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Radio Propagation in Industrial Wireless Sensor Network Environments: From Testbed to Simulation Evaluation
(ACM, 2012)In recent years, sensor networks characteristics have led to incremental utilization in different types of applications. Several techniques have been proposed to evaluate the performance of WSNs; the two most popular being ...
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Randomblocks: A transparent, verifiable blockchain-based system for random numbers
(Old City Publishing, Inc, 2019)Games-of-chance require high-levels of trust between participants that is often uncertain and difficult to enforce. The unique characteristics introduced by the blockchain technology can be leveraged to inform a verifiable ...
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Ratio of Torsion (ROT): An index for assessing the global induced torsion in plan irregular buildings
(TECHNO-PRESS, 2015-01-15)Due to earthquakes, many structures suffered extensive damages that were attributed to the torsional effect caused by mass, stiffness or strength eccentricity. Due to this type of asymmetry torsional moments are generated ...
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Rationale of a study for patient empowerment and shared decision support for cardiorenal syndrome
(Latvian Association of Nephrology, 2016-10)Early detection and aggressive management of underlying causes and comorbidities are the most important aspects of cardiorenal syndrome. Preventing progression to end stage renal and/or cardiac deficiency may improve quality ...
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Real-time adaptive multi-robot exploration with application to underwater map construction
(Springer, 2016)This paper deals with the problem of autonomous exploration of unknown areas using teams of Autonomous X Vehicles (AXVs)—with X standing for Aerial, Underwater or Sea-surface—where the AXVs have to autonomously navigate ...
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Real-time indexing for large image databases: color and edge directivity descriptor on GPU
(Springer, 2014)In this paper, we focus on implementing the extraction of a well-known low-level image descriptor using the multicore power provided by general-purpose graphic processing units (GPGPUs). The color and edge directivity ...
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A Real-time Targeted Recommender System for Supermarkets
(SciTePress-Publication, 2017)Supermarket customers find it difficult to choose from a large variety of products or be informed for the latest offers that exist in a store based on the items that they need or wish to purchase. This paper presents a ...
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Reassessment of the OCA criteria in the Euro area: the case of Greece
(Inderscience Online, 2012)The Greek crisis should not be considered an unexpected phenomenon. On the contrary, it has been caused by, among other things, rushed political decisions, incomplete EU institutions of governance and hidden political and ...
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Recovery From Substance Abuse: A Narrative Approach to Understanding the Motivation and Ambivalence About Change
(Taylor and Francis Online, 2012-09-04)Various studies have employed quantitative and qualitative methods to explore the process of behavioral, emotional, and cognitive change that emerges during drug addiction treatment, including the factors both encouraging ...
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Regional and local structures in Greece and in member-states of the European Union
(Κέντρο Επιμόρφωσης Μελετών Έρευνας και Ανάπτυξης, 1997)The themes' concerning Decentralization. of the Public Administration at large and of Self-Administration bear in themselves a very special meaning. Bust this meaning that they have, aquires bigger dimensions at periods, ...
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Regional development and non-material public infrastructure
(Blackwell Publishers Ltd, 1997)The aim of this paper is to investigate the conditions under which public investment can be allocated to the infrastructure in material and non-material capital so as to have a positive effect on regional development and ...
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The rehabilitation of intertropical and semitropical plants in special microclimatic mediterranean conditions: the case of Nauplio town, Greece
(WSEAS (World Scientific and Engineering Academy and Society), 2005)Palms is one of the most important plant families, with great contribution to human aesthetic and use. Planted in groups, combined with other plants, or separately, their elegant form is impressive and imposes to the ...
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The Relationship Between Agency Problems and Ethical Leadership
(2012-01)Since the start of the recent financial crisis, the salaries of CEO's have constantly made headlines and the issue of management compensation has taken center stage in the public arena. For example, Barack Obama, the US ...
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The Relationship Between Agency Problems and Ethical Leadership
(Academic Publishing International Limited, 2012)Since the start of the recent financial crisis, the salaries of CEO’s have constantly made headlines and the issue of management compensation has taken center stage in the public arena. For example, Barack Obama, the US ...
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The Relationship Between an Online Synchronous Learning Environment and Knowledge Acquisition Skills and Traits: The Blackboard Collaborate Experience.
(Electronic Journal of e-Learning, 2016)Online learning is becoming more attractive to perspective students because it offers them greater accessibility, convenience and flexibility to study at a reduced cost. While these benefits may attract prospective learners ...
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The relationship between interpersonal trust, commitment, and performance in self-managing teams: the Austalian experience
(Sheffield Hallam University Press, 2003)Performance is a key concern for organisations in the rapidly changing global economy. Although both trust and the commitment of employees to work in an autonomous manner are often cited as being essential for effectiveness ...
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The relationship between leadership styles and knowledge aquisition: knowledge-enabled leader. The Australian experience
(UTS, University of Technology Sydney, 1999)Knowledge has been identified as one of the most important resources that contribute to the competitive advantage of an organisation. Many firms have reached the conclusion that effective management (acquisition) of ...
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The Relationship between Self-Leadership BehaviouralFocused Strategies, Job Satisfaction and Quality Function Deployment
(ACL, Academic Conferences Ltd, 2007)The objective of this paper is to empirically investigate through an industry survey, the impact of self-leadership behavioural-focused strategies and job satisfaction on the determinants of quality function deployment ...
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The Relationship between Self-Management Leadership Behaviour, Self-Leadership Worker Behaviour and Desirable Outcomes (i.e. Job Satisfaction, Trust, Performance, etc)
(Global Network, 1998)Self-managing teams hold a great interest for contemporary researchers and practitioners. There is an extensive literature which argues that such groups often exhibit high performance coupled with job satisfaction and ...
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The Relationship Between Servant Leadership and Agency Problems: A Conceptual Model.
(Academic Conferences International Limited, 2015-11)Leadership and agency theory research still has to provide a conclusive response to questions "why do so many corporate scandals, budget deficits, and bankruptcies are witnessed in most of the OECD countries?" "Why private, ...