID-19. Although individuals aged 50+ do not represent the entire population, they have been identified as the most vulnerable group to COVID-19. We will start the analysis by studying the composition of this population group in Luxembourg (in terms of well-known and potential risk factors). As a next step, we will do the same exercise for other European countries to better understand the diversity in the prevalence of risk factors across countries a...
Management of stocks of essential products in pharmacies
This project would aim at creating an informative app displaying stocks of essential products during the epidemic (hand sanitizer, masks, thermometers) in the pharmacies. This app would be accessible for public, and based on logistic databases and real-time updates from pharmacies.
Earth Observation Data for Epidemic Management (EODEM)
Previous experience with using Earth Observation (EO) data for monitoring and mitigating the spread of the Ebola virus shows that EO data can be an important tool in the response to global pandemics such as COVID-19. Indeed, in the European Union, Copernicus data is already being used to monitor the various effects of COVID-19 and the response to it. This project seeks to build on these experiences to understand how EO capabilities and resources can be implemented to better manage epidemics and pandemics as well as what measures are needed to protect from the wrongful uses of these resource...
Impact of the Covid-19 crisis on employment participation of older workers
The objective of this project is to investigate the impact of the current COVID-19 crisis on the employment participation of older workers in Luxembourg. Due to demographics shifts, improving the employment participation of older workers is essential in order to sustain the pension insurance system. In the context of the COVID-19 crisis, older workers need particular attention as the labor market is affected in a profound way. First, since the crisis, many employees are able to work remotely. However, sectors where telework is not a practical option such as construction, real estate, manufa...
