This project aims at evaluating the potentialities of compact annealing which associates technologies of rapid heating and rapid cooling. Such a concept is a way to develop resistance steel grades. Various heating technologies (based on induction and gas jet heaters) were investigated. Their...

This report consists of two volumes: the first volume presents the main scientific and policy findings of the work undertaken and the second one assembles all related appendices. The abstract and executive summary presented in the first volume offer to the reader the opportunity to take a first...

The Commission services have taken the initiative to ask a panel of external experts to carry out an analysis of the implementation of genomic research funded as part of FP5, thematic programme 'Quality of life and management of living resources' (QoL). The aim of the panel was: - to analyse the...

The study aims to give an overview of commitments of science organisations that promote awareness of researchers. The study describes different types of codes and the arguments why ethical standards should be issued. Some criteria on how to measure excellence are proposed and two examples of...

The general aim of the project is to improve the process controlling and increasing the process stability and reliability of electric arc furnaces by using neuro-fuzzy methods. Subjects of the project were energy consumption, environmental aspects, the foreseeing of chemical parameters, control...

The 25 recommendations try, where possible, to address the relevant actors. Sometimes they also take the tone of a "code of conduct". Hence these recommendations should function partly as a "code of conduct" for any actor in the field of genetic testing and partly as an "action plan for genetic...

In welded structures, fracture initiation is usually prevented by ensuring that the fracture toughness in the weld and heat affected zone is sufficiently high for the stress levels experienced. In some cases, initiation cannot be excluded in an absolute sense and a second line of defence is...

The principles of sustainability must inform every stage in the creation of the urban environment in which 80% of EU citizens live - planning and design, construction, operation and maintenance, renewal and reuse. This publication explains the practical contribution made by EU-funded research...