11 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 ...
Memomoti project
The digital revolution has provided people with access to unlimited resources and knowledge. Unfortunately, the processes for learning have not evolved to align with this new paradigm. Students ask 'why can't we play instead of learning'? Educators ask 'why can't I get my students to engage'? The question everyone should be asking is 'why can't we learn while we are playing? EduGamiTec is ready to radically change traditional education and digital entertainment! Multiple studies show that children spend on average 15 hours (McAfee & Center for Media and Child Health) per week playing ...
Development of a service platform for import of international trade, e.g. medical protective clothing
The international trading platform TEGGS combines customs and logistics. The current COVID-19 pandemic in Europe requires two things: Fast delivery of medical equipment and transparent quality management products. Medical equipment such as face masks are produced almost entirely outside the European Union. tuomi uses its expertise in NFC technology to allow the buyer to exactly track the transportation and manufacturing process of the product.
The role of air pollution in transmission and severity of COVID-19
Based on superficial inspection and anecdotal evidence, there appears to be a close correlation between being a hotspot area for COVID-19 prevalence or severity on one hand and air pollution on the other hand. For instance, the highest COVID-19 prevalence region in Italy (Lombardy) is also one of the most polluted areas of the country. This apparent correlation has led some researchers to hypothesise that air pollution may play a causal role in increasing COVID-19 transmission and severity. While such a link is plausible, as COIV-19 is a respiratory disease and as there are well-established...
MODVid -- Modeling the macroeconomic and distributional eects of Covid-19 and restarting scenarios
MODVid is a package of four complementary and interdependent projects aimed to inform public decisions fastly. The goal is to use better modeling tools to estimate consistent macroeconomic and distributional effects of the crisis and of restarting scenarios. We propose to use macroeconomic and microsimulation models available at STATEC or LISER (assuming a return to normalcy after the crisis) as well as to develop a model highlighting the risk of a systemic collapse of financial markets (no return to normalcy). In the assessment of the restarting strategy, a particular attention is devoted ...
SĀGE CONNECT
SĀGE is a platform that welcomes retirees to the gig economy by having them teach from their expertise to the community around them, bringing meaning and purpose to their lives, and helping many financially as well. In the last few weeks, we've adapted our model and brought our service online; sāges teaching virtual classes through zoom.
