In Content-Based Image Retrieval (CBIR) systems, the visual content of the images is mapped into a new space named the feature space. The features that are chosen must be discriminative and sufficient for the description ...

The aim of this paper is to investigate the relationship of price changes in the southern European E.U. member states through their stock markets and especially among the exchange markets of Portugal, Italy, Ireland, ...

Background: The onset of a major depressive episode is experienced by a large number of women in the weeks or months following delivery. Postpartum depression may deem those women experiencing it incapable of taking care ...

Dans le but de consolider la paix sociale et de protéger l'intérêt général,l'Etat planifie et coordonne les activités économiques du pays, en recherchant d'assurer le développement économique -de tous les secteurs de ...

Le contraste est désormais considérable enrre la situation grecque caractérisée globalement par l'abandon d'un rrend durable de croissance, une instabilité politique chronique et de fortes tensions sociales, et celle de ...

More and more Internet of Things (IoT) devicesare deployed around the world, due to the convenience andextra functionality they enable. This growth, while great forthe industry as a whole, has ...

The large construction projects cause inevitable negative impact on the natural landscape of the exposed areas. Among these is the creation of disturbed surfaces with unsuitable soil material and gradients that imply ...

This study investigates the perceived value of mathematics in students from Greek Cypriot Gymnasium. It also examines individual differences in the perceived value of mathematics in relation to students’ gender, grades, ...

One of the most powerful economies in the global economic system is Japan. Nowadays the global economic system is facing many economic and political challenges. Owing to the fact that Japan is one of the most powerful ...

This book is designed to be used in conjunction with a set of interactive statistical programs, called ISP, which has been developed to improve and facilitate the teaching and learning of basic statistics.

The paper investigates the association between individual characteristics and teacher job satisfaction in secondary education in Cyprus. It focuses on two individual characteristics commonly linked to job satisfaction in ...

Chess is an intellectually demanding game played by millions of people around the world. Yet unlike tennis or other competitive sports there are few changes in the rankings of chess players. There have only been twelve ...

One of the main characteristic features of the theology of the Church Fathers, when they refer to the meaning of God, to His relation to the world or even to their divine experiences, is the kataphatic and apophatic way, ...

Eines der wichtigsten Merkmale der Theologie der Kirchenväter, wenn diese sich auf den Begriff Gottes, seine Beziehung mit der Welt oder ihre Gotteserfahrungen beziehen, ist die apophatische und kataphatische Art und Weise, ...

The majority of the peripheral member states of the Eurozone Portugal, Italy, Spain, and Greece have experienced financial crises. Until now, the European leaders attempted to solve the crises mainly through austerity ...

This paper investigates into what extent, and in what ways, Knowledge Management (KM) and Learning Organisation (LO) constitute new means for the managerial appropriation of the knowledge and skills of workers.

Background: Cultural, social policy and legal factors contribute to HIV vulnerability amongst ethnic minorities. Insufficient knowledge on HIV transmission and prevention contributes in engaging in risky sexual behaviours ...

Technology is composed of the words “Techne” and “Logos” that refer to the artistic/ creative and the logical/scientific aspects of its dualism. And so inherent this Promethean concept lie the concepts of the Schumpeterian ...

Το βασικότερο κύτταρο της ελληνικής ζωής κατά την περίοδο της Τουρκοκρατίας, μετά την Εκκλησία και σε συνδυασμό, φυσικά, πάντοτε μ' αυτήν, υπήρξε η Κοινότητα. Αυτή επικράτησε χάρη στην αδυναμία της οθωμανικής εξουσίας ...

C'est vrai d' apres ce qu'on dit de temps en temps sur l'Administration Publique Grecque que: " L' Administration Publique est par nature consacrée à la réalisation de l' Idèe de la Democratie, de l'Etat de Droit el de ...