The Aim of a Project

These few questions and examples might explain that the time and effort used to define the aim of a project as precisely as possible is probably the best of all investments and warrants a more systematic approach. This does not require major effort nor is it very time consuming. Once the questions are known, most of the information can be collected quite easily. 

Changing the aim of a project should occur only if there are good scientific reasons to do so - not due to technical difficulties which can be solved. 

The aim of our project was to study phloem as a source of fiber and polyphenols, and to develop a method to improve its taste without losing the potentially bioactive polyphenols. In addition, we wanted to investigate the bioavailability, cholesterolemic and antioxidative effects and safety of phloem and its phytonutrients in humans in a randomised double-blind trial. 

One of the aims of EU project Riskcycle is to assemble and evaluate existing information on the chemicals and especially the additives used in consumer and industrial products with a special focus on the fate and behavior of these additives in six product sectors textile, electronics, plastics, leather, paper, and lubricants [54]. 

Projection of the variable space on to a plane (defined by two loading vectors) is a powerful approach to visualize the distribution of the objects in the variable space, which means detection of clusters and eventually outliers. Another aim of projection can be an optimal separation of given classes of objects. The score plot shows the result of a projection to a plane it is a scatter plot with a point for each object. The corresponding loading plot (with a point for each variable) indicates the relevance of the variables for certain object clusters. 

This volume represents the culmination of a project conceived 9 years ago, whose original aim was to update the landmark Handbook of Chemical Property Estimation Methods... 

Based on this demand, in 2006 FiBL launched a network of long-term farming system comparisons in the tropics (Kenya, India and a site in Latin America that has yet to be defined). The aim of this project is to examine the contribution of organic agriculture to food security, poverty alleviation and environmental conservation. It covers cash crop-oriented systems as well as subsistence crop-based systems under a wide range of agro-ecological and socio-economic conditions. 

The following subchapters describe how to define the aim of a development project and propose a basic structure for a project plan which eliminates the main risk factors in the earliest possible stages but keeps the main dependencies in mind. Since the success of development projects depends on an efficient and well-organized use of human resources and because dealing with human resources is the most difficult task of a project manager, the human and organizational aspects of project work will also be discussed. 

Target selection and synthetic strategy in solution The retrosynthetic study to 3.83 (Fig. 3.32) identified compounds 3.84-3.88 as the precursors to the desired nucleus the aim of this project being the full combinatorial exploitation of a novel scaffold, an assessed SP protocol to general structures 3.89 was necessary. The synthesis in solution of related compounds (3.90a,b, Fig. 3.33 compare with 3.89, Fig. 3.32) being known (29), its adjustment to lead to 3.83 was deemed straightforward for this reason the authors moved directly to SPS. 

The aim of this project is to construct mathematical models for char conversion in a fixed-bed gasifier. The understanding of the conditions during char gasification will facilitate a better control, design and the scaling up of gasification plants. 

At the end of the project, ACC and NMS will be aware of their capabilities and needs, will have their own network of parties involved (or to be involved, if or when needed) with chemical food safety issues/problems. In addition, within the project, National Co-ordinators will be identified for a proper and efficient co-operation with EFSA, with the aim of a better integration and harmonisation of activities relating to chemical food safety in the new enlarged 25-member European Union. This network of National Co-ordinators and experts will be available on a website and will be instrumental in helping interested parties in joining mainstream research Networks of Excellence and other research projects. 

Most of these considered a rather experimental setup, without the application of a robust design procedure. This defined the niche in which to position the current project. The aims of this project are as follows ... 

Within the frame of a project focused on the reduction of formaldehyde emissions from wood-based panels a number of M-DME and U-DME derived resins have been tested [5, 12]. The aim of the project was the development of... 

Let us consider Project 1.17 as an illustrative example of these ideas. The aim of this project is to make the students familiar with the concept of "active space" (from which the various configurations of the Cl expansion are generated) and with the criteria which should be followed to choose an appropriate set of "active orbitals". Usually the choice of the active space is made in such a way that it includes all the orbitals which are involved in the bond-making and bond-breaking. From a practical point of view it is convenient to perform, using a minimal basis set (STO-3G basis [30] available in Gaussian 90), an MCSCF computation on reactant molecules at infinite separation. In this type of... 

The aim of a review of strategic aspects of an EOF is to check if all basic/ generic principles discussed in Section 3.1 were dealt with during the preparation phase, as is necessary for the project to be optimally managed and clearly defined for the chosen approach (reference methodology or stand-alone approach) ... 

A project named QT Interval Prolongation Project for Database Construction (QT PRODACT) was organised by pharmaceutical companies belonging to the Japan Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association (JPMA) and contract laboratories belonging to the Japan Association of Contract Laboratories for Safety Evaluation (JACL). The aim of this project was first to construct a non-clinical database to... 

Correlation between PSA level and evidence of Metastasis in Bone Scintigrams (1996 - 1998), as a Coordinated Research Project of the International Atomic Energy Agency. The aim of this project was to establish the physiological levels of PSA in the Cypriot Population and to investigate if there is a correlation between the PSA level in pathological patients and the indication of metastasis in their Bone Scintigrams. 

For the purposes of the BPD a project was commissioned by DG Environment and conducted by Institutes/ organisations from 6 European Member States, together with representatives from industry. The aims of this project were to develop relevant exposure scenarios of humans to biocidal products and to develop operational predictive models for the purposes of authorisation of biocidal products in each of the 23 product types. The report and proposed models from this project is expected to be finalised in mid-2003. 

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