Από το 2006, το βελγικό δίκτυο SWIFT βρίσκεται στο επίκεντρο μιας κρίσης με σημαντικές νομικές παραμέτρους και έντονες πολιτικές διαστάσεις. Η κρίση προκλήθηκε από τις ενέργειες των αμερικανικών αρχών, ειδικότερα από την ...

During the last 30 years the Cypriot economy faced an extreme growth, either characterized as a miracle or a bubble. In the last decade, the economic euphoria arrived after the accession to the EU and to Euro zone, low ...

Purpose of review: The aims of this review are: (1) to highlight the most significant results over the last few years in harvesting methods and pre- and postharvest handling of horticultural products; and (2) to provide ...

“When we won 5.3% in the Municipality of Athens [in 2010], they said it was circumstantial. We told them that we are here to stay. And from Athens we will spread to all of Greece. When on May 6 [2012] we won 6.9 per ...

As VLSI circuits become very large the complexity of test derivation becomes tremendous. The performance of test derivation can be improved significantly by exploiting the hierarchical structure found in most realistic ...

Over the last decade there is a growing awareness that the computational needs of several scientific areas can only be met by computing machinery that emply highly concurrent computing structures rather that raw speed. ...

Most ontology development methodologies and tools for ontology management deal with ontology snapshots, i.e. they model and manage only the most recent version of ontologies, which is inadequate for contexts where the ...

The article aims at exploring the literature on town centre delimitation methods over the last sixty years. Specifically, the first section explores the content of the term town centre, while the second one proposes an ...

Historic research involves finding, using, and correlating information within primary and secondary sources, in order to communicate an understanding of past events. In this process, historians employ their scientific ...

The tourist industry in Cyprus, from its early beginning until now, has traveled a path of more than one century. Tourism on the island makes its first steps during the British rule. It establishes itself as an influential ...

Forecasting as a scientific discipline has progressed a lot in the last 40 years, with Nobel prizes being awarded for seminal work in the field, most notably to Engle, Granger and Kahneman. Despite these advances, even ...

All disabled people have the right on accessible tourism like all normal people, because they are normal people. The development of a hotel for disable persons will be the perfect project for Cyprus Tourism Industry and ...

Unpredictability and uncertainty reigns over most of medicine. Should women be screened for mammography and men for prostate cancer? The answer is not obvious as a growing number of researchers and doctors assert that the ...

Every time a consumer decides to purchase a mobile phone takes into consideration various factors that are crucial for his/her choice. Nowadays, with evolution in technology and globalization is easy for consumers to be ...

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the performance of various technical trading rules in the Athens Stock Market. We test two of the simplest and most popular trading rules- Moving Averages and MACD Indicator. We ...

The optimization of phenol extraction in hydro-ethanolic mixtures was investigated by using dried samples of aromatic plants (Salvia fruticosa and Origanum dictamnus L.) and fruit-bearing tree leaves (Olea europaeae L. and ...

Hydrogen sulfide (H2S) is an endogenous gasotransmitter which has been recently found to play a major signaling role in response to abiotic stress factors. In the present study we tested whether hydroponic pre-treatment ...

Hydrogen sulfide (H2S) has been recently found to act as a potent priming agent. This study explored the hypothesis that hydroponic pretreatment of strawberry (Fragaria × ananassa cv. Camarosa) roots with a H2S donor, ...

High blood pressure (HBP) or hypertension (HTN) is one of the leading causes of cardiovascular (CV) morbidity and mortality throughout the world. Despite this fact, there is widespread agreement that the treatment of HBP, ...