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Part of this work has been carried in the frame of BRITE-EURAM Project 6056 SIMON , with the financial support of the EU Commission. 

The financial support of the EU Commission to the in-plant testing and validation work packages, in the frame ofthe BRITE-EURAM Project 6056 "SIMON" is gratefully acknowledged. 

Assessing the effectiveness and reliability of Acoustic Emission (AE) in continuous, on-line monitoring of the structural integrity of critical thermal power plant components, such as steam headers and steamline sections, is the main objective of the work reported in this paper. This is part of the work carried within the BRITE - EURAM 6056 "SIMON" Project from 10.1993 to 9.1997 with the support of the EU Commission. The "SIMON" Project Consortium included CISE [I, coordinator], MITSUI BABCOCK ENERGY [UK] HERIOT WATT University [UK], PROET / EDP[P]andENEL[I],... 

The financial support of the UE Commission to the work presented in this paper, in the frame of the BRFTE-EURAM Project 6056 "SIMON", is gratefully acknowledged. 

BRITE-EURAM III project "RAYSQUINS" BE95-1164, CT95-0096... 

This work was supported by the European Commission Brite Euram under contract in ref. 1... 

The work described in this paper was undertaken as part of a project funded by the European Community under the Industrial and Materials technologies Programme (Brite/EuRam III). The contributions of other partners in the project, AIB-Vinfotte asbl, Tecnatom SA and SLV Mifrichen GmbH) is gratefully acknowledged. 

Hillger, W. Friederiehs, B. Ultrasonic Inspection of the Helicopter EFI 101 Tail Unit, Brite Euram Project No. BE-5781, Document No. DAMTOS-WP-503-1.1/DLR, 1995... 

The majority (over 50%) of these projects exists under the Brite/EuRam programme. 

Many of the most relevant projects under Brite-EuRam, plus some from "Standards, Measurements and Testing" (SMT), Esprit IlM, and the "Nuclear Fission Programme", have now been grouped in the network, with the participating projects clustered under the following main topics, under which a number of specific cluster activities have been defined ... 

The Novasep team in 1994, successfully resolved 2 kg of racemic binaphthol per day on a Pirkle-Type 3,5-DNBPG CSP (Merck KGaA, Germany) using a Licosep 8-200 SMB system (Summary report on the BRITE-EURAM project BRE2-CT92-0337). 

Kardinaal, A.E. et al.. Association between beta-carotene and acute myocardial infarction depends on polyunsaturated fatty acid status the EURAMIC study (European Study on Antioxidants, Myocardial Infarction, and Cancer of the Breast), Arterioscler. Thromb. Vase. Biol, 15, 726, 1995. 

Details are given of aBrite-Euram project which is aimed at meeting health, safety and environmental requirements in the European rubber industry through the development of improved formulations. Participants in the four year project, which began in September 1997, include 14... 

Brite-Euram Project BE-7052, Contract BRE2.CT94. 0530 Bioerodible-Biodegradable Polymeric Matrices for Targeted Protein Drug Release. 

BRITE/Euram Project Polymerization and Polymer Modification in Supercritical Fluids (1997 to 2000). 

SM Gort, GR Van der Hoof, RA Baumann, P Van Zoonen, JM Martin-Moreno, P van t Veer. Determination of p,p -DDE and PCBs in adipose tissue using high-performance liquid chromatography coupled on-line to capillary GC-The EURAMIC study. J High Resol Chromatogr 20 138-142, 1997. 

Guallar, E., Aro, A., and Jimenez, F.J. 1999. Omega-3 fatty acids in adipose tissue and risk of myocardial infarction The Euramic study. Arterioscler Thromb. Vase. Biol. 19(4), 1111-1118. Gubbels, G.H., Bonner, D.M., and Kenaschuk, E.O. 1994. Effect of frost injury on quality of flaxseed. 

Gomez-Aracena, J., Sloots, J., and Garcia-Rodriguez, A. 1997. Antioxidants in adipose tissue and myocardial infarction in Mediterranean area. The EURAMIC study in Malaga. Nutr. Metab. Cardiovasc. Dis. 7, 376-382. 

Commission (BRITE-EURAM program, CEC Project No. BE95-1335), the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF, Project No. 03C0306), the Foundation Rheinland-Pfalz ftir Innovation (836-386261/193), as well as BASF AG, Bayer AG, Axiva GmbH, Degussa. 

In a large trial (37) conducted in eight European countries— European Antioxidant Miocardial Infarction and Breast Cancer (EURAMIC) trial—the fatty acid composition, a-tocopherol, and /3-carotene levels were determined in adipose tissue of patients with acute Ml. The study supported the hypothesis that /3-carotene protects against Ml because it reduces the oxidation of PUFA. The concentration on adipose tissue was considered due to the dietary intake. 

National de la Recherche Scientifique. The OECD published a report on advanced materials in 1990, while NATO and the EC supported research programs such as the Brite-Euram Programme on Industrial and Material Technologies. So great is the public concern with materials that the phrase age of materials has often been used to characterize our epoch in journals and magazines. 

Proposal to the EC Framework Programme IV, Membrane Reactor for Cost-Effective Environmental-Friendly Hydrogen Production , Brite Euram, no. BE95 1930 (1995). 

The work described in this thesis was financially supported by the EU in the framework of the Brite-Euram program. 

This work was carried out as a part of the BRITE-Euram project BE 906-3745. The authors are grateful to the European Commission for the funding of this work. Our thanks also go to our consortium partners in the project for stimulating and helpful discussions. 

The authors gratefully acknowledge financial support fi om EEC BRITE EURAM grant 4633 and provision of the catalyst samples fi om Elf and Crosfield Catalysts. 

We are indepted to Dr. Velterop and Mr. Weierink for kindly providing the ceramic supports. This work was funded by the European Community under the Industrial and Materials Technologies Programme (Brite-Euram III Contract No BRPR - CT96 313). 

Dr. L. Crisci helped with the drawings and Dr. M. L. Wis read the manuscript. Their help is gratefully acknowledged. I am thankful to Dr. C. Neri for his continuous interest in the photochrome work. We would also like to thank the European Commision (Bruxelles, B) for partial financial support through the BRITE/Euram Project No. BE 3380 BRPR CT 96 0228. 

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